DECEMBER 2019
DUBAI 2020, A PEEK INTO THE FUTUREDubai is only few months away from kick starting the world Expo 2020, the largest event ever staged in the Arab world, one that the emirate hopes will leave a...
DECEMBER 2019
Expo 2020 Dubai: Is this what the city of the...Why the first World Expo in the Middle East has the potential to become a blueprint for smart cities around the globe. Written by Siemens...
DECEMBER 2019
EXPO 2020, FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE EAST"Connecting minds, creating the future" is the theme chosen by the organisers of Dubai 2020 for the next world Expo. The event, the organising committee...
NOVEMBER 2019
The most competitive economies according to the...Singapore is the world’s most competitive economy, according to the latest edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report. The...
NOVEMBER 2019
Meritocracy and pragmatism keys to...Singapore emerged as the real star of the 2019 edition of the WEF report on global competitiveness. To better understand the secrets that allowed the Asian...
NOVEMBER 2019
5 ways to swim, not sink, as part of a 'liquid...(article originally published on the World Economic Forum’s website...
OCTOBER 2019
Smart mobility for smart citiesBruce Chatwin famously wrote that "the real home of man is not his house, but the road". Even if you do not agree with him that life is a journey better...
OCTOBER 2019
New challenges for sustainable mobility:...Most cities are now characterised by large flows of vehicle traffic and share common issues regarding accessibility to authorised parking areas. These problems...
OCTOBER 2019
If you build it, they will come: Why...(Extract from an article by Maksim Soshkin, Research and Analysis Specialist for Aerospace, Aviation, Travel and Tourism, World Economic Forumoriginally published...
SEPTEMBER 2019
Here’s how to build energy infrastructures...
(Extract from an article by Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG originally published on
SEPTEMBER 2019
AN ENERGY SYSTEM READY FOR A LOW CARBON FUTUREInterview with Keith Bell Keith Bell, Professor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and co-director...
SEPTEMBER 2019
Efficiency is still a huge untapped resourceInterview with Jason Bordoff Transitioning to a lower-carbon energy system is a complex task. As the World Economic Forum highlighted in its latest...
JULY 2019
Sustainable infrastructure will be keyThe climate change debate might still be intensifying in the political arena, but in the global business community there is a growing awareness that the...
JULY 2019
Climate change impact on infrastructure in...Climate change poses a grave threat to infrastructure in Africa and Asia, but investments in response could offer significant opportunities for projects in the two...
JULY 2019
It’s time for new stories about climate changeThis summer’s heat wave in Europe, like last summer’s wave of forest fires in North America, galvanized public awareness of climate...
JUNE 2019
Silk road revival hinges on tigers in...In the mid-1990s, an American writer published a book arguing that Marco Polo never visited China, but pieced together stories from merchants he had met in the...
JUNE 2019
For Asian infrastructure the key is unlocking...Interview with Hung Tran by Manuela Mirkos The Asia Pacific region has been particularly active in terms of infrastructure investments in the last...
JUNE 2019
New tigers on the prowl: Southeast Asia’s...Consider that the median age of people in Germany and Japan is 47, and that it’s 37 in China and the United States. People are notably younger in Southeast...
MAY 2019
Moving around the EU is set to get easier with...The European Union has just introduced new rules aimed at making a pan-European interoperable electronic tolls system a reality, as part of its goal to bring about...
MAY 2019
Electronic Tolls Can Finance Our Future...All across the world, policymakers are looking for new solutions to meet the ever-growing public demand for mobility. People want roads that are safe, well...
MAY 2019
THE IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON MOBILITY...
Interview with Gabriele Benedetto, CEO Telepass
Mr Benedetto, Telepass is undergoing a process of rapid change. Where did you...
APRIL 2019
ATLANTIA: PIONEERING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GLOBAL...Human progress and prosperity have always advanced by the existence of high-quality infrastructure that allows people to move, exchange goods, and trade ideas. In...
APRIL 2019
Connectivity is the foundation of the new...(extract from the book Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization, by Parag Khanna) Connectivity is the new meta-pattern of our age....
APRIL 2019
Lessons on leadership from the Renaissance man...Interview with Zaki Nusseibeh by Manuela Mirkos A recent study by Orient Planet Research confirmed that investment in infrastructures continues to be...
FEBRUARY 2019
The new era will continue to bring growth in...Interview with Reuben Abraham by Manuela Mirkos The richest societies, mainly in the West, are entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution still...
FEBRUARY 2019
Telemigration to affect the service sectorInterview with Richard Baldwin by Manuela Mirkos The Globotics Upheaval: Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work is the title of a new book by...
FEBRUARY 2019
Competition over what competition means, the...The landscape is rapidly changing. We can see it everyday just travel or walking around. That’s not just true on the physical level due to climate change...
JANUARY 2019
Innovation is the key to growthInterview with Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, CEO, Emirates Group by John Defterios, CNN’s Emerging Market Editor and...
JANUARY 2019
NEW AIRPORTS OPENING TO MEET INCREASING DEMANDAir travel is booming around the globe and by 2037 more than 8 billion people will take to the sky, according to Iata (the International Air Transport Association)....
JANUARY 2019
HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS SHAPING THE ROADS OF...Digital technologies and BIG DATA are changing the sector playground, deeply transforming vehicles and how we interact with them, and even reshaping the transport...
DECEMBER 2018
THE FUTURE OF INTERCONNECTION IN EUROPEUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently warned that multilateralism is under fire at a time when the world needs it most. But international cooperation is...
DECEMBER 2018
Atlantia: connectivity development strategy and...The global economic space is involved in a number of major projects designed to promote political, economic and social integration. The European Union’s...
NOVEMBER 2018
HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE COMMON GOOD FOR A NEW...“We need a generation to plow the horizon, to shake history at its roots and thought from its depth”. What the Syrian writer Nizar Qabbani wrote in...
NOVEMBER 2018
HOW COMPANIES CAN HELP MEET THE CHALLENGES OF...The connection between business and ethics is not new, but it is in the last two to three decades that the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has...
NOVEMBER 2018
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENTThe spread of the corporate social responsibility culture has given rise, over the years, to an awareness that, in doing business, companies must put not only...
OCTOBER 2018
Message from Giovanni Castellucci (Atlantia and...
The October issue of The Infrastructure Channel is a special edition dedicated to all those affected by the tragedy in Genoa.
The collapse of the
OCTOBER 2018
Facts, fictions and the meaning of responsibilityThe collapse of the A10 bridge in Genoa is a national tragedy. Emotions are running high, and rightly so, and foremost in our thoughts must be the 43 people who...
OCTOBER 2018
Rule #1 for investing after the bridge: Don’t...A sharp 25% drop in Atlantia’s stock price – since partly reversed - testifies to the interest international investors have in Italy’s systemic...
AUGUST 2018
How cities in the Arabian Peninsula are trying...The Arabian Peninsula hosts some of the world’s most interesting urban developments. Cities such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha with their air-conditioned...
AUGUST 2018
Far East Cities Think Green to Combat Climate...
In building the cities of the future, urban planners will have to think green.
Urban forestry and eco-sustainable infrastructure have become
AUGUST 2018
Peak liveability: Europe’s cities have a...As Italo Calvino wrote half a century ago, cities are like dreams; while they may have absurd rules and hide as much as they reveal, they are made of desires and...
JULY 2018
Internet of Things will make airport experience...As a child, going to the airport and catching a plane was a fun and joyful experience. I remember friends and relatives could walk you almost to the departure gate...
JULY 2018
Circular runways ideal solution to increase...
Interview with Henk Hesselink (Holland’s National Aerospace Laboratory) by Dave Keating
Square the Circle. Dutch air traffic control expert
JULY 2018
An “Air Silk Road” is taking shape along...
The aviation industry’s centre of gravity is moving east, in parallel with the global economy.
While the main hubs are located at the
JUNE 2018
Drones hovering over freight market but not...In an interview with experts in the sector former Wall Street Journal reporter Liam Moloney explores whether new drones technology will disrupt the freight market...
JUNE 2018
Autonomous drones will change the face of air...
Interview with Aleksey Matyushev (CEO Natilus), By Eric J. Lyman
Former Dow Jones, now freelance journalist and writer Eric J. Lyman interviews
JUNE 2018
Rules, training and safety critical for drones...For the majority of us, drones or UAS-UAV (Unmanned Aerial Systems or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as they are also called) are still either expensive toys or...
MAY 2018
The ScanMed corridor
Modern history’s most famous “megaproject” went awry almost from the start.
France was riding high after completing the...
MAY 2018
Investment in hard infrastructure important if...
Interview with Umberto De Pretto (International Road Transport Union)
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is a federation representing
MAY 2018
The Genoa Bypass
Interview with Giovanni Castellucci, CEO of Atlantia and Autostrade per l’Italia
The Genoa Bypass (Gronda di Genova) is one of Europe’s...
APRIL 2018
Atlantia seals agreements with ACS and HOCHTIEF...
Infrastructure Channel interview with Giovanni Castellucci, CEO of Atlantia
The agreement reached by Atlantia, ACS and Hochtief, on 14 March 2018,<...
APRIL 2018
Breaking the bottlenecks. Infrastructure in...
Major infrastructure investments appear to be the order of the day around the world.
The new Economic Report of the President of the United States<...
APRIL 2018
The road to Xanadu was paved by Genghis KhanRecently I mused on “The Silk Road as seen by a Venetian’’, pondering how an individual trader, Marco Polo, was able to discover vast swathes of...
MARCH 2018
Will non-U.S. firms have a role in Donald...Of all the high-profile campaign goals voiced by U.S. President Donald Trump, it was the promise to invest heavily in the country’s infrastructure that has...
MARCH 2018
Juncker Plan: billions keep flowing but data...The Juncker Plan has accomplished most part of its mission according to the last figures released by the European Commission in February. 366 infrastructure and...
MARCH 2018
The Atlantia Group’s infrastructure programme...
Interview with Gennarino Tozzi – Head of Infrastructure Development for the Atlantia Group
The role of infrastructure investment in driving
FEBRUARY 2018
There’s a growing need for new infrastructure...
Interview with Christoph Holzer, Managing Director at Allianz Capital Partners, by Mauro Meggiolaro
1. What is the purpose of Allianz Capital<...
FEBRUARY 2018
Environmental, Social and Governance now a core...
Interview with Alan Synnott, Global Head of Real Assets Research & Strategy, BlackRock Real Assets, by Mauro Meggiolaro
1. How is BlackRock
FEBRUARY 2018
What matters when planning an infrastructure...
Financial framework
Financing for infrastructure works is increasingly being provided by private investors and is one way to make up for the lack of public<...
JANUARY 2018
How e-commerce is changing logistics and...Predictions about the future that e-commerce will create bring to mind the author Mark Twain’s reaction to reports he had died: “greatly...
JANUARY 2018
Big data and automotiveTo immediately avoid setting off down the wrong track, the term “Big Data” has, since its emergence, outgrown its simple meaning. It will always be...
DECEMBER 2017
What the One Belt, One Road Initiative Could Do...
Deputy Director-General, Programmes
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization
The scale of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative, with<...
DECEMBER 2017
A hitch-hiker’s guide to the new Silk RoadThe Silk Road. The name itself is compelling, evoking long-distance trade in a luxury good and a patchwork world of different languages and religions and the...
DECEMBER 2017
The Silk Road as seen by a VenetianThe Silk Road - evoking a link between Chinese mulberry trees to European castle decor - is back on the radar. It refers to fascinating places and times – and...
NOVEMBER 2017
A CLEAN DISRUPTION OF ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION...According to Tony Seba, an economist at Stanford University in the US and author of Amazon bestseller "Clean Disruption", the industrial age of energy and...
NOVEMBER 2017
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE EVOLUTION OF...At the center of the Paris Agreement — a text that was the culmination of intense negotiations in the French capital two years ago — is the goal of...
NOVEMBER 2017
THE ROLE PLAYED BY A TOLL ROAD OPERATOR IN...
In the past decade the Atlantia Group has developed a strong commitment to energy saving actions in order to fight the increasing climate change phenomena.
SEPTEMBER 2017
The real value of non-financial reporting on...The popular maxim “the business of business is business” distils a powerful and still prevalent belief that companies need to stay focused on profit...
SEPTEMBER 2017
Investors are realising that sustainable...Interview with Prof. Pavan Sukhdev by Mauro Meggiolaro Prof. Sukhdev, which are the main advantages of non-financial indicators compared to traditional...
SEPTEMBER 2017
Atlantia’s Integrated Report introduced by...In 2016 Atlantia consolidated its commitment in Italy and abroad, in the design, construction and management of motorway and airport infrastructures and in the...
AUGUST 2017
New Solutions to Shape the Future of Urban...If we imagine the next revolution of urban space, we probably wouldn’t see flying cars or high-speed lanes, but the full merger of information technology and...
AUGUST 2017
Navigating the capacity conundrum with a mix of...
A bypass road is a complex archeological and social fact.
Most of them embody the principle that the shortest way between two points, in time, is
AUGUST 2017
PUBLIC DEBATE FOR THE PASSANTE DI BOLOGNA
The involvement of the affected communities is critical for the quality of the project and its implementation.
Here we tell the story of the Passante di
JULY 2017
“No traffic jam on holidays. No one must be...
Interview with Prof. Rod Franklin, by Mauro Meggiolaro
Prof. Franklin, in the coming weeks, millions of Europeans will pour over roads and highways...
JULY 2017
When investing in road safety produces results
The International Energy Agency estimates that there will be more than 2 billion passenger cars on the roads in 2050 from today’s roughly 900 million.
JULY 2017
Traffic, technology and information: the soul...
Interview with Autostrade per l’Italia
By Paolo Berti and Massimo Iossa
The highway network is a bit like the major arteries
JUNE 2017
Making and unmaking cities
Interview with Luis Feduchi by Patrizia Marin
Luis Feduchi, formerly professor of architectural design at the University of Queensland and faculty<...
JUNE 2017
Highway lessons for the cityInnovations such as Telepass have reduced delays and improved circulation, saving billions, on highways around Italy and Europe. The time has come to leverage the...
JUNE 2017
Street smarts for smart cities
The networks of the future will thrive or collapse like ecosystems
Now that we have smartphones we want everything to be smart.
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APRIL 2017
Financial Marketing, the View of a Long Term...In general, I find that the majority of financial marketing is done reasonably well in Europe, press releases are timely and include the salient information for...
APRIL 2017
The power of numbers to show strength
Interview with Massimo Sonego, Atlantia Head of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations
Atlantia is the listed holding company that controls<...
APRIL 2017
EU vs US financial regulationsThe quote of “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” attributed to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was no doubts referring to a foreign...
MARCH 2017
Sailing on: sustainable leadership in the real...
When I was a boy in a family enthusiastic about motor boats, I developed a passion for sailing.
Sailing, perhaps uniquely among forms of human...
MARCH 2017
Four Imperatives for Leadership to Make a...In times of crisis, new leaders emerge. And make no mistake, we are in such a time of crisis right now – a time of danger and opportunity, as the Chinese...
MARCH 2017
Trump's plan to update U.S.'s aging national...Last year saw one of the most polarizing presidential elections in U.S. history. But one major issue cut across partisan lines to become a priority for supporters...
FEBRUARY 2017
Recent achievements and future perspectives for...
Interview with Ugo De Carolis
Infrastructure Channel asked Aeroporti di Roma CEO Ugo De Carolis to discuss what he finds most interesting about the...
FEBRUARY 2017
A new sense of place at FiumicinoOnce upon a time, Toblerone, the Swiss chocolate bar patented even before it hit the market, won fame as an exotic classic. You couldn’t find itat your local...
FEBRUARY 2017
Airports must seek high design, comfort, smart...
Fulvio Fassone, Head of Commercial Services at Aerorporti di Roma, spoke with Infrastructure Channel about what makes the new Area E tick.
Q:...
DECEMBER 2016
Atlantia’s commitment to SustainabilityThe Atlantia Group’s commitment to sustainability goes back almost twenty years, with Autostrade spa’s first environmental and social reports being...
DECEMBER 2016
New geopolitical trends meet sustainable...Year 2017 will be crucial for our Common Home, because of new geopolitical balances, natural resources exploitation, climate change, food security and migrations....
DECEMBER 2016
Digital SustainabilityThe Brundtland Report defines sustainability as a 'balance between satisfying current needs and not compromising the ability of future generations to meet their...
NOVEMBER 2016
Atlantia Investor BriefingAttached below, the slides containing the strategic presentation held in London by Atlantia Chief Executive Officer Giovanni Castellucci on 19 October...
NOVEMBER 2016
Infrastructure in a Low Cost of Capital...Atlantia SpA’s investor briefing in London on October 19 featured a round table on sector challenges in an era of low interest rates. An edited transcript of...
NOVEMBER 2016
The coming Trump boom: sustainable...The idea that we are in a golden age for infrastructure investment is enjoying very wide circulation today. The election of Donald Trump as U.S....
OCTOBER 2016
Interview with Giovanni Castellucci
THE ATLANTIA GROUP: SHORT-TERM OUTLOOK AND GROWTH STRATEGIES
Mr Castellucci, how would you describe today’s Atlantia Group and what are...
OCTOBER 2016
Methods of payment evolutionary trends and...Over the past few years Italian customers have increasingly shown interest in digital solutions. The rate of “digitalization” can be measured both in...
OCTOBER 2016
THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORT
What to expect with the driverless revolution
We have just entered the fourth industrial revolution.
The first, in the second half of the
SEPTEMBER 2016
The development of tourism in Italy and the...During the international economic crisis of recent years, tourism has continued to grow, bucking the trend seen in other service sectors. Figures from the...
SEPTEMBER 2016
Interview with Mexico’s ambassador to ItalyJuan José Guerra Abud, Mexico’s ambassador to Italy, is bullish on the strengthening bilateral ties that led to a new direct flight. Mexico now needs...
SEPTEMBER 2016
Something is moving in Italy’s...
Despite widespread insatisfaction about Italy’s economic trends, one sector is burning as bright as a campfire on the beach.
Tourism appears to be
JULY 2016
Bridging $1 trillion infrastructure gap needs...Overview Making up the shortfall between global infrastructure investment needs and actual spending, estimated at over $1 trillion annually, is high...
JULY 2016
Risk assessment in infrastructure: role of...Roads seem to be the archetypical example of an infrastructure that should be provided by public intervention: even Adam Smith, in his Inquiry into the Nature and...
JULY 2016
Behind the wine: Production infrastructure...
Interview with Marco Simonit by Patrizia Marin
Marco Simonit is a master pruner of grape vines, whose advice on how to keep plants healthy
JUNE 2016
Fast Lane: Italian highway safety is on a rollInterview with Paolo Berti (Chief Operations & Maintenance Officer Head of External Relations, Institutional Affairs and Marketing of Atlantia and of...
JUNE 2016
It’s time to refuel efforts to boost road safetyDeclining mortality, injury and accident rates on the world’s roads is not something that just happens, like gravity. It takes effort – which means some...
JUNE 2016
Slow Lane: Where wine is pleasure, moderation...Interview with Riccardo Cotarella by Patrizia Marin Riccardo Cotarella is one of the world’s foremost enologues and president of Assoenologi, the...
APRIL 2016
Interview with Autostrade per l’Italia COO...Engineer Tomasi, what does it feel like to build a tunnel? Building a tunnel is a curious activity, one that binds all who do it into a special...
APRIL 2016
A comparative look shows Italy hasn’t lost...The words Italy and infrastructure have been on a collision course in public perception for more than a decade, with the common view being that Europe’s...
APRIL 2016
Interview with Atlantia CEO Giovanni CastellucciSo you did it! Congratulations. Can you tell us how the first few months of the Valico bypass route is going? What is the feedback from truckers, who must have...
MARCH 2016
Interview with Atlantia CEO Giovanni...Interview with Atlantia CEO Giovanni Castellucci for Infrastructure Channel Atlantia is the leading player in Italy’s toll-road...
MARCH 2016
Learning from LondonThe U.K. established an Airports Commission to review the cases for expanding airport capacity in London. In the summer of 2015 the Commission issued a Final Report...
MARCH 2016
All roads lead to RomeAll roads lead to Rome, it is commonly said. But what about flights? As it happens, two great historical empires, the Roman and Chinese, never managed much direct...
MARCH 2016
Integrated thinking creating value for all the...Companies need to have a decision-making approach that takes into account the greatest possible quantity of elements and information.. This need has led to the...
OCTOBER 2015
Technology for a safety EuropeHerman De Croo knows a lot about the world of transport. And also the world of politics, Europe, and the nation States. He is Belgian, and has been a member of...
OCTOBER 2015
Why Public Investment?The world is facing the prospect of an extended period of weak economic growth. But risk is not fate: The best way to avoid such an outcome is to figure out how to...
OCTOBER 2015
New Equities for Infrastructure InvestmentInfrastructure projects can be among the most productive investments a society can make, with clear links to a country's economic growth. For private investors,...
OCTOBER 2015
The Infrastructure Solution“Infrastructure, by the nature of the word,” former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said in February 2013, “is basic to the functioning...
JULY 2015
Private capital for infrastructures: what are...The relationship between the public and private sectors must be based on a clear identification of the infrastructure’s underlying risks. And on the principle...
JULY 2015
Infrastructures for competitivenessIn order to renew its economy, a country must be able to make itself attractive and competitive: low cost and efficient production. But without a network system of...
JULY 2015
Private capital. A resource for buildingWhen the private sector acts as an investor in the construction of public works, it takes on a crucial role that is very often considered only for its monetary...
JUNE 2015
The Infrastructure ChannelThe implementation of major infrastructure projects to support growth is a recurrent topic, both in terms of its "counter-cyclical" role and as a means of...
APRIL 2015
A New Infrastructure CultureThere is currently a great deal of debate internationally, but above all in Europe and Italy, about the issue of infrastructure development. It is often said that...
APRIL 2015
Presentation of the Infrastructure ManifestoOver the years, a certain dominant, and often acritical, view of infrastructure has come to the fore. According to this way of thinking, major works are always a...
APRIL 2015
The Infrastructure ManifestoThe Manifesto for a new Infrastructure Culture is the result of the work carried out by the Infrastructure Lab, set up by the Bocconi University and Autostrade per...
FEBRUARY 2015
Sustainable development and infrastructureThe building of infrastructure has a profound and irreversible impact on the environment and on people’s lives. During and after construction, new...
FEBRUARY 2015
Are We Developing the Right Airport...Over the years we have often been confronted with the task of modeling airport charges and business plans. As pointed out by a recent research from Oxera, to set...
APRIL 2014
Lean infrastructures for starting up againPlanning while fighting wastfulness: this is the objective of a way of thinking about the infrastructures; one that takes into account the real needs of the users...
MARCH 2013
Public private partnership the challenge of...The acronym PPP, which stands for Public- Private Partnership, has become a widely used term. If I daresay so, it has become almost “fashionable.” Work...
MARCH 2013
A lever for Chile’s developmentIt is more than just strengthening highways, airports and ports; it is also about the fight against climate change and the struggle for access and optimization of...
MARCH 2013
PPP? IT WORKS BEST FOR LARGE WORKSInvolving the private sector in financing, implementing and managing public works is a great opportunity, when applied to the development of large...
OCTOBER 2012
The contribution of infrastructures to developmentThere are three fundamental criteria for evaluating the impact, at the different territorial scales, of the creation of a new infrastructure: focusing on the...
OCTOBER 2012
The Consensus Building ApproachOne of the greatest world experts on decision-making, and founder of the Consensus Building Institute, explains the opportunities of creative problem-solving in...
