Open Dialogues for Future

Open Dialogues for the Future is a two-day Forum that includes meetings, debates and round tables on the latest trends and phenomena of geoeconomics and geopolitics, designed by the Chamber of Commerce Pordenone-Udine in collaboration with TEHA Group and the scientific direction of the journalist and author, Federico Rampini.

The 4th edition will be held on March 5-6, 2026 in Udine (Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy), with the support of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the Municipality of Udine and the Friuli Foundation, together with the patronage of Unioncamere and the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy. 

The topics of the 4th edition

• The geopolitical and geoeconomic scenario between old and new conflicts
• European defense put to the test
• Saudi Arabia: Vision 2030 as a model of success
• The role of artificial intelligence and innovation in international relations
• Understanding the United States: international strategies and internal dynamics
• Friuli Venezia Giulia, crossroads of Europe

Preview and press conference

Udine (Chamber of Commerce Pordenone-Udine), February 9, 2026, from 14:30

The fourth edition's program was unveiled during a preview event on Monday, February 9, at the Sala Valduga of the Chamber of Commerce in Udine.

Speakers: Paolo Gentiloni, Co-chair of the UN Task Force on the Debt Crisis; Giulio Tremonti, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Italy's House of Representatives; Giovanni Da Pozzo, President o the Chamber of Commerce; Alberto Felice De Toni, Mayor of Udine; Bruno Malattia, President of Fondazione Friuli; Sergio Bini, regional councilor for productive activities and tourism. The topics were presented by the initiative's Scientific Director Federico Rampini (journalist and author) and Filippo Malinverno, coordinator of the event and coordinator of TEHA Group's activities in the Middle East.

Open Dialogues: previous editions

The first edition, held in 2023, delved into a series of unprecedented challenges and crises for the world community that occurred between 2020 and 2022, including the pandemic from Covid-19 and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which has brought war back to an Old Continent that seemed pacified, and the resulting energy crisis and global value chains crisis.

The second edition was focused on currentl international issues, starting from the conflict in the Middle East, which outlines ever-changing scenarios and is capable of influencing global political and economic balances. We also discussed the strategies and economic partnerships of  the great powers, as well as the relationships between Europe and Italy, and China, Germany and the USA markets, with a final session dedicated to the youth and the concept of leadership in an ever-changing world.

The third edition analysed the geopolitical consequences of the conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine, the challenges of competitiveness for Europe in a context of profoundly changing globalisation dynamics, the economic and social ties between Italy, France and Germany, the international strategies and internal dynamics of the US superpower, and the economic relations between the United States and Friuli Venezia Giulia.