Friday, October 31, at 3:30 p.m., in the Regional Auditorium in Pordenone: with Mayor Alessandro Basso, Rector Angelo Montanari, and closing remarks by Vice President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Mario Anzil.
The opening meeting of the fifth edition of “Pn Trading Places” the financial education festival organized by the University of Udine and the Municipality of Pordenone, will focus on “Finance and Sport.” The event will be held on Friday, October 31, at 3:30 PM, in the Regional Auditorium in Pordenone (Via Roma 2). The event will open with greetings from the Mayor of Pordenone, Alessandro Basso, and the Rector of the University of Udine, Angelo Montanari. The conference’s theme will be introduced by the President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia National Olympic Committee (CONI), Andrea Marcon. The closing remarks will be given by the Vice President and Councilor for Sport of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Mario Anzil.
The festival will continue until November 30th with around fifty events spread across Pordenone, San Vito al Tagliamento, Spilimbergo, and, for the first time, Sacile. The goal of this educational and informative initiative is to help promote widespread financial literacy, for all ages, needs, and levels.
The proceedings will begin with an overview of regional sports associations by festival coordinator Francesco Raggiotto, professor of Economics and Business Management at the University of Friuli Venezia Giulia. This will be followed by two round tables on “Finance and Facilities” and “Finance and Current Management,” with the participation of numerous sports figures from Friuli Venezia Giulia. The debate will be enriched by a proposal to facilitate access to credit for sports associations, developed by the festival’s scientific director, Stefano Miani, professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at the University of Udine.
Speakers at the first roundtable will include: Elena Ceolin, Councilor for Sports Policies and Sports Facilities for the Municipality of Pordenone; Paolo Franco, Vice President of Danieli C. and President of Danieli Sporting Club; Alberto Rigotto, Director of Administration, Finance, Control, and Shareholder Relations at Udinese Calcio; Enrico Samer, Pallanuoto Trieste, and Vincenzo Zanutta, Cjarlins di Carlino-Muzzana. The moderator will be Alex Sclip, Professor of Corporate Finance at the University of Friuli.
The second roundtable will feature: Andrea Canzian, lawyer, expert in sports law, associations, and the third sector; Francesco Comuzzo, technical director of Danieli Sporting Club; Alessandro Nutta, president of the Udine Sports Association; Fabrizio Ricci, president of the Pordenone Ski Club; and Michele Sessolo, president of the Association of Chartered Accountants of the Triveneto Region. The moderator will be Federico Beltrame, professor of corporate finance at the University of Udine.
Pn Trading Places, audiences and content
The heart of “Pn Trading Places” is its meetings with schools of all levels and senior universities, two key audiences for the dissemination of financial literacy. The film series on the world of finance and the theatrical performance “I Papu” for elementary school children will be repeated.
The main themes of this edition will touch on all the main topics of financial education, from savings and credit management to insurance and pension coverage. Special emphasis will be placed on the relationship between financial culture and sports and between finance and the world of work (the relationship between savings and investments, access to credit for businesses, pension funds, supplementary pensions, etc.), the role of financial advice in Italy and Europe, the relationship between finance and the energy transition for businesses and families, and the evolution of the banking system.
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