Sustainable Fashion Innovation Society × ICE Agency

Training Culture of Sustainability

Knowledge to Transform — an advanced training programme dedicated to the next generation, guiding the sustainable transition at the heart of Made in Italy.

~250 Enrolments
8 Faculty Members
2 Institutional Partners
Cultura della Sostenibilità — Conoscere per Trasformare
Scientific Knowledge Partner of ICE Agency

“Cultura della Sostenibilità”
Knowledge to Transform

The Sustainable Fashion Innovation Society served as scientific knowledge partner of ICE Agency for the course “Cultura della Sostenibilità – Conoscere per Trasformare” (Culture of Sustainability – Knowledge to Transform), an advanced online training programme that registered approximately 250 enrolments, confirming the strong interest of the younger generation in sustainability topics.

This multidisciplinary programme trained a new generation capable of uniting ethics and innovation, vision and responsibility. As a result, a generation ready to bring sustainability to the heart of Made in Italy, transforming it into perspective, opportunity, and leadership.

After weeks of study, dialogue, and vision-building, participants acquired the cultural, economic, and technological tools to read the present and guide the transformation of the future.

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Faculty Profiles

The course faculty

ER

Avv. Elvira Raviele

MIMIT

Office of the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy.

RS

Dott. Raffaele Spallone

Director MIMIT

Director of Policies for Business Digitalisation, Innovation, and Productive Sector Analysis.

ID

Prof. Idiano D’Adamo

Sapienza — Engineering

Full Professor of Management Engineering, Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome.

FI

Prof.ssa Francesca Iandolo

Sapienza — Management

Associate Professor of Management, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University. MSc Program Chair in Economics and Communication for Management and Innovation. Coordinator of the Business Innovation Hub.

AL

Prof. Antonio La Sala

Sapienza — Management

Professor of Management, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome.

PV

Prof. Pietro Vito

Sapienza — Researcher

Researcher in Business Economics and Management, member of the Department of Management at Sapienza University, specialising in corporate strategy and innovation processes.

SB

Prof. Sergio Barile

Sapienza — Economics

Full Professor of Business Economics and Management at Sapienza University, expert in complex systems and innovation management. Member of the AIDEA Board of Directors. Regarded as one of Italy’s leading scholars of the Viable Systems Approach.

Closing Event

Fiera “Work on Work”

November 20, 2025

Ferrara Expo — Via della Fiera, 11

“Today we are not merely celebrating the end of a course, but the beginning of a commitment: knowledge to transform.”
13:00

Light Lunch

Area adjacent to Sala Marco Biagi — first floor

14:30 until 16:00

Conference

Sala Marco Biagi

  • Dott. Alessandro Cugno Director, Business Training Office ITA/ICE
  • Prof.ssa Valeria Mangani President, Sustainable Fashion Innovation Society — Expert Advisor to the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy
  • Prof. Mario Calabrese, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Management — Sapienza University of Rome. Director, ImpreSapiens Research Centre
16:00

Certificate Award Ceremony

Sala Marco Biagi

Ceremony

Certificate ceremony in Ferrara

On November 20th at the Work on Work Fair in Ferrara, certificates will be awarded by Prof. Valeria Mangani, President of the Sustainable Fashion Innovation Society and Expert Advisor to the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, together with Prof. Mario Calabrese, Director of the ImpreSapiens Research Centre, Associate Professor of Management, Department of Management at Sapienza University of Rome.