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Alan Friedman speaking at the Lugano Global Forum
Speaker · 2025

Alan Friedman

Executive Director and Founder

Lugano Global Forum

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2025
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5 appearances
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At the forum

Sessions

  • 14:00 2025 · day 1

    Convening of the Lugano Global Forum

    Opening · Alan Friedman, Executive Director · followed by the presentation of the 2025 partners

    Asilo Ciani
  • 17:00 2025 · day 1

    Keynote — Tariffs, Protectionism and the Mindset of Donald Trump

    Keynote · David French, National Retail Federation · Panel discussion with Martin Wolf at 17:30, chaired by Alan Friedman

    Asilo Ciani
  • 09:30 2025 · day 2

    Opening of day two

    Opening · Alan Friedman · Prof. Giovanni Barone-Adesi · Rector Luisa Lambertini

    Aula Magna, USI
  • 09:40 2025 · day 2

    American Corner — What’s Going on in America?

    Conversation · Alan Friedman in conversation with Hon. Deborah Ross

    Aula Magna, USI
  • 09:55 2025 · day 2

    Closing Thoughts on Trump, Trade, the World Economy and the Search for Peace

    Panel · Martin Wolf and David French · Moderated by Alan Friedman

    Aula Magna, USI
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Prodi and Klaus Clash at the Opening of the Lugano Global Forum: Europe Faces the New World Disorder
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Prodi and Klaus Clash at the Opening of the Lugano Global Forum: Europe Faces the New World Disorder

LUGANO – November 10, 2025 — A lively, direct and unfiltered exchange between Romano Prodi and Václav Klaus inaugurated the first edition of the Lugano Global Forum, offering a vivid snapshot of the geopolitical tensions running through Europe in a time of deep global uncertainty. The encounter, conceived — as Director Alan Friedman noted — “to let serious people talk seriously,” immediately captured the attention of the 150 international leaders in attendance.