Cernobbio, 27 September 2018 - Lombard businesses, and the entire Confindustria system, have responded to this international event with extraordinary participation and engagement. Confindustria Lombardia’s focus on the World Manufacturing Forum aims to promote Lombard and Italian manufacturing on a global stage, underpinned by a cultural objective: to highlight the fundamental role businesses play in creating societal wealth and prosperity. The fortunes of companies and their employees are inextricably linked. For this reason, events like the World Manufacturing Forum are crucial in guiding businesses and individuals, ensuring no one is left behind during this era of profound change affecting both industrial processes and social relations.

Having representatives from our government and international institutions on stage is also an opportunity to establish a productive dialogue with the majority, as it is the State’s responsibility, alongside that of business, to ensure the growing well-being of its citizens. Therefore, creating effective synergies between government and industry that place the individual at the centre must be a shared objective for both, to the benefit of all citizens.