Student Living Italy 2024

Globally, in 2021, roughly 220 million students were enrolled in formal post-secondary education, more than doubling the enrolment figure from 2000. It is estimated that there will be 380 million higher education students by 2030.

Europe remains a key destination for students and over 50% of the top 1000 universities in the world are located throughout Europe.

Italy welcomed nearly 50 million travellers and tourists in 2022 and was listed as the 5th most popular country in the world to visit. However, despite its global popularity, the number of international students as a proportion of its total student population sits below 3%. In comparison to Italy’s European neighbours that proportion sits lower than Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, and Iceland amongst many others.

Alongside this, Italy has the lowest number of purpose-built student accommodation beds, providing enough for only 4% of the student population. On a positive note, Italy is starting to emerge as one of the three most searched destinations in Europe for international students in the period 2019 to 2023 and there is also great scope for significant growth.

International students bring so much more than their inward financial contribution. They help breathe life into our cities and communities and give so much in terms of talent, skills and their mere arrival helps the host counties invest in infrastructure to help provide for our growing population and helps revitalise it.

Italy has not entirely seized on the opportunity to grow its international student number. It’s a competitive market, however Italy is uniquely placed to increase the number of students exponentially.

The Class Foundation’s Student Living Italy event aims to unpack the issues that are inhibiting the growth with a deep dive into the barriers and opportunities in order to develop a roadmap for success and move towards developing a national action plan similar to the work the Class Foundation helped orchestrate in the Netherlands involving key public and private stakeholders.

Our forum will not follow the traditional format, we will encourage attendees to come together with our array of speakers from government, municipalities, city, public and private universities, investors, and operators, to commit to changing the current impasse. We want this to resemble a mixture between a Town Hall event and a workshop to really bring out the value of our community.

SPEAKERS

• Professor Emilio Faroldi, Vice Rector and Delegate of the Rector for the Development of University Spaces, Politecnico di Milano

• Professor Adolfo Baratta, Member of the National Committee for Student Houses development and Professor at Roma Tre University

• Professor Giuseppe, P. R. Catalano, Head of the Cabinet, Apulia Region and Full Professor at Sapienza University

• Professor Chiara Fumagalli, Full Professor of Economics and Dean of the Undergraduate School Bocconi University (Private University – North Italy)

• Giancarlo Tancredi, Councilor for Urban Regeneration, Comune di Milano / Milano Municipality

• Joe Persechino, Chief Operating Officer, Yugo

• Luigi Nassivera, Real Estate Lawyer, Studio Inzaghi – Milano

• Paolo Reyneri, Student Housing Advisor, JLL

• Maurizio Carvelli, Founder & CEO, Camplus

• Paola Stefania Delmonte, Chief Business Development Officer, CDP Investments

• Elena Cattani, Head of Real Estate Development, Italy, The Social Hub

• Marc Sampietro, Head of European Living Operations, Hines

• Paola Reali, Head of the National Fund for Social Living, CDP

• Alan Blackmore, COO Europe, Collegiate AC Group Limited

• Professor Oscar Bellini, Associate Professor - Student Housing Expert, Politecnico di Milano

• Maria Teresa Gullace, Architect, Politecnico di Milano as Facilitator

• Paola Pierotti, Co-founder & Professional Journalist, PPAN as Moderator

Location 1: Via Frigia, 19, 20126 Milano MI, Italy

11.00 - 13.00

Workshop and Networking Lunch at Collegiate North

Location 2: Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32. (Politecnico di Milano, Leonardo Campus)

13.50 - 14.45

Setting the Scene

• Paola Pierotti as Moderator
• Co-founder & Professional Journalist, PPAN

• Maria Teresa Gullace as Facilitator
• Architect, Politecnico di Milano
  

Part 1: Vision for the Higher Education sector in Italy

• Professor Emilio Faroldi

• Vice Rector Politecnico di Milano

• Frank Uffen

• Co-Founder, The Class Foundation

Part 2: Higher Education supply and demand characteristics & the evolution of the student population in Italy

• Paolo Reyneri di Lagnasco

• Student Housing Specialist, Living Capital Markets, JLL

• Maria Teresa Gullace

• Architect, Politecnico di Milano

14.45 - 15.45

The Here and Now

Part 1: Government Perspective

• Professor Adolfo Baratta

• Member of the National Committee for Student Housing development

Part 2: Regional Perspective

• Professor Giuseppe, P. R. Catalano

• Head of the Cabinet, Apulia Region

Part 3: City Perspective

• Dr Giancarlo Tancredi

• Councillor for Urban Regenaration, Municipality of Milan

Part 4: Funding Perspective

• Paola Reali

• Head of the National Fund for Social Living, CDP

Part 5: Operator Perspective

• Maurizio Carvelli

• Founder and CEO, Camplus

• Joe Persechino

• Chief Operating Officer, Yugo

Part 6: Sector Stories

• Alan Blackmore

• COO Europe, Collegiate AC Group Limited

15.45 - 16.45

Networking Coffee Break

16.45 - 17.45

An eye to the future: shaping the art of the possible

• Professor Chiara Fumagalli

• Full Professor of Economics and Dean of the Undergraduate School Bocconi University (Private University – North Italy)

• Paola Delmonte

• Confindustria Assoimmobiliare, Student Housing Table

• Luigi Nassivera

• Studio Inzaghi, Milano

• Marc Sampietro

• Head of European Living Operations, Hines

• Elena Cattani

• Head of Real Estate Development, Italy, The Social Hub

Location 3: V. Alda Merini, 2, 20026 Novate Milanese MI, Italy

18.15 - 20.00

Site Tour & Drinks Reception at CX NoM

Location: V. Alda Merini, 2, 20026 Novate Milanese MI, Italy

REFUND POLICY

Purchased tickets are strictly non-refundable. Refunds will only be offered to ticket holders in the event of a cancellation, postponement, or significant change to the programme agenda (e.g. change of theme or location). In the event of a refund being issued, Eventbrite processing fees will not be refunded.

In case of unforeseen circumstances (such as a positive covid test or bereavement), a ticket may be transferred to another individual within the ticket holder's organisation. The value of the unused ticket can also be applied to another one of The Class Foundation's events taking place in 2024.

Who are we?

The Class Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 2011 with the aim of helping the student living sector to attract and retain the brightest young minds. In promoting this mission, we hope to pave the way to social and economic success for university cities across Europe.

Together with our industry-leading community, we set out to rethink the places where students live, work, and learn. We are focussed on uniting both public and private stakeholders, such as HE institutes, PBSA providers, city and council leaders, and external suppliers to make student accommodation more affordable, accessible, and available in Europe.

SPONSORSHIP

For sponsorship enquiries, please reach out to Mell via mell@theclassfoundation.com.