The Venice Sustainability Foundation (VSF) has initiated work toward defining the 2026 Strategic Guidelines (Programma di Indirizzo 2026), maintaining continuity with previously established directions and aiming to strengthen the impact of initiatives across the four pillars of sustainability—environmental, economic, social, and cultural—by combining a local dimension with national and international horizons.
Within this framework, the Scientific Committee's reconstitution was approved, along with the appointment of Paolo Costa as president. The decision recognizes his consolidated expertise in strategic issues for the city and the Veneto region—from overtourism to infrastructure—gained across academic and institutional spheres. The Committee will serve as the Foundation's technical oversight body, supporting strategic direction, validating methodologies, and providing technical-scientific guidance for projects. Its composition reflects the Foundation’s diverse academic, institutional, and corporate dimensions, and includes two internationally prominent figures, Carlo Carraro (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Francesco La Camera (IRENA). Additional members include Barbara Caputo (Politecnico di Torino), Chiara Casarin (Fondazione Giorgio Cini), Federico Cinquepalmi (Sapienza University of Rome), Liliana Fracasso (Academy of Fine Arts of Venice), Gianluca Leonardi (UniCredit S.p.A. – ESG & Start), Antonio Marcomini (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Sara Mingardo (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia), Francesco Petracchini (CNR), Marilena Petraglia (Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane), Cristiana Scarpa (Metropolitan City of Venice), Lucia Silva (Assicurazioni Generali), and Gianluca Toschi (Fondazione NordEst).
