Starting on Friday, Columbia University will be hosting “United For Progress,” a three-day event with panels and speakers featuring leading Italian figures from the worlds of business, politics, and media. The gathering is organized by United Italian Societies, a student-led nonprofit uniting Italian student societies in different universities, representing over 11,000 students across eight countries, including 20 universities along the East Coast in the U.S.

The event is the third part of the 2025 Italian Symposium, “a multi-city conference championing Italy on the world stage,” according to the UIS website, with previous events taking place in London and Madrid last month.