Ceremony

Rome, Chamber of Deputies, Gruppi Parlamentari Hall, October 11, 2018.

The Award

The Italy-USA Foundation promoted at the Italian Parliament the new edition of the America Award; it is a prestigious recognition of great civil and institutional work. The award is mainly seen as a means to acknowledge and encourage initiatives and work aimed at favoring relationships between Europe and the United States of America. Clearly famous, eminent figures that have distinguished themselves in their work and have achieved the utmost excellence in their respective fields of interested and activities, and important results in favor of transatlantic friendship, will be considered. The 2018 ceremony was held in Rome at the Chamber of Deputies, on Thursday October 11, at 5 PM. The anchorwoman was the journalist Didi Leoni. The Italy-USA Foundation, in the frame of the America Award, also conferred three medals of the Italian Parliament to the American students Matthew P. Beckmann, Denise Di Castro, Andrew J. Mixson, and a special award in memory of Bud Spencer, actor.

Winners

Piero Antinori, president emeritus Marchesi Antinori

Joe Bastianich, restaurateur, television personality

Marco Bussetti, minister of Education

Valentina Cervi, actress

Alberta Ferretti, fashion designer

Silvio Garattini, president Istituto Mario Negri

George G. Lombardi, G. Lombardi Real Estate Investments

Federico Marchetti, founder and CEO Yoox Net-A-Porter Group

Bruno Vespa, journalist

Bebe Vio, olympic champion