Rome, Chamber of Deputies, Gruppi Parlamentari Hall, 6 October 2023.

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 2023 ceremony was held in Rome at the Chamber of Deputies, on Thursday October 6, at 5 PM. A special award will be conferred in memory of the Oscar winner Carlo Rambaldi. The Italy-USA Foundation, in the frame of the America Award, also conferred four medals of the Italian Parliament to three students of American universities: Ellie Rose Branson, Lorenzo Emanuel Di Franco Cascone, Christopher James Schwarten, Elizabeth Thorpe. The anchorwoman was the journalist Didi Leoni.

Winners

José Manuel Barroso, president Goldman Sachs International

Ferruccio de Bortoli, journalist

Angelica Krystle Donati, president ANCE Giovani

Francesca Fagnani, anchor

Ronn Moss, actor

Davide Oldani, chef

Luca Parmitano, astronaut

Stefano Pontecorvo, ambassador, president Leonardo

Jean Todt, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy

Beatrice Venezi, conducting