The America Award ceremony, promoted by Italy-USA Foundation, was held in Rome on October 4, 2024, 17:00, at Italian Parliament, Gruppi Parlamentari Hall. The jury has awarded The jury has awarded Simona Agnes, presidente Fondazione Biagio Agnes, Max Biaggi, motorcycle road racer, Helga Cossu, director Fondazione Leonardo, Alessandra Galloni, editor in chief agenzia Reuters, Guillermo Mariotto, fashion designer, Giorgio Moroder, Academy Award winner, Yvonne Sciò, actress, Michael Spence, economist, Nobel laureate, Walter Villadei, astronaut, Antonella Viola, scientist. A special award was conferred in memory of Franco Zeffirelli. The Italy-USA Foundation, in the frame of the America Award, also conferred three medals of the Italian Parliament to three students of American universities: Olivia DeLaura, Lucas Vesey, Alexandria Marie Davis. The anchorwoman was the journalist Didi Leoni.

The video with the opinions of the students of the master’s “Leadership per le relazioni internazionali e il made in Italy” is published on the Youtube channel of the Italy USA Foundation. The master’s degree is a calling card of excellence for the world of work, created with the collaboration of an internationally prestigious educational panel made up of over 35 teachers, with the collaboration of the ICE Agency and GEDI Gruppo Editoriale.

The Italy-USA Foundation promotes at the Italian Parliament 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 interest and activities, and important results in favor of transatlantic friendship, will be considered. Last years the jury has awarded among the others Tra i premiati delle scorse edizioni ricordiamo Andrea Bocelli, Carla Fendi, Gianni Letta, Carlo Cracco, Valentina Vezzali, Jean-Claude Trichet, Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, José Manuel Barroso, Alberto Angela, Brunello Cucinelli, Bebe Vio, Mario Andretti, Enrico Vanzina, Silvio Garattini, Tony Renis, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Manuel Agnelli, Jean Todt, Beatrice Venezi, Gianni Riotta, Edward Luttwak, Alan Friedman, Mario Moretti Polegato, Laura Biagiotti, Joe Bastianich, José Maria Aznar, Bruno Vespa, Alessandro Benetton, Francesca Fagnani, Giovanni Allevi, Lucia Annunziata, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Paul Bremer, Ronn Moss, Alberta Ferretti, Christian De Sica, Ennio Morricone, Ilaria Capua, Umberto Veronesi, Renzo Arbore, Renato Balestra, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Alain Elkann, Paolo Limiti, Gualtiero Marchesi, Paolo Mieli, Monica Maggioni, Paolo Nespoli.. The XIV edition of the prize will be held in Rome, at the Chamber of Deputies, on 4 October 2024. The Prize is an exclusive work of art in silver, rose bronze and palladium. It’s possible to submit nominations for the awards, including a short motivation, by sending an email before May 30, 2024. Unsigned nominations or nickname signatures will not be taken into consideration.

The Italy-USA Foundation will cover daily the 2024 presidential election campaign with exclusive analyses by Mauro della Porta Raffo, writer and journalist, honorary president of the Italy-USA Foundation, one of the most qualified international expert of American political history and presidential elections. He wrote the books “Obiettivo Casa Bianca. Come si elegge un presidente” (2002), “I signori della Casa Bianca” (2005), “Americana” (2011), “USA 1776/2016 – Dalla Dichiarazione di Indipendenza alla campagna elettorale del 2016” (2015), “USA 2020, tracce storiche, politiche, istituzionali” (2020).

A delegation of students who won the scholarship for the Foundation’s master’s degree in “Leadership for international relations and made in Italy” participated in the XIII edition of the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation, held at the Chamber of Deputies on 6 October 2023. The students, presented to the public by the Hon. Catia Polidori, executive director of the Italy USA Foundation, also met the awarded personalities: José Manuel Barroso, Ferruccio de Bortoli, Angelica Krystle Donati, Francesca Fagnani, Ronn Moss, Davide Oldani, Luca Parmitano, Stefano Pontecorvo, Jean Todt, Beatrice Venezi.