Trieste’s new Generali Convention Center played host on 4-5 November 2025 to ‘Selecting Italy’, a national conference organised by the Ministry for Enterprises and Made in Italy in partnership with the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. The event gathered more than 500 delegates—from multinational HR teams and relocation providers to regional investment agencies—to discuss how Italy can attract foreign direct investment and high-skilled expatriate workers.
Panels focused on simplifying work-permit procedures, tax incentives such as the impatriate regime, and leveraging Italy’s newly minted digital-nomad visa to lure remote professionals to smaller cities. Case studies from tech companies in Bologna and aerospace clusters around Turin illustrated how streamlined municipal one-stop shops are reducing on-boarding times from 120 to 60 days.
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A dedicated ‘Talent and Family’ track examined schooling, healthcare and spousal employment—areas where Italy still lags northern European competitors. Delegates also toured the Port of Trieste’s free-port zone, highlighting customs advantages for companies relocating supply-chain operations from Asia.
For global mobility practitioners the takeaway is that Italian authorities are openly courting corporate assignees and location-independent workers, while signalling further digitalisation of immigration workflows in 2026. Firms with expansion plans should engage early with regional desks to tap incentive packages before quotas and funding caps are reached.
Panels focused on simplifying work-permit procedures, tax incentives such as the impatriate regime, and leveraging Italy’s newly minted digital-nomad visa to lure remote professionals to smaller cities. Case studies from tech companies in Bologna and aerospace clusters around Turin illustrated how streamlined municipal one-stop shops are reducing on-boarding times from 120 to 60 days.
A dedicated ‘Talent and Family’ track examined schooling, healthcare and spousal employment—areas where Italy still lags northern European competitors. Delegates also toured the Port of Trieste’s free-port zone, highlighting customs advantages for companies relocating supply-chain operations from Asia.
For global mobility practitioners the takeaway is that Italian authorities are openly courting corporate assignees and location-independent workers, while signalling further digitalisation of immigration workflows in 2026. Firms with expansion plans should engage early with regional desks to tap incentive packages before quotas and funding caps are reached.
