Taking Stock: The Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference 2025 and the Fourth Edition of the SIMA 2024 Impact Report

The Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference 2025held at the University of Genoa on June 12th and 13th, showcased SIMA’s dedication to advancing management research and best practices. The conference saw significant participation, with over 450 attendees. 450 convegnisti. The event received 311 submission (49 long papers and 263 short papers), of which 293 were accepted for presentation. 44 sessioni parallele The 44 parallel sessions were organized based on SIMA's thematic groups, the “Tertiarization & Sustainability: New Challenges for Management in the Digital Era” track, and the “Management Case Studies” track. 294 reviewer The review process involved 294 reviewers (two for each long paper and one for each short paper). They dedicated time and expertise to ensure the conference’s scientific quality by providing accurate evaluations and constructive feedback to authors.
Durante l’assemblea dei soci di SIMA è stato presentato il Bilancio d’impatto SIMA del 2024 marking the conclusion of our Society’s first sustainability reporting cycle. Initiated in 2021 under the Presidency of Sandro Castaldo and continued through Arabella Mocciaro Lì Destri's three-year Presidency, the Impact Report remains a fundamental tool for our transparency.
The fourth edition in 2024 brings multiple innovations, with the most impactful undoubtedly being SIMA’s Gender Equality Certification. Through this certification, SIMA communicates to its stakeholders that it has undertaken a voluntary certification process in accordance with the UNI/PdR 125:2022 reference standard.The goal is to provide guidelines for a gender equality management system through the adoption and monitoring of specific KPIs. Mirroring classic management system models, UNI PdR 125:2022 mandates the measurement, reporting, and evaluation of gender-related data within organizations to assess their maturity level and track improvements over time.
The Politica sulla Parità di Genere SIMA SIMA’s Gender Equality Policy applies to all employees and internal and external stakeholders. SIMA firmly believes in a culture of gender equality and is committed to pursuing diversity and female empowerment, raising awareness among our key stakeholders, also through the dissemination of this important document.
The 2024 Impact Report is the result of an engagement process that SIMA strongly believes in. This approach will continue in the coming years to deepen our understanding of SIMA stakeholders’ needs and to define strategic priorities. These results have always been evident in the materiality analysis conducted also for this 2024 Impact Report.
We wish all our stakeholders a good read. You can browse or download the complete document from the SIMA website: https://societaitalianamanagement.it/sostenibilita.

Angeloantonio Russo, Delegato Bilancio di Impatto SIMA