 He is also Vicepresident of the Aspen Institute Italia..

Frome June 2013 to June 2017, Rocca was President of Assolombarda, the largest territorial association of the entire entrepreneurial system in Italy which groups about 5.100 firms located in Lombardy region and is part of Confindustria (Italian employers' organization).From May 2004 to May 2012 Rocca was vice president for Education of Confindustria, the leading association of Italian industrialists and from June 2012 to June 2016 he was member of the EIT Governing Board (European Institute of Innovation and Technology).He is currently honorary member of the Italian Institute of Technology and member of the Scientific Committee of the Foundation Politecnico of Milan.