1 BEYOND NORTH-SOUTH FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND A NEW MEDITERRANEAN RENAISSANCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE CLOSURE OF THE 150 TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITALIAN UNIFICATION LA VENARIA REALE, NOVEMBER 26 TH -27 TH 2011 AULA MAGNA CENTRO CONSERVAZIONE E RESTAURO PIAZZA REPUBBLICA PROGRAMME 1
2 Saturday 26th 9:30-11:00 – OPENING CEREMONY Welcome and speeches by: Mr. Ezio Pellizzetti, President of University of Torino Mr Alberto Vanelli, Director of Consorzio La Venaria Reale Mr Piero Fassino, Mayor of Turin Mr Giovanni Puglisi, President of Italian National Commission for UNESCO Mrs Adriana Luciano, Dean of Department of Social Sciences, University of Torino Opening remarks and speeches by: Mr Francesco Maria Amoruso, Senator, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean PAM Mrs Sonia Bahri, UNESCO, Chief of Science Policy and Reform Section 11:00-11:30 – TEA/COFFEE BREAK FOR THE SPEAKERS 11:30-13:00 – SESSION 1 ECONOMICAL CRISIS AND ARAB SPRING, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION? The geo-political role of Mediterranean as a laboratory for humanity and as a new modus vivendi in a global and sustainable world: What answers from political and academic institutions? Chair: Mr Sergio Piazzi, Secretary-General of Parliamentary Assembly of Mediterranean PAM Keynote Mrs Silvia Godelli, Assistant to the President of Puglia Region for Mediterranean Cooperation Mr Riadh Sidaoui, University of Geneva Mr Salvatore A. Giannino, UNESCO/PAM Mediterranean Initiative Mr Mohammad Yakoub, Palestinian Author Mr Vincenzo Lipardi, Executive Commitee of Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza di Napoli (Unesco partner NGO) 13:00-14:00 LUNCH FOR THE SPEAKERS 2
3 14:00-16:30 SESSION 2 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE The role of Science, Technology and Innovation through university networking: What tools for the environmental justice and governance? I) UNESCO Chairs Working group Co-Chairs: Mrs Sonia Bahri, UNESCO, Chief of Science Policy and Reform Section Mr Ezio Pelizzetti, Rector, University of Turin Keynote Mr Sergio Scamuzzi and Mr Dario Padovan, Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management (900), University of Turin UNESCO Chairs from the Northern Mediterranean Region invite their best Southern Mediterranean Region academic partners to participate in a working group (without formal presentations). At the same time UNESCO Chairs from the Southern Mediterranean Region join the working group with their selected academic partners in the Northern Mediterranean. Four principal subjects will be discussed: Participants: i) Mechanisms for the creation of a network of trainings and summer schools, debate moderated by Mrs Asma El Kasmi and Mr Carlo Di Benedetta; ii) The creation of a virtual platform by an interactive working group, debate moderated by Mr Mustafa El Tayeb and Mrs Nathalie Rizzotti; iii) How to promote the academic exchange of professors and researchers, debate moderated by Mr Cosimo Lacirignola and Mr Mohamed Elaswad; iii) How to increase different forms of networking, debate moderated by Mr T. Ángel del Valls Casillas and Mr Mohamed Knidiri Mr Aurelio Angelini, University of Palermo and Coord. of Unesco Chair in Milan Mrs Maria Paola Azzario, President of Centro Unesco Torino Mr T. Angel del Valls Casillas and Mrs Inmaculada Riba Lopez, Wise Coastal Practices for Sustainable Human Development, Europe Region (WICOP-EUROPE) Network 588, Universadad de Cádiz, Spain Mr Egidio Dansero, University of Turin Mr Carlo Di Benedetta and Franco Losurdo, Community of Mediterranean Universities (CMU) 333, University of Bari Mr Mohamed Elaswad, Tanta University (Egypt) Mrs Asma El Kasmi, Chaire UNESCO “Eau, Femmes et pouvoir de décisions” 706, Université Al Akhawayn d’ifrane (Marocco) and Director of Arab World Academy. Mr Mustafa El Tayeb, Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair for Sustainable Development 668, Future University of Khartoum, Sudan Mr Giuseppe Gamba, Kyoto Club Mr Massimo Guarascio, Chaire UNESCO d Innovation pour le développement durable (651), Ecole Centrale Marseille (France) Mr Cosimo Lacirignola, Director of IAM (Bari) International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) Mrs Fatima-Zahra Lahlali, Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection Mr Vassilios Makrakis, Chair Unesco in Education for Sustainable Development 799, University of Crete, Greece 3
4 Mr Mohamed Knidiri, Chair Unesco in Mediterranean Studies 528, Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech, (Morocco) Mr Attilio Petruccioli and Mr Calogero Montalbano, Polytechnic of Bari Mr Luca Savoja, University of Turin Mr Mario Salomone, Scholé Futuro Institute and World Environmental Education Network 16:30-17:00 – TEA/COFFEE BREAK FOR THE SPEAKERS 17:00-18:30 SESSION 3 THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET The role of the Mediterranean Diet as a tool of Bio-cultural diversity for food security: What opportunities for a sustainable development in the Mediterranean Region? Chair: Mr Cosimo Lacirignola, Director of IAM (Bari) International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) Keynote Mr Ugo Mattei, University of Torino Mr Pier Carlo Grimaldi, Rector of University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo Mr Carlo Di Benedetta, Community of Mediterranean Universities (CMU) 333, University of Bari Mr Maurizio Reggi, Consorzio La Venaria Reale Mr Vassilios Makrakis, Chair Unesco in Education for Sustainable Development (799), University of Crete VISIT OF LA VENARIA REALE FOR THE SPEAKERS GALA DINNER FOR THE SPEAKERS AT THE RESTAURANT CASCINA DI CORTE VIA AMEDEO DI CASTELLAMONTE 2, VENARIA REALE 4
5 S U N D A Y 25TH 9:30-11:00 SESSION 4 THE HISTORY OF MEDITERRANEAN Exploring historical and anthropological perspectives to understand the potential of peaceful relationship and cooperation among Mediterranean Countries Chair: Mr Alberto Vanelli, Director of Consorzio La Venaria Reale Keynote Speaker: Mr Andrea Merlotti, Consorzio La Venaria Reale Mr Dionigi Albera, IDEMEC – Institute d Ethnologie Méditerranéenne, Européenne et Comparative d Aix-en Provence Mr Roberto Bizzocchi, University of Pisa Mr Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, University of Naples Mr Walter Santagata, University of Torino Mr Claudio Vercelli, Istituto di studi storici Gaetano Salvemini 12:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS II) UNESCO Chairs Working group Final Keynote Mr Sergio Scamuzzi and Mr Dario Padovan, Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management (900), University of Turin Expected outcome: i) Creation of a platform by an interactive working group that joins key actors in innovation at a Mediterranean regional level; ii) Enhancement of policy and academic dialogue to look at mechanisms for the creation of a network of trainings and summer schools for civil servants, to facilitate common governance and sustainable development of Mediterranean Region, in the framework of the Parliamentary Assembly of Mediterranean PAM activities (proposal for a pilot summer-school for the Region); iii) Drafting of practical science and innovation policy recommendations to be submitted to UNESCO and PAM; iv) Next steps. 12:00-14:00 – VISIT OF LA VENARIA REALE AND COCKTAIL FOR THE SPEAKERS 5
