Regione Veneto
3-4-5.04.2025 International Festival of European Geopolitics
From 3 to 5 April 2025 the International Festival of European Geopolitics will be held in auditorium M9 Museo del '900 in Mestre (VE), in via G. Pascoli 11, Mestre (VE), organised by the international magazine ATLANTIS of the Mazzanti publishing house in collaboration with Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the Municipality of Venice and the Council of Europe headquarters in Venice.
The aim of the project is to bring together worlds and sectors that are also apparently different, in order to tackle a complex topic and make it accessible to all.
Three days of meetings and debates on the role of Italy and Europe in world governance, with many national and international personalities.
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Diplomacy and International Relations
- Economy and Finance
- Environment
- Cultural Heritage and Tourism
- Security, Defence and Intelligence
- Rights, Humanitarian Defence, NGOs
- Information and Journalism
Presented and led by Eleonora Lorusso, Journalist
Thursday 3 April 2025
11.00 a.m.
Greetings Authorities
11.30 a.m.
INTERVENTION
Manlio Graziano, Professor of Geopolitics at Sciences Po
12.00 a.m.
INTERVENTION
Antonio Tajani (tbc), Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
3.00 p.m.
THE GLOBAL SCENARIO AFTER THE US ELECTIONS AND THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS IN EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE
Oliviero Bergamini, Journalist, Head of Foreign Affairs TG RAI
Maria Bina Palmisano (reporting from Washington), USAID - United States Agency for International Development
Greta Cristini, Geopolitics Analyst, Reporter and Writer
Giampiero Gramaglia, Journalist, International Affairs Institute
Gianluca Pastori, History of Political Relations between North America and Europe at the Catholic University of Milan
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Ambassador, President of the Commission for EU Policies of the Senate of the Republic
Moderator
Roberto Arditti, Journalist
Speakers: students from the Italy-USA Twinning Project and the School Office of the Italian Embassy in Washington
4.15 p.m.
THE FUTURE OF THE INDO-PACIFIC: A CONVERGENCE OF GLOBAL INTERESTS
Giorgio Cuzzelli, Professor of Security and Strategic Studies at the LUMSA University of Rome
Stefano Pelaggi, La Sapienza University of Rome, Research Fellow at the Centre for Chinese Studies in Taipei
Alessandro Politi (in liaison), Director NATO Defence College Foundation in Rome
Maurizio Scarpari, Sinologist Emeritus of the Cà Foscari University of Venice, Author of ‘China at the Centre
Paolo Wulzer, Professor of History of International Relations, Orientale of Naples
Moderator
Emanuele Rossi, Journalist
5.30 p.m.
INNOVATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
Luca Baraldi, Cultural Anthropologist
Don Paolo Benanti (tbc), President of the Commission for AI in Information
Stefano Da Empoli, President of the Institute for Competitiveness (I-Com) and author of ‘The Economy of ChatGPT’.
Francesca Rossi (tbc), IBM Global Leader on AI Ethics, Professor University of Padua, member EU AI Experts
Moderator
Maurizio Cerruti, Journalist
Friday 4 April 2025
Luigi Brugnaro, Mayor of the City of Venice
with
Elisa Billato, Journalist, Editor-in-chief Rai Veneto
Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto (tbc), Admiral, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Paolo Casardi, Ambassador and Co-President Circolo Studi Diplomatici
Vincenzo Marinese, National Vice President of Confindustria
Raffaele Speranzon, Senator, Foreign Affairs Commission of the Senate of the Republic
Moderator
Ettore Guastalla, Journalist
INTERVENTION
Oleksander Prokudin, Governor of the Kherson Regional Military Administration (Rma)
11.45 a.m. INTERVENTION
Adolfo Urso, Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy
12.00 a.m. INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AND PEACE PROCESSES
Rav Vittorio Robiati Bendaud, Historian of Judaism and pupil of rav Laras
Maurizio Melani, Ambassador, Co-President of the Diplomatic Studies Circle, Extraordinary Professor Link Campus University
Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia (in liaison), Spiritual Counsellor Community of Sant'Egidio, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Imam Yahya Abd al-Ahad Zanolo, COREIS Representative for Triveneto
Moderator
Andrea Scazzola, Journalist
3.00 p.m. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME
Maria Assunta Accili (in liaison), Ambassador, Circle of Diplomatic Studies
Raffaele Grassi , Deputy Director General of Public Security and Central Director of Criminal Police
Elena Lepre, Criminal Lawyer
Michele Papa, Superior Council of the Magistracy and Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Florence
Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini, Magistrate and Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Moderator
Laura Piva, Journalist
4.30 p.m. INTERVENTION
Carlo Nordio (tbc), Minister of Justice
5.30 p.m. MULTILATERALISM FOR NEW WORLD BALANCES
Maurizio Geri, EU MSCA fellow at GMU Washington/Ca' Foscari Venice, Naval Officer POLAD
Paolo Guerrieri (in liaison), Visiting Professor at Sciences Po, Paris School of International Affairs, former Professor of Economics at La Sapienza University of Rome
Stefano Mannino, Army Corps General, CASD President
Maurizio Melani, Ambassador, Co-President of the Circle of Diplomatic Studies, Extraordinary Professor Link Campus University
Moderator
Massimo Nava, Journalist
Saturday 5 April 2025
Mario Schwetz, Director of the Italian Office of the Council of Europe
with Gerardo Pelosi , Journalist
Luca Zaia (tbc), President of the Veneto Region
11.30 a.m.
Raffaele Fitto (awaiting confirmation), Vice President European Commission
with
Roberto Papetti, Editor-in-chief Il Gazzettino
SMALL CLOSING CONCERT
Federico Motta, Cello
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