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Expo 2020 Dubai, Wednesday, 21 July: presentation of the event organized by ANCI for 31 October at the Pavilion

Press conference by the president of ANCI , the Italian Commissioner for the Universal Expo at Dubai, Paolo Glisenti and the coordinator of ANCI Città Metropolitane, Dario Nardella. The initiative proposes that Mayors directly promote their territories in terms of urban regeneration. Follow the livestream

Rome, 20 July 2021

On the 31st of October, Expo 2020 Dubai – which will be running from the 1st of October 2021 to the 31st of March 2022 – will dedicate a special event to the concept of Beauty, intended as competence, innovation and a conduit for knowledge. The event, which is to be held at the Italy Pavilion, is organized in conjunction with ANCI with the aim of proposing that Mayors directly promote their own territories. More specifically, the ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities) intends to principally address the issue of “urban regeneration” as a phenomenon linked to urbanization, mobility and digitalization but also to Culture and Art as “regeneration” factors. The organization of the event scheduled for the 31st of October will be illustrated at a press conference to be held in livestream at 12:30 PM on the 21st of July. It will be attended by Antonio Decaro, the and national president of ANCI, Paolo Glisenti, the Italian Commissioner for the Universal Expo at Dubai, and Dario Nardella, the Mayor of and coordinator of ANCI Città Metropolitane. The press conference will be broadcast in livestreaming from the Facebook pages of ANCI (https://www.facebook.com/comunianci) and of the Italy Pavilion ((https://www.facebook.com/ItalyExpo2020)

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Italian General Commissioner’s Office for Expo 2020 Dubai

For information: Communication, Italian Commissioner’s Office at Expo 2020 Dubai [email protected]