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International conference / Conferenza internazionale

Italy, Europe and : building a privileged partnership Italia, Europa e Israele: come costruire una partnership privilegiata

Rome, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Roma, Ministero degli Affari Esteri September 16-17, 2008 / 16-17 settembre 2008

in cooperation with / in collaborazione con Embassy of Israel in / Ambasciata d’Israele a Roma Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue

PROGRAM / PROGRAMMA

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PROGRAM / PROGRAMMA

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 / MARTEDÌ, 16 SETTEMBRE

20:30 Cocktails and dinner at Villa Madama Welcome , Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome Giulio Tremonti, Chairman, Aspen Institute Italia; Minister of Economy and Finance, Rome Keynote speech , President, Chamber of Deputies, Rome Respondent Gideon Meir, Ambassador of the State of Israel to , Rome

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 / MERCOLEDÌ 17 SETTEMBRE

Working sessions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ROOM / Sessioni di lavoro presso il Ministero degli Affari Esteri – SALA DELLE CONFERENZE INTERNAZIONALI

09:00 - 09:15 Participants’ registration / Registrazione dei partecipanti

09:15 – 09:45 Chair and introduction / Presiede e introduce Israel at sixty: Europe as strategic partner / Israele 60 anni dopo: l’Europa come partner strategico Franco Frattini, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome Speaker Isaac Herzog, Minister of Welfare and Social Services; Minister of the Diaspora, Society and Fight Against Antisemitism

09:45 – 11:00 SESSION I / I SESSIONE Europe and Israel: key societal challenges for the next generations / Europa e Israele: le grandi sfide sociali per le prossime generazioni • Lands of immigration and diversity: sharing lessons / Paesi di immigrazione e di diversità: lezioni a confronto • Anti-Semitism in Europe: a unique phenomenon? / L’Antisemitismo in Europa: un fenomeno unico? • Xenophobia and its antidotes / La Xenofobia e i suoi antidoti • Multiculturalism and identity: the right mix / Multiculturalismo e identità: il giusto mix

Chair / Presiede Arrigo Levi, Personal Consultant to the President of the Republic, Rome

Speakers Renato Mannheimer, President, ISPO, Daniel Ben Simon, Candidate for Parliament, Labor Party, Jerusalem Alfredo Mantovano, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Interior, Rome Oded Eran, Representative and Secretary General, WJC World Jewish Congress – Israel Branch, Jerusalem

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Discussion

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 13:30 SESSION II / II SESSIONE Exchanging goods & services: investing in the economy / Lo scambio di merci & servizi: investire nell’economia • From interdependence to integration: facts and options / Dall’interdipendenza all’integrazione: dati e opzioni • Science and technology: the new imperative / Scienza e tecnologia: il nuovo imperativo • Cooperation in transport, communications and energy / La cooperazione nei trasporti, nelle comunicazioni e nelle questioni energetiche • The Mediterranean tour: the tourism industry as an opportunity/The Mediterranean tour: l’industria del turismo come opportunità

Chair / Presiede Adolfo Urso, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Rome

Speakers Dan David, Founder, Dan David Prize, Tel Aviv Carlo De Benedetti, Chairman, CIR; Chairman, Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso, Milan Aurelio Regina, President, Rome Industrialists and Enterprises Association; Board Member, British American Tobacco Italy, Rome Uriel Lynn, President, Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, Tel Aviv

Closing remarks * Giulio Tremonti, Chairman, Aspen Institute Italia; Minister of Economy and Finance, Rome

13:30 – 15:00 Buffet lunch

15:00 – 16:15 SESSION III / III SESSIONE From neighbours to strategic partners: a concrete agenda / Dal vicinato alla partnership strategica: un’agenda concreta • The EU and the strategic partnership with Israel: what Europe wishes / L’UE e la partnership strategica con Israele: le aspettative dell’Europa • Israel and Europe: what Israel wishes / Israele e Europa: le attese di Israele • The Euro-Mediterranean Union: a right format for Israel? /L’Unione Euro- mediterranea: un formato adatto per Israele? • Fighting terrorism: the contours of a consensus / La lotta contro il terrorismo: le linee di consenso • The security link: Israel and NATO / Il rapporto di sicurezza: Israele e la NATO • Europe, the US and Israel: a shared view of a new Middle East? / Europa, USA e Israele: una visione condivisa di un nuovo Medio Oriente?

Chair / Presiede Raphael Hadas-Lebel, Vice President, Institut Aspen France; Chamber President, Council of State, Paris

* to be confirmed

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Speakers Michael Stürmer, Chief Correspondent, “Die Welt”, Berlin Ran Curiel, Ambassador of Israel to EU and NATO, Brussels Edward Luttwak, Senior Fellow, CSIS-Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC Uzi Arad, Director, Institute for Policy & Strategy, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center; Chair Atlantic Forum of Israel, Herzliya

16:15 – 17:30 FINAL SESSION / SESSIONE FINALE Is peace achievable?/ La pace è possibile? • The two states solution: which future for the Annapolis process? / La soluzione dei due stati: il processo di Annapolis ha un futuro? • The economy of peace-making: a Marshall Plan for the Palestinian State?/ L’economia della pacificazione: un Marshall Plan per lo Stato palestinese? • The Lebanese front and the Syrian track / Il fronte libanese e il track siriano • Regional security and the Iranian factor/La sicurezza regionale e il fattore Iran

Chair / Presiede Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Director General for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome Speakers Marc Otte, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Brussel Ehud Yaari, Senior Commentator, “Channel 2 News”, Jerusalem Alon Liel, Chairman, Israel-Syria Peace Society, Mevaseret Zion Mamoun Fandy, Senior Fellow for Gulf Security, IISS-The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London Massimo D’Alema, Member of the ; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome

Concluding remarks / Conclusioni Stefania Craxi, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome Lord Weidenfeld, President, Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue, London

Departures / Partenze

The schedule is flexible except for opening and closing hours. Simultaneous translation will be provided in Italian and English. / I tempi indicati sono orientativi ad eccezione dell’inizio e della fine dei lavori. Sarà disponibile la traduzione simultanea in italiano e in inglese.

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