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International conference / Conferenza internazionale
Italy, Europe and Israel: 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 Rome / 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 Franco Frattini, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome Giulio Tremonti, Chairman, Aspen Institute Italia; Minister of Economy and Finance, Rome Keynote speech Gianfranco Fini, President, Chamber of Deputies, Rome Respondent Gideon Meir, Ambassador of the State of Israel to Italy, 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, Milan 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 Italian Parliament; 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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