ACTIVITIES

3rd Italian-Turkish Forum
“150th Anniversary of the Italian-Turkish Relations: A common vision towards the EU”
Rome, November 7-8,  2006

 
PROGRAMME
Tuesday,   November 7, 2006
(Spazio Etoile, Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina)
8.00 pm
Welcome Reception
8.05-8.30 pm

Welcome addresses
Dieter Rampl, Chairman of UniCredit Group
Ambassador Murat Bilhan, Former Chairman of SAM

8.30- 10.00 pm Dinner
10.00 – 11.30 pm

Jazz Concert (two groups, one Italian and one Turkish, will play Jam session)

Wednesday,  November 8,  2006
(Villa Miani, Via Trionfale 151)

8.30 – 9.00 am

Welcome coffee

9.00 – 12.00 am

Workshop 1 – Political Relations
“Italy and Turkey: a new vision of Europe”
Chairman: Ambassador  Renato Ruggiero,Advisor to the Prime Minister on the Declaration on the future of Europe on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome
Co-Chairman: Zeynep Karahan Uslu – Chairman of the Turkish-Italian Working Group and Turkish Parliamentary Group at the Euro Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, Turkey

9.00 – 12.00 am

Workshop 2 – Economic Relations
“The energy policies in the Mediterranean Countries, with regard to EU energy supply security”
Chairman: to be chosen
Co- Chairman: Ambassador Mithat Balkan, National Coordinator for Energy Issues

9.00 – 12.00 am

Workshop 3 – Socio-cultural Relations
“The role of mass-media in democratic society”
Chairman: Paolo Gentiloni*, Minister for Communication, Italy
Co-Chairman Semih İdiz, Milliyet Daily News, Turkey

12.00-12.15 pm

Plenary Session
Introductory speech: Alessandro Profumo, CEO UniCredit Group

 

Keynote speeches

12.15-12.45 pm Abdullah Gül, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Turkey
12.45-1.15 pm Massimo D’Alema, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Italy
1.15-1.45 pm  Press Conference
1.45-2.45 pm  Buffet Lunch with the participation of the Ministers
3.00 pm  Plenary Session
3.10-3.40 pm The Chairman of each Workshop will report to the Plenary Session (10 minutes each)
3.40- 5.30 pm Debate
5.30- 6.10 pm Final Remarks
 

Moderators:
Guiseppe Scognamiglio
(UNICREDITBANK)
Bülent Karadeniz (SAM)
Egemen Bagis, Member of the Turkish Parliament and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister
Lucio Caracciola, Editor in Chief of Limes, an Italian Political Review
Venue Address: Villa Miani, in Via Trion ale 151
Hotel of the Turkish Delegation:
Hotel Ambassador, via Veneto, 62 - Roma 00186