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The “forum” area includes a round table (“Panel”), debates (“one-to-one”) and meetings with students (“Forumio”). The discussions will be based around current themes and will last roughly one hour. They will be structured to include as much interaction between panelists and the public as possible. The audience in the “panels” will be invite only, focusing on personalities from the public and private sector. It will also be integrated with groups of students from secondary schools.
10:00 Welcome Address, Andrea Muccioli
10:15 “Shared Responsibility: working together against cocaine”
“Shared Responsibility” is a project promoted by the Vice President of Colombia, Francisco Santos Calderon, with the goal of raising awareness in the international community about the damage caused in drug producing countries on an environmental and social level. Coca cultivation and cocaine production has caused the deforestation of vast areas of Amazonian rainforest, the pollution of immense waterways with toxic chemicals as well as immeasurable social problems and violence related to the drug trade in Colombia.
Speaker: Francisco Santos Calderon, Vice President of the Republic of Colombia
Forum Panel
11:00 “From Gross Domestic Product to Net Domestic Happiness”
"The gross domestic product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.”
Robert Kennedy pronounced these words in 1968, highlighting the contradictions that, to this day, plague our society. Is material wealth really the source of personal happiness? What defines the true success of a nation? Can we tally quality of life with a simple equation?
Speakers
- Jacques Attali, Founder, PlaNet Finance
- Enrico Giovannini, ISTAT President
- Scott Forbes, Global Changemakers and Founder of Global Forum 40
- Maurizio Sacconi, Minister of Health, Work and Social Policy
- Mara Carfagna, Minister of Equal Opportunities
Moderator: Carmen Lasorella, Director San Marino RTV
Jacques Attali, economista, Presidente di PlaNet Finance.
Already the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in 1998 he founds the non profit PlaNet Financa which finances, consults and creates over ten thousand micro finance organizations. He was nominated President of the Commission on Economic Growth by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in June 2007.
Enrico Giovannini, economist, President Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT).
Professor of Economic Statistics at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome and author of numerois articles as well as two books on economics and statistics. Director of the ‘Statistic Directorate’ of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Member of the French Commission on “Economic Growth and Social Progress”, nominated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Maurizio Sacconi, Italian Minister of Work, Health and Social Policy. Docent of Labor Economics at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome. He was a Member of Parliament from 1979 to 1994 and Undersecretary of the Minister of the Treasury (1987-’94), of Public Works (1992-’93) and Work and Social Policy (2001-’06).
Mara Carfagna, Minister for Equal Opportunity. Member of Parliament since 2006, where she was Secretary of the Commission on Constitutional Affairs.
Since october 2007 she is National Coordinator of Azzurro Donna. Has been Minister since April 2008.
Scott Forbes, student, Global Change Maker. Member of the Global Changemakers, International organization promoted by the British Council, which seeks to unite young activists worlwide. He was among those chosen to partecipate in the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2009 and at the G20 to represent the United Kingdom.
ForumIO…my debate
Too often, young people don’t get the opportunity to express their doubts and opinions, to ask questions. “Forumio” features meetings between personalities from the world of sport and entertainment and a group of secondary school students. The meetings will take place in San Patrignano’s theater space in the afternoon.
Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Seedorf explains, “I always said I wanted to be visible and famous so I could help people that needed it all over the world”. He kept his promise. Once he became a world famous football player (the only one to have won four Champions League titles with three different teams) he founded Champions for Children, a non profit organization dedicated to helping children all over the globe, especially those affected by war, poverty and natural disasters. The Foundation seeks to ensure that each child is guaranteed his fundamental rights, including the right to education. To this end, Champions for Children builds schools and sports facilities where children may explore and realize their potential. The foundation, in light of the 2010 World Football Championship in South Africa, has launched the Goal4Africa project. Seedorf is, along with Nelson Mandela and Sepp Blatter, one of the ambassadors of this important initiative which seeks to bring lasting sustainable progress to the entire African continent.
Get Far Fargetta
Mario Fargetta is one of Italy’s most well known and successful Djs and has for years worked foro ne of the country’s most popular radio stations, “radio DeeJay”. A music llover since his youth, he started out in the 1980’s with a string of successful remixes. Throughout the ‘90’s he works in radio and television. In 1997 he tops the UK charts with Feel It, sampling the Jacksons’ hit “Can you feel it?” Using the stage name Get Far, he collaborates with Italy’s most successful musicians, including Jovanotti, Laura Pausini, Biagio Antonacci, Gigi D’Alessio and Raf, remixing their songs into dance versions.
In the last years he has concentrated on working in night clubs and among young people to promote awareness on drug and alcohol abuse, as well as sending a message that dancing can be “clean” fun.
