Wednesday, February 3rd

02.15 PM – 06.30 PM

Campidoglio, Rome Municipality
Sala Pietro da Cortona

MODERATOR:
Duilio Giammaria, RAI

02.15 PM
INSTITUTIONAL SPEECH:
Stefania Gabriella Anastasia Craxi, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs*

02.30 PM
WELCOME SPEECHES:
Sen. Mauro Cutrufo, Deputy Mayor of Rome Municipality
Luigi Frati, Magnifico Rettore “Sapienza -  University of Rome”
Paolo Gaudenzi, “Sapienza – University of Rome”

03.00PM
INTRODUCTION:
The Mediterranean as the Strategic Hub for Geopolitcs and International Cooperation.
Giancarlo Elia Valori, President of Sviluppo Lazio

03.15 PM
I SESSION:
Applications and Space Services Interoperability, (Satellite Navigation, Earth Observation and Advanced Telecommunications), Strategic Platforms for the Integration of the Euro-Mediterranean Area

MODERATOR:
Paolo Gaudenzi, Director of the Master’s Degree in Satellite and Orbital Platforms, “Sapienza – University of Rome”

SPEECHES:
Giuseppe Morsillo, Head Director General’s Policy Office, ESA
On. Marco Airaghi, Administration Board Member, ASI
Gen. B. Mario Ruggiero, Italian Joint Defence Staff
Ing. Giuseppe Viriglio Telespazio President
Prof. Dr. Ayman El-Dessouki, Chairman of Egyptian National Authority for Remote Sensing (NARSS)
Osama Ammar, Director General of General Organization of Remote Sensing (GORS) – Syria
Abdelwaheb Nmiri, NIM (National Institute of Meteorology) – Tunisia
Zvi Kaplan, General Director of Israel Space Agency, ISA
Mete Arslan, Delegate from Undersecretary M. Bayar and Manager of the Electronic Information Systems for Defensive and Offensive Actions Department, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) – Turkish Republic

05.30 PM
II SESSION:
Development and Cooperation Programmes of Big Nations and Global Space Agencies

MODERATOR:
Giuliano Berretta, Chairman of the Board of Eutelsat Communication

SPEECHES:
Philip Liebrecht, deputy Program Manager for Space Communications and Navigation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA
Mr. K R Sridhara Murthy, General Manager, ANTRIX Corporation: International Cooperation
Yin Jun, Scientific Counselor of Chines Embassy in Italy
Anatoly Nikolaevich Perminov, Director Russian Federal Space Agency

06.30 PM
CONCLUSIONS:
Giuliano Berretta, Chairman of the Board of Eutelsat Communications
Antonia Gazzellone, Counsellor, Rome Municipality

*Speakers have been invited