Program ’12
Sunday 19 August
Meetings
THE MARTYRDOM OF NIGERIA: “WE NEED THE MIRACLE OF GOD”
A meeting with H.E. Msgr. Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria. Introduced by Davide Perillo, Director of Tracce.
THREE CHORDS AND A LONGING FOR THE TRUTH. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL AS A SEEKING FOR THE INFINITE
Participant John Waters, Columnist of The Irish Times. Introduced by Alberto Savorana, Spokesperson of Comunione e Liberazione.
GIOVANNI BELLINI AND THE ANGELS OF THE PIETY AS ANNOUNCERS OF RESURRECTION
Participants: Marco Bona Castellotti, Full Professor of History of Modern Arts at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Brescia; Massimo Pulini, Councillor for Culture, Identity of Places Institute of Musical Studies G. Lettimi of the City of Rimini. Introduced by Daniele Celli, Headmaster.
UTOPIAS AND MEANINGS: TWO FLAGS OF SPANISH AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. 1808 – 1824
Participants: Anibal Fornari, Professor of Philosophical Anthropology and Director of the PhD in Philosophy at the University of Santa Fe and Curator of the exhibition; Carlos Freile, Professor of History at Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Rodrigo Gutiérrez Viñuales, Full Professor of Art History at the University of Granada. Introduced by Robi Ronza, Journalist and Writer.
YOUNG PROTAGONISTS FOR DEVELOPMENT. OPENING ENCOUNTER 33rd MEETING
Participant Mario Monti, President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic. Introduced by Emilia Guarnieri, President of the Meeting for Friendship amongst Peoples Foundation and Giorgio Vittadini, President of Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà.
AN ECONOMY BASED ON SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. COMPARISON OF COOPERATION EXPERIENCES
In collaboration with Unioncamere. Participants: Gianpiero Calzolari, President of Granarolo; Andrea Ferraris, President of COPAT; Claudia Fiaschi, President of Consortium CGM; Maurizio Gardini, President of Conserve Italia. Introduced by Monica Poletto, President of Compagnia delle Opere - Opere Sociali.
Shows
MY FUNKY VALENTINE
Music entertainment with soul, jazz, funky and new versions of some Italian pop music songs.
THE VILLAGER’S OPERA
A story of thwarted love, set in Lebanon, told through typical dance and music of the Caracalla Dance Theatre, "the king of the musical theatre world in the Middle East."
Sport
THIRD SPRINT TRIATHLON OF THE TITAN/MEETING RIMINI
Agonistic competition Triathlon Sprint:
Swimming 750 metres (pool) – Cycling 20,000 metres – Running 5,000 metres.
Organized by: TRIATHLON DUATHLON RIMINI A.S.D., SGR Rimini and Rimini Meeting in collaboration with MSP San Marino. With the patronage of the Secretary of State for Tourism and Sport of the Republic of San Marino.
Sign up online at www.duathlon.it (mob. 335-7242155).
Texts & Contexts
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
CRISTO COME PUNTO CENTRALE DELL’EDUCAZIONE RELIGIOSA
Presentation of the book by Josef Andreas Jungmann edited by Alessandro Gamba (Ed. Marietti 1820). Participant Stefano Alberto, Professor of Theology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
STORIES FROM THE WORLD. LIFE IN A DAY
International reportages presented by Roberto Fontolan and Gian Micalessin.
Presentation of the reportage by Kevin Mac Donald and Ridley Scott. Produced by: Scott Free Productions and YouTube.
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
LA FORTUNA DI APPARTENERGLI. LETTERA CONFIDENZIALE AI CREDENTI
Presentation of the book by H.E. Card. Giacomo Biffi, Emeritus Archbisop of Bologna (Ed. ESD). Participants: Stefano Alberto, Professor of Theology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan; Giorgio Carbone, Director of Edizioni Studio Domenicani.
Monday 20 August
Meetings
THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE: WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT. HOW TO END THE CRISIS WITHOUT SACRIFICING ANYONE
Participants: Mauro Moretti, CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane; Corrado Passera, Minister for Economic Development, Infrastructures and Transport; Giorgio Vittadini, President of Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà. Introduced by Francesco Bernardi, President of DSE.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: THE PRINCIPLE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Participants: Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome; H.B. Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and all Cyprus, Church of Cyprus; Franco Frattini, President of Fondazione Alcide De Gasperi; Salman Shaikh, Director of the Brookings Doha Center and Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Introduced by Roberto Fontolan, Director of the International Center of Communion and Liberation.
THE STRATEGIES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Participants: Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Scientific Director of the Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano; Mario Melazzini, General Direction of Health of the Lombardy Region; Stefano Portolano, CEO of Celgene; Alberto Sciumè, President of Nerviano Medical Sciences. Introduced by Marco Bregni, President of Medicina e Persona Association.
POETRY FOCUSES LIFE. READING OF POEMS
Participants: Ángel Guinda, Poet; Gianfranco Lauretano, Teacher and Poet; Jean-Pierre Lemaire, Poet. Introduced by Davide Rondoni, Poet and Writer.
THINKING ABOUT HUMAN NATURE. SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY
Participants: Costantino Esposito, Full Professor of History of Philosophy at Università degli Studi di Bari; Eugenio Mazzarella, Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. Introduced by Carmine Di Martino, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Università degli Studi di Milano.
CHRIST LIVES IN YOU. DOSTOEVSKIJ. THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD AND OF MAN: ICONS AND PAINTINGS
Participant Tat’jana Kasatkina, Director of the Literary Theory Department at Russian Academy of Sciences. Introduced by Stefano Alberto, Professor of Theology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
ENVIROMENT: FROM EXPLOITATION TO PRESERVATION
Participants: Corrado Clini, Minister for the Environment, the Protection of Natural Resources and the Sea; Roberto De Santis, President of CONAI; Andrea Illy, President of Illy Spa; Antonino Turicchi, President of Alstom Italia. Introduced by Robi Ronza, Journalist and Writer.
BEAUTY AND CULTURE: COMMON GOOD
Participants: Cristina Acidini, Superintendent for the Museum Complex of the city of Florence; H.E. Msgr. Luigi Negri, Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro; Lorenzo Ornaghi, Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities. Introduced by Marco Bona Castellotti, Full Professor of History of Modern Arts at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Brescia.
HOMO RELIGIOSUS
Participants: Stefano Alberto, Professor of Theology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan; Shōdō Habukawa, Abbot of Muryoko-in Temple; H.E. Card. Julien Ries, Professor Emeritus of History of Religions at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (Video Conference). Introduced by Emilia Guarnieri, President of the Meeting for Friendship amongst Peoples Foundation.
ISLAM TODAY: BETWEEN EDUCATION AND REASON
Participants: Wael Farouq, Vice President of Meeting Cairo, Professor at Arabic Language Institute at American University of Cairo; Abdel-Fattah Hassan, Professor of Italian Literature at Ain Shams University in Cairo; Robert Reilly, Senior Fellow for Strategic Communication at the American Foreign Policy Council. Introduced by Roberto Fontolan, Director of the International Center of Communion and Liberation.
WORLD’S RESOURCES: SPLITTING OR SHARING?
Participants: Alberto Piatti, General Secretary of AVSI Foundation; Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University; Paolo Scaroni, CEO of Eni. Introduced by Bernhard Scholz, President of Compagnia delle Opere.
Shows
RIBELLE – THE BRAVE
By Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Preview of Disney/Pixar original version with Italian subtitles (2012).
The screening will be preceded by the vision of the short film Disney/Pixar's "La Luna" by Enrico Casarosa. In partnership with Sentieri del Cinema. Free entrance with invitation to be collected at the ticket desk of the Meeting.
HOMAGE TO ANDRES SEGOVIA
At 25 years after the death of the spanish guitarist, one of his brightest students, Piero Bonaguri, pays tribute to one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century with a live concert.
THE TREE OF LIFE
By Terrence Malick with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Film Festival (2011). In partnership with Sentieri del Cinema. Length 130 min.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
After Russia and Siberia, it arrives in Rimini the text of F. Dostoevskij staged by students of the Language and Art High School La Traccia in Bergamo. A theatrical adventure began to deepen the encounter with the author and his work.
MEETING RIMINI FILM FESTIVAL
Screening of the ten short films winner of the fifth edition of the international competition. Following, the awards cerimony with a jury of experts. President of the Jury: Monica Maggioni.
Focus
WHEN STUDYING BECOMES ENJOYABLE. A COFFEE WITH…
Participants: Carolina Brizio, Medical Student at the Università degli Studi di Milano; Carlo Carù, Literature Student at Università degli Studi di Milano; Marco Erroi, Economy Student at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano. Introduced by Mattia Sogaro, President of CNSU (National Council of University Students).
THE TASTE THAT CHALLENGES US EVERY DAY
Participants: Maria Teresa Biotti, Chef; Paolo Massobrio, Founder of the Club di Papillon; Giacomo Perletti, Farmer; Simone Virgara, Winemaker. Introduced by Marco Gatti, Journalist.
Sport
6th TOURNAMENT CALCIOBALILLA
For kids tournament begins at 3.00 pm. For Adults tournament begins at 9.00 pm. Curated by CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano.
BRIDGE TOURNAMENT
The most exciting sport of the mind arrives at the Meeting with a Mitchell scrambled tournament open to all. By Association Rimini Bridge Civibridge.
Texts & Contexts
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
SI PROSPETTANO GIORNI FELICI
Presentation of the book by Giovanni Marco Calzone (Ed. Marietti 1820). Participants: Carmine Di Martino, Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Università degli Studi di Milano; Mariella Carlotti, Teacher.
STORIES FROM THE WORLD. OUT OF TEHERAN
International reportages presented by Roberto Fontolan and Gian Micalessin.
Presentation of the reportage by Monica Maggioni, Journalist. Produced by: Mediakite, Rai Cinema. Participant the Author; Massimo Ilardo, Director of Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre, Italy.
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
PORZÛS. VIOLENZA E RESISTENZA SUL CONFINE ORIENTALE
Presentation of the book edited by Tommaso Piffer, Research Professor at Università degli Studi di Milano and Harvard University (Ed. Il Mulino). Participant the Editor.
Following:
DOVE LA DOMANDA SI ACCENDE
Presentation of the book by AA.VV. (Ed. Itaca). Participants: Letizia Bardazzi, President of Associazione Italiana Centri Culturali; Massimo Borghesi, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Università degli Studi di Perugia.
Tuesday 21 August
Meetings
NEUROSCIENCE: THE MYSTERY OF THE UNITY OF THE PERSON
Participants: Giancarlo Cesana, Professor of Hygiene at Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca; Michele Di Francesco, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Università Vita-Salute San Raffele. Introduced by Andrea Moro, Full Professor of General Linguistics at the Institute for Advanced Study IUSS Pavia.
VIGILANDO REDIMERE. WHAT IDEA OF PUNISHMENT IN THE 21st CENTURY
Participants: Nicola Boscoletto, President of Consorzio Rebus; Tomáz de Aquino Resende, Procurador de Justiça do Ministério Público do Estado de Minas Gerais, São Paulo; Giovanni Maria Pavarin, President of the Surveillance Court of Venice; Luciano Violante, President of Forum Riforma of the State of Partito Democratico. Introduced by Paolo Tosoni, President of Libera Associazione Forense.
TELLING THE REALITY
Participants: Roberto Napoletano, Director of Il Sole 24 Ore; Antonio Preziosi, Director of Radio Uno and GR Rai; Marco Tarquinio, Director of Avvenire. Introduced by Alberto Savorana, Spokesperson of Comunione e Liberazione.
IS REALITY TRULY POSITIVE? FROM THE PEOPLES OF MESOPOTAMIA TO THE PEOPLES OF THE BIBLE
Participants: Giorgio Buccellati, Professor Emeritus of Ancient Near East and History at UCLA; Ignacio Carbajosa Pérez, Professor of Old Testament at the Faculty of Theology at Universidad San Dámaso Madrid. Introduced by Davide Perillo, Director of Tracce.
EDUCATING MAN’S HEART
Participants: Franco Moscone, Prepósito Superior General of the Order of the Clerics Regular of Somasca; Carlo Wolfsgruber, Rector of V. Grossman Foundation in Milan. Introduced by Alberto Savorana, Spokesperson of Comunione e Liberazione.
THE CHALLENGE OF REGENSBURG SPEECH AND THE LESSON OF EUGENIO CORECCO
Participants: Andrea Bettetini, Full Professor of Ecclesiastical Law at the Università degli Studi di Catania; Libero Gerosa, Director of the International Institute of Canon Law and Religion Comparative Law at the Faculty of Theology in Lugano; Gian Piero Milano, President of the Faculty of Law at the Università di Roma Tor Vergata; H.E. Card. Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid; Patrick Valdrini, President of Consociatio Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo. Introduced by Romeo Astorri Full Professor of Canon Law at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Piacenza.
BY NATURE, MAN IS RELATION TO THE INFINITE
Participant Javier Prades López, Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Universidad San Dámaso of Madrid. Introduced by Emilia Guarnieri, President of the Meeting for Friendship amongst Peoples Foundation.
MANAGEMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PROSPECTS OF A NEEDED COMBINATION
In collaboration with Unioncamere. Participants: Domenico Arcuri, CEO of Invitalia; Fabio Cerchiai, President of Autostrade per l’Italia and of Atlantia spa; Sandro De Poli, President and CEO of Ge Italia and Israele; Roberto Snaidero, President of FederlegnoArredo. Introduced by Bernhard Scholz, President of Compagnia delle Opere.
Shows
HUGO CABRET
Produced by Martin Scorsese, winner of 5 Oscars (2012). In partnership with Sentieri del Cinema. Length 125 min.
“NON TI AMO PERCHÉ E’ GIUSTO …”
The Tidings Brought to Mary (P. Claudel) and Miguel Mañara (O. I. Milosz), two masterpieces of the theater, written 100 years ago, has returned: A reading commented by Davide Rondoni, with Valentina Oriani (vocals) and Eugenio Della Chiara (guitar).
THE WAY BACK
Produced by Peter Weir, with Colin Farrell and Ed Harris (2010). In partnership with Sentieri del Cinema. Length 133 min.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Reply)
After Russia and Siberia, it arrives in Rimini the text of F. Dostoevsky staged by students of the Language and Art High School La Traccia in Bergamo. A theatrical adventure began to deepen the encounter with the author and his work.
EN TI
Luis Ortega's company of flamenco, one of the most prestigious in Spain, on stage with an original project: some passages from the Gospel told through music, song and dance of Spanish tradition.
Focus
ITALY PRODUCES TALENTS. A COFFEE WITH…
Participants: Tommaso Piffer, Research Professor at Università degli Studi di Milano and Harvard University; Andrea Staiti, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Boston College. Introduced by Sara Tarantini, Law Student at Università degli Studi di Milano.
THE WOODEN CRUCIFIXES OF RIMINI. REDEEMED BY HIS FLESH AND HIS BLOOD
Participants: Stefano De Carolis, Doctor and Medicine Historian; Learco Guerra, Buisnessman; Rosanna Manghi, Literature Teacher.
PLAY FOR PLAY, SECOND YEAR. CONCRETE ACTIONS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
In collaboration with Federazione Sistema Gioco Italia-Confindustria. Participants: Giovanni Emilio Maggi, Vice President of Sistema Gioco Italia-Confindustria; Marco Pedroni, Research Professor at Università degli Studi di Bergamo; Giancarlo Rovati, Full professor of Sociology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano. Greeting speech by Maurizio Lupi, Vice President of Italian Chamber of Deputies. Introduced by Sergio Luciano, Journalist.
Sport
MINIVOLLEY TOURNAMENT
Reserved for girls and boys aged 6-11 years. Organized by the Viserba Volley Rimini and technical management of the CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano.
ACROBATIC GYMNASTICS
Show and entertainment of acrobatic gymnastics by the Polisportiva Riccione Sezione Ginnastica Acrobatic Tim Riccione.
WALKS THROUGH THE CITY AND HISTORY OF RIMINI
Evening walks through the inner city and a guided tour of the city's cultural heritage. Curated by A.S.D. La Pedivella and CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano.
Texts & Contexts
THE LIMIT AND THE INFINITE. THE ANCIENT WORLD IN FRONT OF THE MYSTERY
Readings from Horace, Hesiod, Aristotle, Lucretius, Seneca, and others by Zetesis.
Musical advice by Silvia Balsamo. Participants: Federico Martinoli, Student; Moreno Morani, Professor of Linguistics at Università degli Studi di Genova; Giulia Regoliosi, Principal of Alexis Carrel High School of Milan, Francesca Sacchi, Student.
STORIES FROM THE WORLD. LA RIVOLUZIONE, UN SOGNO.
International reportages presented by Roberto Fontolan and Gian Micalessin.
Presentation of the reportage by Gian Micalessin, Journalist. Directed by Marcello Pastonesi. Managing Editor: Francesca Ulivi. Produced by MTV News. Participant the Author; Francesca Ulivi, Director Tg and Social Responsibility MTV Italia.
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
E ADESSO COSA FACCIO? RIPENSARE IL RAPPORTO TRA GENITORI E FIGLI
Presentation of the book by Luigi Ballerini, Italian Doctor, Psychoanalyst and Writer (Ed. Lindau). Participant the Author.
Following :
THE REDISCOVERY OF… CESARE PAVESE
Participant Valerio Capasa, Teacher and Literary Critic.
STORIES FROM THE WORLD. «IO SONO QUI». LA REALTÀ È SEMPRE POSITIVA
International reportages presented by Roberto Fontolan and Gian Micalessin.
Presentation of the reportage by Emmanuel Exitu, Director and Screenwriter. Edition: San Paolo. Participants: the Author; Renato Farina, Italian Parliament Deputy, PdL; Mario Melazzini, President of AISLA.
Wednesday 22 August
Meetings
EUROPE: ONE, NO ONE AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND
Participants: Mario Mauro, Head of PdL Italian Delegation in the EPP Group; Luís Miguel Poiares Maduro, Director of the Global Governance Programme, European University Institute; Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission, Responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship. Introduced by Marco Bardazzi, Editor in Chief of La Stampa.
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN BEINGS
Participants: William E. Carroll, Aquinas Fellow in Theology and Science, Blackfriars Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford; Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus in the Division of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Introduced by Marco Bersanelli, Full Professor of Astrophysics at Università degli Studi di Milano.
EDUCATION, IDENTITY AND DIALOGUE
Participants: Ignacio Carbajosa Pérez, Professor of Old Testament at the Faculty of Theology at Universidad San Dámaso of Madrid; Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Director of The Elijah Interfaith Institute; Abdel-Fattah Hassan, Professor of Italian Literature at Ain Shams University in Cairo. Introduced by Roberto Fontolan, Director of the International Center of Communion and Liberation.
WORK IN PROGRESS: COMING ITALY
In collaboration with Unioncamere. Participants: Giovanni Castellucci, CEO of Autostrade per l’Italia and Atlantia Spa; Raffaele Cattaneo, Assessor of Transports and Infrastructures of Regione Lombardia; Mario Ciaccia, Vice Minister of Infrastructures and Transport; Luigi Grillo, President of the VIII Commission of the Public Works and Communication of the Senate; Michele Pizzarotti, Vice President of Pizzarotti & C. Spa. Introduced by Lanfranco Senn, President of Metropolitana Milanese and Director of CERTeT.
…SOTTO LE STELLE, IL LIBRO DEL MISTERO: GIOVANNI PASCOLI’S POETRY
Participant Davide Rondoni, Poet and Writer. Introduced by Emilia Guarnieri, President of the Meeting for Friendship amongst Peoples Foundation.
“WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM?” GENETICS AND HUMAN NATURE IN THE GAZE OF JÉRÔME LEJEUNE.
Participants: Birthe Bringsted Lejeune, Vice President of Jérôme Lejeune Foundation; Jean-Marie Le Méné, President of Jérôme Lejeune Foundation; Carlo Soave, Curator of the Exhibition and Full Professor in Plant Physiology at the Università degli Studi di Milano. Introduced by Marco Bregni, President of Medicina e Persona Association.
TO THE XVII CENTENNIAL OF THE EDICT OF MILAN
Participants: Francesco Braschi, Responsible of Ambrosiana Library; Giorgio Feliciani, Full Professor of Canon Law at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milano; Alfredo Valvo, Full Professor of Roman History at Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore of Milano; Giovanni Maria Vian, Director of L’Osservatore Romano. Introduced by Stefano Alberto, Professor of Theology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
NON-PROFIT, EUROPE’S ENGINE
In collaboration with European Commission. Participants: Giuseppe Guerini, President of Federsolidarietà and Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (CESE); Marco Morganti, CEO of Banca Prossima and Member of GECES – European Commission’s Group of Experts on Social Entrepreneurship; Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission, Responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship. Introduced by Monica Poletto, President of Compagnie delle Opere – Opere Sociali.
LOOKING AT EARTH… FROM THE STARS. A SPACEMAN TELLS OF HIMSELF
Participant Paolo Nespoli, Spaceman. Introduced by Marco Bersanelli, Full Professor of Astrophysics at Università degli Studi di Milano.
LOMBARDY: DISCUSSION ON PRESENT AND FUTURE
Participants: Lodovico Festa, Journalist and Writer; Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy Region; Oscar Giannino, Journalist and Senior Fellow at Bruno Leoni Institute; Pierluigi Magnaschi, Director of ItaliaOggi.
ALBANIA, ATHLETA CHRISTI. AT THE ROOTS OF A PEOPLE’S FREEDOM
Participants: Teodor Nasi, Curator of the exhibition; Ardian Ndreca, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Higher Studies on Unbelief, Religion and Cultures (ISA) at Pontificia Università Urbaniana; Agron Tufa, Executive Director of the Institute for the Communist Crimes in Tirana. Introduced by Giorgio Paolucci, Managing Editor of Avvenire.
Shows
THE ADVENTURE OF TINTIN
Animated film by Steven Spielberg (2011). In partnership with Sentieri del Cinema. Length 107 min.
SPIRTO GENTIL. GUIDE ALL’ASCOLTO
Rachmaninov's Vespers. Listening guide with CD by Maestro Pippo Molino.
ORIGINES TRIO
The beauty through music of different eras and traditions. Valentina Oriani, Marco Squicciarini, Stefano Dall'Ora will interpret spirituals, songs of the Sephardic community, the Hispanic folklore, Italian and Irish folk singing and the South American sounds.
MONEYBALL
Produced by Bennett Miller, with Brad Pitt and Robin Wright (2011). In partnership with Sentieri del Cinema. Length 133 min.
IN SINGING THE SOUL OF A PEOPLE
Concert by the Metropolitan Chorus of Priests of St. Petersburg that will play the suite of Rachmaninov's Vespers and the sacred and popular music of the Russian tradition.
Focus
LOOKING FOR A JOB WITH ADEQUATE REASONS. A COFFEE WITH…
Participants: Andrea Cammelli, Professor of Social Statistics at the Università degli Studi di Bologna and Director of AlmaLaurea; Giovanni Rovetta, Architecture Student at the Polytechnic of Milan. Introduced by Marco Lezzi, Member of the CNSU (National Council of University Student).
JOB FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
Participants: Stefano Colli-Lanzi, CEO of Gi Group e Vice President of Assolavoro; Fabio Cusin, Vicepresidente di Gemeaz Elior Spa; Paolo Giovanni Del Nero, Councillor for Economic Development and Labour of the Province of Milan; Paolo Emilio Reboani, President and CEO of Italia Lavoro. Introduced by Massimo Ferlini, Vice President of Compagnia delle Opere.
Sport
RUN RIMINI MEETING 2012
Non-competitive walk open to everyone. And award of participation.
2 kilometres for kids and 6 kilometres for adults. (route entirely flat. Starting and finishing at the Fair).
Departure 6.30 p.m. from Padiglione Sport di Rimini Fiera (outside the West entrance)
Awards ceremony at 7.30 p.m. at the Padiglione Sport (Gioco del Lotto Sport Village) of the Rimini Fair.
Organized by CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano.
Texts & Contexts
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
DOPO IL MIRACOLO
Presentation of the book by Alessandro Zaccuri, Journalist and Writer (Ed. Mondadori). Participant the Author.
Following:
LUIGI GIUSSANI. LA VIRTÙ DELLA FEDE
Presentation of the book by Francesco Ventorino, Professor Emeritus of Ontology and Ethics at the Studio Teologico San Paolo, Catania (Ed. Marietti 1820). Participants: the Author; Massimo Borghesi, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Università degli Studi di Perugia.
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
L’AMERICA NON ESISTE
Presentation of the book by Antonio Monda, Journalist and Writer (Ed. Mondadori). Participant the Author.
Following:
THE REDISCOVERY OF… CORMAC MCCARTHY
Participant Davide Perillo, Director of Tracce.
STORIES FROM THE WORLD. EGGSPLOITATION
International reportages presented by Roberto Fontolan and Gian Micalessin.
Presentation of the reportage by Jennifer Lahl and Justin Baird. Produced by: The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Partecipa Jennifer Lahl, Founder and President of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, California.
Thursday 23 August
Meetings
GLOBAL ECONOMY: PENALTY OR VALORISATION OF EUROPE?
In collaboration with Invitalia, National agency for inward investments and economic development. Participants: Francesco Confuorti, President and CEO of Advantage Financial; Federico Golla, CEO of Siemens Italia Spa; Maximo Ibarra, CEO of Wind. Introduced by Domenico Lombardi, President of the Oxford Institute for Economics Policy and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
NEED FOR JUSTICE, THE ROOT OF DEMOCRACY
Participants: Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism; H.E. Msgr. Silvano Maria Tomasi, Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the Office of the United Nations in Geneva. Introduced by Andrea Simoncini, Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the Università degli Studi di Firenze.
LABOUR AND GROWTH
Participants: Raffaele Bonanni, Secretary-General of CISL; Fulvio Conti, Vice President for the Research Department of Confindustria, CEO and General Director of Enel; Elsa Maria Fornero, Italian Welfare Minister. Introduced by Bernhard Scholz, President of Compagnia delle Opere.
QUALITY AS CULTURE: THE POWER OF MADE IN ITALY
In collaboration with Unioncamere. Participants: Stefano Berni, General Director of the Consortium for the Defense of Grana Padano Cheese; Ferruccio Dardanello, President of Unioncamere; Riccardo Monti, President of the Agency for the Promotion of Italian Companies Abroad; Vincenzo Tassinari, Coop Italia Management Board Chairman and President of Centrale Italiana. Introduced by Enrico Biscaglia, General Director of Compagnia delle Opere.
DISEASE: IN THE EXPERIENCE OF LIMITATION, THE OPENING TO THE INFINITE
Participants: Stefano Conti, Engeneer; Javier Gutiérrez, Orthopaedic Doctor and Responsible of the Medicina e Persona Association in Spain. Introduced by Felice Achilli, Director of the Cardiology Unit at the San Gerardo Hospital in Monza.
LIFE: NEED FOR HAPPINESS. EXPERIENCE
Participant Izzeldin Abuelaish, Palestinian Doctor and Founder of Daughters for Life Foundation and Professor of Global Health at the University of Toronto. Introduced by Robi Ronza, Journalist and Writer.
THE MYTH OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE
Participants: William Cavanaugh, Professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University in Chicago; Ibrahim M. M. Shamseddine, Founder of the Imam Shamseddine Foundation for Dialogue in Beirut; Paola Vismara, Full Professor of History of Church at Università degli Studi di Milano.
YOUTH AND CRISIS: THE END OF A WORLD OR THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER?
Participant Alessandro Benetton, President of Benetton Group. Introduced by Bernhard Scholz, President of Compagnia delle Opere.
DESIRE AND POLITICS
Participants: Wael Farouq, Vice President of Meeting Cairo, Professor at Arabic Language Institute at American University of Cairo; Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University. Introduced by Giorgio Vittadini, President of Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà.
AD USUM FABRICAE. THE INFINITE MOLDS THE WORK: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MILAN CATHEDRAL.
Participants: Mariella Carlotti, Teacher and Curator of the Exhibition; Roberto Cresta, Chairman of Bordline Srl; Erasmo Figini, President of Cometa Association; Martina Saltamacchia, Assistant Professor of Medieval History at University of Nebraska (Omaha) and Curator of the Exhibit. Introduced by Bernhard Scholz, Chairman of Compagnia delle Opere.
THINKING ABOUT HUMAN NATURE. SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY
Participants: Andrew Davison, Tutor in Doctrine at the Westcott House in Cambridge; John Milbank, Professor in Religion, Politics and Ethics at the University of Nottingham; Aaron Riches, Collaborator Professor at the International Academy of Philosophy in Granada. Introduced by Letizia Bardazzi, Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà.
Shows
THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY
Animated film produced by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2010). In collaboration with Sentieri del Cinema. Length 133 min.
SPIRTO GENTIL. GUIDE ALL’ASCOLTO
The Fourth Symphony of Brahms. Listening guide with CD by Maestro Roberto Andreoni.
HECTOR OF THE POOR
A group of former homeless people tell through a puppet show the adventurous story of the man who saved their lives. Produced by Opera di Fratel Ettore - Le marionette della misericordia. With the artistic and puppetry guidance of the Grupporiani Association - Puppetry Company Carlo Colla and Sons - Milan.
HOME SWEET HOME
Acrobats and comedians in a show of acrobatic theatre that tells the story of a group of clochard intended to 'born again'. A performance by Marcello Chiarenza and Alessandro Serena.
PAOLO JANNACCI STRING QUARTET
Jazz for everybody, the challenge of Paolo Jannacci who returns to the Meeting for an evening dedicated to his compositions and piano. With Paolo Jannacci (piano), Stefano Bagnoli (drums), Marco Ricci (bass), Luca Meneghello (guitar).
Focus
INVEST IN YOUTH. A COFFEE WITH…
Participants: Giancarlo Losma, President of Federmacchine; Stefano Micelli, Associate Professor of Economy and Business Management at Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Introduced by Raffaello Vignali, Vice President of the Committee for Economic Activities.
ON THE STREETS OF RETURN: ROUTES OF WORK THROUGH THE ACTIVE POLICIES
In collaboration with Obiettivo Lavoro Foundation. Participants: Giuliano Cazzola, Vice President of the Parliamentary Labour Commitee; Tiziano Treu, Vice President of Labor and Social Security Commission of Italian Senate; Giorgio Vittadini, President of Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà. Introduced by Alessandro Ramazza, President of Obiettivo Lavoro Spa.
BEAUTY AND “PROFONDO ROSSO”: DOES BEAUTY AND TRUTH RESIST THE CRISIS?
In collaboration with Rivista Non Profit. Participants: Stefano Colli-Lanzi, President of Cultural Centre of Milan, CEO of Gi Group and Vice President of Assolavoro; Dario Nardella, Deputy Mayor of the City of Florence; Paolo Sciumé, Director of Rivista Non Profit. Introduced by Andrea Simoncini, Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Sport
VII GAGLIARDA’S MEETING
Soccer 5 tournament of the Opere di Accoglienza. Curated by CdO Sport in collaboration with ASD Gagliarda San Benedetto del Tronto (www.gagliardasambenedettese.blogspot.com) and technical management of CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano.
TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Time: 3.00-6.00 pm and 8.00-11.30 pm. Organized by CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano.
ECOLOGICAL RIDE
Visits to historical and religious sites of Rimini and surroundings. Organized by A. S.D. La Pedivella and CIS - Centro Sportivo Italiano.
VIII TRIATHLON in mountain-bike for everyone – non-competitive
With the disciplines of swimming (400 metres), cycling (mountain bikes 10 km) and running (3 km).
Departure at 5.30 p.m. from Consorzio Lido S Giuliano (to the left of the Nuova Darsena).
Departure 6.00 pm.
Ending around 7.30 p.m.
In collaboration with CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano and Centro Sociale S.Andrea (RSM).
Texts & Contexts
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
COLLOQUI CON UNA PROFESSORESSA
Presentation of the book by Mirella Bocchini, Professor of Literature at the Professional Institute Pacinotti of Milan (Ed. Cantagalli). Participant the Author.
Following:
EVOLUZIONE. CINQUE QUESTIONI NEL DIBATTITO ATTUALE
Presentation of the book by Fiorenzo Facchini, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (Ed. Jaca Book). Participants: the Author; Carlo Cirotto, Professor of Cytology and Theoretical Biology at the University of Perugia; Elio Sindoni, Director of the Department of Environment and Spatial Planning at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
LA CONGIURA DELLE TORRI
Presentation of the book by Francesco Fadigati, Teacher (Ed. Bolis). Participants: the Author; Maria Teresa Brolis, Historian of Medieval History; Edoardo Rialti, Professor of Italian and English Literature at the Istituto Teologico di Assisi and Visiting Professor at Olswa University in Ontario.
Following:
THE REDISCOVERY OF… GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON
Participant: Ubaldo Casotto, Journalist. Intervene: Paolo Morganti, Editor and Translator of the series on Chesterton (Morganti Editori); Annalisa Teggi, Essayist and Translator (Edizioni Lindau).
STORIES FROM THE WORLD. LA NOTTE DELLA SINDONE
International reportages presented by Roberto Fontolan and Gian Micalessin.
Presentation of the reportage by Francesca Saracino, Director. Produced by Polifemo and Rai. Participant the Author.
Friday 24 August
Meetings
MODERN EDUCATION: SPECIALIST OF ANYTHING?
Participants: Sergio Belardinelli, Full Professor of the Sociology of Cultural Processes at Alma Mater Studiorum Università degli Studi di Bologna; Giorgio Israel, Full Professor of Math at Università La Sapienza di Roma. Introduced by Alberto Savorana, Spokesperson of Comunione e Liberazione.
“WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS A MAN…”. LOOKING THE WORLD THROUGH SHAKESPEARE’S EYES
Participants: Alison Milbank, Associate Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Nottingham; Edoardo Rialti, Professor of Italian and English Literature at the Istituto Teologico di Assisi and Visiting Professor at Olswa University in Ontario. Introduced by Davide Rondoni, Poet and Writer.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES. INNOVATION AND TRAINING TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Participants: Luca Conti, Journalist and Advisor of Social Media; Simone Crolla, Managing Director of American Chamber of Commerce in Italy and Member of Italian Parliament, PdL; Gianluca Dettori, Director at Iubenda and Partner dPixel Srl; Marco Marinucci, Founder and Executive Director of Mind The Bridge; Marco Zamperini, Chief Innovation Officer NTT DATA Italia. Introduced by Santiago Mazza, CEO of Fotonica Srl.
HIV, THE FORGOTTEN EPIDEMIC
Participants: Gregg Alton, GILEAD Sciences Executive Vice President Corporate and Medical Affairs; Paul De Lay, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Programme; Carlo Federico Perno, Full professor of Virology at Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata; Luis Gomes Sambo, WHO Regional Director for Africa. Greeting speech by Elisabetta Belloni, Director General of the Italian Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Introduced by Alberto Piatti, General Secretary of AVSI Foundation.
LIFE: NEED FOR HAPPINESS. EXPERIENCES
Participants: Elvira Parravicini, Neonatologist and Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at Columbia University in New York; Orlando Carter Snead, Director of the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. Introduced by Andrea Simoncini, Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the Università degli Studi di Firenze.
ARE SHARED REFORMS STILL POSSIBLE? PARLIAMENTARY GROUP FOR SUBSIDIARITY
Participants: Vannino Chiti, Vice President of the Italian Senate; Gian Luca Galletti, Italian Chamber of Deputies, UDCPTP; Enrico Letta, Italian Chamber of Deputies, PD; Maurizio Lupi, Vice President of Italian Chamber of Deputies; Tiziano Treu, Vice President of Labor and Social Security Commission of Italian Senate; Raffaello Vignali, Vice President of the Committee for Economic Activities. Introduced by Emmanuele Forlani, Coordinator of the Secretariat of Parliamentary Intergroup for Subsidiarity.
ALWAYS NEW, ALWAYS BETTER, ALWAYS DIFFERENT. INNOVATION TO WHAT PURPOSE?
Participants: Enrica Giorgetti, General Director of Farmindustria; Pietro Scott Jovane, CEO of RCS; Antonio Mastrapasqua, President of INPS; Andrea Zappia, CEO of Sky Italia. Introduced by Bernhard Scholz, President of Compagnia delle Opere.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Participants: Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the United Nations General Assembly; H.E. Card. Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue; Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Greeting speech by Antonella Mularoni, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for the Republic of San Marino. Introduced by Roberto Fontolan, Director of the International Center of Communion and Liberation.
FEEDING THE PERSON, NOURISHING HOPE. AMONG HUNGER, WASTE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Participants: Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the WFP (World Food Programme); Staffan De Mistura, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs; José Graziano da Silva, General Director of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization); Giuseppe Sala, CEO of Expo 2015. Introduced by Alberto Piatti, General Secretary of AVSI Foundation.
Shows
THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
Animation film produced by Peter Lord e Jeff Newitt (2012). In partnership with Sentieri del Cinema. Length 88 min.
SPIRTO GENTIL. GUIDE ALL’ASCOLTO
Notes of nostalgia: Chopin and Pascoli. Live listening guide by the Maestro Pier Paolo Bellini. At the piano Maestro Giulio Giurato.
HECTOR OF THE POOR (Reply)
A group of former homeless people tell through a puppet show the adventurous story of the man who saved their lives. Produced by Opera di Fratel Ettore - Le marionette della misericordia. With the artistic and puppetry guidance of the Grupporiani Association - Puppetry Company and the Carlo Colla and Sons - Milan Company.
NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION.
Produced by Asghar Farhad. Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2012). In partnership with Sentieri del Cinema. Length 123 min.
ALL IS HOLY?
Three chords and a longing for the truth. Rock ‘n’ roll as a seeking for the infinite, from Simon and Garfunkel to Elvis Presley, from Leonard Cohen to Mumford and Sons and Coldplay. Concert of Rock Culture All-Star Orchestra.
Focus
WHEN YOUTH MAKE GROWING. A COFFEE WITH…
Participants: Andrea Ciliberti, Responsible of Pollege Project and Project Manager at Gruppo Teddy Spa; Tatiana Martinucci, Head of Finance and Administration of Martinucci Srl. Introduced by Federico Pella, Partner of SERING Srl - Engineering Consulting.
APPRENTICESHIP AND HANDMADE JOBS FOR THE INCLUSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR MARKET
In collaboration with Italia Lavoro. Participants: Domenico Bova, Head of Employment and Development of Italia Lavoro; Riccardo Giovani, Director of Labour Relations of Confartigianato; Annarita Pilotti, Holder of Loriblu Spa. Introduced by Roberto Corno, Compagnia delle Opere per il Lavoro.
Sport
YO YO CHAMPIONSHIP
ASYY Open Championship 2012 Finals.
Time 12.00-1.00 pm X Division. 3.00-5.00 1st Division. Curated by Associazione Sportiva Yo Yo asd - ASYY Milan.
WALKS THROUGH THE CITY AND HISTORY OF RIMINI
Evening walk through the inner city and a guided tour of the city's cultural heritage. Organized by A.S.D. La Pedivella and CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano.
Texts & Contexts
IL SACRO. NELLA STORIA RELIGIOSA DELL’UMANITÀ
Presentation of the new edition of the volume by Julien Reis (Ed. Jaka Book). Participants: Fiorenzo Facchini, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Alma Mater Studiorum Università degli Studi di Bologna; Guido Orsi, Vice President of Editoriale Jaca Book Spa; Silvano Petrosino, Director of “Julien Ries” Archive for Symbolic Anthropology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milano; Natale Spineto, Associate Professor of History of Religions at Università degli Studi di Torino. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
IL LIBRO DI MUSH
Presentation of the book by Antonia Arslan, Writer (Skira Editore). Participant the Author.
INVITATION TO READ. Introduced by Camillo Fornasieri, Director of the Cultural Center of Milan.
L’INFERMIERE IN ITALIA: STORIA DI UNA PROFESSIONE
Presentation of the book by Cecilia Sironi, Nurse (Ed. Carocci). Participants: the Author; Marisa Siccardi, Nurse and Member of the CISO of Reggio Emilia and ISREC of Savona.
Following:
THE REDISCOVERY OF… CHAIM POTOK
Participant Giancorrado Peluso, Professor of Literature at the G.B.Vico High School of Milan.
Saturday 25 August
Meetings
THE MYSTERY OF MATTER: THE HIGGS BOSON
Participants: Sergio Bertolucci, Director for Research and Computing, CERN; Lucio Rossi, High Luminosity LHC Project Leader, CERN. Introduce Marco Bersanelli, Full Professor of Astrophysics at Università degli Studi di Milano.
GRATUITOUSNESS AND GIFT FACTORS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Participants: Riccardo Bonacina, President and Editor in Chief of Vita Non Profit; Marco Lucchini, General Director of Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus; Alejandro Marius, President of the Civil Association Trabajo y Persona, Caracas; Silvano Petrosino, Associate Professor of Semiotic at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano. Introduced by Monica Poletto, President of Compagnia delle Opere - Opere Sociali.
FROM THE RIMINI MEETING TO THE CAIRO MEETING: A JOURNEY TO FREEDOM
Participants: H.G. Bishop Armiah, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church; Wael Farouq, Vice President of Meeting Cairo, Professor at Arabic Language Institute at American University of Cairo; Marianne Malak, Egyptian Parliamentary; Hossam Mikawi, Judge and President of South Cairo Court; Ambrogio Pisoni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano; H.E. Msgr. Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan, Bishop of Assiut and Patriarchal Administrator of the Catholic Copts Church in Egypt. Introduced by Emilia Guarnieri, President of Meeting for Friendship amongst people Foundation.
