09:00 AM – Registration and Welcome Coffee

Moderator: Barbara Serra (Italian-British Journalist)

09:30 – 10:30 AM – Opening Remarks

Maurizio DE PASCALE, President, Chamber of Commerce of Cagliari-Oristano.
Andrea PRETE, President, Unioncamere *
Massimo ZEDDA, Mayor, Municipality of Cagliari *
Alessandra TODDE, President, Autonomous Region of Sardinia *
Dr. Josep Santacreu, President, ASCAME and Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona.
Salvatore DEIDDA, President of the 9th Transportation Committee, Chamber of Deputies, Italy.
Antonio TAJANI, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy *
Raffaele FITTO, Executive Vice-President and Commissioner of the European Commission *

10:30 – 11:00 AM – Dialogue, Cooperation and Peace in the Mediterranean

Keynote address by Prof. Andrea Riccardi, historian and former minister for integration of Italy*

11:45 AM – 01:30 PM – Panel 1: Financial Instruments and Investment – The New Pact for the Mediterranean

Francisco Joaquín GAZTELU MEZQUIRIZ, Director for North Africa, DG MENA, European Commission*.
Nicola ZINGARETTI, Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur of the Report on the Pact for the Mediterranean. *
Massimiliano SALINI, Member of the European Parliament and shadow Rapporteur of the Report on the Pact for the Mediterranean. *
Giovanna MEDDE, Director General, Managing Authority of the Interreg NEXT MED Programme.
Anna TERRÓN CUSÍ, former Spanish Secretary of State for Immigration and Emigration, Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute and ASCAME Advisor.

Representatives from the Chamber of Cagliari-Oristano and from the attendees of ASCAME Workshop for the Implementation of the Pact for the Mediterranean.

02:40 – 03:00 PM – Mediterranean Cities at a Crossroads. Balancing Growth, Identity and Urban Transformation

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DR. JOAN CLOS, FORMER MAYOR OF BARCELONA AND FORNER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN-HABITAT

03:00 – 04:00 PM – Panel 2: Tourism and Urban Identity – Managing Tourism Growth without Losing the Identity of Cities

Jordi MAS VELASCO, President of Barcelona’s La Boqueria Market
Massimo MANETTI, President of the Florence Chamber of Commerce and President of San Lorenzo Market.
Maurizio BATTELLI, President of the Extra Association, Italy.
Naoufel AZIZI, Chamber of Commerce of Tunis *
Saïd DOR, President of the CCIS Souss Massa, Agadir
Mohamed SEFIANI, Mayor of Chefchaouen and special Envoy for food systems of United cities & Local Governments (UCLG). *

04:00 – 05:00 PM – Panel 3: Ports and Urban Transformations

Pilar FERNÁNDEZ-FIGARES ESTÉVEZ, Director General of the Port of Málaga Foundation (Spain). *
Michèle RUBIROLA, Deputy Mayor of Marseille. *
Domenico BAGALÀ, President of the Port System Authority of the Sea of Sardinia.
Dimitris Lemonakis, Head of International Relations, Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Eman Seif, Deputy Secretary General of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Rabih SABRA, Director General, Beirut-Mount Lebanon Chamber of Commerce
Sara ŠTRLJIĆ PEZELJ, Business Secretary, Rijeka County Chamber.

05:00 PM – Closing Remarks

Dr. Josep Santacreu, President, ASCAME and Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona.
Maurizio DE PASCALE, President, Chamber of Commerce of Cagliari-Oristano.