10.15am - 1.00pm Climate change: an all around problem

Chair: Mr Francesco Ferrante (General Director of Democratic Party Group at the Italian Senate)

Welcome and opening address

Mitigation and adaptation: from Kyoto to Copenhagen
Mr Sergio Castellari (Italian IPCC National Focal Point)

Our last chance? A global deal for a low-carbon future
Mr Edward Chaplin (Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Italian Republic and San Marino)

COP15 Conference: will it be the last chance for politics?*
Ms Paola Lucarelli (Vice Head of the Cabinet of the Italian Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of the Land and the Seas)**

Number comparison: costs and benefits of politics against climate change
Mr Emanuele Massetti ('Enrico Mattei' Eni Foundation researcher)

Renewables: the future of energy
Mr Roberto Longo (APER President)

The engagement of Provincia di Roma to protect an environment which has a priceless value for the story of mankind*
Ms Maria Fabiani (Provincia di Roma)

Question time

2.00pm - 5.30pm The latest news from the Italian front of climate change

Chair: Mr Natale Caminiti (ENEA)

Welcome and opening address

Vulnerability of high mountain environments to climate change: discordant signals from Gran Sasso mountain
Mr Massimo Pecci (EIM)

Climate change and desertification: good practices and strategies of adaptation
Mr Pier Paolo Roggero (NRD Center, Università di Sassari)

Effects of climate change on water resources in the Po River basin: some examples
Mr Roberto Serra (ARPA Lombardia)

Climate change and hydrogeological instability: the 'Campania Case'
Mr Franco Ortolani (Università di Napoli 'Federico II')

Question time

Break

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a heritage threatened by global climate change
Mr Marino Gatto (Politecnico di Milano)

Agriculture and the choices imposed by climate change: the 'adapt or die' dilemma
Mr Franco Zinoni (ARPA Emilia Romagna)

Climate change impacts on fishing sector
Mr Silvestro Greco (Marine Biologist, Research Director)**

Question time

10.30am-1.00pm Roundtable: 'Climate change in the media attention: truth, catastrophism, planning feasibility'

Chair: Mr Giovanni Caprara ('Corriere della Sera' Scientific Journalist)

Mr Sergio Andreis (Kyoto Club Director)

Mr Gianfranco Bologna (WWF Italia)**

Mr Marco Fratoddi ('La nuova ecologia' Editor)

Mr Silvestro Greco (Councillor for the Environment and Water Protection of Regione Calabria)

Mr Simone Molteni (Impatto Zero® Scientific Director)

Mr Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio ('Fondazione UniVerde' President)

Mr Edo Ronchi ('Fondazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile' President)

2.30pm-5.40pm As beautiful as possible: climate-friendly policies

Chair: Mr Sergio Ferraris ('QualEnergia' Editor)

Welcome and opening address

Renewable energies are also budding among alders and willows: the 'Tevere Farfa' Reserve
Mr Filiberto Zaratti (Councillor for the Environment and the Cooperation among Peoples of Regione Lazio)

The 'good practices' for renewable energies in Vatican City*
Mr Mauro Villarini (Responsible for renewable energy projects, Vatican City)**

In the heart of Villa Borghese nature becomes culture: Rome's Biopark*
Mr Fabio De Lillo (Councillor for the Environment of Comune di Roma)**

LED street lights, looking at stars from cities too
Mr Daniele Filizola (Torraca Mayor)

Question time

The hospital that brings the sun inside wards: the new 'Meyer' in Florence*
Ms Antonella Trombadore (Researcher, ABITA, Interuniversitary Center Università di Firenze )

Let's give the beauty of God's creation back to the world
Mr Giulio Mogol (Lyricist)

When companies are climate friendly: voluntary 'best practices' driven by companies to challenge against climate change
Mr Stefano Indigenti (ClimatePartner Italia President)

Question time