INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

MILAN, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

The role of sub-Saharan Africa in world trade has become increasingly more prominent. The rhetoric of the continent torn apart by violence and poverty is giving way to the new rhetoric of a dynamic, opportunity-rich region, which is not exempt from contradictions.

ROME, Zuccari Room, Palazzo Giustiniani at Senate of the Republic

The central-eastern Mediterranean has been home to several crisis hotspots that must be faced, managed and overcome. Natural resources – especially energy and water -, environmental issues, technological innovation, and the Blue Economy are veritable starting points for going beyond conflicts.

ROME, Sala Capitolare of the Senate of the Republic, Chiostro del Convento di Santa Maria della Minerva

Not only are the abundant hydrocarbon reserves discovered off the coasts of Israel, Cyprus and Egypt a crucial component of the EU energy diversification strategy, but they also offer the opportunity of launching a stabilization and integration process on the regional scale, which was long cause of political tension among the riparian states.

MILAN, Conference Hall of Palazzo Reale

Normalizing Iran’s relation with the rest of the world is regarded a top priority not just by President Rohani’s administration, but also by the vast majority of Iranians, who – as demonstrated by the results of the parliamentary elections in February 2016 – aspire to better economic conditions and to international recognition of Iran as a legitimate and important global player.

MILAN, 7 October 2015, UniCredit Tower Hall

The Mediterranean area, and notably the Maghreb, undoubtedly represent one of Italy’s priority contexts of action.