Draft Programme
DAY 1: 12 of June, 2012 , Stazione Marittima, Trieste
14.30 – 15.00
Registration
15.00 – 15.45
Institutional greetings:
Elio de Anna, Regional Minister for culture, sport, international and EU
relations - Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region
Competent Director General, Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
An EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Macro-region
Presentations by:
Monique Pariat, Director for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the
Mediterranean and Black Sea, DG MARE, European Commission
Gerhard Pfanzelter, Secretary General of the Central European Initiative –
“The CEI as bridge between macro-regions”
15.45 – 16.00
Coffee break
16.00 – 18.00
Three simultaneous Round Tables on:
1) Blue Growth - Tourism and Research &Innovation in Maritime Sectors
Chaired by Michele De Vita, Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce of
Ancona and of the Forum of the Adriatic-Ionian Chambers of Commerce
Keynote speakers: Michele De Vita, Secretary General of the Chamber of
Commerce of Ancona and of the Forum of the Adriatic-Ionian Chambers of
Commerce; Livio Marchesini, President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Naval and
Nautical Technological District, Prof. Marco Mazzarino, CORILA
2) Competitive and Sustainable Transport and A Safer and more Secure Marine
Space
Chaired by Riccardo Riccardi, Regional Minister for Infrastructures, Mobility,
Territorial Planning and Public Works, Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region
Keynote speakers: Enrico Pujia, Director General for Maritime Transport, Italian
Ministry of Transports; Pierluigi Cacioppo, Commander General, Italian Coast
Guard; Giacomo Borruso, President of the Institute for Transport Studies in the
European Economic Integration, University of Trieste
3) Protection of the Marine Environment and Fisheries
Chaired by Oliviero Montanaro, Director for Coastal and Marine Environment,
Italian Ministry of Environment
Keynote speakers: Oliviero Montanaro, Director for Coastal and Marine
Environment, Italian Ministry of Environment; Mitja Bricelj, Director, Institute for
Water, Republic of Slovenia; Maurizio Spoto, Director of the Marine Reserve of
Miramare
Cocktail reception or Dinner
DAY 2: 13 June, 2012, Stazione Marittima, Trieste
9.15-10.00
Presentation of the outcome of the Round Tables to the Ministerial and Local
Authorities:
Monique Pariat, Director for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the
Mediterranean and Black Sea, DG MARE, European Commission
Riccardo Riccardi, Regional Minister for Infrastructures, Mobility,
Territorial Planning and Public Works, Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous
Region
Fabio Pigliapoco, Secretary General of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative – “The
AII as intergovernmental anchorage of the “EU Strategy for the AdriaticIonian Macro-region”
10.00 – 11.30
Institutional Statements:
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (tbc)
Prof. Marta Dassù, Italian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Amb. Igor Sencar, Slovenian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (tbc)
Josko Klisovic, Croatian Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ministerial and local Authorities
Renzo Tondo, President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region
Antonio Cancian, Member of the Transport and Tourism Committee of
European Parliament
Presidents of Italian Regions: Angelo Michele Iorio, President of Molise
Region