Conference
Tuesday 1 December 2026 10:30

NEXTMED AGORÀ MEDITERRANEA day 2

Casa Cava, Matera
Free admission
This event is part of the project Matera 2026 Capitale Mediterranea della Cultura e del Dialogo

10:30 – CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND MEDITERRANEAN CITIZENSHIP
10:30 – Citizens of the Mediterranean

Speakers:

Fakih Lanjri Nassar, First Vice President of the Municipality of Tétouan
Antonio Nicoletti, Mayor of Matera
Rita Orlando, Director General, Fondazione Matera-Basilicata 2019
11:10 – The Pact for the Mediterranean and the Mattei Plan: Perspectives on Building a New Balance

Speakers:

Angelo Piero Cappello, Director General, Mattei Plan for Culture Mission Unit
Salvatore Capasso, Director, Department of Human and Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage, CNR (National Research Council of Italy)
12:10 – Regional Cooperation and Dialogue for the Development, Stability and Integration of the Mediterranean Region

Speaker:

Pasquale Salzano, Italian Ambassador to Morocco

12:30 – CONCLUSION OF THE MORNING SESSION

15:00 – MEDITERRANEAN GEOECONOMICS
15:00 – Ports, Logistics and Intermodality: The Three Drivers of Development in the Mare Nostrum
Opening keynote:

Massimo Deandreis, Director, SRM
15:15 – The Wider Mediterranean at the Heart of Italian and European Security

Speakers:

Valentina Chabert, Researcher, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Enzo Vecciarelli, CEO and Chairman, DEAS
15:45 – China in the Mediterranean: Risks and Opportunities
16:00 – The Crisis of the Straits: New Routes for Mediterranean Logistics

Speakers:

Francesco D’Alema, President, Confindustria Basilicata
Paolo Guidi, President, Assologistica
Matteo Paroli, President, Western Ligurian Sea Port System Authority
Paolo Piacenza, President, Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas Port System Authority – Gioia Tauro
17:10 – Industrial Policy Across the Two Shores of the Mediterranean
Speakers:

Antonio Frezza, Chief Marketing, Innovation & Operating Management Officer, SACE
Francesco Somma, Vice President for Business Culture and Legal Certainty, Confindustria

18:00 – KEYNOTE LECTURE
Boualem Sansal, Algerian-French Writer

18:30 – CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE

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