Conference
Monday 30 November 2026 15:30

NEXTMED AGORÀ MEDITERRANEA day 1

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

15:30 – OPENING REMARKS
Antonio Nicoletti, Mayor of Matera
Michele Somma, President, Fondazione Matera-Basilicata 2019; President, Basilicata Chamber of Commerce
Federico Silvestri, CEO, Il Sole 24 ORE Group
16:00 – The Mediterranean as a Space for Cooperation and Development
Video message by: Dubravka Šuica, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

16:10 – THE MEDITERRANEAN AS A CLIMATE HUB
16:10 – The Mediterranean and Climate Change
Opening keynote:

Daniele Mocio, Lieutenant Colonel, Italian Air Force; Weather Forecaster
16:20 – Climate Crisis: Sustainability and Food Security
Speakers:

Carmine Cicala, Regional Councillor for Agricultural and Forestry Policies, Basilicata Region
Patrizia Dalmasso, President, Italian Chamber of Commerce of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Côte d’Azur; Board Member, Assocamerestero
Andrea Rocchi, President, CREA
Pier Maria Saccani, Director General, Consortium for the Protection of Mozzarella di Bufala Campana PDO
Michele Somma, President, Fondazione Matera-Basilicata 2019; President, Basilicata Chamber of Commerce

17:30 – Climate Crisis: Water Resources, Territories and Migration Flows
Speaker: Giulio Centemero, Member of the Italian Parliament; President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and the Gulf
18:25 – The Mediterranean: An Energy Hub at the Heart of European Security and Geopolitics

Keynote address: Pier Paolo Raimondi, Scientific Advisor, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI); Research Fellow, STG Climate, Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute (EUI)

18:25 – CLOSING

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