PROGRAMME

Friday, May 1st

Arrival of the participants. Free time for registration and accommodation in the hotels

Optional excursions to sites of World War I (suggestions HERE)

17:00

Welcome reception in the garden of Castello del Buonconsiglio

18.00

Welcome by regional and local authorities

19:00

Buffet

21:00

Opening event at Teatro Sociale

  • Roberto Ruffino – The centennial of AFS  
  • La Scelta” (The Choice) – a performance by Marco Cortesi and Mara Moschini

Saturday, May 2nd

09:15

Opening Session at Teatro Sociale in Trento. Keynote speaker: Mario Giro, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

10:30

First round of parallel workshops on the topics of humanitarianism and experiences of reconciliation:

  • Gianni Rufini, Amnesty International – Riconciliazione dopo i conflitti

  • Pat Patfoort, De Vuurbloem, Brugge, Belgium – Non-violent and peaceful conflict transformation

  • Andrea Rizza ed Evi Untertiner, Fondazione Alexander Langer – Dal Sudtirolo a Srebrenica ...e ritorno?

  • Olive Hobson, Mediation Northern Ireland – The journey from Truce to Transformation in Northern Ireland

  • Clive van den berg – The case of South Africa

  • Claudio Betti, Comunità di Sant’Egidio - Pace e Coesistenza in un tempo di conlfitto: il ruolo delle religioni per la pace e la riconciliazione

  • Hillel Levine, Boston University, Center for Reconciliation

  • Jonan Fernández Erdozia, Basque Government - Pace e convivenza: qual è la base minima che ci può unire

12:30

Lunch break

15:00

Second round of parallel workshops on the topic of education for plural societies:

  • Gavriel Salomon, Haifa University – Lessons to be learned for peace education in conflict regions

  • Eyas Shbeta and Evi Guggenheim Shbeta - The experience of Neve Shalom / Wahat al Salam in Israel

  • Markus Ingenlath, OFAJ Francia – Promoting reconciliation and intercultural understanding

  • Corinna Noack-Aetopulos, Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in SEE – What a teacher can do for the development of pluralist societies

  • Giovanni Scotto, University of Florence – “Per fare la pace”: dai conflitti nella vita quotidiana al lavoro professionale degli operatori di pace

  • Nino Sergi, president Intersos – Patrimonio culturale e dialogo nel post conflitto in Kosovo

  • Paolo Bergamaschi, European Parliament Counselor – Superare i conflitti; “Europa oltre il muro”

  • Luisa Chiodi, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - Educare alla riconciliazione e alla convivenza

17:00

Free time

19.00

Departure by chartered bus to Mezzocorona

20:00

Cantine Rotari

  • Concert of the S.O.S.A.T. Alpine Choir  
  • The Centennial dinner

  

Sunday, May 3rd

08:30

Departure by chartered bus to Rovereto

09:30

Closing session at Auditorium Melotti

10:45

Transfer by bus to the Miravalle hill

12:00

Closing ceremony at the “Bell of Peace”

13:00

Return to Rovereto

  • Buffet at MART (Museum of Contemporary Art)
  • Optional visit of the museum and the exhibition “The war which is coming is not the first one. Great war 1914-2014”
  • Departures throughout the afternoon

 

Auditorium Melotti

Teatro Sociale - Interno

Teatro Sociale - Trento

MART - Rovereto