Speeches

A selection of speeches and the sessions of the Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues events

1 December 2016

Opening Plenary

  REMARKS: Carlo SECCHI President, ISPI, Italy Claudio DESCALZI CEO, Eni, Italy Mauro MORETTI CEO, Leonardo Finmeccanica, Italy   KEYONOTE ADDRESS: Paolo GENTILONI Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

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2 December 2016

Plenary I – Energy as a Bridge

CHAIR: Andrea CABRINI Managing Editor, Class CNBC   SPEAKERS: Khalid bin Ibrahim AL-JINDAN Vice Minister for Political and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia Hela CHEIKHROUHOU Minister of Energy, Mining and Renewable Energy, Tunisia Claudio DESCALZI CEO, Eni, Italy Mustafa SANALLA CEO, National Oil Company, Libya

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2 December 2016

Plenary II – Women & Youth: Building Bridges To The Future

CHAIR: Elisabetta BELLONI Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy   SPEAKERS: Mike BEZOS President, Bezos Foundation; United States of America Samar FATANY Chief Broadcaster, Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia Gioia GHEZZI President, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Italy Gilles KEPEL Professor, SciencesPo, France Saida NEGHZA CEO, Groupe SORALCOF; Vice-President, Confédération générale des entreprises […]

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2 December 2016

Plenary III – Migration: Reimagining Integration

  CHAIR: Paolo MAGRI Executive Vice-President and Director, ISPI, Italy   SPEAKERS: Emma BONINO Co-Chair, ECFR Ditmir BUSHATI Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albania Paul Richard GALLAGHER Secretary for Relations with States, Holy See Wolfgang KASCHUBA Director, BIM, Germany

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2 December 2016

Plenary IV – Shared Prosperity: Boosting Economies

  CHAIR: Antonio VILLAFRANCA, ISPI Abdul-Aziz Abdulla AL GHURAIR, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Mashreq Bank, United Arab Emirates Fouad MAKHZOUMI, Chairman, Future Pipes Industries, Lebanon Mauro MORETTI, CEO, Leonardo Finmeccanica, Italy Naguib SAWIRIS, CEO, Orascom, Telecom Media, and Technology Holding, Egypt

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2 December 2016

Keynote Address – Sergey Lavrov

  KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Sergey LAVROV Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia   In dialogue with Monica MAGGIONI, President, RAI, Italy and Maurizio MOLINARI, Editor in Chief, La Stampa, Italy

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3 December 2016

The New Us Administration and the Future of the Middle East

  In cooperation with the Aspen Initiative for Europe CHAIR: Marta DASSÙ Senior Director European Affairs, The Aspen Institute; Editor in Chief, Aspenia, Italy SPEAKERS: Mary Beth LONG Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, United States of America Walter Russel MEAD Editor, The American Interest, United States of America Vali NASR Dean, […]

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3 December 2016

Syria

Staffan DE MISTURA Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations Federica MOGHERINI High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy In dialogue with Robin NIBLETT, Director, Chatham House

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3 December 2016

Closing Plenary (ITA)

Giorgio NAPOLITANO Honorary President, ISPI   KEYNOTE ADDRESS  Paolo GENTILONI Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

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3 December 2016

Closing Plenary (ENG)

Giorgio NAPOLITANO Honorary President, ISPI   KEYNOTE ADDRESS  Paolo GENTILONI Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

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