The balance between European and Mediterranean Italy is becoming increasingly difficult. The amphibious nature of our country, which we have considered a strategic advantage since Unification, is now proving to be a critical factor as both environments in which Italy moves, Europe and the Mediterranean, require more resources, more attention and more political capital. What happens in one of the environments immediately impacts the other, with a multiplier effect on maritime traffic. All this in a scenario that will be increasingly dangerous and that (re)discovers Cold War supply-chain solutions before which Italy risks finding itself totally unprepared.

Chairperson
Paolo Quercia, Manager, Study Center of the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy

Institutional addresses
Andrea Annunziata, President, Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Adm. Pierpaolo Ribuffo, Coordinator of the Mission Structure for Sea Policies, Presidency of the Council of Ministers 

Institutional speeches
Adm. Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto, Deputy Chief of Staff, Italian Navy
Adm. Nicola Carlone, General Commander, General Command of the Port Authorities Corps – Coast Guard 

Keynote speech
Emanuele Grimaldi, President, International Chamber of Shipping

Title TBA
Alberto Rossi, Representative, CIPOM e Secretary General, Assarmatori

The underwater domain is crucial for Italy
Elio Calcagno, Researcher, Istituto Affari Internazionali 

Title TBA
Cesare Ciocca, Scientific Coordinator, Italian Atlantic Committee 

The Mediterranean in the global chessboard: a variable geography sea
Antonio Virgili, President, Centro Studi Internazionali 

Is the Mediterranean still at the center of the world (of shipping)?
Massimo Deandreis, General Manager, SRM 

Panel: Hong-Kong Focus
Riccardo Fuochi, President, The International Propeller Club – Port of Milan
Stefano de Paoli, Representative Italy, Invest Hong Kong