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The position of the Italian peninsula is a geographical banality but a political problem. For Italy. The now more than two years of introversion due first to the lack of mindful political leadership and then to the various phases of the pandemic have seen the erosion of the presence and authority of the country in the Mediterranean, even the central one. Certainly not for lack of “technical” means, from the economic to the diplomatic to the military, but for the confusion of the institutional bodies in charge. The hinge position of the peninsula in these conditions complicates things: Italy is hinged on Europe, which continues its strategies, such as the Ten-T and Ten-E corridors, which often do not favour us (anymore), but it cannot ignore the sea, from which 62% of imports come (95% of raw materials) and to which 50% of exports go, and which today is the only environment from which security threats can arise. The country system must transform the problems of the double Euro-Mediterranean role into an opportunity. This is not a zero-sum game, but it could become one if we do not take part.

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MAIN TOPICS

  • national interest in the Mediterranean and that in Europe
  • imports of raw materials
  • is there still an “Italian” merchant fleet? Ships and seafarers.
  • Ten-T and Ten-E and… taxonomies
  • the southern shore, are we there or are we just pretending?
  • Mediterranean, emerging powers and “revenants”
  • shipping in and across the Mediterranean: is it already a zero-sum game?
  • new global traffic directives
  • is transhipment still worth pursuing in the Mediterranean?
  • shortsea shipping, the final balance of a Made in Italy success

DETTAGLI

Chairman: Paolo Quercia, Director of the journal of geopolitics and foreign trade GeoTrade, Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Perugia

Institutional speechs:

Francesco Maresca, Councilor for Port Economic Development and Logistics, Municipality of Genoa

Squad Admiral Giorgio Lazio, representing the Chief of Staff, Italian Navy

Adm. Isp. Chief (CP) Nicola Carlone, General Commander, Port authority – Cost Guard

 

Title TBD
Adm. Andrea Petroni, Head of the Submarine Department, Italian Navy

title TBD
CA (CP) Pil. Sergio Liardo, Maritime Director of Liguria and Commander of the Port of Genoa, Port Authority – Coast Guard

The national interest of Italy, between Europe and the Mediterranean
Alberto de Sanctis, Journalist, editorial advisor, expert in geopolitics of the sea, Limes 

The southern shore and Chinese (soft?) Power
Francesco Anghelone, Scientific coordinator, OSMED (Mediterranean Observatory)

Mediterranean vs virus. The new dynamics of maritime transport
Alessandro Panaro, Head of Service Maritime Economy, SRM Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno

Mediterranean Sea as an essential area to live and as geographic space,  crucial to the national maritime prosperity and starting point to expand our maritime capacity in protection of our global economic interests.
Roberto Domini, C/Ammiraglio (ris.), CeSMar – Center for geopolicy and maritime strategy

Who carries the Italian goods (focus on import and export)
Enrico Pastori, Director, TRT-TRASPORTI E TERRITORIO

L’impegno di Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking per lo shipping  e il territorio ligure
Gianni Debernardi, Head of the Private Area of ​​Aosta Valley, Piedmont and Liguria Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking 

Logistics for the real economy
Guido Nicolini, President, Confetra

The challenges of the country system on the world stage
Silvia Moretto, President, Fedespedi

International arbitration and resource exploitation in the Mediterranean Sea: a tool and opportunity
Michela D’Avino, Managing Associate, BonelliErede

The Italian naval register: political and economic repercussions
Mario Mattioli, Presidente, Confitarma

Is there still an “Italian” merchant fleet?
Stefano Messina, President, Assarmatori