Festa dell'Europa.
Non-stop days of European citizenship

The Antenna Europe Direct di Firenze with the Fondazione Fabbrica Europa per le Arti Contemporanee  present two full non-stop days dedicated to European citizens for the Festa dell'Europa. The programme for the 8th and 9th of May consists of a rich variety of debates, conferences, information points, film screenings, gastronomic events, encounters with artists and happy hours together with a feast of international productions by European companies in theatre, music and dance. The Festa dell'Europa examines themes such as immigration, cooperation, world trade, communications, institutional reform and culture, suggested by the Tavolo del Forum Regionale per l'Europa della Società Civile della Toscana.  Its aim is to make a constructive critical contribution to the development of the process of European integration.

Wednesday 9th May

ENCOUNTERS
10am - 1pm
The role of Mediterranean countries in building a peaceful Europe 
Coordinated by Fondazione Balducci
Umberto Allegretti, Professor of Political Science, Università di Firenze
Michele Capasso, Director, Fondazione Mediterraneo, Leader of the Italian network for the Anna Lindh Foundation
Mohamed Driss, Director, Théâtre National Tunisien
Nathalie Galesne, Editor, BabelMed di Roma
Massimo Toschi, Assessor, initiative for cooperation with the southern rim of the Mediterranean, Regione Toscana
Chairman: Stefano Marcelli, Journalist for RAI

3.30 pm - 5.45 pm
Youth, Europe, Work. What balance between choice and necessity?
Coordinated by Associazione Euroforum
Maria Alessandra Borletti, President, Euroforum
Daniele Checchi, Professor of Political Economy, Università di Milano
Roberto De Vita, Professor of Sociology, Università Siena
Luis Maria Diez Picazo,  Expert - Madrid
Piero Meucci,  Journalist
Riccardo Nencini, Assessor for labour policy, Florence City Council
Arturo Artom, President, Netsystem - Milan
Miriam Cresta, Dir. Executive, Junior Achievement Italia
Daniele Di Gennaro, Managing Director Casa Editrice Minimum Fax
Niccolò Donzelli, Managing Director, Oliviero Toscani Progetto La Sterpaia
Giuseppe Fabbri, Vicepresident, Giovani Imprenditori di Confindustria Firenze
Chairman: Raffaele Palumbo, Director, Controradio

FLAVOURS OF EUROPE
6 -8 pm
Europe Happy Hour. European wine routes (Austria, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Hungary)

DANCE
8 pm > Cinematic Moves # 3 - Cartoons
Production NEXT ZONE/Lene Boel - Denmark

MUSIC
9.30 pm > Maria T.
Alexander Balanescu & Klaus Obermaier
Multi-media music piece (Romania / Austria)

11 pm > City Mix Dj set + Vj set
DJ Shantel + Alex Dragulescu (Romania)