APRIL 26
LOCATION: Rettorato, Piazza Tancredi
8.00 - Registration
9.15 - Welcoming speech
Rector
Major of Lecce
Head of Department of Legal Sciences
9.30 - Introduction to the Conference (Italian/English)
Professor Susanna Cafaro - Supranational Politics: the Time Has Come
LOCATION: Seminario, Piazza Duomo (English, with translation to Italian)
10.30 - SESSION I
EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON DEMOCRACY. FROM THE LOCAL TO THE GLOBAL DIMENSION
Chair: Ferdinando Boero - University of Salento
Nick Duffell - Psychotherapist and Psychohistorian, London, UK
Myra Jackson - UN Permanent Representative and Focal Point on Climate Change, Diplomat of the Biosphere, Washington DC, USA
Earth Renaissance: Perturbations of a Changing Planet
Sarah Hautzinger - Professor, Anthropology Department, Colorado College, USA
Mobilizing for Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change: The Global in Local Dialogue
Fabio Marcelli - Research Director, Institute for International Legal Studies, CNR, Italy
Participatory Democracy: Myth or Reality?
Planned interventions
Stefano Grasso - MSc in Plant and Animal Biotechnology, University of Udine, Italy
Educated Democracy: Creating the Tools for an Aware Democratic System
Open Debate
12.00 - SESSION II
GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS: WHERE ARE WE? WHICH WAY FORWARD?
Round Table I (co-hosted by UNHRD and UNGSC): Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the contribution of UNHRD and UNGSC
Marta Laurienzo - UNHRD Brindisi Manager & Deputy Network Coordinator WFP-UNHRD
How UNHRD Anticipated the Key Role of Partnership for the Goals
Jacqueline Amoko - Chief Environmental Unit, UNGSC
The Environmental Strategy for the Peacekeeping Missions
13.30 - Light Lunch
LOCATION: Seminario, Piazza Duomo (English, with translation to Italian)
15.00 - Keynote Speech
Chair: Susanna Cafaro - University of Salento
Joe McCannon - Co-founder, The Billions Institute, Shared Nations, Boston, USA
Shared Nation: An Experiment in Global Democracy
15.30 - Round Table II: New Paths for Global Interaction
Chair: Giuseppe Gioffredi - University of Salento
Giammichele De Maio - Senior Food Security Officer - CFS Secretariat, Rome, Italy
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS): an Inclusive Platform to Tackle Global Complexities
Joseph Robertson - Global Strategy Director, Citizens Climate Lobby, USA
The Talanoa Dialogue as a First Step in Supranational Democracy
Daniel Goldman - Senior Advisor and Senior Counsel, Syntax LLC, USA; Gabriella Capone - JD/MBA Candidate, Yale University; The Governance Lab at New York University, USA; and Diana McKeage - MBA Candidate, Columbia Business School; BlocPower, PASSNYC, Khan Foundation, USA
Data-driven Distributed Governance: an Ecosystems Approach
Open Debate
16.40 - Coffee break
17.00 - Round Table III: Suggestions for a Reform
Chair: Saverio Di Benedetto - University of Salento
Chris Hamer - Secretary, World Citizens Association and Honorary Associate Professor, School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia
A World Community of Democratic Nations
Oded Gilad - Director, One World, Movement for Global Democracy, Israel
The Climate Imperative for World Federalism
John Bunzl - Businessman, co-author, “The SIMPOL Solution”, UK
Why global Agreements Are More Likely to Solve Global Challenges than Global Democracy
Open Debate
LOCATION: Officine Culturali Ergot, Piazzetta Falconieri (Italian only)
19.00 - Tavola rotonda organizzata dalla fondazione “Lavoro per la persona”
Lavoro e Cultura come Strumento di Democrazia: Pratiche di Inclusione
Coordina: Avvocato Mauro Spedicati
Con la partecipazione di: Antonella Agnoli, Luciana Delle Donne, Giorgio Tintino, Materahub
21.00 - Gala Dinner
APRIL 27
LOCATION: Sala Consiliare della Provincia, Palazzo dei Celestini, Via Umberto I (English, with translation to Italian)
9.00 - SESSION III
MIGRATIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL APPROACHES
Chair: Luigi Nuzzo - University of Salento
Attilio Pisanò - Professor, University of Salento, Italy
Borders and Migrations: a Challenge for Human Rights
Eirikur Bergmann - Professor, Bifrost University, Iceland
Izabela & Peter Schiffauer - Professors, WSB University in Wrocław, Poland, and Hagen University, Germany
Refugee Protection, Political Asylum and Economic Migration: Subject to Democratic Contingency?
Open Debate
11.00 - Coffee Break
Ioannis Papageorgiou - Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Overcoming the ‘Refugee Crisis’ Debate - a single European Refugee Status
Planned Interventions
Alina Szabó - PhD Lecturer at Law Faculty, George Bacovia University of Bacau, Romania
National Security as a Ground to Refuse Asylum and Refugee Protection. The Romanian Experience
Anna Iermano - PhD University of Salerno, Italy, and Valeria Tevere - PhD Candidate, University of Salerno, Italy
Homosexual Asylum Seekers within the European Union
Open Debate
13.00 - Light Lunch
14.30 - SESSION IV
ADDRESSING INEQUALITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD: NEW MODELS, NEW TOOLS
Chair: Susanna Cafaro - University of Salento
Luigi Sammartino - PhD, University of Bologna, Italy
Dena Freeman - Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
The Regulation of Transnational Corporations: What Role for Supra-National Democracy?
Andrea Spedicati - Co-founder and CEO of AR Dream, Italy
The IV Industrial Revolution and its Technologies: a Global Challenge
Planned Interventions
Ignacio Tredici – Judicial Affairs Officer - Justice and Correction Standing Capacity, UN
Innovative approaches to the fight against impunity for the commission of international crimes in post-conflict contexts.
Maria Augusta Fioruzzi - CEO and founding partner of De Simone & Partners SpA, Rome, Italy;
Domenico Demarinis - Adjunct Professor of Fashion Law and Intellectual Property Law at UNINT, Rome, Italy, Lawyer at De Simone & Partners SpA, Rome, Italy;
and Sara Cavagnero - Humanitarian Diplomacy Office, Italian Red Cross, Rome, Italy
Behind the Label: Rethinking Sustainability in the Fashion Industry
Rosa Stella De Fazio - PhD, University of Naples, Italy
The International Protection of Human Rights in Transnational Businesses Activities
Open Debate
16.30 - Coffee Break
17.00 - SESSION V
EUROPE AS A LAB FOR SUPRANATIONAL DEMOCRATIC SOLUTIONS?
Chair: Daniele De Luca - University of Salento
Oleg Volgin - Professor, Department of State Governance and Law, Moscow Institute of International Relations, MGIMO University, Russia
The Supranational Democracy and the Public Will
Fabio Masini - Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Rome III, Italy
Imaging Multilevel Democratic Economic Governance?
Diletta De Cicco - Legal Consultant, Mayer Brown, Brussels, Belgium, and Mario Pagano - PhD Candidate, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Public interest Litigation before European Courts: a Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Planned Interventions
Bernadette Greco – Eures, Provincia di Lecce
EU Solidarity Corps
Federico Bonomi - Student, IUSS and University of Pavia and Representative of RIASISSU, Association of Italian Excellence Schools, Italy
European Instruments for Environmental Policy and Resources for Supranational Democracy
Audric Alexandre - Chargé de mission chez PACE, France
PACE: a European Transnational Party
Open Debate
LOCATION: OFFICINE CANTELMO
20.00 - Apulian Wine and Food Excellence Party
Presentation of the conclusions: the Supranational Democracy Manifesto
Presentation of Unisalento
Music & Wine