draft program
Greetings:
Chair and introduction: Susanna Cafaro – Università del Salento
Authorities: Mayor of Brindisi, Rector Università del Salento, President of the Province, Apulia Region representative (TBC), Director of the Department of Legal Science
Partners Greetings : Martì Grau Segù -Maison Jean Monnet; Mauro Spedicati - Association for Supranational Democracy, Karl Baumann – Institute for Global Democratic Republic; Ghislaine Bouillet – Albatross Foundation
Keynote Speech …..Council of Europe (TBC)
Session I: Democracy and Culture
Chair Mauro Spedicati – Association for Supranational Democracy
Helen Mirren (TBC) Actress and Ambassador Unisalento
Edoardo Winspeare (TBC) Film Director and Ambassador Unisalento
Alessandro Valenti – Screenwriter
Ghislaine Bouillet – Smiley Ball Game – Finding Happy
Session II: Democracy and Education:
Chair: Silvia Solidoro – Università del Salento
Riya Saini A Culture- and Education-Driven Approaches to Strengthen Democratic Engagement beyond Borders – Anant University, India
Daniel Chigudu Democratic Citizenship in the Anthropocene: Reimagining Civic Education for Climate-Vulnerable Youth in Africa – College of Economic Management Sciences, Pretoria
Stefania Attolini, Teaching Environmental Democracy – Université Catholique de Lyon
Michele Fiorillo Transnational Civic Engagement for the European Union: Deliberative Democratic Innovation in Higher Education Mobility -
Carmela D’Angelo e Corey Magyar The Brindisi Model: International Education as Democratic Agency in Europe’s Periphery – International School of Brindisi
Lunch break
Session III: Democracy and Well-Being (co-organized with IGDR and EHFF)
Chair: Karl Bauman IGDR
Keynote Speech: Antonio Parenti European Union and Well-Being - European Commission
Lars Munter European Health Union Initiative – Nordic Wellbeing Association
Nina Sonderberg More than Data - Nordic Wellbeing Association
Edoardo Montin Future Forward: the Hackathon on Health & Education That Reboots Democracy – European Health Future Forum
Session IV Democracy and Inclusion (Co-organized by Padua University)
Chair: Matteo Bassoli - Padua University
Matteo Bassoli Navigating Turbulent Waters: A comparative analysis of local responses to “refugee crises” in Barcelona and Milan through homestay –
Polina Zavershinskaia: Examining the institutionalisation of the commemoration of the Roma and Sinti genocide within the European Union through the Narrative Policy Framework – Padua University
Elisa De Matteis & Tommaso Greppi EAnalysis of media trajectories on refugees in Europe (2015-2025): a Time Series Clustering approach – Padua University
Dinner Party
Chair. Saverio Di Benedetto
Greetings Georgia Tramacere European Parliament
Keynote Speech: Jan Wouters – NU Leuven
The Promise of EU Democracy: Reconnecting European Citizens
Session V Democracy and Active Citizenship
Chair: Claudia Morini - Università del Salento
Magdalena Smieszek Democracy Beyond Borders in the Age of AI: Toward a Cosmocitizen Culture - Cosmocitizens Foundation, Ubiquity University
Henry De Waele ‘Extrapolating the Right to Petition to Reinforce Supranational Democracy – An Enhanced EU System as a Global Role Model?’ – Radboud University, Nijmegen
Kateřina Kočí, Markéta Votoupalová, Danijel Crnčec: Public Participation in the Development of NECPs: Evidence from EU External Energy and Climate Governance in Energy Community Countries – Lubijana University
Lucia D’Asta: Digital Democracy and European Constitutionalism: Rethinking Participation and Governance in the Information Society – LUM University, Bari
Session VI: Democracy and Institutional Innovation (with the support of the REACT PRIN project)
Chair Francesco Spera Università del Salento
Karl Baumann Planetary Rights - Democracy Beyond Borders for Climate and Sustainable Development -IGDR
Jaap Hoeksma The European Road to Democratic Sovereignty -….Amsterdam
Cesare Ceccato & Amanda Ribichini Federalist Peace Forum - Young European Federalists (JEF)
Alice Pisapia Digital Sovereignty as Institutional Innovation in the EU: Rethinking Competences and Democratic Legitimacy – Universitas Mercatorum
h.13 Lunch Break
h.14.30 Group discussion on the 6 panel topics
Facilitators, Francesco Viggiani, Elisabetta Marzo , Jacopo Lillo, Isabella Salsano, Fabiana Magnolo, Eduardo Giugliano, Federica Brancaccio, Giulia Perrone Michele Pieroni
h. 15.30 Plenary
Group Reports
Conclusions and Farewell: Susanna Cafaro