The Italian Youth Forum is back!
After a difficult year, one that radically changed our social lives, we are more convinced than ever that culture and education are the driving force for starting again, for building a sustainable future.
Young people, culture, sustainability, the future and much more: these will be the topics we address on 27 March 2021, on the occasion of the Italian Youth Forum, the Forum of the largest youth association for UNESCO in the world!
Where to follow IYF 2021
The most eagerly awaited AIGU event of all returns, in digital form, on 27 March, live from Parma – Italian Capital of Culture 2020/2021 – and you will be able to follow it free of charge via live stream on AIGU’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, with simultaneous translation into Italian sign language. It will be broadcast from the Studio Digital Sustainability at the Labirinto della Masone, a newly created television studio designed for hybrid formats. The event can also be followed live in English by clicking here.
The themes
We will have the pleasure of hosting many distinguished guests, with whom we will discuss these 4 macro themes:
Food; Environmental sustainability; Culture as an essential resource for socio-economic development; Urban regeneration; Education.
Event programme:
Opening – 11:00
Antonio Libonati – President, Italian Youth Association for UNESCO
Franco Bernabè – President, Italian National Commission for UNESCO
Stefano Bonaccini – President, Emilia-Romagna Region
Federico Pizzarotti – Mayor of Parma
Cristiano Casa – Councillor for Tourism and the UNESCO Project, Municipality of Parma
Let’s start! – 11:25
Federico Ferrari – AIGU Emilia-Romagna Representative
Gloria Aura Bortolini – Journalist
Introductory talk: Our common home – 11:30
Talk Enrico Giovannini – Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility
Stefano Zamagni – Economist and President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
AIGU in conversation with:
Andrea Geremicca – Director, European Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (EIIS)
Moderated by: Gloria Aura Bortolini and Stefania Melandri (AIGU Emilia-Romagna)
Performance Giovanni Truppi – Singer-songwriter
Sustainability Leader interview with Federica Minozzi (CEO, Iris Ceramica Group), Maria Paola Chiesi (Head of Shared Value & Sustainability, Chiesi Group), Daniele Ravaglia (General Manager, Emil Banca)
Moderated by: Gloria Aura Bortolini
First Thematic Talk: Feeding the future – 12:30
Talk Maurizio Martina – FAO Deputy Director-General
AIGU in conversation with:
Giuseppe Savino – Founder of the rural hub Vazapp
Daniele Del Rio – President, School of Advanced Studies on Food and Nutrition, University of Parma
Sonia Massari – Scientific consultant and researcher (BCFN Foundation) and lecturer (Roma Tre University)
Moderated by: Gloria Aura Bortolini and Alessia Montacchini (AIGU Emilia-Romagna)
Second Thematic Talk: A school for everyone – 14:45
Performance Murubutu – Rapper
Talk Stephen Ritz – Educator and writer, creator of Green Bronx Machine
AIGU in conversation with:
Raffaella Mulas – Researcher, Alan Turing Institute, London
Daniele Manni – Teacher and winner of the Global Teacher Award
Fabrizio Chiodo – Researcher at ICB-CNR, collaborator with the Finlay Institute in Havana on the Covid-19 vaccine
Moderated by: Gloria Aura Bortolini and Giovanni Vazzana (AIGU Emilia-Romagna)
Third Thematic Talk: You are my city – 15:40
Interview: Virginia Raggi – Mayor of Rome
Moderated by: Antonio Libonati (AIGU President)
AIGU in conversation with:
Carlo Ratti – MIT Senseable City Lab, Boston
Vittorio Salmoni – Fabriano UNESCO Creative City of Craft & Folk Arts and National Coordinator of Creative Cities
Moderated by: Gloria Aura Bortolini and Andrea Croci (AIGU Emilia-Romagna)
Fourth Thematic Talk: A New Deal for culture – 16:30
Talk Paola Antonelli – Senior Curator, Architecture & Design, MoMA
Alice Rawsthorn – Designer
AIGU in conversation with:
Paolo Petrocelli – Honorary President of AIGU and General Director of the Stauffer Academy in Cremona
Beatrice Venezi – Orchestra conductor
Moderated by: Gloria Aura Bortolini and Chiara Bocchio (AIGU Secretary General)
Interview: Michele Guerra – Councillor for Culture, Municipality of Parma, in charge of Capital of Culture 2020+21
Agostino Riitano – Cultural manager, Director of Procida Italian Capital of Culture 2022
Moderated by: Gloria Aura Bortolini and Simona Ferrante (AIGU Vice President)
Grand finale – 17:30
Fabiana Dadone, Minister for Youth Policies
Presentation of the Next Generation You Manifesto – 17:40
Vista Cielo – Maotik, Digital Artist – Audio Visual Performance – 18:00
The event is held under the patronage of: the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, the Emilia-Romagna Region and the University of Parma. In collaboration with Parma Italian Capital of Culture 2020+21, Parma UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.
AIGU thanks the Partners of the Italian Youth Forum 2021: Fondazione Iris Ceramica Group, Emil Banca, Chiesi Group, Selenella, Ferrarini, Culligan.