22 March 2018
Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic
Under the High Patronage of the European Parliament
THE PROJECT
We Are Water
From time to time, news agencies run a front-page headline: We Are Not Alone In The Universe
On some celestial body water has been discovered, and if there’s water, then there is, or could be, life.
We are all part of a great pool teeming with life that is the Hydrosphere.
FREE CONFERENCES
Guests & Speakers

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Coordinator of the Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)

Alessio Malcevschi
RUS Member
22 March 2018
Welcome Speech

Stefano Laporta
ISPRA President
21 March 2018
Opening Speech

Samantha Cristoforetti
Italian Astronaut
22 March 2018
Salotti d'Acqua: Water in Space

Monique Barbut
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
21 March 2018
Keynote Speech

Tiziana Paccagnella
Hydro Meteo Climate Service of ARPAE
22 March 2018
The Bologna HPC & Big-Data Excellence Pole and Climate Change

Alessandro Bratti
ISPRA Director General
21 March 2018
High-level symposium

Olga Slepner
The Governmental Authority for Water and Sewage (Israel)
23 March 2018
Challenges and Solutions in Managing Water Sector
THE PROGRAMME
Conferences & Events
Our program is an ambitious one and as such it is subject to change and variation.
Franco Maria Ricci and his team are working on a programme of lectures, seminars and other events and occasions with the invaluable and expert help of Luca Mercalli, President of the Italian Meteorological Society and editor of the magazine Nimbus.