22 March 2018
Welcome Speech
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
![Alessio Malcevschi Alessio Malcevschi](http://www.labirintodacque.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/malcevschi_2-300x300.png)
Alessio Malcevschi
RUS Member
![Stefano Laporta Stefano Laporta](http://www.labirintodacque.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Laporta-300x300.jpg)
Stefano Laporta
ISPRA President
21 March 2018
Opening Speech
![Samantha Cristoforetti Samantha Cristoforetti](http://www.labirintodacque.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Cristoforetti-ok-300x300.png)
Samantha Cristoforetti
Italian Astronaut
22 March 2018
Salotti d'Acqua: Water in Space
![Monique Barbut Monique Barbut](http://www.labirintodacque.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Barbut-Monique-300x300.jpg)
Monique Barbut
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
21 March 2018
Keynote Speech
![Tiziana Paccagnella Tiziana Paccagnella](http://www.labirintodacque.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/paccagnella.jpg)
Tiziana Paccagnella
Hydro Meteo Climate Service of ARPAE
22 March 2018
The Bologna HPC & Big-Data Excellence Pole and Climate Change
![Alessandro Bratti Alessandro Bratti](http://www.labirintodacque.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Bratti-Alessandro-300x300.jpg)
Alessandro Bratti
ISPRA Director General
21 March 2018
High-level symposium
![Olga Slepner Olga Slepner](http://www.labirintodacque.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Slepner-Olga-300x300.jpg)
Olga Slepner
The Governmental Authority for Water and Sewage (Israel)
23 March 2018
Challenges and Solutions in Managing Water Sector
![Davide Cassani Davide Cassani](http://www.labirintodacque.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Cassani-web-300x300.jpg)
Davide Cassani
24 March 2018
Salotti d'Acqua: Water & Sport
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.