10.00 - 10.30am Academic authorities’ messages and keynote Introduction New Metropolitan Perspectives
12,00 - 1,00 pm Starting Rhegion UN 2020 - 2030
Francesco Carlo Morabito, Vice Rector Delegate for Internationalization and International Relations
Stefano Aragona, Scientific Responsible for Rhegion UN 2020 - 2030
Keynote panel: The great challenge of sustainability in a context that has become even more complex
Achieving SDGs in Cities with particular focus on SDGs 7 and 11
Vincent Kitio, Arch, PhD. | Chief, Urban Energy Unit |Urban Basic Services Branch | United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat , Nairobi, Kenya
COVID-19 and the Implosion of Regional Economies
Mark Patridge , Ph.D., Chief of the Regional Science Association International - RSAI, Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy/Prof., AED Economics, The Ohio State University, Adjunct
Professor, School of Economics, Jinan Univ. Guangzhou, China, Social Sciences Dept., Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy, Coordinating Editor Springer Briefs in Regional Science
2,00 - 2,30 pm Lunch - break (virtual)
2,30 - 4,00 pm Testimonials
Chair: Federico M. Butera, prof. Emeritus, Polytechnic of Milan
Costa Rica's Sustainable Development Model and the National Decarbonization Plan
Giovanna Valverde Stark, Minister General Consul, Costa Rican Embassy
How Chinese cities are improving urban ecology
Wang Xin - Doctor, Vice Dean, Associate Professor - TONGJI Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, (IESD), MOE Joint Lab for International
Cooperation on Eco-Urban Design, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai
Territorial development and circular economy: the preservation of local resources
André Torre, professor at UMR SAD-APT Agro Paristech, President of the European Regional Science Association - ERSA
4,00 - 4,30 pm Celebration of the entry of the Mediterranean into the Italian University Network for Sustainable Development - RUS
Introduction, Stefano Aragona, Delegate of the Mediterranean University for RUS
Santo Marcello Zimbone, Rector of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria
Patrizia Lombardi, Prorector of the Polytechnic of Turin, Coordinator of the Italia University Network for Sustainable Development
Sandra Savaglio, Councilor for Education, University, Scientific Research and Innovation of the Calabria Region
4.30 - 4,45 pm Coffee-break (virtual)
4,45 - 7,30 pm Round table
Ronald Flores Vega, Ambassador of Costa Rica
Mariangela Cama, Alderman for Urbanism, Private Building, Maritime Property and Urban Planning, Reggio Calabria
Territories and cities - territorialism and sustainability
Marco Bussone, Chief of the National Union of Municipalities, Communities, and Mountain Bodies - UNCEM
Alberto Ziparo, Society of Territorialists - SdT
Maurizio Tira, Chief of the Italian Society of Town planners - SIU, Rector of the University of Brescia
Redevelopment and reuse of the existing on territorial and urban scale
Andrea Arcidiacono, Vice Chief of the National Institute of Townplanning - INU
Alessandro Marata, delegate Energy - Environment of the National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapers, Conservationists - CNAPPC
Armando Zambrano, Chief of the National Council of Engineers - CNI
Concetta Fallanca, prof. of Townplanning, Department Patrimonio Architettura, Urbanistica - PAU
Territory and best practices
Samuele Furfaro, Macingo s.r.l., Azienda ass. Confindustria Reggio Calabria
Carmelo Basile, Coop. Fattoria della Piana Società Agricola, Azienda ass. Confindustria Reggio Calabria
Arianna Liconti, Marine Ecologist, Project Manager of Worldrise Onlus
Gianni Bottalico, Delegate for relations with the Regions and local authorities of The Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development – AsviS
Public space and spatial and social sustainability
Riccardo Petrachi, Chief of Public Space Biennal
Andrea Poggio, National Secretariat of Legambiente
Emanuela Bambara, delegate of the Director of the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria
Francesca Fatta, Coordinator of the International PhD in Architecture
Mariavaleria Mininni, delegate of Rector of the University of Basilicata
Closing Notes MP Roberto Morassut, State Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea - MATTM