Multimedia
The project of Labirinto d’Acque
Videos of the speeches
Wednesday March 21st
Renzo Valloni
EU Watercenter
Institutional greetings
Stefano Laporta
ISPRA President
Opening Greetings
Meuccio Berselli
River Po District Authority
The district of the River Po and the use of its water in the future
Bruno Mioni
Director of the Interregional Agency for the Po River (AIPo)
UNCCD Executive Secretary
Keynote Speech
Silvano Pecora
Vice President of WMO’s Hydrology Commission
Opening Greetings
Michela Miletto
World Water Assessment Programme of UNESCO
The World Water Development Report 2018
Videos of the speeches
Thursday 22 March 2018
Luca Mercalli
President of the Italian Meteorological Society
Presentation of the World Water Day
Alessio Malcevschi
Member of RUS
Introductory greetings
Enrico Giovannini
Spokesman of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development
Water in the UN’s 2030 Agenda
Alok Jha
Scientific journalist
Water – the strangest chemical
Fabio Trincardi
President of ISMAR – CNR
The seas of the Anthropocene
Luca Mercalli
President of the Italian Meteorological Society
Rain and snow of yesterday and tomorrow: how much water will we have in this century?
Tiziana Paccagnella
Climate Service of Idro Meteo – ARPAE (ARPAE-SIMC)
The Bologna HPC & Big-Data Excellence Pole and Climate Change
Renzo Rosso
Politecnico of Milan
Floods of Italy from Unity to the third millennium
Ferdinando Boero
Professor of Zoology at the University of Salento
Oceans and life
Gianfranco Bologna
Scientific Director of WWF Italy
Water footprint
Grammenos Mastrojeni
Foreign Ministry
Solid solutions for a liquid threat
Francesco Vincenzi
ANBI President
Climate change and territory
Salotti d’Acqua
Thursday 22 March 2018
Gennadij Padalka
Russian cosmonaut
Salotti d’Acqua: Water in Space
Samantha Cristoforetti – Italian astronaut
Tommaso Ghidini – European Space Agency
Salotti d’Acqua: Water in Space
Videos of the speeches
Friday 23 March 2018
Stefano Bonaccini
President of the Emilia-Romagna Region
Opening Greetings
Federico Pizzarotti
Mayor of Parma
Paola Gazzolo
Emilia-Romagna Regional Councilor
The strategies of the Emilia-Romagna Region for climate change
Brian Richter
President of Sustainable Water
Looking for water in a rapidly changing world
Gian Luca Galletti
Former Minister of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea
Italian policy on climate change and water management
Debbie Franco
California Governor’s Planning and Research Office
Achieve water resilience in California
Errol Gradwell
Ceo of Ewseta – Republic of South Africa
Water and democracy in Africa
Olga Slepner
Representative of the Israeli Water Authority
Challenges and solutions in the management of the water sector
Pietro Laureano
Architect, urban planner and consultant UNESCO
The Blue Gold and international crises: changes for the Mediterranean countries
Simona Caselli
Councilor for agriculture, hunting and fishing
The Global Alliance for Climate-smart Agriculture (GACSA)
Meuccio Berselli
General Secretary of the Po River District Authority
The district of the River Po and the use of its water in the future
Yossi Yaacobi
Director of WaTech Division – Mekorot, Israel
Mekorot dall’innovazione all’attuazione
Paolo Mannini
C.E.R. General Manager
The IRRINET case
Ugo Peruch
Mutti SpA – Director of Agricultural Service
Responsible use of irrigation water to reduce the water footprint. The Mutti-WWF collaboration
Monia Santini
Researcher, Head of Impacts on Water Resources – CMCC Foundation
Responsible use of irrigation water to reduce the water footprint
Alessandro Piva
Head of the Agronomic Service of the AOP CIO
Water in the tomato processing cycle
Piero Pelizzaro
Urban Resilience and Climate Adaptation Specialist
A circular use of water in a time of changing water: Milan resilience experience
Dai Gowen
Director of International Cooperation Center, China
Water Management in Chinese Cities: Policies and Cases
Donatella Davoli
Chief Executive Officer of Iren Laboratori and Director of Logistics, Laboratories and Group Services of Iren SpA
IREN: water management for the territory
Salotti d’Acqua
Friday 23 March 2018
Pier Carlo Bontempi – Architect
Thierry Huau – Urban planner and landscape architect
Salotti d’Acqua: Art, Water, Architecture – Cities, like Venus, born from water
Videos of the speeches
Friday 24 March 2018
Umberto Solimene
FEMTEC President
Research, development and innovation in thermal medicine
Marco Vitale
FoRST scientific director
Thermal Medicine and Respiratory Tract
Christian Roques
Professor University of Toulouse
Balneotherapy in France: treatment, teaching, research
Zeki Karagulle
Professor at the University of Istanbul
Recent research in medical balneology and thermal medicine
Plinio Richelmi
Professor at the University of Pavia
A scientific approach to Thermal Medicine
Stefano Masiero
Professor at the University of Padua
Rehabilitation in the thermal environment: the role of water as a therapeutic medium
Paolo Pinton
Professor of the University of Ferrara
Calcium ion in water: a versatile and indispensable messenger
Marta Antonelli
Responsible for the BCFN research program
Food and Water
Claudio Macca
Spedali Civili of Brescia
WATER FOOD. Water Food for Health and Sport
Salotti d’Acqua
Giovedì 24 Marzo 2018
Federica Pellegrini
Swimming champion
Salotti d’Acqua: Water and Sport
Federica Pellegrini interviewed by Tommaso Mecarozzi
Video di presentazione
Luca Mercalli
President of the Italian Meteorological Society
Stefan Uhlenbrook
Coordinator WWAP
Laura Casalis Ricci
Labyrinth of the Masone
Luca Virginio
Barilla Communications and External Relations Manager
Meuccio Berselli
Secretary of the Po river basin district authority
Pier Carlo Bontempi
Architect
Renzo Valloni
Director of Eu.Watercenter University of Parma
Gianfranco Bologna
WWF Italy Scientific Director
Donatella Bianchi
President of WWF Italy
Federica Pellegrini
Swimming champion
Brian Richter
Presidente di Sustainable Water
Francesco Mutti
CEO of Mutti S.p.A.
Terry Tamminen
CEO Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Guests and Interventions
At Labirinto della Masone in Fontanellato (PR) from 21 to 24 March 2018
Luca Mercalli
President of the Italian Meteorological Society and scientific journalist
“Water is a resource in the making”
Umberto Solimene
President of the Federation
World Spa (FEMTEC) NGO
Monique Barbut
Executive Secretary UNCCD (United Nations Conventions to Combat Desertification)
Meuccio Berselli
Secretary General of the Basin Authority
District of the River Po
Michela Miletto
Vice Coordinator WWAP
of UNESCO
Karl Burkart
Director of innovation, media and technology
at Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Donatella Bianchi
President of WWF Italy
at the first edition of Labirinto d’Acque
Enrico Giovannini
Spokesman of the Italian Alliance
for Sustainable Development (ASviS)
Romano Prodi
President of the Foundation for Collaboration between Peoples
Gianluca Galletti
Environment Minister
“Water must become a precious asset. It is what we are trying to make citizens and businesses understand”
Grammenos Mastrojeni
Coordinator for the environment of development cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tommaso Ghidini
Head of the Division of Structures, Mechanisms and Materials of the European Space Agency
Federica Pellegrini
Swimming champion
Davide Cassani
Head coach of Italian National Cycling and sports journalist
“Water is the most important supplement that Mother Nature has given us”
Il regista Peter Greenaway
a Labirinto d’Acque
“It is self evidently the incredibly photogenic water: water is snow, ice, tears, rivers, the Ocean”