Seminar program

Program

Friday, May 12th          09.00 Welcome coffee
Opening session           09.30 - 10.00
Alfredo Tradardi          Itàca President
Sergio Scaramal           Biella Province President
Vittorio Barazzotto       Biella Mayor


First session                10.00 - 13.30
Chairwoman                   Franca Balsamo
Jamil Hilal                    After the Palestinian elections
Ilan Pappe                   After the Israeli elections
coffee break
Tanya Reinhart            The Sharon’s legacy
Omar Barghouti           Art and oppression
Debate
13.30 - 14.30               lunch


Seconda sessione        14.30 - 18.30
Chairwoman                   Silvia Macchi
Gideon Levy                 The occupation
Wasim Dahmash          The refugees
coffee break
Mazin Qumsiyeh           The US and Middle East
Giorgio Frankel            Europe and Middle East
Debate


21.30 - 23.00               Teatro Sociale Villani di Biella
Spettacolo teatrale      MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE
                                     the tragedy of being a victim of victims

Sabato 13 maggio
Terza sessione            09.30 - 13-00
Chairman                      Amedeo Cottino
Round table                   The past – The present – The future
Ilan Pappe                   The ethnic cleansing
Jamil Hilal                    The end of the “two state solution”?
Mazin Qumsiyeh          A global movement against apartheid
Omar Barghouti           The boycott
Tanya Reinhart            A new form of popular resistance
coffee break

Debate
Participants at
the debate                     Diana Carminati
                                    Rosita Di Peri
                                    Diego Siragusa
                                    Gabriella Rossetti
                                    Egi Volterrani
Aharon Shabtai           J’Accuse
Conclusioni                 13.00 - 13.30
Davide Bazzini            Biella Province councillor for Cooperation and Peace
Alberto Zola                Biella Municipality councillor for Cooperation and Peace