(ANSAmed) - ROME, JUNE 28 - Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin
Ebadi will be the guest of honour at the second edition of the
Sorrento Meeting, the international economic event promoted by
the Regional Bank Observatory - Economy and Finance Enterprises
(OBI), scheduled at take place at the Hilton Sorrento Palace
from July 6 to July 7.
Ebadi will be making the first speech at the meeting, which this
year focuses on the theme ''The storm over South Europe and the
Mediterranean. Young people, the new Argonauts''. For the 2012
edition about 250 people are expected make their way to
Sorrento, including government representatives, economists,
academics, bankers and entrepreneurs from Europe and North
Africa, in order to discuss employment problems, mobility and
the shifting social trends of the new generations in an attempt
to indentify new models based on goals shared by several
different territories, in order to suggest to policy makers
possible solutions in compliance not only with economic laws but
also social rules and ethical principles.
Among those slated to speak during the two days are the moderate
Islamic Sheikh Abdelfattah Mourou, the Moroccan writer Rita El
Khayat, CNEL chairman Antonio Marzano, African Union
Commissioner for Human and Population Rights Mohamed Béchir
Khalfallah, ISTAT chairman Enrico Giovannini, Cairo governor
Abdel Kawi Khalifa, Svimez chairman Adriano Giannola, Associate
Vice President of the European Parliament Gianni Pittella,
President of Tunisia's Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber
Abdelwahab El Béhi, Confindustria deputy chairman Alessandro
Laterza, chairman of the Confagricoltura youth organisation
Nicola Motolese, and Naples mayor Luigi De Magistris.
OBI director Antonio Corvino said that ''the fundamental aim of
the Sorrento Meeting is to create in a stable location in
southern Italy a space for discussion for those - the young,
women, researchers, entrepreneurs, economists, sociologists,
thinkers, representatives of the banking and institutional
worlds - who are interested in opening up new directions for
involvement, thought and experiences, in improving interaction
and dialogue, as well as stimulating actions and policies
fostering the identification of new reference points able to
lead to new equilibriums of a productive, financial, economic
and social nature.''
The Sorrento Meeting is sponsored by the eight regions of
southern Italy - Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania,
Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily - and the main universities
of southern Italy. To collaborate with OBI in the organisation
of the meeting as scientific partners will be the Premio
Internazionale Guido Dorso association, Centro Studi Federico
Caffè, Ficei, the Halle Institute of Economic Research, the
Istituto Italo-Tunisino, ItaliaCamp, Ires Campania, Banca
Risorse Immateriali, SRm and Ipres Puglia. (ANSAmed).
