2025 Program
Teatro dei Filarmonici - Ascoli Piceno
March 27th - 30th, 2025
2025 Program
Teatro dei Filarmonici - Ascoli Piceno
March 27th - 30th, 2025
Marche, Land of the Well-being
Thursday, March 27th
INTRODUCTION
Presentation of the Forum and the Ascoli Charter
15:00, 3:00 PM
Introduced by: Andrea Maria Antonini – Councilor for Productive Activities
Institutional Greetings
FIRST PANEL
The First Law on Well-being
16:00, 4:00 PM
Orazio Schillaci – Minister of Health
Francesco Acquaroli – Governor of the Marche Region
Gian Luca Gregori – Rector of the Polytechnic University of Marche
Sara Spuntarelli – Vice Rector for Well-being at the University of Camerino
David Mariani – Academic of the Georgofili, President of AssoSVS, Director of Healthy Habits Academy/Eating City, International Expert in Healthy Lifestyles
SECOND PANEL
Implementing the Change
17:30, 5:30 PM
Luigi D’Eramo – Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry
Gen. B. CC Giuseppe Vadalà – Special Commissioner for the Cleanup of Landfills and Contaminated Sites
Igino Straffi – Founder and CEO of the Rainbow Group (WORK)
Mauro Silvestrini – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Polytechnic University of Marche
Maria Letizia Gardoni – President of Coldiretti Marche
Andrea Assenza – Head of the RAI Structure, responsible for local programs
Conclusions
18:30, 6:30 PM
Paolo Galli – Academic, Scientist, former Global Director of Research at Montedison, Montell, Himont
01 Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles
Friday, March 28th
FIRST PANEL
The Impact of Nutrition on Determining Health
10:00 AM
Luigi Fontana – Scientist, Scientific Director at the Charles Perkins Centre RPA, Program Director of Healthy Longevity at the University of Sydney (AUS)
Silvio Garattini – Oncologist, Pharmacologist, and Italian Researcher, President and Founder of the Mario Negri Pharmacological Research Institute
Katie Wilson – Executive Director of the Urban School Food Alliance, former Deputy Undersecretary for Nutrition in the Obama administration (USA)
Federico Varazi – Vice President of Slow Food Italy
SECOND PANEL
Investing in Healthy Habits from Childhood to Gain Health in Adulthood
11:15 AM
Giuseppe Valditara – Minister of Education and Merit
Arianna Scarpellini – Director of Primary Schools of the Republic of San Marino
Rino Agostiniani – President of the Italian Society of Pediatrics
Alessandro Miani – President of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine, WBI Governance Council Member, Italian Ambassador
Mauro Mario Mariani – Medical Doctor, Specialist in Angiology, Consultant Nutritionist at RAI
Conversations
12:30 PM
MODERATOR
Barbara Gobbi (Sole 24 ORE)
02 Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles
Friday, March 28th
THIRD PANEL
Active Aging and Best Practices to Improve the Quality of Life in Older Age
15:00, 3:00 PM
Luigi Fontana – Scientist, Scientific Director at the Charles Perkins Centre RPA, Program Director of Healthy Longevity at the University of Sydney (AUS)
Giorgio Brandi – Professor of Hygiene, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino
Helen Kingston – From Medical Practice (GB)
Paolo Galli – Academic, Scientist, former Global Director of Research at Montedison, Montell, Himont
Ettore Bologna – Scientific Director of the Ferrero Foundation
FOURTH PANEL
The Role of Governments and Public Administrations in the Transition to Healthy and Sustainable Lifestyles
16:30, 4:30 PM
Betina Bergmann Madsen – Food Policy Maker at the City of Copenhagen and Specialist in Sustainable and Organic Food Procurement
Katie Wilson – Executive Director of the Urban School Food Alliance, former Deputy Undersecretary for Nutrition in the Obama administration (USA)
Mark Ritchie – Former Secretary of State of Minnesota
Angelo Mellone – Director of Daytime Entertainment at RAI
ROUND TABLE
“The Mediterranean Diet: A Model of Well-being and Sustainability Promoted by the Forum of the Chambers of Commerce of the Adriatic and Ionian”
17:30, 5:30 PM
Gino Sabatini – President of the Chamber of Commerce of Marche and the Forum of the Chambers of Commerce of the Adriatic and Ionian
Michele De Vita – Secretary General of the Forum of the Chambers of Commerce of the Adriatic and Ionian
Robert Rakar – Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Primorska (Slovenia)
Ada Šabić Lipovača – Brand Manager
JTB Group d.o.o (Bosnia ed Erzegovina)
Antonia Radić Brkan – Deputy Mayor of the City of Makarska
Youth Policies and Education
Saturday, March 29th
PANEL
Social relationships and the relationship with the environment and technology, determining factors for improving the well-being of young people
10:00 AM
Giorgia Latini – Vice President of the Culture, Science, and Education Commission
Eliška Selinger – Epidemiologist and nutrition expert in public health
Leonardo Mendolicchio – Psychiatrist and founder of the Food for Mind centers
Tom Václavík – Director of Skutecne Zdravá Skola (The Truly Healthy School)
Anna Teresa Borrelli – Presidency Office of the Italian Youth Agency
Conversations
11:45 AM
Agriculture and Environment
Saturday, March 29th
FIRST PANEL
The impact of organic farming on the environment
15:00, 3:00 PM
Francesco Lollobrigida – Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry
Eleonora Iacovoni – Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry, Director of the General Directorate for the Promotion of Agri-food Quality
Henk Renting – University Professor and Expert in food policy and the social impacts of urban and peri-urban agriculture, Wageningen University (Netherlands)
Dario Fornara – Research Director of the Davines Group – Rodale Institute European Regenerative Organic Center (EROC)
Giovanni Battista Girolomoni – President of the Girolomoni Cooperative, Historical Memory of Italian Organic Farming
SECOND PANEL
The cities of the future: the importance of green spaces and trees as determinants of human and environmental well-being
16:45, 4:45 PM
Vannia Gava – Deputy Minister of the Environment and Energy Security of Italy
Marco Fioravanti – President of the National Council of Anci
Massimo Sargolini – Professor of Urban Planning, Director of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Camerino
Rita White – President of the Italian Academy of Biophilia
Fabrizio Capaccioli – President of the Green Building Council Italy
Silvia Paparella – General Manager RemTech Expo
Gianluca Baiocchi – Chief Marshal of NIPAAF (Environmental, Agri-food, and Forestry Police Investigative Unit) of Ascoli Piceno
Conversations
18:45, 6:45 PM
Culture and Sustainable Tourism
Sunday, March 30th
FIRST PANEL
Tourism of the territories
10:00 AM
Alessandra Priante – President of ENIT
Guido Castelli – Extraordinary Commissioner for the 2016 Earthquake Reconstruction
Stefano Rolando – Professor of Public Communication and Public Branding at IULM University, Milan
Franco Arminio – Poet, Italian Writer
SECOND PANEL
The “care” of culture
11:30 AM
Chiara Biondi – Councilor for Culture, Marche Region
Andrea Bruciati – Director of the Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este Institute in Tivoli
Pierluigi Sacco – Co-founder of the Cultural Welfare Center and Professor of Economic Policy, University of Chieti-Pescara
Fabio Renzi – General Secretary of the Symbola Foundation
Andrea Agostini – President of the Marche Cultura Foundation
Daniela Tisi – Director of the Cultural Heritage and Activities Area
Conversations
12:30 PM
Work and Corporate Welfare
Sunday, March 30th
ROUND TABLE
“Sustainable Businesses: New Facilitators for Personal and Social Growth”
15:00, 3:00 PM
Eugenia Maria Roccella – Minister for Family, Birthrate, and Equal Opportunities
Oreste Aquilone – CEO of the Promarche S.C.A.P.A. Producers Association
Santo Biondo – Confederation Secretary of UIL
Alessandro Cipollini – Board Member of the CIAM Group
Fabio Costantini – CEO of Randstad HR Solutions
Danilo Falappa – Founder of Innoliving SPA
Marco Ferracuti – General Secretary of CISL Marche
Barbara Gabrielli – Communications Director at Magazzini Gabrielli SPA and President of FG Gallerie Commerciali SPA
Angelo Davide Galeati – CEO of Sabelli Group
Stefano Panichi – Sole Director of Panichi SRL
Giorgio Tanoni – CEO of Adriatica Oli SRL Benefit Corporation
Fabio Tedeschi – CEO of GEOS SRL Benefit Corporation
Gianluca Tondi – CEO of TM Italia ERL
Davide Toppi – Union Area Manager at Confcommercio Marche Centrale
Roberto Zecchino – Senior HR Advisor