Thanks to young people, a new impetus for the European Union! What do young people propose for the EU of the future? How to make it more "European" and international? What is the relationship between the EU, regions, and cities? 

This event will be attended by students of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and some classes of high schools in Bozen-Bolzano together with teachers, experts, local and European institutional figures, young people, politicians, and journalists. Some"position papers" prepared by university students and high school pupils from Bolzano will be presented and discussed. 

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Programme

9:00 Music Opening 

9:10 Welcome address

• Arno Kompatscher, President of the Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano and European Committee of the Regions
• Manfred Vallazza, Vice-president of the Provincial Council
• Renzo Caramaschi, Mayor of the City of Bolzano
• Paolo Lugli, Rector, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano 
• Marjaana Gunkel, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Management

09:30 - 09:50 - Keynote Speech

The Conference on the Future of Europe: which proposals? Alessandro Alfieri, Delegate of the Italian Parliament to the Conference on the Future of Europe

Music Interval

09:50 - 10:20

Presentation Position Papers: unibz students

Coordination: Stefania Baroncelli, Hannes Hofmeister, Roberto Farneti, Monica Rosini

10:20 - 10:50

Presentation Position Papers: High School students

High Schools Pascoli, Carducci and Torricelli, Bozen/Bolzano

Coordination: Caterina Paolucci (“Associazione Elisabetta Paolucci”), Dagmar Lenzen (High School Pascoli) 

Project “Europe’s Youth: From Knowledge to Civic Engagement”

10.50 - 11.00 - Q&A students and Alessandro Alfieri 

11.00 -11.20 Europe Direct Trentino. Nicoletta Clauser and Boglarka Fenyvesi-Kiss. Online connection with Liceo Bertrand Russell, Cles, European Parliament Ambassador

Coordinator: Cristina Lostorto

11:20 - 12:00

High-Level Dialogue: Outlook for the Future of Europe. Chair: Antonio Lampis, Vice-President unibz 

Panel:

• Paolo Graziano, University of Padua
• Christoph Schmid, University of Bremen
• Jens Woelk, Euregio professor (Trento, Innsbruck, unibz)
• Orsolya Farkas, unibz 
• Stefania Baroncelli, unibz

Concluding musical piece

Scientific and organizing committee:

• Stefania Baroncelli (coordination)
• Hannes Hofmeister
• Orsolya Farkas
• Roberto Farneti
• Monica Rosini
• Christoph Perathoner