Italy Node

Professor Emeritus Eleonora Masini has been involved with the Millennium Project since its pre-feasibility study in 1992 and was an orginal member of Project's Planning Committee when it began operations in 1996.

Members and structure of the Italian Node:

President:
Prof. Enrico Todisco
full professor in Demography
Department of Geoeconomic, Linguistic, Statistical , Historical Studies for Regional Analysis
Faculty of Economics
Sapienza University of Rome
email: enrico.todisco@uniroma1.it

Presidency Secretary:
Dr. Mara Di Berardo
Welfare department - Youth Policies, Provincial Authority of Chieti (CH), Italy
Ph.D. in “Cultures, Languages and Politics of Communication”
email: mdiberardo@gmail.com

Members:
Prof. Riccardo Cinquegrani
professor, Gregoriana University, Rome
email: cinquegraniricca@hotmail.com

Prof. Simone Arnaldi
Director, Jacques Maritain Institute
email: s.arnaldi@maritain.eu
www.martain.edu

Prof. Leonardo Cannavò
Full Professor in Methodology of Applied Social Research
Department of Sociology and Communication
Faculty of Sociology
"Sapienza" University of Rome
email: leonardo.cannavo@uniroma1.it

Prof. Maurizio Franzini
Full Professor in Political Economy
Department of Public Economy
Faculty of Economics
Sapienza University of Rome
e-mail: maurizio.franzini@uniroma1.it

Prof. Mauro Gatti
Full Professor in Business Management
Department of Management
Faculty of Economics
Sapienza University of Rome
e-mail: mauro.gatti@uniroma1.it

Honorary Member:
Prof. Eleonora Barbieri Masini
Former chair of the Millennium Project Node in Italy for 12 years
Professor Emeritus in Future Studies from a Social Perspective
Faculty of Social Sciences
Gregorian University, Rome
email: e.masini@mclink.it

2009 Activities
See Node activities update prepared by Mara Di Berardo, Node Secretary, for the Millennium Project Planning Committee, July 2009.

  • Millennium Project Italian Node Association (M.P.I.N.) constitution by notory deed (27.04.09): the members are Todisco (President), Capani (vice-president), Pacinelli (executive director), Cinquegrani (vice-director), Arnaldi (vice-director), Cannavò (vice-director), Di Berardo (secretary); Masini (honorary member);
  • M.P.I.N. web site activation (www.millenniumprojectitalia.org): first Italian contents and news;
  • Seminars made from October to December 2008 (La Sapienza University) on globalization, migration, global challenges, global diseases, concepts about future and so on;
  • SOF 2008 translation (forthcoming) by the Jacques Maritain International Institute (printing before the end of the year);
  • “The World and Europe in 2025” European Call for proposal participation, together with the UK node (under evaluation);
  • “Elements for a pharmaceutical scenario” workshop (21.03.09) in Chieti (Italy) with Jerry Glenn and experts coming for the pharmaceutics (objective: starting a research project to build a scenario about the future of pharmaceutics in Italy, which orientates the related policies on the basis of experts and citizens participatory methodologies);
  • “A glance to the future: problems, aspects, connections, different approaches” workshop (23.03.09) in Rome (Italy) with Glenn, Rhisiar, Masini, Di Pasquale, Muliro, Guaitoli, Cecchi, Garau and others;
  • First PR activities with some senators, diplomatic institutes, associations, embassies and other public and research bodies.
  • Web site: English translation, other pages definitions, Internal and External Mailing lists activations;
  • Other European, National and Regional call for proposals participation, by defining projects to be pursued in collaboration with other networks;
  • On-line courses by using the L. Da Vinci on-line University platform (also International courses could be defined);
  • SOF 2008 printing for PR activities and SOF 2009 translation for a next wider diffusion;
  • FRM 3.0 promoting;
  • Other off-line seminars and lessons about future/s and the 15 Global Challenges topics into the node members universities;
  • Other events (conferences and workshops) and stands on conferences (an Italian Festival about Science application is under evaluation);
  • Connections to other external initiatives made by other networks;
  • Global Millennium Prize promotion.

    Other hypothesis are under evaluations and MP partnerships for projects are welcome.

2008 Activities
See Node activities update presented Mara Di Berardo, Node Secretary, at the Millennium Project Planning Committee, July 2008.