The great names of culture are found in Lucca. From culture to urban planning, from the economy to the environment, from politics to education to a series of conferences organized by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the oldest scientific academy in the world – as one of its first members Galileo Galilei – which is been granted, the former President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, the patronage permanent.
Institutional purpose of the Academy is to "promote, coordinate, integrate and disseminate scientific knowledge in their highest expression in the context of unity and universality of culture." To this end it organizes congresses, conferences, conventions and national and international seminars, and participates, with its members, similar events Italian and foreign. It also promotes and implements activities and research missions.
In Lucca are preparing six events of great interest cultural and scientific thought to a wide audience and to be held from March to November in the auditorium of the Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca in Piazza San Martino.
Many nationwide names expected, who will offer insights on many aspects of current affairs: from environment to education and economy.
Program:
Friday, March 18
5:30 pm – I problemi non risolti della finanza globale: politiche monetarie, mercati finanziari, banche – (Unresolved problems of global finance: monetary policy, financial markets, banks) with Salvatore Rossi, General Director of Banca d’Italia and President of IVASS, challenged by Valdo Spini.
Saturday, March 19
5.30 pm – Dieci Minuti per uccidere – (ten minutes to kill) presentation of the book by Francesco Caringella, Magistrate (in association with Ordine degli Avvocati).
Thursday, April 7
5:30pm – L'italia fra disintegrazione europea e guerre sul fronte sud – (Italy among European disintegration and wars on the southern front) with Lucio Caracciolo, director of the geo-political magazine LIMES.
Tueday, April 26
5.30pm – Una vita per e nell’economia – ( A life for and in economy) with Alessandro Profumo, former President Unicredit, former president Monte dei Paschi di Siena, challenged by Massimo Toschi.
Friday, May 27
5:30pm – Durata della vita, qualità della vita, invecchiamento del cervello e malattia di Alzheimer: un coro a più voci? – (Length of life, quality of life, brain aging and Alzheimer's disease: a chorus of many voices?) With Luciano Domenici, Neuropsichiatrist.
Wednesday, June 1
5:30pm – Verso quale Costituzione? – (Towards what Constitution?) With Saulle Panizza, Professor of political science at Pisa University.
Tuesday, June 21
5:30pm – Rinascere dall’archeologia. Attività archeologica italiana in Iraq meridionale – (Reborn from archeology. Italian archaeological activities in southern Iraq) with il Prof. Franco d'Agostino, Archaeologist in Iraq.
Monday, September 12
5:30pm – La Decrescita e, se crescita, quale? – (Degrowth, and iin case of growth, which one?) Con Serge Latouche, Economista, ospite del Fondo Arturo Paoli).
Friday, November 18
ore 5:30pm – Arte e Cervello – (art and brain) with Lamberto Maffei, Vice President Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
MEETINGS WITH EXCELLENCE
Lucca, the foundation's Banca del Monte, Piazza San Martino
March 18/19, April 7/26, May 27, June 1/21, September 12, November 18 2016
free admission