International Workshop
Cultures and Civilisations for Human Development
Rome, Home of Geography
Villa Celimontana
December 12-14, 2005
Photos by Giuliano Bellezza and Dawn Bissell
Opening Ceremony
Adalberto Vallega, President of the International Geographical Union
Franco Salvatori, President of the Società Geografica Italiana
Giuliano Bellezza, Director of the Home of Geography
Opening Ceremony:Welcome address by Dr. Pino Galeota, representative of the Roman Municipality (with Dawn Bissell as interpreter)
Paul Claval, Chair of the Session 1
Tor Halfdan Aase, Keynote speaker of the Session 1
Mahmoud Ashour, Chair of the Session 2, with Karl Donert (Director of Herodot Thematic Network)
Benno Werlen, Keynote speaker of Session 2
Anne Buttimer, Chair of the Session 3
Woo-Ik Yu, Keynote speaker of the Session 3
Giuseppe Dematteis, Chair of the Session 4, with Mahmoud Riad, Keynote speaker
Hiroshi Tanabe, Chair of the Session 5
Margaret Robertson, Keynote speaker of Session 5
Aharon Kellerman, Chair of the Session 6
Vincenzo Guarrasi, Keynote speaker of the Session 6
Maria Paradiso,
Chair of the Session 7
Keynote speakers: Fabrizio Eva and Mongi Bousnina
Antoine Bailly, Chair of the Session 8
Keynote speaker of the Session: Paul Claval
Ali Toumi, Chair of the Session 9
Keynote speaker of the Session: Adalberto Vallega
Hermann Verstappen, comments to various Sessions
signing the Memo of Understanding
Mongi Bousnina (ALECSO) and Adalberto Vallega (IGU)
Conclusions: the Round Table, Ron Abler Chair
Antoine Bailly Ali
Toumi Mongi Bousnina
Adalberto Vallega
Ed de MulderLeszek Kosinski
Round Table: Ed de Mulder and L.Kosinski listen to A. Buttimer, translating the english speeches in french and viceversa
Press conference after the Round Table:
Ali Toumi, Ron Abler, Adalberto Vallega