Thursday 20 – Italian Day
(in collaboration with Institut français Italia)
09:00 verification of accreditations and security check at Palazzo Farnese
Hall of Hercules
09:30 – 13:00
Session “Italian policymakers forum: Which new law for the Italian public service? One year later”
presided by Barbara Floridia, President of the Parliamentary RAI Commission,
moderated by Duilio Giammaria, host of Petrolio
The associations involved in the digital public service in Italy, the members of the RAI Board of Directors, the signatories of the draft laws for the reform of RAI have been invited.
Confirmed so far: Maurizio Gasparri, Antonio Nicita, Dolores Bevilacqua, Antonio Vita, Stefano Graziano, Maurizio Lupi and the associations Articolo 21, Comunicazione Pubblica, Infocivica, UsigRAI.
14:00 Eurovisioni meets young people, chaired by Luciana Castellina
in collaboration with Institut Français Italia; University of Rome La Sapienza – Radio Sapienza; SSML San Domenico; SSML Carlo Bo; Premio Morrione;
INFORM – Investigative journalism as a core mission of public service media
THE PRICE OF LEGALITY (20’) by Daman Singh, Bianca Turati, Iman Zaoin
tutor Diego Gandolfo, presented by Mara Filippi
WINNER OF THE 14TH EDITION OF THE ROBERTO MORRIONE PRIZE FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
16:00 Education for sustainability – “Towards an eco-friendly future of TV broadcasting”
Presentation of the LOCAT 2025 research on green broadcasting in collaboration with Eutelsat and Tivù srl – Agnès Pleinecassagne, Eutelsat; Stefano Luppi, Tivù srl
Commemoration of Giuliano Berretta and Paolo Dalla Chiara – with testimonies by Duilio Giammaria, Marina Francesconi, Eutelsat, and Tonio Di Stefano, director of networks and platforms RAI. The session will also be attended by engineer Berretta’s children, Julia and Stefano.
17:30 break
18:00 ENTERTAIN: “Playing memories” event in collaboration with Saint Louis College of Music and RAI Digital Contents.
Participants: Teresa De Santis, Nicola Cirilli and Stefano Mastruzzi (St. Louis College) and Marcello Ciannamea (RAI).
to follow
Celebration of the XX anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity
Co-organised with IFCCD, UNESCO, CICT-ICFT
Ernesto Ottone, Deputy Director General of UNESCO for Culture (video message) and other personalities to be defined
20:30 – Cinema room
ARTE preview of “Bernardo Bertolucci: A Magnificent Obsession” (duration 90’, Italian version with English subtitles) in presence of director Marco Spagnoli.
A Minerva Pictures and Arte production in collaboration with Rai Documentari.
Friday 21 – International Day
(in collaboration with AGCOM, Institut français Italia)
08:45 Verification of accreditations and security control at Palazzo Farnese
Hall of Hercules
09:15 Opening speech:
Martin Briens, Ambassador of France to the Italian government
Michel Boyon, President of Eurovisioni
Giacomo Lasorella, President of AGCOM
Olivier Henrard, Director General CNC
Agnès Pleinecassagne, Director of Sustainability Eutelsat
Stefano Selli, Vice President Confindustria Radio TV
Martin Ajdari, president ARCOM (video message)
10:00 Opening speech: Roberto Viola, Director General, DG Connect, European Commission
10:45 – Session 1: Audiovisual production and copyright facing the challenge of artificial intelligence
The implications of the A.I. Act on audiovisual production and the protection of copyright, the remuneration of authors, producers and publishers, and the situation of works made with artificial intelligence.
Moderator: Elisa Giomi, AGCOM Commissioner
SPEECHES:
Benoit Loutrel, ARCOM Commissioner
Representative of the European Commission
Christophe Tardieu, Secretary General, France Télévisions (TBC)
Carlo Rodomonti, Head of Marketing and Innovation and President of the Union of Digital Editors and Creators of Anica
Viviana De Vincentis, Chief Legal Officer SIAE
11:45 Coffee break
Screening of the short film made with AI, The Prompt, produced by RAI Cinema, in the presence of the director – Francesco Frisari (duration 13’40, English version with Italian subtitles)
12:00 – Session 2: Public service media in the digital era
Public radio-television services and their relationships with young audiences and with the new actors of information. The integrity of media in the era of artificial intelligence.
Moderator: Massimiliano Capitanio, AGCOM Commissioner
SPEECHES:
Eric Schérer, former President of the News Group EBU
Amma Asante, President of Commissariaat voor de Media (Netherlands)
Stéphane Bijoux, Director of International Strategy and Cooperation, France Télévisions
Sara Zanotelli, President AICDC Association Content Digital Creators
Graham Ellis, Controller of Production, BBC Radio & Music (TBC)
Karim Ibourki, President CSA Belgium
13:30 Lunch break
14:30 – Session 3: (DMA and EMFA) Audience measurement systems: the end of the Wild West?
Total audience measurement systems. State of the art of the consultations currently conducted by the European Media Committee on the standardisation of measurement systems in Europe.
Moderator: Laura Aria, AGCOM Commissioner
SPEAKERS:
Paolo Lugiato, Director General Auditel
Peter Matzneller, European VOD Coalition
Yannick Carriou, Chairman & CEO Médiamétrie, Chairman of the Audience Measurement Coalition
Carolina Lorenzon, Director of International Institutional Relations, MFE Media for Europe
Diego Ciulli, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy Google Italy
16:30 – Session 4: Is a global European audiovisual policy possible?
The future of the MEDIA/AgoraEU programme, the European Convention on Audiovisual Coproduction, and the hope of a European reference platform.
Moderator: Mihaela Gavrila, Sapienza University of Rome
SPEAKERS:
Lucia Recalde Langarica – Head of Unit, DG CNECT European Commission
Enrico Vannucci – Deputy Executive Director, Eurimages
Olivier Henrard, Director General, CNC – Centre national du cinéma
Giorgio Brugnoni, Director General, DGCA–MiC
Carlotta Calori, Board Member, European Producers Club
Closing of the works: Eurovisioni (Michel Boyon), AGCOM (Giacomo Lasorella), Institut français Italia (Florence Alibert)
20:00 – Cinema room
Rai Fiction – Lux Vide preview “Sandokan” (duration 107’, Italian version with English subtitles) in the presence of director Jan Maria Michelini and the production Lux Vide and Rai Fiction.
