9.00 – 9.15 Welcome
Matteo Renzi, mayor of the city of Florence
Enrico Rossi, president of the region of Tuscany
Enzo Moavero Milanesi, Italian minister for European affairs
Marise Cremona, president of the European University Institute

9.15 – 9.30 Keynote lecture I
Mario Monti, member of the Italian Senate