Events

General Conference - Prato, 30 March 2007

Conference

Opening

On.le Beatrice MAGNOLFI
Deputy Minister Italian Government
Andrea CAVICCHI
President Fondazione Museo del Tessuto di Prato
Fabio GIOVAGNOLI
ACTE Executive Secretary
Massimo LOGLI
President of Province of Prato

Consideration of the urban dimension for economic local development in the new programming of European Structural

Chairperson:

Alfonso ANDRIA
MEP – member Regional Development Committee

Key note speaker:

Marco Orani
DG Regional Policy, European Commission

Discussant Panel:

Marco ROMAGNOLI
Mayor of Prato
Jerzy KROPIWNICKI
Mayor of Lodz
Agapito Gonzales Pilar
Major Matarò

Session 2: Textile Museums and European towns: which role in promoting strategic local development?

Chairperson:

On.le Andrea LULLI
Italian MP

Key note speaker:

Eulalia MORRAL i ROMEU
Centre de Documentaciò i Museu Textil de Terrassa
abstract
Anna MATA
Responsible for external relations and tourism Ayutamiento de Terrassa

Discussant Panel:

Laura FIESOLI
Museo del Tessuto di Prato
abstract
Muriel NEVEN
Centre Touristique de la Laine et de la Mode de Verviers
abstract
Norah MOKRANI
Musée d’Art et d’Industrie de Roubaix
abstract

Session 3: Private companies textile archives searching for a European productive DNA, between historic memory and innovation

Chairperson:

Ambrogio BRENNA
Ministry of Economy, Tuscany Region

Key note speaker:

Filippo Guarini
Museo del Tessuto di Prato
Survey on campany textile archives in the Prato district

Discussane Panel:

Maria Teresa GILARDI
Director for external relations, Zucchi Group
abstract
Federica FORNACIARI
Max Mara Archive
abstract
Lorenzo OSTI
Massimo Osti spa Archive
abstract

Round Table: Perspectives of European textile industry

Claudio MARTINI
President Tuscany Region
Ottavio FESTA BLANCHET
Euratex (European Textile Employers Association)
Valeria FEDELI
President ETUC: TLC (Confederation of textile European Trade Unions)
Teo ROMERO
ACTE President

Conclusions:

Mauro AGOSTINI
Deputy Minister for International Trade, Italian Governement