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