Lecture - Rome from a market-place to an open-air museum: 2800 years of history
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Hotel Rome Cavalieri
(Terrazza Monte Mario)
18.00 - 18.30
Dress Code: Business attire
The lecture will be presented by Bianca Baracchi, art historian and expert of Italian culture. She graduated in Languages and Foreign Literatures at University of Urbino. She has been attaché to the Italian Institute of Culture in Marseille and Rio de Janeiro. The lecture will be focused on Rome with an excursus from the early Roman to present times.
Opening Ceremony & Welcome Reception
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Hotel Rome Cavalieri
Via A. Cadlolo, 101
Opening Ceremony and Show
Salone dei Cavalieri: 19.00 – 20.30
Welcome Reception
Tiepolo Terrace: 20.30 – 22.30
Dress Code: Business attire
Participants and Accompanying Persons are welcome to
attend the Opening Ceremony and the Show which will be
held in the “Grandeur” of the Salone dei Cavalieri.
Welcome addresses by Augusto Fantozzi, President of
IFA Rome 2010 and Manuel E. Tron, President of IFA,
will introduce the evening and the Guest Speaker,
Stefano Micossi. The official part of the Opening will
be followed by the Show “Beautiful Italia”.
Cocktail Reception
Monday, 30 August 2010
The Etruscan National Museum of Villa Giulia
Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
20.30 - 22.00
Dress Code: Business attire
New exhibitions: Vulci, Tarquinia, Cerveteri and antiquarian
collections. There is much to celebrate in Villa Giulia,
Italy’s most important Etruscan museum, where the
antiquarian collections on display have been brightened,
enhanced and enriched with a series of renovations and
the arrival of a number of treasures the Metropolitan
Museum in New York has recently returned to Italy. Villa
Giulia is truly a magical place, a classic example of
Mannerist culture. Pope Julius II had built (1551-1555)
in an area that remains part countryside to this day.
A number of great artists worked on the building,
including Michelangelo, Vasari and Vignola, together with a whole host of painters. Especially
noteworthy is the semicircular colonnade, the
vaults of which are painted to create a lush pergola
effect, and on the walls of which feature a number
of grotesque figures and mythological characters.
Visit of the Museum:
Individual tour by small groups of the “Sale Nuove”.
Entrance at the left hand of the porch: art historians,
English speaking available inside the “Sale Nuove”.
Cultural Evening
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Auditorium Parco della Musica
(Santa Cecilia Hall)
Largo L.Berio, 3
20.30 - 22.00
Dress Code: Business attire
Gran Galà d’Opera
The Parco della Musica was designed by Italian
architect Renzo Piano. Three large concert halls (Sala
Petrassi, Sala Sinopoli and Sala Santa Cecilia) are structurally separated to ensure soundproofing, though
joined at the base by a continuous lobby. The Santa
Cecilia hall has been conceived mainly for symphonic
music. Because of its peculiar acoustics (the time of
reverberation is 2,2 seconds), it can also be used for
concerts of sacred, chamber and contemporary music,
guaranteeing excellent listening conditions.
Inside the Auditorium there is “The Archaeological
Museum” that embraces important mural remains from
an ancient era, dated sometime between the middle of
the 6th Century BC and the beginning of the 3rd Century
AD. They were uncovered during the preliminary
excavation stages of the area reserved for the new
Auditorium, in 1995. The excavation carried out from
1996 to 1998, revealed a building with an extension
larger than 2.000 square metres, probably a Villa of a
rich farmer. The Villa Romana can be visited.
The Auditorium hosts also the “Musa”, the museum of
the musical instruments of the National Academy of
Santa Cecilia, that represents one of the biggest Italian
collection of this kind; “Spazio Risonanze”, an
exhibition area where music and the other figurative
arts meet; “Notebook”, a rich and international
bookshop; “BArt”, an elegant and modern bar and “ReD
– Restaurant & Design” the posh restaurant just at the
end of the Porch.
The Abruzzo Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by the
Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia is
conducted by the Permanent Conductor Maestro Ciro
Visco. Verdi, Puccini, Bellini, Mascagni: a selection of
opera music that, however well known, unfailingly
awakens fresh emotions in a spectacular setting such as
the Santa Cecilia hall, created by Renzo Piano for the
City of Roma.
Cultural Evening courtesy of UniCredit
Gala Dinner
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Villa Miani
Via Trionfale, 151
20.30 - 24.00
Dress Code: Business attire
Cost per person: Euro 99.00
(10% VAT included)
The Gala Dinner will take place at Villa Miani, a prestigious
early 20th century mansion on the high slopes of Monte
Mario, a breathtaking venue selected to hold the “Grand
Finale” – closing event. Let’s get carried away for a typical
Italian evening and get a taste of the “dolce vita a Roma”
while enjoying incomparable views of the Eternal City.
The Cocktail will be served on the “Prato Bellevue” and
the Gala Dinner will be held in the “Salone delle Feste”,
“Salone Veneziano” and “Salone Casanova”.
After the seated dinner the music of the Frankie & Canthina
Band will invite people to dance. Final Fireworks will
close the Congress.
In order to secure seating, please be sure to exchange
your Gala Dinner voucher for a table number. Gala
Dinner Seating Arrangement Tables will be available at
the Registration Desk beginning at 9.00 on Monday, 30
August. For groups seating, please ensure you have all vouchers required to seat your table placement.
Gala Dinner with the contribution of Ferrero