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Rome, November 22, 2016

Sala Capitolare presso il Chiostro del Convento di Santa Maria sopra Minerva (Piazza della Minerva 38)

Draft Programme

5.00 pm Key-note Speech

Daniel HYSLOP

, Director of Research, Institute for Economics and Peace - Sydney

5.20 pm Speakers

Abdelhak BASSOU

, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center – Rabat

Renzo GUOLO

, Professor of Sociology of Religion, University of Padua

Nicola LATORRE

, President of the Defence Committee, Italian Senate

Dario MATASSA

, Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers Moderator: Giancarlo ARAGONA , Scientific Advisor, ISPI

7.00 pm Closing

The conference is organized on the occasion of the publication of the 2016 Global Terrorism Index Report, edited by the Institute for Economics and Peace of Sydney, and in the wake of the publication of the

ISPI Report “

Jihadist Hotbeds. Understanding local radicalization processes

” Working languages: Italian and English with simultaneous translation

The opinions expressed in the conference are the speakers’ own and do not reflect the view of the Italian Senate. The access to the room will be allowed as long as seats are available.