The Conference took place at the Campidoglio Palace (22 November afternoon) and at the Training Centre of the Italian Penitentiary Administration (23 November and 24 November morning).

• Final Programme

• Final list of participants
• Speakers : Curriculum Vitae & summary of the presentations

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)12 concerning foreign prisoners
• Resolution No. 2 of the 30th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Justice, Istanbul, 2010
• European Prison Rules
• Penitentiary questions: Council of Europe conventions, recommendations and resolutions
• Recommendation Rec(2003)22 on conditional release (parole)
• Recommendation No. R (99)22 concerning prison overcrowding and prison population inflation
• Recommendation No. R (92)17 concerning consistency in sentencing

• Speech by His Holiness The Pope Benedict XVI (English and Italian)

Opening session

• Opening speech by Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Italian version)
• Keynote introductory speech by Mr Guido Raimondi, vice President of the Euroepan Court of Human Rights
• Speech by Mr Latif Hüseynov, President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
• Speech by Mr Paulo César Barajas Garcia, Official, Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, Holy See, Vatican City
• Setting the scene for the workshops by Mr André Vallotton, Chair of the Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP)

Closing session

• Speech by Mr Philippe Boillat, Director General, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

Workshop I

• Presentation by Mr William Rentzmann, Director General, Department of Prisons and Probation, Ministry of Justice, Denmark
• Powerpoint Presentation by Mr Esa Vesterbacka, Director General, Criminal Sanction Agency (Prison and Probation Service), Finland
• Powerpoint Presentation by Mr Graham Wilkinson, Head, Foreign National Offender Policy, Offender Safety, Rights & Responsibilities Group, Ministry of Justice, United Kingdom
• Presentation by Ms Femke Hofstee-van de Meulen, Inspector at the Inspectorate of Security and Justice, The Netherlands
• Presentation by Ms Natalia Delgrande, Senior Researcher, School of Criminal studies, Universtiy of Lausanne, Switzerland

Workshop II

• Powerpoint presentation by Ms Nicolet Faber, Head of the Foreign Desk, Probation Service, The Netherlands
• Presentation by Mr Francesco Ottaviano, Director of the Office for Studies, Research , Legislation and International Relations, Department of Penitentiary Administration, Ministry of Justice, Italy (Powerpoint presentation)
• Presentation by Mr Gerhard Ploeg, Senior Adviser, Department of Corrections, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Norway (Powerpoint presentation)
• Presentation by Ms Pauline Crowe, Chief Executive, Prisoners Abroad (Powerpoint presentation)

• Presentation by Mr Mauro Palma, Vice Chair of the PC-CP (powerpoint presentation)
• Presentation by Ms Natalia Delgrande, Senior Researcher, School of Criminal studies, Universtiy of Lausanne, Switzerland

• Conference Conclusions: 17th Council of Europe Conference of Directors of Prison Administration with the participation of Directors of Probation Services "Foreign Prisoners"
• Special Meeting Conclusions Meeting of representatives of European prison and probation services, judges, prosecutors and experts in the penitentiary field, dedicated to prison overcrowding