Introduction and moderation Triantafillos Loukarelis 

14h30 Opening statements

• Elena Bonetti Minister for Equal Opportunities and Family, Italy
• Bjørn Berge Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
• Benedetto della Vedova Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy 
• Pina Picierno Vicepresident of the European Parliament
• Francesco Verducci Vice-President of the Extraordinary Commission for the fight against intolerance, racism, anti-Semitism and incitement to hatred and violence of the Italian Parliament

14h50 Promoting equality and combatting discrimination in Europe

• Krzysztof Żuk Mayor of the City of Lublin, Poland
• Maria Daniella Marouda Chair of European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
• Fabrizio Petri Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the Human Rights of LGBTIQ+ people in the world, Italy
• Triantafillos Loukarelis CDADI Chair and Director, National Office against Racial Discrimination (UNAR), Italy
• Hallvard Gorseth Head of the anti-discrimination Department and of the Roma and Travellers Team a.i., Council of Europe
• Olena Bogdan  Vice-Chair of the CDADI

15h20 Promoting equality and combatting discrimination in Italy

UNAR activities, national strategies and fight against hate speech

• Agnese Canevari UNAR – The National Strategy for LGBTI persons
• Roberto Bortone UNAR – The National Strategy for Equality, Integration and Participation of Roma and Sinti persons
• Nadan Petrovic UNAR – The National Strategy Against Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance
• Paola Barretta Carta di Roma association – the REASON (React Against Online hate Speech) Project

Experiences of associations for the advancement of human rights in Italy

• Djiana Pavlovic President of the Kethane Movement and winner of the CIDU Diritti Umani Prize 2021
• Mehret Tewolde Executive Director Italia Africa Business Week
• Marco Giusta Alessandro Battaglia Torino Pride and coordinators of the Annual General Meeting of EPOA 2022

16h15   Conclusions