Events organized by WPF

28-29 March 2008
Turin

The famous report “The Limits to Growth” issued by the Club of Rome in 1972, as well as other warnings formulated in other reports and documents reflected the voices of the scientific community, of the ecologist movements and the civil society, that were worried about the dramatic consequences of an uncontrolled human activity and of a chaotic economic development, for the future of humanity and the state of health of our planet.

4 - 5 December 2007
Cambridge

The international conference “Overcoming Nuclear Danger“ took place on December 2007 at Harvard University in Cambridge, in occasion of the 20th anniversary of the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty, signed by the Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan for the elimination of the intermediate-range nuclear arms.

27 - 28 November 2007
Budapest

The international seminar “European Dream – Promises and Reality”, dedicated to the 50 years of the Rome treaty, was promoted by the World Political Forum in collaboration with the office of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány and took place on 27 and 28 November in Budapest, Hungary.

13 May 2007
Turin, Turin International Book Fair

The round table open to the public, “Borders: Europe and Turkey” was jointly organized by the World Political Forum and the Turin International Book Fair on Sunday 13 May 2007, within the frame of the 20th edition of the Turin International Book Fair.

27-28 October 2006
Bosco Marengo

Following the end of the Cold War, the international community has, inevitably, had to face new challenges, having to do with rapid globalization, or with outdated politics unable to solve new problems. Growing intolerance and violence, reliance on the use of force and unilateral actions which bring tragedy to millions of people seem to lead politics and politicians into dead-ends.

23-24 June 2006
Venice, Island of San Servolo

The International Conference “Media between Citizens and Power“ was promoted by the World Political Forum and the Province of Venice, within the Project Ethical Province. It was intended to be a work project for the identification of the contradictory tendencies which permeate globalization: from concentration to distribution of resources, from democratisation to control, from local to global institutions.

2 February 2006
Turin

The Olympic Truce is a historic tradition of the Olympic games dating back to the ancient Greeks, which was to end all wars during the Olympic period to allow all competitors to travel to Olympia for the games, despite any wars that might have been on at the time.

9-10 December 2005
Granada

In 1995 the Barcelona Declaration on Euro-Mediterranean Partnership designed a project that aimed not only at developing partnership relations between the countries of Europe and their neighbours across the Mediterranean, but also at turning the region into a zone of international stability, prosperity and all-round cooperation.

4-6 March 2005
Turin

The General Assembly of the WPF entitled: “1985 – 2005: Twenty Years that Changed the World” took place in March 2005 when the 20th anniversary of Perestroika was celebrated.
The resolution of communist utopia, the end of the war, the new course of democratic relations in Europe and the new world order were subjects of the Seminar.

22-23 October 2004
Stresa

The major part of the world’s population live in unfit conditions for human existence. Furthermore, despite the accelerated development of the world economy in the age of globalization and the impressive achievements of modern science and technology, this problem has not become less severe in recent years.