Programme
| Thursday 15 April 2010
| Arrival of delegations and transfer to hotels
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| 8 p.m. | Official dinner hosted by the President of the Italian Senate, Sen. Renato Schifani
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| Friday 16 April 2010
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| 9 a.m. | Transfer from the hotels to the Senate of the Republic
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| 9.30 a.m. | Opening of the 12th Conference of the Association of European Senates Sala Maccari
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| Welcome address by the President of the Italian Senate, Sen. Renato Schifani
Welcome address by the former President of the French Senate, Sen. Christian Poncelet on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Association
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| 9.40 a.m. | Debate on: The Evolution of Parliamentary Democracy in the 21st Century. The Role of Senates.
Keynote speech by the President of the Italian Senate, Sen. Renato Schifani
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| 11 a.m. | Coffee break
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| 11.30 a.m. | Resumption of debate |
| 12.45 p.m. | Family photo of Heads of delegations
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| 1-3 p.m. | Working lunch Palazzo Giustiniani
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| 3 p.m. | Debate on: The Role of Senates between Local Government and the European Union
Keynote speech by the President of the French Senate, Sen. Gérard Larcher
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| 4.30 p.m. | Conclusions
Transfer to hotels
Free evening
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| Saturday, 17 April 2010
| Visit to the Capitoline Museums and Roman Forum
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