From the 6th until the 11th September the 10th Edition National Meeting of Emergency: meetings, photography exhibition, shows and conferences that describe what Emergency is and what it does.
Philosophers, journalists, intellectuals, writers, artists and musicians will all meet up during these 6 days to talk about the activities organized by Emergency and the values and principles that insipire them. The main topics will be: wars, health, equality, democracy and information.
These will be the national and international guests of this year’s edition:

STEFANO BOLLANI, MIRKO GUERRINI, STEFANO SENNI, CRISTIANO CALCAGNILE, NICO GORI, SERENA SINIGAGLIA, IRENE BONIFAZI, PIETRO PAROLETTI, SANDRA ZOCCOLAN, MASSIMO CIRRI, DON GINO RIGOLDI, ERRI DE LUCA, FIORELLA MANNOIA, PAOLA TURCI, CASA DEL VENTO, MAX PAIELLA, PAOLA MINACCIONI, ANNA MEACCI, FEDERICA CIFOLA, ELIO E LE STORIE TESE, SERENA DANDINI, ELISA, PAOLO HENDEL, NATALINO BALASSO, LAMIS ANDONI, GIAMPAOLO CADALANU, LORETTA NAPOLEONI, MATTEO RENZI, GIULIANO PISAPIA, MARK LACY, SALVATORE PALIDDA, GAD LERNER, LEOPOLDO NASCIA, FRANCESCO VIGNARCA, LAURA GALESI, ANTONELLO MANGANO, PINO ARLACCHI
Where?
The event will take place at the Exposition Center in Florence in Piazza Adua, 1 (very close to Santa Maria Novella train Station).
Friday and Saturday night shows will take place at Nelson Mandela Forum in Viale Pasquali Paoli, 3 (very close to Firenze Campo Di Marte train Station) Some other shows will take place at Teatro Verdi in Florence in Via Ghibellina, 99r on the direction to Piazza Santa Croce.
You will also be able to check out the photo exhibit by Matteo De Mayda at the Limonaia in Firenze Fiera for the whole lasting of the event (in the Exposition Center in Florence).
All shows have a free entrance but if somehow you want to sponsor or help with the organization of the event, you can white at this email address: firenze2011@emergency.it!
For the detailled program, click on the official Emergency Firenze site.
Here there is a little sum up:
Tuesday September 6th:
18.00) Palazzo degli Affari – The representation of the war – Speech
LAMIS ANDONI, Journalist from Al Jazeera
GIAMPAOLO CADALANU, from La Repubblica
MARCO GARATTI, EMERGENCY
LORETTA NAPOLEONI, Economista e saggista
Moderation ANGELO MIOTTO
21.00) Teatro Verdi – Concert
STEFANO BOLLANI with MIRKO GUERRINI, STEFANO SENNI, CRISTIANO CALCAGNILE, NICO GORI
Free entrance
Wednesday September 7th:
21.00) Teatro Verdi – I’ll invent you an enemy – Public speech
CECILIA STRADA, President of EMERGENCY
MATTEO RENZI, Mayor of Firenze
GIULIANO PISAPIA, Mayor of Milano
MARK LACY, University of Lancaster
SALVATORE PALIDDA, Professor Università di Genova
Presenter GAD LERNER, Journalist of La7
Thursday September 8th:
18.00) Palazzo degli Affari – Public Speech
guests:
LEOPOLDO NASCIA, Sbilanciamoci/ISTAT
FRANCESCO VIGNARCA, Altreconomia/Rete Disarmo
PAOLO BUSONI,
Modera MASO NOTARIANNI,
21.00) Teatro Verdi
PROSPETTIVE SULLA GUERRA CIVILE
SPETTACOLO
Liberamente ispirato a Prospettive sulla guerra civile e Il perdente radicale di Hans Magnus Enzensberger.
Con SERENA SINIGAGLIA e la partecipazione di IRENE BONIFAZI, PIETRO PAROLETTI e SANDRA ZOCCOLAN
INGRESSO GRATUITO
Venerdì 9 settembre
21.30) Mandela Forum – Beyond the war – Show
presented by MASSIMO CIRRI
SPETTACOLO
Guests
GINO STRADA, Founder of EMERGENCY
DON GINO RIGOLDI, Presidente di Comunità Nuova
ERRI DE LUCA, writer
Music by FIORELLA MANNOIA, PAOLA TURCI, CASA DEL VENTO, ELISA
Free entrance
Saturday September 10th
10.00 – 13.00) Auditorium – EMERGENCY IN AFRICA
21.30) Mandela Forum – Show
Perenter: SERENA DANDINI
guests:
MAX PAIELLA, PAOLA MINACCIONI, ANNA MEACCI, FEDERICA CIFOLA, PAOLO HENDEL, NATALINO BALASSO
Concert by: ELIO E LE STORIE TESE
Free Entrance
Sunday September 11th
10.00 – 13.00) Auditorium – Emergency and the war – Public speech
PINO ARLACCHI, Vice President of the Delegacy of the european parlament
15.00 – 16.00) Auditorium – Conclusions
This is a part of what happened last year!


