Wednesday, 24th of September


13:00-14:30 hours
Registration

14:30-16:00 hours
Inauguration speech: WSS President, Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele (Fondazione Roma, Italy)

Opening Address

16:00-18:30 hours
Session I
Globalisation and fear

Chairman: Dario Di Vico (Corriere della Sera, Italy)

Impact of globalisation: Bill Emmott (Economist, UK)
New opportunities and new risks of emerging societies: Christine Loh (Civic Exchange, China)
The crisis of traditional welfare: Robert Castel (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France)
From the age of anxiety to the age of fear:Ashis Nandy (Center for the Study of Developing Societies, India)
Integral urbanism: Nan Ellin (Arizona State University, USA)

18:30-19:00 hours
Reflections on the global situation: Jacques Attali (Economist, France)

19:00 hours
Cocktail


Thursday, 25th of September (morning session)


8:00-9:00 hours
Welcome coffee

9:00-11:00 hours
Session II
Fear and the role of the media

Chairman: Mauro Mazza (Tg2 Rai, Italy)

Creating, framing, and amplifying fear: David Altheide (Arizona State University, USA)
The rules of fear: Frank Furedi (University of Kent, UK)
Virtual escapism: Michel Maffesoli (La Sorbonne, France)

11:00-11:30 hours
Coffee break

11:30-13:30 hours
Session III
Fighting metropolitan insecurity

Chairman: Marino Sinibaldi (RAI Radio, Italy)

Presentation of the WSS research "fear in big cities": Giuseppe Roma (Censis, Italy)
Reflections on the research: Massimiliano Fuksas (Architect, Italy)
Discussion on cities: Suketu Mehta (author of "Maximum city", India), Roberto Saviano (author of "Gomorra", Italy)

13:30-15:30 hours
Lunch

Thursday, 25th of September (afternoon session)

15:30-16:30 hours
Lectio Magistralis
Legitimation of fear: James Hillman (Psychanalist and philosopher, Usa)

16:30-18:30 hours
Session IV
The future of fear

Chairman: Massimo Giannini (La Repubblica, Italy)

Cultural History of Fear: Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck College, UK)
The boundaries of science: Edoardo Boncinelli (Università Vita-Salute di Milano, Italy)
Social and individual phenomenology of fear: Salvatore Natoli (Università degli Studi Milano - Bicocca, Italia)
Fear of heaven as a path to wisdom: Haim Baharier (Mathematic and psychoanalist, France)

18:30-19:00 hours
Reflections on fear and politics: Anthony Giddens (London School of Economics & House of Lords, UK)


19:00 hours
Cocktail


Friday, 26th of September

8:00-9:00 hours
Welcome coffee

9:00-10:00 hours
Lectio magistralis
Liquid fear: Zygmunt Bauman (Leeds University, UK)


10:00-12:00 hours
Session V
Finding the courage to react against fear

Chairman: Roberto Napoletano (Il Messaggero, Italy)

Surviving fear: Esther Mujawayo (Psycotherapist, Rwanda)
Fighting organised crime: Pier Luigi Vigna (Emeritus President of the Court of Cassation, Italy)
Reviving tradition to combat anxiety: Daniel Bell (Tsinghua University of Beijing, China)
Promoting human rights: Angela Melo (Vice Chairperson for African Commision on Human and Peoples' Rights, Mozambique)

12:00-13:00 hours
Lectio magistralis
Fear and education: Gary Becker (Nobel Prize for Economics 1993, USA)

13:00-13:30 hours
Closing statement:
WSS Secretary, General, Giuseppe De Rita (Censis, Italy)
WSS President, Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele (Fondazione Roma, Italy)