Millennium Project Italian Node Association 2009 report The MP Planning Committee Meeting July 15-17, 2009 Chicago, USA By Mara Di Berardo

M.P.I.N Activities Millennium Project Italian Node Association (M.P.I.N.) constitution by notory deed ( ): the members are Todisco (President), Capani (vice-president), Pacinelli (executive director), Cinquegrani (vice-director), Arnaldi (vice-director), Cannavò (vice-director), Di Berardo (secretary); Masini (honorary member); M.P.I.N. web site activation ( : first Italian contents and news; Seminars made from October to December 2008 (La Sapienza University) on globalization, migration, global challenges, global diseases, concepts about future and so on; SOF 2008 translation (forthcoming) by the Jacques Maritain International Institute (printing before the end of the year); “The World and Europe in 2025” European Call for proposal participation, together with the UK node (under evaluation); “ Elements for a pharmaceutical scenario” workshop ( ) in Chieti (Italy) with Jerry Glenn and experts coming for the pharmaceutics (objective: starting a research project to build a scenario about the future of pharmaceutics in Italy, which orientates the related policies on the basis of experts and citizens participatory methodologies); “A glance to the future: problems, aspects, connections, different approaches” workshop ( ) in Rome (Italy) with Glenn, Rhisiar, Masini, Di Pasquale, Muliro, Guaitoli, Cecchi, Garau and others; First PR activities with some senators, diplomatic institutes, associations, embassies and other public and research bodies.

M.P.I.N. Future Activities Web site: English translation, other pages definitions, Internal and External Mailing lists activations; Other European, National and Regional call for proposals participation, by defining projects to be pursued in collaboration with other networks; On-line courses by using the L. Da Vinci on-line University platform (also International courses could be defined); SOF 2008 printing for PR activities and SOF 2009 translation for a next wider diffusion; FRM 3.0 promoting ; Other off-line seminars and lessons about future/s and the 15 Global Challenges topics into the node members universities; Other events (conferences and workshops) and stands on conferences (an Italian Festival about Science application is under evaluation); Connections to other external initiatives made by other networks; Global Millennium Prize promotion. Other hypothesis are under evaluations and MP partnerships for projects are welcome.