Annual workshop organized by The Gordian Knot. This year's central theme is the geopolitics of religions. Seen in their complexity, historical and cultural, in the wake of the different traditions from which they come.

PROGRAM

Friday 21 July 

• 19.00 /LYRICAL APERITIF with Chiara Merler and Giulia Marchel

Saturday 22 July

• 09.30 / INTRODUCTION | Daniele Lazzeri - Chairman think tank "Il Nodo di Gordio" and Riccardo Migliori - Chairman emeritus of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
• 9.45 AM /INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS
• 10:15 AM / PRESENTATION OF the "NODE OF GORDIO" FOUNDATION | Andrea Marcigliano - Senior fellow think tank "The Node of Gordio",  Romina Targa - President of the Italian Marriage Lawyers - Section Trento, Daniele Malacarne - General Director of the "Node of Gordio" Foundation
• 10.45 AM / COFEE BREAK
• 11.15 am /MORNING SESSION | the INVISIBLE POWER When do religions count in international relations? Coordinator Augusto Grandi; guests: Fabio L. Grassi - La Sapienza University, Marco Ferrazzoli - Journalist and essayist, Andrea Gagliarducci - Vatican Analyst, ACI-EWTN Group
• 12.15 PM /LUNCH BREAK
• 3.00 PM /AFTERNOON SESSION | WE ALL BELIEVE IN GOD The importance of interreligious dialogue. Coordinator Andrea Marcigliano; guests:  Yahya Pallavicini - President of the Italian Islamic Religious Community,Paolo Fedrigotti - Philosopher and theologian - School of Anagogy Bologna, Moni Ovadia - Actor, singer and writer, Rui Zhang - Department of History, East China Normal University - Shanghai and Marco Morrone - Composer and Conductor
• 16.00 / COFEE BREAK
• 4.30 pm / RESUMPTION OF WORK | ITALY AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF RELIGIONS Your neighbours cannot choose them. Coordinator Daniele Lazzeri; guests: Gianni Bonini Senior fellow think tank "Il Nodo di Gordio" Lorenzo Somigli Director of the study magazine "Il Tazebao" Carlo Marsili Former Ambassadors of Italy in Ankara
• 6.00 PM / END OF WORKS
• 8.45 pm / CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC "TO REVIEW the STARS" | CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC IN TRIBUTE TO THE VIRGIN MARY and TO SAN FRANCESCO D’ASSISI AT the Sanctuary OF the Madonna di Piné | With the extraordinary participation of: MAURIZIO MICHELI, narrating voice Katarzyna MEDLARSKA Soprano, Maurizio DONES Director, ALBANIAN Titian Piano, soloist and Composer, Simona GANDOLA Sand artist ORCHESTRA GIOVANILE TRENTINA Presents: ILARIA PETRONE

Sunday 23 July

• 10:00 AM /MORNING SESSION the geopolitical OF RELIGIONS How many armies does the Pope have? Coordinator Roberto Vivaldelli; guests: Paolo Sandalli - Team Admiral (res.) Italian Navy and Senior fellow think tank "Il Nodo di Gordio", Tomaž Kunstelj - Former Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Italy, Andrea Liorsi - Rear Admiral (res.) Italian Navy and Senior fellow think tank "Il Nodo di Gordio" and Gianandrea Gaiani - Editor of the magazine "Analisi Difesa"
• 12.00 / END OF WORKS

When: 21-23.07.23 
Where: MONTAGNAGA DI PINÉ (TN) - HOTEL AT the 1899 POST OFFICE