THE GREAT TRANSITION • LA GRANDE TRANSIZIONE Venue: Teatro Malibran, Campiello Malibran, Cannaregio 5873 Welcome Remarks Giorgio Orsoni Major of Venezia Amerigo Restucci Rector University Institute of Architecture of Venezia (IUAV) Leonardo Alberto Sechi Pro Rector University of Udine Opening Remarks Gianfranco Bettin Deputy Mayor for Environment and Sustainable City, City of Venezia Montreal to Venice: passing of the torch Bob Thomson Promoting Committee for the Montreal Degrowth Conference Conference Presentation Marco Deriu University of Parma, Associazione per la Decrescita, Italia Keynote Speakers Serge Latouche Professor Emeritus of Economics, Université d’Orsay, Paris Helena N. Hodge International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Wien Rob Hopkins Transition Network, U.K.