The opening of the fifth edition of the Barcolana Sea Summit is dedicated to the role of education in protecting the oceans and, more generally, in creating paths that allow young people to “be part of the solution” to the environmental crisis, focusing attention on the educational model of the United World College of the Adriatic and hosting the start of the academic year.
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Institutional greetings
• Alessia Rosolen - Regional Councilor for Work, Training, Education, Research, Universities, and Family, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
• Fabio Scoccimarro - Regional Councilor for Environmental Protection, Energy, and Sustainable Development: “Water Without Borders”
• Opening of the fifth edition of the Barcolana Sea Summit
• Mitja Gialuz - President of the Barcola and Grignano Sailing Club
Testimony: “The Health of the Sea”
• Paolo Montagna - Research Director - Institute of Polar Sciences (National Research Council)
• Federica Foglini - Senior Technologist - Institute of Marine Sciences (National Research Council)
• Video testimony: “The Role of Rivers”
Andrea Rinaldo University of Padua
• Opening of the 2025-2026 Academic Year of the United World College of the Adriatic
• Question time with students with Roberto Antonione - President of the United World College of the Adriatic ONLUS and Khalid El-Metaal - Rector of the United World College of the Adriatic ONLUS: “The United World College: education for peace and sustainability.” Every year, the College hosts around 200 students from more than 80 countries, selected on merit and 90% of whom receive scholarships. The mission of the 18 United World Colleges is “To make education a force for uniting people, nations, and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.”
• United World College of the Adriatic, “Learning by doing” and “creative thinking” educational models: Oceans of Opportunity Research Challenge – presentation of pitches by students.
• Parade of peoples, nations, and cultures of the United World College of the Adriatic
• Ceremony, musical interludes, and dances by the United World College of the Adriatic