The meeting, organized by the German Marshall Fund and by the Istituto Italiano per gli Affari Internazionali (IAI) of Rome, is part of the activities coordinated by the Mediterranean Strategy Group that, through a series of conferences, is an opportunity for  contact and exchange between executives, experts, and opinion leaders from both sides of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

The Secretary-General of the Compagnia di San Paolo will discuss policies on energy trade, environment, and alternative energies with, to name a few, David Thorne, American Ambassador in Rome, Francesco Profumo, Rector of the School of Engineering of Torino, and Nazim Zouioueche, Chairman of the Board of Medex Petroleum in Paris.