The PAM 2nd Standing Committee on Economic, Social and Environmental Cooperation, will hold a meeting dedicated to ‘Waste Management and Food Security’ in Milan, Italy, on 11-12 June 2015. The event will be held under the presidency of Sen. Emma Fattorini, PAM Vice President and President of the 2nd PAM Standing Committee.
The two day event will be hosted by “Acqua&Sole”, an organization established by Nobel Prize Prof. Giulio Natta, aimed at promoting economic activities originating from Cultural Innovation. The meeting is organized by PAM in cooperation with the Association of Engineers of Naples and with the School for Professional Training of the Italian Association of Engineers, both members of the PAM Economic Panel and of the PAM Academic Platform.
During the first day, the conference will analyze the benefits from an adequate use of organic waste as nutrients in agriculture, and its positive impact on crucial sectors in the Mediterranean region, such as the protection of the environment and food security. The second day will be dedicated to a visit to EXPO 2015, the Universal Exposition which has, as a main theme, “Feeding the Planet – Energy for life”, two critical issues for the Mediterranean region that PAM has been addressing since its establishment.