The Department of Political and International Sciences - DiSPI of the University of Genoa is organising a conference to take stock of the role played by Italy in the process of European integration. Central to the conference is the figure of Alcide De Gasperi, who is credited with taking the lead in the worldwide action for European unification, proposing the creation of a true European political community, "our homeland Europe".

The programme of the event, which can also be viewed online, is in the University Magazine.