1. Isola di San Servolo, Venice, Italy
A few words about Italy and the Italians
by Gian Paolo Guelfi
Under the High Patronage
of the President of the Italian Republic

2. St. Francis
preaching to the
birds, by Giotto
Dante Alighieri with
a laurel crown, by
Raffaello
Someone describes the Italians as a people of
“Saints, Poets, and Sailors”
The cruising ship Costa Concordia sunk at the
Giglio Island

3. The Venetian
Aristocrat
Giacomo
Casanova
Marcello
Mastroianni
with Anita
Eckberg in “La
Dolce Vita”
Some refer to Italians as Latin Lovers …
The former Italian
Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi

4. Actually we do have some problems …

5. Members: 630.
Under criminal investigation
mainly for crimes related to financial matter: Hungry
112 politicians, political
(August 2011)
http://www.stopcensura.com/2010/08/ecco-la-lista-degli-indagaticondannati.html
corruption Parliament
Members of
European Countries
Salary comparison:
(euro per year):
http://www.gruppocinqueterre.it/node/824
Aula di Montecitorio
Austria: 106.583,40
Camera dei Deputati
. Holland: 86.125,56
Germany: 84.108,00
Ireland: 82.065,96
UK: 81.600,00
Italy: 144.084,36

7. Ora solare
………………
Ora legale
Power-saving time,
in Italian „Ora legale‟,
the only legal thing in Italy

8. Not everything is so
bad in Italy: we have
some Nobel Prizes …
Fermi
Levi Montalcini
Marconi
Fo
Montale
Pirandello
And more … Natta

9. … some Italian
actors, directors,
and Benigni
a unique musician
won Oscar Awards
Sofia
Loren, La
Ciociara
Fellini
Anna
Magnani, La
Rosa Tatuata
Morricone

11. …extraordinary
musicians …
Antonio Vivaldi Giuseppe Verdi Luciano Pavarotti
Cecilia Bartoli Riccardo Muti Arturo Toscanini

12. … Renzo Piano, an architect famous worldwide …
London, The Shard
Rome Auditorium Paris, Le Beaubourg New York , The NYT Building
Genova, Biosphere

13. Landscapes of Italy:
nature, history, civilization
Dolomites, Tre Cime di Lavaredo
Cinque Terre Ligurian Riviera, Portofino
Toscana, Chianti Hills landscape
Sicily, the Temple of Segesta

14. Campanile di Giotto, Firenze
Torre di Pisa
Masterpieces of architecture, painting, scultpture …
Caravaggio, Vocazione di San
Matteo, Roma
Canova, Amore e
Psiche, Roma

15. Let alone historical monuments …
Il Colosseo, 1st century a.C.
Outside view
Il Colosseo, 2009 a.C.
Inside view

16. Style and fashion …

17. … industrial
brands …
I hope that the
new
“American”Fiat
Overcome the
famous acronym
“Fix It Again, Tony”

18. … food … food … food …

19. In Italy we have been working a lot on MI:
• 1995 TNT in Santa Margherita
• 2001 TNTs and MINT Forum in Santa Margherita
• 2005 TNT in Genova
We also translated some of the basic books on MI

20. Miller – Rollnick
Motivational Interviewing
2° edition, 2004
Rollnick - Mason – Butler
Health Behavior
Change, 2004
Walters – Clark –
Gingerich – Meltzer
Motivating Offenders to
change, 2007
Rosengren
Building Motivational
Interviewing Skills,
2011

21. We, the Italian followers of MI, are a lot of people, and
yet we couldn‟t agree organizing this conference.
Why?
Because the Italian are … quarrelsome and touchy

22. Guelfi e Ghibellini,
Pope vs Emperor
Montecchi and Capuleti
, fighting to death despite
Italy, their children being in
love
land of
quarrel, controversy, an
d rivalry
Coppi e Bartali, biking
challenges on the road
Foot-ball/soccer: Roma vs
Juventus, Totti e Del Piero, never
ending story
Politics and religion: Fernandel
and Gino Cervi as Don Camillo e
Peppone

23. So, to organize ICMI in Venice we needed foreign people:
one person from Wales, two from Switzerland:
the first meeting of the Committee was held in Venice, during the Venetian Carnival 2011
how to work when and where everyone else is having fun
… the Committee at the arrival, getting out of the of the station …
… members of the
Committee heading to
the meeting place …
… a member of
the Committee
ready to work.

24. The Scientific
Committee met in
Lausanne,
July 2011, and
spent time …
Creating … Floating …
Communicating … Caring … Working hard …

25. “With the name of Venezia, even the most stupid ideas are successful”
(Gianni De Michelis, Venetian, a former Minister of the Italian Government)

26. Yes, we, the Italians,
have plenty of problems,
we are not a good example to anybody,
but from our British friends we learnt that
…

27. Right or wrong … my country!
Welcome to ICMI 2012
Welcome to Venice
Welcome to Italy