| Thursday, October 2 |
| 8:30 p.m. | Opening Dinner |
| | Talk debate: | Like It or Not We Are Family |
| | | Charles Murray, W. H. Brady Scholar in Culture and Freedom, AEI |
| | | Beppe Severgnini, columnist, Corriere della Sera, Milan |
| Friday, October 3 |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks: | Carlo Scognamiglio, chairman, Aspen Institute Italia; professor of economics and industrial policy, LUISS–Guido Carli, Rome |
| | | Christopher DeMuth, president, AEI |
| 9:15 | First Panel: | What Divides and What Unites the U.S. and Europe |
| | Chair: | Jim Nicholson, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Rome |
| | Panel Speakers: | Michael Novak, George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy, AEI |
| | | Josef Joffe, editor, Die Zeit, Hamburg |
| | | Richard Perle, resident fellow, AEI |
| | | Enrico Letta, member of the Italian Parliament, Rome |
| 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 | Second Panel: | The Challenge of Democratization in the Middle East |
| | Chair: | John Bruton, vice president, European People's Party, Dublin |
| | Introductory Remarks: | Javier Solana Madariaga, high representative for CFSP, European Union Council of Ministers, Brussels |
| | Panel Speakers: | Danielle Pletka, vice president, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, AEI |
| | | Emma Bonino, member of the European Parliament, Brussels |
| | | Michael A. Ledeen, resident scholar in the Freedom Chair, AEI |
| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| | Remarks: | Mel Sembler, U.S. ambassador to Italy, Rome |
| 3:00 | Third Panel: | International Legitimacy between the UN and Coalitions of the Willing |
| | Chair: | Ana Palacio Vallelersundi, minister of foreign affairs, Madrid |
| | Panel Speakers: | John O'Sullivan, editor, The National Interest |
| | | Carl Bildt, former UN secretary-general's special envoy for the Balkans, United Nations, Geneva |
| | | Karsten D. Voigt, coordinator for German American Relations, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin |
| | | John R. Bolton, under secretary for arms control and international security, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC |
| 8:30 | Dinner | |
| | Keynote Speech: | Franco Frattini, minister of foreign affairs, Rome |
| | Comments: | Ana Palacio Vallelersundi, minister of foreign affairs, Madrid |
| Saturday, October 4 |
| 9:00 a.m. | Fourth Panel: | Social Market versus Cowboy Capitalism? How We Can Learn from Each Other |
| | Chair: | Lucio Stanca, minister for innovation and technology; vice chairman, Aspen Institute Italia, Rome |
| | Panel Speakers: | Ralf Dahrendorf, member of the House of Lords, London |
| | | Kevin A. Hassett, resident scholar, director of economic policy studies, AEI |
| | | Daniel Gros, director, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels |
| | | Bruce Kovner, chairman, Caxton Associates, New York |
| | | Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, director for international financial relations, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rome |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 | Fifth Panel: | NATO's Role in Facing Current Threats |
| | Chair: | Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, deputy secretary-general, NATO, Brussels |
| | Panel Speakers: | Gary Schmitt, executive director, Project for the New American Century, Washington, D.C. |
| | | James F. Dobbins, director for international security and defense policy, RAND, Washington, D.C. |
| | | Roberto Testore, managing director and director-general, Finmeccanica, Rome |
| | | Simon Webb, policy director, Ministry of Defence, London |
| 1:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks: | Radek Sikorski, executive director, New Atlantic Initiative; Resident Fellow, AEI |
| | | Carlo Scognamiglio, chairman, Aspen Institute Italia; professor of economics and industrial policy, LUISS–Guido Carli, Rome |
| 1:30 | Luncheon | |
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