Inauguration of the 2025/2026 Academic Year

Inauguration Ceremony for the 2025/2026 Academic Year

November 11, 2025, 10:30 a.m., Aula Magna "A. Quistelli"

During the ceremony, Father Paolo Benanti was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law and Economics .

At this link the FULL VIDEO OF THE CEREMONY 

PROGRAMME

Academic Procession

INAUGURAL SPEECH

Giuseppe Zimbalatti

Rector of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria

INTERVENTIONS

Isabella Scardino 

President of the Student Council

Elias Ashiek

Student in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies

Ester D'Urzo

Administrative staff at the Università Mediterranea

Award of the Honorary Doctorate in Law and Economics

LAUDATIO

Massimiliano Ferrara

Full Professor of Mathematics for Economics, Artificial Intelligence and Chinese Learning

LECTIO MAGISTRALIS

Paul Benanti

"Algorithms for Social Growth"

MOTIVATIONS

Massimo Finocchiaro Castro

Director of the Department of Law, Economics, and Human Sciences

CLOSING OF THE CEREMONY

Roberto Occhiuto

President of the Calabria Region

Inauguration Program for the 2025/2026 Academic Year