Managing change

de Istituto affari internazionali

Headquarters, Supreme Allied Command Transformation (HQ SACT) of NATO, together with the University of Bologna and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) of Rome have jointly organized an international conference on Managing Change: NATO's Partnerships and Deterrence in a Globalized World. The conference was held in Bologna (Italy) the 21st and 22nd of June 2011, and it was an important aspect of a long-term commitment by HQ SACT to broaden and strengthen its engagement with the academic world. It was the first step in the building of an Academic Network aimed at establishing a stable and fruitful connection between HQ SACT and security experts, practitioners, and officials from both Europe and the United States. The meeting comprised both plenary sessions and participatory working groups, each of which focused on a different aspect of the Conference's broader topic.