2026 Midsummer Rendezvous Program
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Program of Sunday 9th August 2026
| Opening day | |
| All day | Until dinner time: Welcome members, room and apartment assignment. |
| 7.30pm | Simon addresses the members and gives a short explanation of how the Rendezvous will be structured and the objectives of our gathering. |
| 7.45pm – 8pm | Self-introduction of all participants (Lecturers, Workshop Leaders, Attendees) |
| 8pm | Dinner |
| 9.30pm | Presentation. Lucas La Rosa: 20 years after: A Cortona Friend Tale |
Program of Monday 10th August 2026
| First day of Lectures and Workshops | |
| 7.30am – 8.15am | Workshop: Body and Mind Awakening with Manuel |
| 8.15am | Breakfast |
| 9.15am – 10am | Lecture: Jovana Isevski, University of California, Riverside: Bioelectricity and the Emergence of Experiencing Subjects. |
| 10.00am | Coffee Break |
| 10.45am – 11.45am | Past lecture of Brother David |
| 11.45am – 12.45pm | Break-out groups |
| 12.45pm | Lunch |
| 3pm – 4.15pm | Workshop: Hong Zhang: Painting Nature |
| 4.15pm | Coffee Break |
| 4.45pm – 7pm | Focus groups on Cortona 2.0:
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| 8pm | Dinner |
| 9.30pm – 10.30pm | Celebrating Pier Luigi Luisi’s achievement and vision: sharing memories and thoughts on what Luigi has left behind. Memories of our friends who have left us (Michael, Ernesto, Maria Grazia) |
Program of Tuesday 11th August 2026
| Second day of Lectures and Workshops | |
| 7.30am – 8.15am | Workshop: Body and Mind Awakening with Manuel |
| 8.15am | Breakfast |
| 9.15am – 10am | Lecture: Susan Eirich, Earthfire Institure, Idaho: Reconnection Ecology: A Path Forward To a Livable Planet. |
| 10.00am | Coffee Break |
| 10.45am – 11.45am | Past lecture of Federico Faggin: Merging Science and Spirituality, Quantum Physics, Meaning and Free Will. |
| 11.45am – 12.45pm | Break-out groups |
| 12.45pm | Lunch |
| 3pm – 4.15pm | Workshop: Recovering our missing equilibrium through movement: Q&A session with Manuel. |
| 4.15pm | Coffee Break |
| 4.45pm – 7pm | Focus groups on Cortona 2.0:
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| 8pm | Pizza Night |
Program of Wednesday 12th August 2026
| Third day of Lectures and Workshops | |
| 7.30am – 8.15am | Workshop: Body and Mind Awakening with Manuel |
| 8.15am | Breakfast |
| 9.15am – 10am | Lecture: Christian Czernich: Reflections on a “European-style venture capital model based on long-term royalty capital and mindfulness. |
| 10.00am | Coffee Break |
| 10.45am – 11.45am | Past lecture of Pier Luigi Luisi |
| 11.45am – 12.45pm | Break-out groups |
| 12.45pm | Lunch |
| 3pm – 4.15pm | Workshop: Susan Eirich: Storysharing |
| 4.15pm | Coffee Break |
| 4.45pm – 6pm | General Assembly of the Cortona Friends Association |
| 6.15pm – 7.30pm | Calcio Balilla Championship |
| 8pm | Dinner |
| 9.30pm – 10.15pm | Final Concert |
Program of Thursday 13th August 2026
| Closing day | |
| 7.30am – 8.15am | Workshop: Body and Mind Awakening with Manuel |
| 8.15 | Breakfast |
| All morning | People leaving at diffent times / free morning |
| 1pm | Farewell Lunch |
| See you at Cortona Week 2027 !!! | |