First national conference
“Art accessible to everyone in the life plans of people with sight impairments”
Saturday 28 March 2026 | 9 am – 1 pm | Palazzo Guinigi, Via Guinigi 29, Lucca
Institutional greetings
Cristina Manetti
Councillor for Culture, Regione ToscanaAlessandra Locatelli
Minister for Disabilities
Angela Mia Pisano
Councillor for Culture, City of Lucca
Vincenzo Falabella
National President of FISH (Italian Federation for the Rights of People with Disabilities and their Families)
Maurizio Borgo
President of the National Authority for the Rights of People with Disabilities — Rome
Massimo Diodati
President of the Italian Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted (UICI), TuscanyWalter Sandri
Touring Club Italiano consul for the province of Massa Carrara
Simona Testaferrata
Councillor for Education, LuccaAlberto Zanobini
Head of the Inclusion and Accessibility Department, Regione Toscana — FlorenceBeatrice Milianti
Member of the Board of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, bringing the greetings of President Massimo Marsili
Papers
Giving value to places, giving value to people — recent experience
Anna Soffici
Official, Ministry of Culture, Educational Services, Regional Directorate of National Museums of Tuscany — Florence
Accessible culture as an economic and strategic driver for tourism
Paolo Pestelli
Board member, Centro Studi Turistici Firenze, and Director of the Cristoforo TEC cooperative — Florence
Without barriers. Accessibility work under way at the National Museums of Lucca
Luisa Berretti e Lucas Frediani
Art historian, Ministry of Culture — member of the Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Catarsini, Florence; and Lucas Frediani, architect and accessibility specialist, Lucca
The experience of the association TDDS Guardiamo avanti
Alessandro Guastaferro
President of the association TDDF (Protection of the Rights of People with Sensory Disabilities) Guardiamo avanti, Rome
Art accessible to everyone — the Fondazione Catarsini project
Elena Martinelli
President of the Fondazione Catarsini and originator of the project Art accessible to everyone — Viareggio
Closing remarks
Gilberto Tuccinardi
Governor for 2025/26 of District 108 LA Tuscany, Lions Clubs International