The Seventh Annual Week of Italian Cuisine in the World - a weeklong celebration promoting Italian cuisine - is an initiative launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with other agencies such as the Italian Trade Agency and the Italian Cultural Institutes abroad. Showcasing Italy and the Italian taste with no borders, the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World is a yearly initiative developed to promote Italian culinary traditions and food-and-wine connoisseurship as a distinctive trait of Italian identity and culture.

On November 15th, at 6:30 P.M., the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, in collaboration with the Generoso Pope Foundation and the Westchester Italian Cultural Center will host a panel discussiontitled “Conviviality, sustainability and innovation: the ingredients of Italian cuisine for people's health and the protection of the planet”.