Avellino is scheduled to host the second interregional conference on German language and culture on Thursday 15 October 2026, at the Polo Enologico of the University of Naples Federico II on Viale Italia.
The event is organised by the Istituto di Cultura Germanica – A.C.I.T. Avellino in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Italien. According to the local reports documenting the programme, it is planned as a professional-training day bringing together teachers of German language and culture from southern Italy.
Award ceremony for Sementa
The centrepiece of the reported programme is the presentation to Maria Gabriella Sementa, president of A.C.I.T. Avellino, of the Verdienstkreuz am Bande, the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The cited motivation is her "straordinario impegno nella promozione della lingua e della cultura tedesca nel Sud Italia" — her work promoting German language and culture in southern Italy, along with intercultural skills and cooperation between Italy and Germany.
The ceremony is scheduled from 12:00 to 13:30. The reports state that it is expected to be handled by the ceremonial office of the German Embassy in Italy. No official German Embassy announcement or award decree was included in the available sources, and the event is described as scheduled rather than already completed.
A training day for teachers
The conference programme includes workshops led by Loris Rossetto, Johannes Gerbes and Holm Buchner.
The reported sessions address German-language teaching in Italian secondary schools and preparation for the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 and B1 examinations. Listed workshop times are 10:00, 14:30 and 16:00, around the midday award ceremony.
What to know if you plan to attend
The venue given in the reports is the Polo Enologico dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Viale Italia, Avellino. Readers planning to travel should check the organisers' final timetable before setting out, as the available sources do not provide a complete list of participating institutions or attendees.
The sources describe the day as combining professional training with institutional recognition: morning and afternoon workshops on teaching practice and examination preparation, and a midday ceremony honouring Sementa's activity in German-Italian cultural cooperation.
