The National Committee for the Celebration of the Futurist Manifesto was appointed on 20th March 2008 by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, following the requests by institutions such as the Municipalities of Rome and Milan, Azienda Speciale Palaexpo and Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome, the MART (the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) in Trento and Rovereto, the Quadrennial of Rome, the Correr Museum in Venice, the Primo Conti Foundation in Florence, the Suor Orsola Benincasa University in Naples, the National Library in Naples and the Institute for Philosophical Studies in Naples, which soon were joined by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Angelica Library in Rome.
The aims of the National Committee are to celebrate the 100th anniversary (20th February 1909) of the publishing of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto in the Parisian daily "Le Figaro", and to coordinate and enhance the spreading of awareness of the exhibitions, conventions, publications, and musical, film and audiovisual events, related to the movement that have been announced or are already in progress in Italy and abroad.
For this movement, which touched every field of human activity, echoed deeply around the world, enjoyed huge international support, and was Italy's most important contribution to the historical avant-garde and to 20th century international culture.

The members of the National Committee are:
Prof. Walter Pedullà (Chairman of the Committee) *,
Carlo Fabrizio Carli (Secretary-Treasurer of the Committee),
The Honorable Sandro Bondi (Minister of Cultural Heritage),
The Honorable Franco Frattini (Minister of Foreign Affairs),
The Honorable Mariastella Gelmini (Minister of Education),
Stefano Caldoro (President of the Region of Campania),
Renata Polverini(President of the Region of Lazio),
Roberto Formigoni (President of the Region of Lombardy),
Enrico Rossi (President of the Region of Tuscany),
Luca Zaia (President of the Region of Veneto),
Luigi Cesaro (President of the Province of Naples),
Matteo Renzi (Mayor of Florence),
Letizia Moratti (Mayor of Milan),
Rosa Russo Iervolino (Mayor of Naples),
Gianni Alemanno (Mayor of Rome),
Gino Agnese (Chairman of the Quadrennal of Rome),

Giorgio Orsoni (Mayor of Venice),
Massimiliano Finazzer Flory (Councillor for Culture of Milan),
Francesco Maria De Sanctis (Rector of Suor Orsola Benincasa University in Naples),
Maurizio Fallace (Director General for Libraries, Cultural Institutes and Royalties),
Luciano Scala (Director General for Archives Department),
Roberto Cecchi (Director General for Architectural Heritage),
Pio Baldi (Director General for Cultural Heritage of the Region of Campania),
Mario Lolli Ghetti (Director General for Cultural Heritage of the Region of Lazio),
Mario Turetta (Director General for Cultural Heritage of the Region of Lombardy),
Maddalena Ragni (Director General for Cultural Heritage of the Region of Tuscany),
Ugo Soragni (Director General for Cultural Heritage of the Region of Veneto),
Minister Plenipotentiary Gherardo La Francesca (Director General for Cultural Promotion and Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs),
Silvana Cirillo (Sapienza University of Rome),
Simona Cigliata (Sapienza University of Rome),

Maria Grazia Nardiello (Director General for Post-Secondary Education at the Ministry of Education),
Gherardo Marotta (President of the Institute for Philosophical Studies in Naples),
Bruno Bottai (President of the Dante Alighieri Cultural Institution),
Gloria Manghetti (President of the Primo Conti Foundation in Florence),
Franco Bernabè (President of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Trento and Rovereto),
Sergio Siglienti (President of the Italian Institute of Historical Studies),
Mario De Simoni (General Director of the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo in Rome),
Mauro Giancaspro (Director of Naples' National Library),
Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli (Director of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome),
Gabriella Belli (Director of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Trento and Rovereto),
Giandomenico Romanelli (Foundation of Venetian Civic Museums),
prof. Agostino Attanasio (Supervisor of the State Central Archive),
Cristina Acidini (Special Supervisor for the Museums of Florence),

Nicola Spinosa (Special Supervisor for the Museums of Naples),
Claudio Strinati (Special Supervisor for the Museums of Rome),
Giovanna Sciré Nepi (Special Supervisor for the Museums of Venice),
Marina Panetta (Director of Angelica Library),
Renato Barilli (University of Bologna),
Andrea Battistini (University of Bologna),
Emanuela Bufacchi (Suor Orsola Benincasa University),
Stefano Causa,
Ester Coen (Sapienza University of Rome),
Enrico Crispolti,
The Honorable Umberto Croppi (Councillor for Culture of Rome),
The Honorable Prof. Giuseppe Galasso,
Antonio Gargano (Institute for Philosophical Studies),
Emilio Gentile (Sapienza University of Rome),
Ezio Godoli (University of Florence),
Maestro Daniele Lombardi,
Simonetta Lux (Sapienza University of Rome),
Ala Marinetti,

Luce Marinetti,
Vittoria Marinetti,
Silvio Mastrocola (Suor Orsola Benincasa University),
Anty Pansera,
Walter Pedullà (Sapienza University of Rome),
Leone Piccioni,
Sergio Pozzillo,
Augusto Sainati (Suor Orsola Benincasa University),
Claudia Salaris,
Edoardo Sanguinetti,
Vittorio Sgarbi,
Maurizio Torrini (Federico II University of Naples),
Mario Verdone,
Silvia Zoppi Garampi,
Beatrice Buscaroli,
Maurizio Calvesi,
Matteo d'Ambrosio,
Massimo Pistacchi (Director of the Audiovisual Museum),
Rossana Rummo (Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Paris),
Gianni Eugenio Viola.

At the meeting of 17th June 2008, the National Committee appointed, from amongst its members, an Executive Committee consisting of: 
Walter Pedullà,
Carlo Fabrizio Carli,
Gino Agnese,
Gabriella Belli,
Enrico Crispolti,
Umberto Croppi,
Mario De Simoni,
Maurizio Fallace,
Massimiliano Finazzer Flory,
Silvia Zoppi Garampi,
Simonetta Lux,
Gloria Manghetti,
Vittoria Marinetti,
Marina Panetta,
Gian Domenico Romanelli,
Luciana Rocca,
Gianni Eugenio Viola.