On September 30th, at the MAXXI, the national museum of contemporary art in Rome created by architect Zaha Hadid to promote the art and architecture of the 21st century, 22 speakers gathered before a select, international audience.

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With this in mind Iraqi-born British-based architect Zaha Hadid is building Italy's first national museum of contemporary art -- due to be completed at the end of 2008, Rome has never seen anything like it, either in scale or design.

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