Dennis, here's the website for the association. Like most such groups, they sponsor events throughout the country during the year. The one in Venice is the one on Yahwism. I haven't seen a precis for the one in Venice, but I assume that the conference will explore what can be known about the origins of Yahwism because, as you say, it has been known for many years that worship of YHWH was not exported from Egypt and because a Christianity that cannot tie itself to the Exodus myth has to understand the roots of its faith better. 
http://www.associazionebiblica.it/images/stories/abi2017%20corsi.pdf