Italian experts are due to reveal the data from the black box of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which capsized after hitting rocks near an island in January killing 32 people.
A judge will then decide whether there should be a criminal trial.
The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, is expected to attend the preliminary hearing on Monday.
He is accused of causing a shipwreck, manslaughter and abandoning ship before all passengers were evacuated.
He has defended his actions, saying many more would have died without his interventions.
The pre-trial investigation into the sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is entering its final phase.
Already known
For months, experts have been dissecting the smallest details of this disaster, and at last they are ready now to set out their findings, formally, before a judge, says the BBC's Alan Johnston.
But much of what the experts will tell the judge is already known as their report has been made public.
The experts say a very large part of the responsibility for what happened lies with the captain.
His huge ship was steaming too fast and too close to the shore.
Capt Schettino had been trying to carry out a spectacular, night-time, sail-past salute to people on the tiny island of Giglio.
He and eight others, including three executives from owner Costa Crociere, are under investigation, and the report was commissioned in order to help the court determine whether they should be put on trial.
The experts also say some blame for the way the disaster unfolded must be attached to the cruise ship company's, shore-based, crisis management team.
It should have had a better understanding of what was going on - and it should have given the captain better advice, our correspondent adds.
Nine people are currently under investigation, including three executives from owner Costa Crociere and Capt Schettino.
No trial is expected until the beginning of 2013 at the earliest.
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