ROME
ROME SCIENCE FESTIVAL
From April 15 to 19, the 21st edition of the Rome Science Festival will take place at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. This year’s theme is “Chaos and Harmony.”
April 17, 11:00 AM – Teatro Studio Hall
Performance-lecture for schools: Digital Einsteins? A theatrical dialogue on AI, between myths, fears, ethics, and scientific research
With Antonio Zoccoli, President of INFN and professor at the University of Bologna, Daniele Bonacorsi, INFN researcher and professor at the University of Bologna, Serena Dandini, TV host and writer, Filippo Paparelli, cartoonist and illustrator from the Becoming X collective, Emma Grace, composer, violinist, singer, and music therapist, Roberto Ficosecco, composer, pianist, and producer, and Roberto Ballestracci, graphic designer, illustrator, host, and dancer.
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April 17, 8:30 PM – Teatro Studio Hall
Performance-lecture for the public: In all the languages of the cosmos. Stories from the universe, between music and new signals
With Alberto Colombo Sormani, INFN researcher – Rome Sapienza section, Piera Sapienza, INFN researcher – National Laboratories of the South, Viviana Fafone, INFN researcher and professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Bianca Mastromonaco, actress, Danilo Rossi, violist, and Stefano Bezziccheri, pianist.
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April 18, 11:30 AM – Sala Ospiti
Round table: New energy frontiers. Scenarios and challenges of the transition
With Marco Maggiora, Director INFN Turin, Rosaria Villari, Head of the Divertor Tokamak Test division of the ENEA Nuclear Department, Fabrizio Pirri, Director of the Center for Sustainable Future Technologies at IIT in Turin, and Sandro Iannaccone, freelance journalist for Galileo Servizi Editoriali, Repubblica and Wired.
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April 18, 6:30 PM – Sala Petrassi
Dialogue: The universe and the art of evolving – Michelangelo Pistoletto and Guido Tonelli in conversation
With Michelangelo Pistoletto, artist, painter and sculptor, Guido Tonelli, INFN researcher and professor at the University of Pisa, and Sara Zambotti, Rai Radio 2 host.
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From April 15 to May 10 – Spazio Serra
Exhibition: The cosmos in a leap. Atoms, quanta, technological revolutions
From April 15 to April 26 – Foyer Petrassi
Exhibition: Quantum in Therapy. Quantum mechanics in comics
From April 15 to May 3 – Foyer Archeologico
Exhibition: The double-slit experiment. Sometimes a wave, sometimes a particle
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FOLIGNO & FABRIANO
SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY FESTIVAL IN FOLIGNO
From April 15 to 19, the 15th edition of the Science and Philosophy Festival – Virtue and Knowledge will take place between Foligno and Fabriano. This year’s theme is “A new scientific humanism. Perspectives. Hopes. Risks.
April 18, 3:00 PM – Palazzo Trinci, Sala Faloci Pulignani, Foligno
Public lecture: What do we mean when we talk about truth in science?
With Antonio Zoccoli, President of INFN and the National Center for Research in High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing
April 19, 11:30 AM – Palazzo Trinci, Sala Faloci Pulignani, Foligno
Public lecture: Energy for Italy’s future
With Fernando Ferroni, professor at GSSI, Director of the Einstein Telescope Organisation and former INFN President, Paola Battistoni, former Head of the ENEA Fusion Energy Development Division, and Gioele Pagot, professor at the University of Padua
April 19, 4:30 PM – Palazzo Trinci, Sala Faloci Pulignani, Foligno
Public lecture: The elegance of the void
With Guido Tonelli, INFN and CERN researcher
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CATANIA
From April 24 to 26, the Catania Book Festival will be held at the Palazzo della Cultura. INFN will present a book dedicated to the National Laboratories of the South, celebrating their 50th anniversary.
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TURIN
From April 15 to 19, Biennale Tecnologia will take place, promoting awareness of the relationship between technology and society.
April 16, 12:00 PM – Room 3, Polytechnic University of Turin
Public lecture: Listening to the universe from underground
With Marica Branchesi, INFN and INAF researcher and professor at the Gran Sasso Science Institute, Michele Punturo, INFN research director. Moderated by Gianluca Dotti, science journalist and communicator
April 18, 5:00 PM – Oratorio di San Filippo Neri
Public lecture: Educational institutions facing the challenge of AI
With Paolo Branchini, INFN Rome Tre, Francesco Capponi, computer engineer, Marco Gilli, professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin, and Pilvi Torsti, Director of the European Training Foundation. Moderated by Luca De Biase, Il Sole 24 Ore columnist and Rai Radio 3 author
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FERRARA
In Ferrara, the seminar series I Venerdì dell’Universo concludes with a conference on the Higgs boson.
April 10, 9:00 PM – Sala Estense, Piazza del Municipio, Ferrara
Public lecture: The Higgs boson and our lives
With Fabiola Gianotti, former CERN Director and researcher
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