'Scientific diplomacy at the service of Italy's growth'.
It is the title of the 2023 conference of scientific and space employees which takes place on Monday and Tuesday at the University of Padua.
The initiative, the Farnesina says, is aimed at promoting
the growing role of the scientific and technological research sector for the competitiveness of the country system,
enhancing the government's commitment to promoting Italian innovation in the world also in support of our businesses .
The round table 'Science and innovation: it's not a gender issue'
is scheduled
for Monday 6 March at Palazzo Bo, Aula Magna of the University, from 10.30 to 12.00
Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Giorgio Silli
with planned speeches by Amalia Ercoli Finzi, aerospace engineer, Antonella Viola, immunologist, Unipod professor and science popularizer, Chiara Montanari, first Italian expedition leader to Antarctica, Cinzia Zuffada, president of the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (Issnaf ).
At 12.00 the award ceremony of the 'Science, She Says' award to five female researchers under 40 from as many areas of the world; from 15.00 to 16.00 the institutional greetings - introduced by the director general for the promotion of the country system, Lorenzo Angeloni - by the vice president of the Council and foreign minister Antonio Tajani , by the minister of companies and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso
,
by
the
rector from the University of Padua Daniela Mapelli and the astronaut Luca Parmitano (video greeting)
.
This was followed by the delivery of the
'Farnesina Prize' and the 'Innovation that speaks Italian' award
, conferred by Minister Tajani.
From 16.15 to 17.45 the round table on 'Space, the new frontier of internationalization',
moderated by journalist Giovanni Caprara, who will be attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Edmondo Cirielli;
introduced by the video message of Giorgio Saccoccia, president of the Italian Space Agency, will also intervene Marco Tavani, president of the National Institute of Astrophysics, Elena Grifoni Winters, head of the PCM space and aerospace policy office, Erasmo Carrera, president of the Italian Aeronautics and Astronautics (Aidaa), Simonetta Di Pippo, director of the Space Economy Evolution Laboratory, Sda Bocconi, Cristina Leone, president of Ctna-National Aerospace Technology Cluster.
The works of Tuesday 7 March at Palazzo Liviano, Sala dei Giganti, foresee from 9.00 to 11.00 the Round Table on 'Research engine of the competitiveness of the country system'
, which will be attended by Maria Chiara Carrozza, president of the CNR;
Giuseppe Ippolito, director general of the Ministry of Health;
Francesco Ubertini, president of Cineca;
Ettore Sequi, head of the Italian delegation to the Board of Government Representatives Einstein Telescope;
Caterina Petrillo, president of Area Science Park.
The intervention of the Minister of University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini is also expected.
From 11.30 to 13.30 the round table on 'The response of Italian innovation to the new global challenges', with the participation of: Giorgio Metta, scientific director of the Italian Institute of Technology;
Francesca Zarri, Director of Technology, R&D and Digital of Eni;
Marco Baccanti, dg ENEA Tech and Biomedical;
Rita Cucchiara, director of the AI Research and Innovation Center Unimore;
George Ventre,