Italian Physical Society Meets in Trieste

The Italian Physical Society is holding its 2013 Congress this year in Trieste; several ICTP scientists have helped in the planning and are featured presenters during the week-long event, which takes place from 23 to 27 September.

ICTP condensed matter physicist Sandro Scandolo, one of the Congress organizers, is leading a session on Friday 27 September titled "Materials: new experimental and theoretical frontiers". His session is part of a series led by ICTP scientific consultant Erio Tosatti on the physics of matter, which also includes an invited talk by ICTP scientist Markus Müller on "Localization and the role of quantum statistics in strongly interacting Bose glasses".

ICTP scientist Claudio Tuniz is leading a session on physics for cultural heritage, with a look at how physics tools such as x-rays and tomography can help in archeological and art studies. The sessions include two invited talks by ICTP Multidispliplinary Laboratory scientists Federico Bernardini and Clément Zanolli.

ICTP geophysicist Abdelkrim Aoudia has a talk in the session on Geophysics, Physics
of the Environment and Physical Oceanography.

The Congress also has events for the general public, such as a roundtable on Science and Society as well as a talk about the discovery of the Higgs Boson last year at CERN.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo, the Congress features several activities, including the showing of a film written by ICTP scientific consultant Giuseppe Mussardo and partially funded by ICTP titled "Maksimovic. The Story of Bruno Pontecorvo".

The Italian Physical Society's annual congress attracts hundreds of physicists from Italy and beyond. For more details, visit the Congress website (in Italian).