Celebrating Science

Research, new technologies, innovation. The dialogue between science institutions and the public will be the focus of two exciting outreach events happening this weekend in Trieste.

With two universities, one science park, and more than 30 research centres, Trieste is really a "city of science", with a ratio of researchers over the total population more than five times higher than the European average.

On Friday 24 September, SHARPER - Researcher's Night will be celebrated in Trieste's Piazza Unità, at the same time as in hundreds of cities throughout Europe. All science institutions and research centres of the so-called "Trieste System" will be involved in talks, science games and demonstrations, with the goal of making science accessible to everyone.

On Saturday 25 September and Sunday 26 September, Trieste Next, the local science research festival, will then take over Trieste's main piazza, with a rich programme of talks and panels on many cutting-edge science topics and many more ways for the general public to get excited about science.

ICTP's scientists will take part in many activities during the weekend, giving talks, participating in informal learning activities, or just sharing their passion for science with people stopping by our booth. In particular, ICTP will be represented in the following events.

- Friday 24 September 2021 / h 9.45-10
Virtual panel: "Climate hazards: cosa rischiamo se la temperatura globale continua a salire", with Erika Coppola, ESP.

- Friday 24 September 2021 / h 15:00 - 16:15
Panel: "La Pandemia, i Dati e il Pubblico. Strategie di analisi e di comunicazione", with Jacopo Grilli, QLS.

- Saturday 25 September 2021 / h 10:00 - 11:15
Panel: "Open Science: le grandi sfide dell’umanità si affrontano insieme", with Marcello Dalmonte, CMSP.

- Saturday 25 September 2021 / h 16:30 - 17:45
ICTP talk: "Felicità e Consumo Energetico: una prospettiva evoluzionistica", by and with Claudio Tuniz, STI.

- Saturday 25 September 2021 / h 18:00 - 19:15
Panel: "La sostenibilità è sostenibile? sapere, tutela e partecipazione per costruire il futuro", with Matteo Marsili, QLS.

- Sunday 26 September 2021 / h 11:30 - 12:45
Panel: "Abitare il Futuro: l’impatto dei cambiamenti climatici nei centri urbani", with Filippo Giorgi, ESP.

Moreover, ICTP will be represented in Piazza Unità with a booth that will feature fun science activities such as a cosmic-crosswords game, a treasure hunt, and a science art exhibition, showcasing the beauty hiding in everyday research.

Other ICTP activities include:

- two talks on "Maths and geometry of the Universe" on Friday 24 in the morning, by ICTP mathematicians Claudio Arezzo and Fernando Rodriguez Villegas (for schools only);

- Mini-talks in the booth with Antonello Scardicchio and Natasa Stojic, CMSP, on Sunday 26 September;

- a virtual tour of ICTP, premiered on Thursday 16 September, and visible here.

- "Ricercatori al Pub", with Marcello Dalmonte, CMSP, talking about the Anthikytera Mechanism and quantum simulators, that happened on Tuesday 21 September as a pre-event of the festival.

- "Street science", with Emanuele Panizon, QLS, on Friday 24 September, h16:00.

- "Scienziopolis", a game for children, on Friday 24 September, h15:00-19:00.

- "Famelab Big", Friday 24 September, h18:00-19:00, where ICTP Director Atish Dabholkar will compete with other "bigs" from Trieste science institutions in explaining a science concept in three minutes.

To attend talks and panels, please register through the official website (in Italian): https://www.triestenext.it/programma

The Green Pass is necessary to access all closed areas.