ICTP Events for the Public!

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Join ICTP in celebrations of science and technology during several 
upcoming public events:

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING: HARNESSING THE POWER OF COMPUTING FOR SCIENCE

On 24 September ICTP inaugurates its new joint Masters Programme in High 
Performance Computing with SISSA. There will be an opening ceremony of 
the programme as well as the new computing facility that is one of the 
largest in Italy. The event is open to the public, and you'll get a 
chance to tour the facility. Speakers will include Filippo Giorgi, head 
of ICTP's Earth System Physics section, who will discuss the role of 
high performance in climate research.

--Day: Wednesday, 24 September 2014
--Time: 09:30 - 12:30
--Place: Former SISSA Building
--Refreshments served afterwards!
--Details: 
http://triestenext.veneziepost.it/planner/agenda/detail/507_presentazione_del_centro_di_supercalcolo_e_del_master_in_high_performance_computing/


TRIESTENEXT: SCIENCE FOR THE PUBLIC
26 - 28 September

ICTP will be well represented at this year's TriesteNext, a major public 
event held in Piazza Unita and its surroundings, highlighting science. 
This year's theme is energy, and ICTP will take the opportunity to 
highlight its new research activity in renewable energy by organizing a 
solar cooker display. Daniel Egbe, coordinator of the African Network 
for Solar Energy (ANSOLE), will be present to demonstrate how the sun's 
power can be used in very practical (and delicious!) ways.

--Day: Friday, 26 September
--Time: 09:00 - 22:00
--Place: Piazza Unita, Trieste
--Details: http://triestenext.veneziepost.it/

On Saturday, ICTP is organizing a roundtable on The Impact of New Energy 
Sources in Developing Countries. Energy expert Walter Mérida, a 
Guatemalan native and director of the Clean Energy Research Centre at 
the University of British Columbia, Canada, will lead a roundtable 
discussion on how energy choices have global consequences on the 
innovation of new, renewable technologies.

--Day: Saturday, 27 September
--Time: 10:00
--Place: Magazzino delle Idee, Trieste
--Panellists: Daniel Egbe, Filippo Giorgi
--Moderator: Marco Fratoddi, managing editor, "La Nuova Ecologia"

Throughout TriesteNext: Crystalli! A preview of an exhibit that ICTP is 
co-sponsoring with several local institutes in honour of the 
International Year of Crystallography. Location: Sala Veruda.

All events are free and open to the public!

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