Trieste Celebrates Science This Weekend!

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This weekend, starting Friday 24 September through Sunday 26 September, 
Trieste will celebrate science with two major events open to the public.

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 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.

- 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 (held 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.


ICTP Public Information Office

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