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/

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.