Passion for Science 2022
Facing global challenges
International Symposium on the occasion of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development IYBSSD2022
20-21 June 2022
Villa Monastero - Varenna, Lake Como (Italy)
Organizers:
Angela Bracco (University and INFN Milano, Italy)
Luisa Cifarelli (University and INFN Bologna, Italy)
Joseph Niemela (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
List of Speakers:
Ani Aprahamian (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Faïçal Azaiez (iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa)
Jonathan Bagger (APS CEO, USA)
Roberto Battiston (University of Trento, Italy)
Luc Bergé (EPS President, Saclay, France)
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (University of Campinas, Brazil)
Stefano Fantoni (IUPAP Trieste, Italy)
Paolo Giubellino (FAIR GSI Scientific Managing Director, Darmstadt, Germany)
Sotirios Charisopoulos (IAEA Vienna, Austria)
Joseph Niemela (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
Sandro Rossi (Fondazione CNAO, Pavia, Italy)
Sandro Scandolo (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
Jun'ichi Yokoyama (President AAPPS, Tokyo, Japan)
Charlotte Warakaulle (CERN Director for International Relations, Geneva, Switzerland)
The focus of this symposium is to discuss ideas and the status of ongoing initiatives concerning the timely topic addressed by the IYBSSD. The activities of the various Institutions concerning the challenges for basic science to sustain development will be presented and discussed in a pleasant and inspiring environment.
Deadline for registrations: 15 June 2022
Registration form
No participation fee is required
PROGRAM
20 June 2022
9:00-13:00
VIDEO STREAM
9:00 - Introduction from the local organizers
9:40 - Opening Panel Discussion
with representatives of the main Italian Research Institutions
CNR (Corrado Spinella)
ENEA (Gabriele Zanini)
INAF (Patrizia Caraveo)
INFN (Diego Bettoni)
INGV (Carlo Doglioni)
INRiM (Diederik Sybolt Wiersma)
Chair: Chiara Meroni, INFN Milano
10:40 - Stefano Fantoni (IUPAP Trieste, Italy)
IUPAP motivation for the IYBSSD 2022
11:10 - 30 minutes break
Chair: Eugenio Coccia, GSSI L’Aquila
VIDEO STREAM
11:40 - Luc Bergé (EPS President, Saclay, France)
Global challenges in Physics and Society: New initiatives of the EPS
12:20 - Ani Aprahamian (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Will Armenia realize its potential in delivering advances in the fundamental sciences while developing an ecosystem for high technology innovations?
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-18:50
Chair: Giuseppe Battistoni, Milano University
VIDEO STREAM
14:30 - Sotirios Charisopoulos (IAEA Vienna, Austria)
IAEA activities in support of accelerator-based facilities for research and sustainable development
15:10 - Sandro Scandolo (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
From cold war to climate change: The role of ICTP in addressing global challenges
16:00 - Faïçal Azaiez (iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa)
Basic science for sustainable development: Examples from South Africa
16:40 - Roberto Battiston (University of Trento, Italy)
Monitoring extreme geophysics hazards from space, a new kind of remote sensing
17:10 - 30 minutes break
Chair: Beatrice Fraboni, Bologna University
VIDEO STREAM
17:40 - Sandro Rossi (Fondazione CNAO, Pavia, Italy)
Hadrontherapy: Exploring new challenges against cancer
18:10 - Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (University of Campinas, Brazil)
Science in Latin America and the U.N. sustainable development goals
19:30 - GET TOGETHER REFRESHMENT
21 June 2022
9:00-13:00
Chair: Nadia Pastrone, INFN Torino
VIDEO STREAM
9:00 - Jonathan Bagger (APS CEO, USA)
The role of scientific societies in sustainable development
9:40 - Charlotte Warakaulle (CERN Director for International Relations, Geneva, Switzerland)
Societal impact and value of fundamental research: The experience of CERN
10:20 - Joseph Niemela (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
International collaborations for sustaining development
11:00 - 30 minutes break
Chair: Patrizia Caraveo, INAF IASF Milano
VIDEO STREAM
11:30 - Paolo Giubellino (FAIR GSI Scientific Managing Director, Darmstadt, Germany)
International research infrastructure as factories of opportunities. The case of the GSI/FAIR center
12:10 - Jun'ichi Yokoyama (President AAPPS, Tokyo, Japan)
Promotion of Physics in Asia Pacific toward sustainable development
13:00 - LUNCH AND DEPARTURE
Video stream by courtesy of INFN Multimedia Group
Trailer – SIF 125th Anniversary (by camerAnebbia)
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