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23 June 2017

Italy-Israel, the Mixed Commission for Science and Technology meets at the Farnesina

The 17th meeting of the Italy-Israel Mixed Commission was held at the Farnesina on 21 June 2017. The meeting was organised by the Office IX of the Directorate General for Economic and Cultural Promotion and Innovation (DGSP) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) as part of the Cooperation Agreement on Science, […]

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7 June 2017

Fourteenth Joint Commission on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and Japan

 On June 7, 2017, the Farnesina held the fourteenth meeting of the Joint Commission on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and Japan. The two countries celebrated the 150th anniversary of their diplomatic relations in 2016, and now see their scientific and technological  dialogue as one of the pillars of their bilateral relations. The meeting, organised within […]

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23 May 2017

Alfano: firmato accordo cooperazione scientifica e tecnologica con l’Australia

“La firma dell’Accordo di cooperazione bilaterale nei campi della scienza, della tecnologia e dell’innovazione permetterà ad Italia e Australia di ampliare, estendere e rafforzare le già ottime relazioni bilaterali, in settori di primaria importanza per la crescita e lo sviluppo dei nostri Paesi, quali la scienza, la tecnologia e l’innovazione. Le best practices e lo […]

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17 May 2017

Science for peace in the Middle East

The international multidisciplinary laboratory SESAME, the acronym of Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East, was officially inaugurated in Allan, Jordan, on 16 May 2017. The facility is a third-generation synchrotron light laboratory comparable to a “CERN in the Mediterranean”.    The ribbon-cutting ceremony, celebrated by King Abdallah II of Jordan, was attended by the eight member Countries in this important common project […]

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10 May 2017

Spain – The Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona hosts astronaut Luca Parmitano

Tomorrow the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona will host Luca Parmitano, the first Italian astronaut to go on a “spacewalk” while performing scientific experiments in the absence of gravity during his 167-day stay on board of the International Space Station (ISS). Parmitano will narrate his extraordinary experience on board of the ISS during the “Volare” […]

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9 May 2017

Cameroon – Central African Republic and Cameroon. Sant’Anna trains young diplomats

 “The reconstruction of man and his humane abilities represents a necessary and unavoidable step towards a real reconstruction of the Country that has lost the very foundations of its institutions during these years of war,” said Samuela Isopi, Italian Ambassador to Cameroon and the Central African Republic. Isopi spoke on the opening day of the […]

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8 May 2017

Argentina – Radiation physics discussed in Buenos Aires

The fundamental aspects of radiation physics are the central theme of a two-day international physics forum in Buenos Aires that features prestigious physicists from around the world. They will discuss innovations in non-destructive techniques that use ionising radiation and charged and neutral particles to probe matter, as well as their applications in the fields of […]

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2 May 2017

Japan – The ambassador meets with Italian researchers in Japan: “Soon an association”

The Italian ambassador in Tokyo, Giorgio Starace met Italian researchers in Japan. On our Embassy’s Facebook page, a post announced: “Robotics, nuclear physics, biology, ICT and much more besides: we will soon have an association to work even more and even better, together!”. “The scientific cooperation between Italy and Japan is a sector of massive […]

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27 April 2017

Czech Republic – Italy participates in the International Cybernetics Forum in Brno

AIdAM – The Italian Association of Mechatronic Automation participated in the Kybernetická revoluce forum in Brno, an international event attended by Czech and Italian companies involved in mechatronics and industry 4.0. The initiative, which took place on 26 April last, was part of the agreement signed between AIdAM and the Italo-Czech Chamber of Commerce (Camic) on […]

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26 April 2017

Antarctica

The Seminar on the “Plan for research and monitoring in the Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea Region  in Antarctica” opens today at the Farnesina, with a welcome address delivered by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova. The three-day Seminar aims to develop the plan for research and monitoring […]

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20 April 2017

France – Art and science, an App puts Earth in contact with Space

“Arte Spazio Immagine. L’importanza dell’immagine nella scienza e nell’arte” (“Art Space Image. The importance of images in science and art”) is the title of the meeting to be held on 24 April at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris. The event, promoted under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in Paris and sponsored by the […]

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14 April 2017

Moscow – Agreement between Italian and Russian research institutes renewed

The Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – INFN) and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) have renewed their framework agreement for scientific cooperation. The agreement was signed by INFN President, Fernando Ferroni, and JINR Director, Victor A. Matveev, in the presence of Italian President, Sergio Mattarella. The signing ceremony was attended by Cesare Maria Ragaglini, the Italian Ambassador in […]

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