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Diplomatic Network

14 February 2019

Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci: Exhibitions, conferences and performances

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is planning more than 150 events this year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. They will  include exhibitions, conferences, films and theatrical performances celebrating the great genius of the Renaissance. Engineer, artist, scientist and polymath, Leonardo left an immense body of work to study, […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 February 2019

Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Republic of Maldives

The Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Government of the Republic of Maldives to renew the presence of the University in Magoodhoo Island through its MaRHE Research Centre was signed at the presence of Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, the Rector Cristina Messa, the pro Rector Andrea Giovanni Maria Biondi and the Director of the […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 February 2019

London: Mission by an Italian research team on artificial intelligence

The Italian Embassy in London organised a public event entitled “Italy4Innovation”, the London stop of the Italian diplomatic mission’s presentation on artificial intelligence coordinated by the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE). The Italian mission’s choice of the British capital was unavoidable, as the United Kingdom is the European Country most advanced in the research, development […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 January 2019

Japan, an international research team discovers a new form of matter

A new type of ‘strange matter’, which could provide new information on the origin of the mass of the universe following the Big Bang, was discovered by the scientists of an international team in Japan, partially financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The E15 experiment conducted at the Japan Proton Accelerator […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 December 2018

An Italian appointed president of the Immunological Society in Prague

Luca Vannucci, an Italian oncologist and immunologist, has been appointed president of the Czech Immunological Society, one of the leading research institutions in the Czech Republic. Since its founding in 1973 by Professor Jan Sterzl, this is the first time that the president of the Immunological Society is not Czech. For the occasion, the Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 December 2018

Italy-USA Joint Science Commission meets in Washington

To celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Italy-U.S. Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement, the Italy-U.S. Joint Commission (JCM) on science and technology held its 13th meeting in Washington to discuss strengthening the cooperation programmes already under way and new cooperation projects in sectors such as physics, telecommunications, health, forestry and resilience to natural […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 December 2018

Italy partner Country at Houston’s SpaceCom Expo

Italy was a partner Country in the 4th edition of SpaceCom international Expo in Houston, the most important exposition in the United States on advanced technologies applied to the aerospace sector. The Italian Consulate General, together with the ICE-Agency, took care of setting up an exhibition space grouping the 15 Italian companies that make up […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 November 2018

Italian technology to fight cancer in Prague

An experimental structure, ELIMAIA-ELIMED, opened at the physics laboratory in the Academy of Sciences in Prague in association with the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). The goal is to examine new ways of curing cancer with adrotherapy using particle beams. An Italian delegation attended the opening ceremony, led by Fernando Ferroni, President of […]

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Press Releases

22 November 2018

​”TOWARDS ESOF 2020 – Trieste European City of Science”

This morning, the Farnesina hosted the presentation to the Diplomatic Corps of ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum), the most important European event dedicated to the debate between science, technology, society and politics that will take place in Trieste in 2020. The Julian Venetia capital was chosen to be the European City of Science in the light of […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 November 2018

6th Italy-Korea S&T Forum

The aim of the  6th Italy-Korea S&T Forum, co-organised by the Polytechnic of Turin and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and scheduled in Turin on 12 and 13 November, is to strengthen bilateral relations in the sector of science and technology and discuss the common global challenges. The event will focus on […]

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Events

5 November 2018

Festival of Science 2018

Changes in nature, man and society formed the main topics of discussion at the three conferences organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the Festival of Science 2018 held in Genoa. The festival was attended by 366 guests from all over the world and 20,000 students. The guest Country was Israel, […]

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Diplomatic Network

31 October 2018

Italian researchers in America engage in favour of longevity

The Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF), whose membership counts 4,000 out of the 15,000 Italian researchers operating in this part of America, dedicated its annual congress, which was held in Washington, to the impact of research, economics, artificial intelligence and robotics on longevity. The Congress, which was held at the Italian […]

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