Light and Innovation
International Symposium "Light and Innovation"
European Prize for Physics "EPS-EDISON-VOLTA"
16 October 2015Palazzo Edison, Foro Buonaparte 31, Milan
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12:30 | Registration and welcome buffet |
14:00 | Opening addresses |
Moderator: Barbara Gallavotti, science writer | |
Bruno Lescoeur, CEO Edison | |
Filippo del Corno, Councillor of Culture, Municipality of Milan | |
Luisa Cifarelli, President Italian Physical Society (SIF) | |
Christophe Rossel, President European Physical Society (EPS) | |
Mauro Frangi, President Fondazione Alessandro Volta | |
14:40 | Serge Haroche, Nobel Laureate, Collège de France, Paris: “Blue sky research and innovation” |
15:15 | Awarding of "EPS EDISON VOLTA" Prize to N. Mandolesi, J.-L. Puget and J. Tauber, |
scientific Leaders of the Planck Mission, ESA | |
Awarding of Edison scholarship for young researchers | |
15:40 | Nazzareno Mandolesi, University of Ferrara: "The Planck mission" |
16:20 | Alessandro Bettini, University of Padua: "Light: discoveries and inventions” |
16:50 | Alessandro Farini, INO CNR, Florence: "Light and Art" |
17:20 | Raffaella Simili, University of Bologna: "The Italian capitals of light " |
17:50 | Conclusions |