Passion for Science 2019
International Symposium on the occasion of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements IYPT2019
Organized by the Italian Physical Society – SIF
in collaboration with the Italian Chemical Society – SCI
6-7 November, Sala Ulisse, Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Via Zamboni 31.
PROGRAMME
6 November
9.30-10.10 Opening addresses
Walter Tega – Accademia delle Scienze, President – Video stream
Francesco Ubertini – Università di Bologna, Rector – Video stream
Luisa Cifarelli – SIF President – Video stream
Angela Agostiano – SCI President – Video stream
Chair: Margherita Venturi (Accademia delle Scienze) – Video stream
10.10-10.50 Bernadette Bensaude Vincent (Université Paris 1, France) – Video stream 1 – Video stream 2
The role of Mendeleev in the construction of the periodic table of chemical elements
10.50-11.30 David Cole-Hamilton (University of St Andrews, UK) – Video stream
The periodic table of elements and IYPT2019
11.30 Coffee break
Chair: Luisa Cifarelli (SIF President)
12.00-12.40 Vladimir Shiltsev (Fermilab, Chicago, USA) – Video stream
From Lomonosov to Mendeleev at the Bologna Academy of Sciences
12.40-13.20 Mikhail G. Itkis (JINR, Dubna, Russia) – Video stream
The discovery of new heavy elements
13.20 Lunch break
Chair: Giancarlo Righini (Centro Fermi)
14.40-15.20 Vittorio Pellegrini (IIT, Genova, Italy) – Video stream
From carbon nanotubes to graphene
15.20-16.00 Emanuela Zaccarelli (Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi del CNR, Roma, Italy) – Video stream
Smart materials
16.00 Coffee break
Chair: Aldo Roda (Accademia delle Scienze)
16.30-17.10 Ulrich Schubert (Vienna University, Austria) – Video stream
Past President of EuCHEMS
New materials: where chemistry and materials sciences meet
17.10-17.50 Petra Rudolf (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) – Video stream
President of EPS
Materials and surfaces
18.30 Concert
19.30 Party
7 November
Chair: Angela Agostiano (SCI President)
9.30-10.10 Rodorico Giorgi (Università di Firenze, Italy) – Video stream
Nanotechnologies for conservation of cultural heritage
10.10-10.50 Vincenzo Barone (Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy) – Video stream
The fascinating world of astrochemistry
10.50-11.30 Cristian Galbiati (Princeton University, USA and GSSI, L'Aquila, Italy) – Video stream
Cryogenic materials for particle detectors
11.30 Coffee break
Chair: Rita Casadio (Accademia delle Scienze)
12.00-12.40 Lucio Rossi (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) – Video stream
Superconducting material for large scale applications
12.40-13.20 Diederik Wiersma (INRIM, Torino, Italy) – Video stream
The new system of units
13.20 Lunch break
Chair: Enzo Iarocci (Accademia delle Scienze) – Video stream
14.30-15.10 Antonino Zichichi (Università di Bologna, Italy) – Video stream
Elements and anti-elements
15.30-16.00 Award ceremony of the plate of HISTORIC SITE OF THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY recalling the achievements of Luigi Galvani at the Academy
