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LaboratorioExpo:TheManyFacesofSustainability

AbookpresentationatSISSAontheExpo2015experience16March,2015,2:30p.m.

SISSA,Room128ViaBonomea265,Trieste

Nowthatthefanfareandmediacoveragearefinished,thereisfinallytimetoreflectontheexperienceofExpo2015.Thepresentationofthebook,LaboratorioExpo.TheManyFacesofSustainability,whichdocumentsExpoMilan2015accordingtotheGiangiacomoFeltrinelliFoundationandExpoMilano2015,beingheldatSISSA,isanexcellentopportunity.DirectorsoftheinternationalresearchinstituteslocatedinTrieste(ICTP,ICGEB,SISSA,TWAS)willbeinattendance.TheeventwillbeinEnglishandisopentothepublic.

JustmonthsfromtheclosingofExpo2015thetimehascometoevaluatetheexperience,whichiswhatthebook,LaboratorioExpo.TheManyFacesofSustainability,editedbySalvatoreVeca,andpublishedbyFeltrinelli,does.Expo2015,theUniversalExpositiononthetheme"FeedingthePlanet,EnergyforLife,"gaveamplespaceandvisibilitytofringescience,inpart,throughLaboratorioExpo.Thebookdetailssomeofthemostsignificantcontributions.MassimilianoTarantino,ExecutiveDirectorofLaboratorioExpoandSecretaryGeneraloftheGiangiacomoFeltrinelliFoundation,willpresentthebookonWednesday,March16,at2:30p.m.inRoom128atSISSA,followedbydistinguishedspeakersgivingtalksonthesametheme.TakingpartintheeventareStefanoRuffo,DirectorofSISSA-theInternationalSchoolforAdvancedStudies,MauroGiacca,DirectorofICGEB-InternationalCentreforGeneticEngineeringandBiotechnology,FernandoQuevedo,DirectorofICTP-InternationalCentreforTheoreticalPhysics,andRomainMurenzi,PresidentandExecutiveDirectorofTWAS-theWorldAcademyofSciencesfortheAdvancementofScienceinDevelopingCountries,andSimonePiccinin,CNRresearcher.TheeventwillbemoderatedbySISSA’sNicoPitrelli,Co-Directorofthe"FrancoPrattico"MasterinScienceCommunication.LaboratorioExpo

Attheheartofthebookis"LaboratorioExpo,"aprojectconceivedin2012andmadeofficialinanagreementbetweentheGiangiacomoFeltrinelliFoundationandExpoMilano2015promotinginternationalresearchonissuesofsustainabledevelopment,anthropology,urbansociology,agricultureandFood.Theaimoftheprojectwastogatherthethoughts,ideasandcontentofthescientificbackboneofthe"MilanCharter,"theculturalheritageoftheUniversalExhibition.ThebookpresentationatSISSA,oneofthescientificpartnersofLaboratorioExpo,offersanimportantopportunityfordiscussingthecurrentstateofresearchindevelopingcountriesandthefuture,inTrieste,anlocationwhichisparticularlysensitivetothesetypesofissues.Triesteishometonumerousinternationalscientificinstitutionsinvariousfieldsprovidingscientificeducationandpromotinghealthindevelopingcountries.The"TriesteSystem,"developedoverrecentdecades,issynonymouswithoriginalityandeffectiveness:thousandsofstudentsfromdevelopingcountrieshavecome,andcontinuetoarriveinTriesteforalevelofeducationthatwouldbeimpossibletoobtaininthecountryoforigin,afterwhichtheyare

encouragedtoreturnhomeandapplytheknowledgeandknow-howacquiredduringtheirtimehere.PROGAM:

• 14:30-15:00–Presentationofthebook,LaboratorioExpo.TheManyFacesofSustainability-MassimilianoTarantino

• 15:00-16:00-Speeches• 16:00-16:30-DiscussionTheeventwillbefollowedbyasmallreception.

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