LARGE INFRASTRUCTURES CONNECTING IDEAS, TECH, PEOPLE

Alessandro Fabris, dirigente Progetto Elettra 2.0 Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste

Lilli Freda, direttore esecutivo EPOS-European Plate Observing System

Andrew Harrison, direttore esecutivo CERIC-Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium

Caterina Petrillo, presidente Area Science Park

Maurizio Vretenar, coordinatore per le relazioni internazionali e progetti EU, Settore Tecnologia e Acceleratore, CERN

Marcello Turconi, responsabile comunicazione scientifica CERIC-ERIC

Scientific research is increasingly an international effort, and large infrastructures are a concrete example: places where countries, skills, and visions meet. But what is their impact on the local area? What role do they play in economic development, technology transfer, and employment? Trieste, with its network of infrastructures and centers of excellence, stands as a strategic hub for European science.