LARGE INFRASTRUCTURES CONNECTING IDEAS, TECH, PEOPLE

Alessandro Fabris, executive officer Project Elettra 2.0 Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste

Lilli Freda, executive director officer EPOS-European Plate Observing System

Andrew Harrison, executive director CERIC-Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium

Caterina Petrillo, chairwoman Area Science Park

Maurizio Vretenar, coordinator for international relations and EU projects, Accelerator and Technology Sector, CERN

Marcello Turconi, head scientific communication 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.