Alain Connes – Scientific High Council

Alain Connes is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He was a professor at the Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University.He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982. Connes was awarded the Peccot-Vimont Prize in 1976 the Ampère Prize in 1980, the Fields Medal in 1982, the Clay Research Award in 2000 and the Crafoord Prize in 2001. […]
Alain Connes – speaker

Winner of the Fields Medal (1982), the Crafoord Prize (2001), and the CNRS Gold Medal (2004), Alain Connes has revolutionized the theory of operator algebras and founded non-commutative geometry, a new branch of mathematics. Member of the French Academy of Sciences, he is Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France and the Institut des Hautes […]
J. Christopher Clemens – Comitato Scientifico

Dr. Chris Clemens is the Jaroslav Folda Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studies the physics compact stellar remnants called white dwarf stars and develops instrumentation for astronomical observatories. He has previously served as Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Senior Associate Dean for […]
Paola Ciaramella – Scientific Steering Committee

Paola Ciaramella is an Italian entrepreneur active in the digital innovation ecosystem. As Co-Founder and Executive Lead of NapulETH, she designs and delivers international events on blockchain, AI, quantum and emerging technologies, overseeing governance, institutional relations, partnerships and sponsorships. She has worked for years on blockchain adoption and on trust and transparency models for organizations […]
Paola Catapano – Scientific Steering Committee

With a Master’s degree in science journalism from SISSA Trieste, she joined CERN in 1990 as the personal assistant to Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia ; currently leads the Editorial Content production in the communications group. Author of over 40 science documentaries for RAI and three books, she chronicled scientific research from CERN, Antarctica, the Arctic […]
Giulio Casati – Comitato Scientifico

Giulio Casati is a theoretical physicist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Insubria and director of the Lake Como School of Advanced Studies. Among his main achievements are the discovery of quantum dynamical localization, the discovery of the thermal rectifier, thermal transistor and wave diode. He is a member of the Akademia Europea and of […]
Paolo Branchini – Scientific Streering Committee

Paolo Branchini, with over thirty years of experience in experimental particle physics, has participated in international collaborations such as Belle II at KEK and various experiments at CERN, contributing to the development of advanced detectors and innovative diagnostic techniques for cultural heritage. He has held important institutional roles, including National Coordinator of Belle II for […]
Giuseppe Calabrò – Scientific Steering Committee

Giuseppe Calabrò is Full Professor of Electrical Engineering and Nuclear Fusion at the University of Tuscia. Former Deputy PL of WP-PWIE in the European consortium EUROfusion, he was President of Engineering and Rector’s Delegate for relations with businesses. Since 2024, he has been President of the Integrated University Centre and Spoke 5 Leader of the […]
Paolo Branchini – Comitato Scientifico

Paolo Branchini with over thirty years of experience in experimental particle physics, he has participated in international collaborations such as Belle II at KEK and various experiments at CERN, contributing to the development of advanced detectors and innovative diagnostic techniques for cultural heritage. He has held important institutional roles, including National Coordinator of Belle II […]
Giovanni Acampora – Comitato Scientifico

In this con-text, Prof. Acampora founded and directs the Quantum Computing and Smart Systems Laboratory (QUASAR), coordinates the activities of the PhD in Computational Intelligence and directs the Quantum Computing Academy. Previously, he was Reader in Computational Intelligence (Sept. 2013 – June 2016) at the School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. […]
Ugo Moschella – Scientific Streering Committee

Ugo Moschella graduated in physics from the University of Bologna in 1985. After studying at New York University, he obtained his PhD in Physics at SISSA in Trieste. He has worked as a researcher and taught at the University of Louvain-La Neuve, the University of Paris 7, the CEA – Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique in […]