Opening Remarks

    

Mariangela Zappia
Ambassador of Italy to the United States

 

Orazio Schillaci
Italian Minister of Health (videomessage)
 

Christian Di Sanzo

Camera dei Deputati - North and Central America Division

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Diego Bettoni

National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)

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Cinzia Zuffada
President of ISSNAF

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Round Table 

 

FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE:

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND AGING. POLICIES AND PRIORITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEXT DECADE

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Luigi Ferrucci
National Institutes of Health -
National Institute on Aging (NIH-NIA)

 

Marco Silano
Italian National Institute of Health (ISS)

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Richard Nicholls

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Community Living

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Ekemini Riley

Coalition for Aligning Science (CAS)

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ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:
STATUS OF RESEARCH AND OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE

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David Hafler
Yale University, Professor of Neurology and Professor of Immunobiology

 

David Sulzer
Columbia University, Professor of Neurobiology in Psychiatry, Neurology and Pharmacology

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Alessandro Sette

La Jolla Institute of Immunology, Professor and Researcher (moderator)

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Young Investigator Awards Presentation

EMBASSY OF ITALY AWARD

Presented by Alessandro Sette

La Jolla Institute of Immunology, Professor and Researcher
Winner: Francesca Garretti
Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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FRANCO STRAZZABOSCO AWARD

Presented by Alberto Salleo

Stanford University, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Winner: Luigi Osmieri
Staff Scientist, MPA-11 Materials Synthesis and Integrated Devices, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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INFN BRUNO TOUSCHEK AWARD

Presented by Patrizia Rossi

Jefferson Lab, Deputy Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics
Winner: Chiara Trovatello
Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University

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MARIO GERLA AWARD

Presented by Emilio Bizzi

MIT, McGovern Inst. Emeritus Investigator; Emeritus Prof. Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Winner: Giulia Guidi
Assistant Professor, Cornell University

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PAOLA CAMPESE AWARD

Presented by Laura Pasqualucci

Columbia Univ., Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology; Univ. di Perugia
Winner: Eugenio Morelli
Lead Scientist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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RnB4 CULTURE AWARD

Presented by Claudio Fogu

University of California Santa Barbara, Professor of Italian Studies
Winners Ex Equo:
Filippo Gianferrari
Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz
Angelica Pesarini​
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

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Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

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Honoree
Federico Capasso
Harvard University, Professor of Applied Physics and Research Fellow in Electrical Eng.

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