MORNING SESSION
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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Young Investigator Awards Finalists Poster Conference

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AFTERNOON SESSION

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Opening Remarks

Marco Peronaci
Ambassador of Italy to the United States

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Cinzia Zuffada
SSAS Scuola Studi Avanzati Sapienza and President of ISSNAF

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Present and Future of Quantum Techonlogies

Institutional Perspective

Tommaso Calarco 

National Quantum Strategy Coordinator, University of Bologna

 

Round table discussion ​​

Anna Grassellino

Director National Quantum Information Science Center, Fermilab

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Tommaso Macrì

Sr. Director of Business Development, QuEra Computing Inc.

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Stefano Poletto

Director Quantum Engineering, Rigetti Computing Inc.

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Massimo Ruzzene

Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and Dean of the Institutes, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Moderator:

Andrea Alù

Distinguished Professor, City University of New York

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Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

Presented by Cinzia Zuffada 

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Honoree:
Pietro De Camilli

John Klingenstein Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Cell Biology, Yale University

Young Investigator Awards Presentation

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EMBASSY OF ITALY AWARD

Presented by Andrea Alù

Distinguished Professor, City University of New York​

 

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INFN BRUNO TOUSCHEK AWARD

Presented by Patrizia Rossi

Deputy Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics, Jefferson Lab
 

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MARIO GERLA AWARD

Presented by Leila De Floriani

Professor, University of Maryland
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PAOLA CAMPESE AWARD

Presented by Paolo Strati

Associate Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

  

RnB4 CULTURE AWARD

Presented by Gianni Cicali

Professor, Georgetown University

 

Innovator Award Presentation

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TEF AWARD FOR STEM ENTREPRENEUR

Presented by Pierluigi Zappacosta

 

Awardee

Francesco Borrelli

Chief AI & Robotics Officer, Nextracker Inc.

​Professor, Fanuch Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley ​​

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