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ISSNAF ANNUAL EVENT

November 6, 2025
Embassy of Italy, Washington DC

MORNING SESSION 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Young Investigator Awards Finalists Poster Conference

 

AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Opening Remarks

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Marco Peronaci Ambassador of Italy to the United States

​Cinzia Zuffada SSAS Scuola Studi Avanzati Sapienza and President of ISSNAF

 

Present and Future of Quantum Techonlogies

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Institutional Perspective

Tommaso Calarco 

National Quantum Strategy Coordinator, University of Bologna

 

Round table discussion ​​

Anna Grassellino

Director National Quantum Information Science Center, Fermilab

Tommaso Macrì

Sr. Director of Business Development, QuEra Computing Inc.

Stefano Poletto

Director Quantum Engineering, Rigetti Computing Inc.

Massimo Ruzzene

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

Moderator:

Andrea Alù

Distinguished Professor, City University of New York

 

Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

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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​

 

INFN BRUNO TOUSCHEK AWARD

Presented by Patrizia Rossi

Deputy Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics, Jefferson Lab 

MARIO GERLA AWARD

Presented by Leila De Floriani

Professor, University of Maryland​​

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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