56th Meeting of the ICTP Scientific Council

Europe/Rome
Oppenheimer Meeting Room (Leonardo Building)

Oppenheimer Meeting Room

Leonardo Building

ICTP Campus Trieste, Italy
Joanna Lacey
    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      SESSION I (Council members ONLY): SESSION I (CLOSED) - (Council members ONLY) Oppenheimer Meeting Room

      Oppenheimer Meeting Room

      Leonardo Building

      ICTP Campus Trieste, Italy

      09.00 - 09.30 Welcome remarks: Marc Mézard (Chair)
      Review of the agenda, approval of the minutes of the last meeting (June 2025), organization of the breakout sessions, and any matters arising

      Convener: Marc Mézard
      • 9:00 AM
        Welcome remarks 5m
        Speaker: Marc Mézard
      • 9:05 AM
        Review of AGENDA 10m
      • 9:15 AM
        Approval of the minutes of the last meeting (June 2025) 5m
      • 9:20 AM
        Organization of the breakout sessions 5m
      • 9:25 AM
        Matters arising 5m
    • 9:30 AM 4:30 PM
      SESSION II: (OPEN) - (with ICTP Faculty and Unit and Programme Heads/Staff) Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

      Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

      Leonardo Building

      Convener: Atish Dabholkar
      • 9:30 AM
        Presentation by the Director 30m Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Leonardo Building

        Speaker: Prof. Atish Dabholkar
      • 10:15 AM
        Discussion 30m Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Leonardo Building

      • 10:45 AM
        Coffee Break (LB Terrace) 15m Leonardo Building

        Leonardo Building

        LB Terrace

        (LB Terrace)

      • 11:00 AM
        ICTP STRATEGIC PRIORITIES: International Science Alliance: updates and future 15m Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Leonardo Building

        Speaker: Prof. Ralf Kaiser
      • 11:15 AM
        ICTP STRATEGIC PRIORITIES: International Consortium for Scientific Computing: updates and future 15m Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Leonardo Building

        Speaker: Prof. Sandro Scandolo
      • 11:30 AM
        ICTP RESEARCH: Special Reports 1h Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Leonardo Building

        Introduced by Sandro Scandolo

        Speaker: Prof. Matteo Marsili
      • 12:30 PM
        Group Photo 15m Leonardo Building

        Leonardo Building

      • 12:45 PM
        Lunch (LB Terrace) 1h 15m LB Terrace (Leonardo Building)

        LB Terrace

        Leonardo Building

      • 2:00 PM
        ICTP RESEARCH: Special Reports continued 1h Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Leonardo Building

        Speaker: Dr Marco Zennaro
      • 3:00 PM
        Updates on other Sections: Maths, HECAP, ESP, CMSP 30m Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Euler-Langrange Lecture Hall

        Leonardo Building

        Speaker: Prof. Sandro Scandolo
        • Presentation 15m
          Speaker: Prof. Sandro Scandolo
        • Discussion 15m
      • 3:30 PM
        Breakout sessions Council Members and Section/Unit Faculty 1h

        Please join the relevant Section CMSP: HECAP: MATHS: ESP: QLS: STI: Venues to be decided

    • 4:30 PM 5:30 PM
      SESSION III: (CLOSED, Council Members only) Oppenheimer Meeting Room

      Oppenheimer Meeting Room

      Leonardo Building

      ICTP Campus Trieste, Italy
      Convener: Marc Mézard
      • 4:30 PM
        Discussion 1h

        CLOSED SESSION: Discussion Marc Mézard (Chair)

        Speaker: Marc Mézard
    • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
      Reception (AGH Terrace) 1h 30m Terrace (Adriatico Guest House)

      Terrace

      Adriatico Guest House

    • 7:30 PM 8:00 PM
      Bus departs AGH 30m Entrance (Adriatico Guest House)

      Entrance

      Adriatico Guest House

    • 8:00 PM 10:00 PM
      Official Dinner with Section/Unit Heads 2h Restaurant (Hilton Doubletree)

      Restaurant

      Hilton Doubletree

      Trieste, Italy
    • 8:30 AM 8:45 AM
      Shuttle departs AGH 15m Entrance (Adriatico Guest House)

      Entrance

      Adriatico Guest House

    • 8:45 AM 9:30 AM
      SESSION IV: Open: (with Unit/Programme Heads and Faculty) Euler-Lagrange Lecture Hall

      Euler-Lagrange Lecture Hall

      Leonardo Building

      Convener: Atish Dabholkar
      • 8:45 AM
        Updates on programmes and initiatives 45m
        Speaker: Atish Dabholkar
        • ICTP Programmes, Master's programmes, and Global Portal 10m
          Speaker: Ralf Kaiser
        • ICTP Library 5m
          Speaker: Eva Babonich
        • Campus Development 5m
          Speaker: Emanuel Carneiro
        • Adriatico Guesthouse Development 5m
          Speaker: Nutan Wozencroft
        • Institute Advancement 5m
          Speaker: Amy Baldonieri
        • Discussion 10m
    • 9:30 AM 10:00 AM
      Coffee break 30m Oppenheimer Meeting Room

      Oppenheimer Meeting Room

      Leonardo Building

      ICTP Campus Trieste, Italy
    • 10:00 AM 12:45 PM
      SESSION V: (OPEN, with Faculty) Euler-Lagrange Lecture Hall

      Euler-Lagrange Lecture Hall

      Leonardo Building

      • 10:00 AM
        Core funding and TS Science Hub 15m
        Speakers: Atish Dabholkar, Sandro Scandolo
      • 10:15 AM
        New rules for travel 20m
        Speakers: Atish Dabholkar, Dr Jacopo Grilli, Sandro Scandolo