Towards ESOF2020 Trieste

Established in 1961, Trieste International Foundation for Progress and Freedom of Science (FIT) aims at promoting and encouraging the spread of scientific and technological culture in its peaceful applications. It fosters research and cooperation among different scientific institutions, both national and international, and is the founder of the “Trieste System” which comprises the most representative scientific and research entities of the territory. FIT encourages and values the strengthening of cultural and economic relations between the Trieste System and possible international partners.Prof. Abdus Salam, Nobel prize for phisics 1979, was the founder and the first president of the Foundation. He was promoter and director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) IAEA-UNESCO. The city of Trieste assigned him the honorary citizenship for his high scientific contributions and the University of Triest the honorary degree. Abdus Salam was the President of FIT until 1995, after him was appointed the theoretical physicist Prof. Paolo Budinich. After him, and until 2011 the President was Prof. Stefano Fantoni, then for five years Prof. Andrea Vacchi. In 2016 Prof. Fantoni took again the position and he now leads the foundation towards the organization of ESOF2020 in Trieste.

ESOF2020 Organizer - Fondazione Internazionale Trieste

TOWARDS ESOF 2020 TRIESTE
The EuroScience Open Forum is the largest interdisciplinary science meeting in Europe focused on scientific research and innovation and it offers a unique biennial platform for interaction and debate for scientists, young researchers, business people, policy makers, science communicators and the general public. The town of Trieste will host the 9th edition of the European Science Open Forum, from the 5th to the 9th of July 2020. One of the main goals of ESOF2020 Trieste is a more permanent and efficient collaboration among research institutes, businesses, policy makers and society in central east Europe. 
The Jožef Stefan Institute is pleased to host the presentation of ESOF2020 Trieste, by: 
Jadran Lenarcic | Jožef Stefan Institute Director Opening greetings 
Paolo Trichilo | Italian Ambassador in Ljubljana Opening greetings 
Stefano Fantoni | Champion ESOF2020 Trieste EuroScience Open Forum 2020 in Trieste 
Maurizio Fermeglia | Rector of the University of Trieste The ESOF role in higher education 
Jana Kolar | Executive Director of CERIC-ERIC ESOF2020 Trieste Steering Committee member ESOF - An open forum to open science in Central Eastern Europe

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