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Mongolian President Visits Centre

Bagabandi


Natsagyn Bagabandi, President of Mongolia (far right), met with Miguel A. Virasoro, Director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, and several of the Centre's scientists, at the ICTP's headquarters in Miramare on 3 June. Their talks focussed on areas of expanded co-operation between the Centre and Mongolia's scientific community. The launching of a joint project on laser spectroscopy between ICTP and the National University of Mongolia was among the major items discussed. The two institutions hope to finalise the agreement within the next few months. The President was visiting the Centre as part of a larger tour of governmental, business and educational facilities in Trieste and the surrounding area.


Indonesia's Minister Comes to ICTP

Hikam


M.A.S. Hikam (second from left), Indonesia's Minister of State for Research and Technology, visited ICTP on 31 May. He was accompanied by a delegation of 10 scientific researchers and administrators. Alessandro Merola, newly appointed Italian ambassador to Indonesia, and Michele Miele, Italian advisor to the Minister of State for Research and Technology, were also in attendance. At the meeting, Minister M.A.S. Hikam and ICTP Director Miguel Virasoro signed a letter of intent that called for enhancing existing collaboration between ICTP and Indonesian scientific institutions and for pursuing strategies that would lead to new programmes of co-operation.


Stockholm Challenge Award


ICTP's "www4mail-Web Navigator & Database Search by E-Mail," which is part of the Centre's homepage, was a finalist in the category "Equal Access" in the Stockholm Challenge Award. More than 600 entries from 84 different countries participated in the competition. Winners of The Stockholm Challenge Award 2000 were announced on 5 June. The Stockholm Challenge Award is given every year for Information Technology (IT) projects that focus on people and society. For further information, see http://www1.challenge.stockholm.se/challenge.html.


Scientific Week

Molteni


The Tenth Italian Scientific and Technological Culture Week was held between 22 and 28 May under the sponsorship of the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research. ICTP, in co-operation with Laboratorio dell'Immaginario Scientifico, helped organise a series of lectures for high school students in Trieste and the surrounding area. Lectures took place in the Kastler Lecture Hall of the Adriatico Guesthouse. On 26 May, Filippo Giorgi and Franco Molteni (in the photo), of ICTP's Physics of Weather and Climate Group, discussed the impact of climate change on human activities.



Colours of Peace

Colours_of_Peace


To help celebrate the UN's International Year for the Culture of Peace, the ICTP Cultural Committee organised a "Colours of Peace" happening, which took place on 14 April in the Adriatico Guesthouse. Sponsors included ICTP, Laboratorio dell'Immaginario Scientifico, UNESCO and UNICEF. Speakers included Miguel Virasoro, ICTP director; Roberto Damiani, deputy-mayor of Trieste; Paolo Budinich, founder of Laboratorio dell'Immaginario Scientifico; Nicola Lenoci, director of the Board of Education in Trieste; Luigi Milazzi, representing the UNESCO Centre in Trieste; and David Sutcliffe, director of the United World College of the Adriatic. In addition to the unveiling of a painting exhibition, the choir of the United World College performed a brief concert. The highlight of the event was the electronic signing of "Manifesto 2000," a UNESCO initiative for the collection of 100 million signatures for peace worldwide to be presented to the UN General Assembly in September. Computer hook-ups gave all those attending the event an opportunity to sign the manifesto. If you wish to enter your signature, please click here.



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