(AGENPARL) – lun 08 aprile 2024 Program
XVIII Conference of Italian Researchers in the World
Vancouver – April 13, 2024
09:00 (PDT) – 18:00 (Italian
Time) – Moderated by
Marzio Pelu’
Journalist – Editorial Staff
Corriere Canadese
Content Editor – Cnmng News
09:00 Welcome
Bashir Makhoul
Giuseppe Ciccarone
Cristina Bettin
Vice-Rector
Deputy Rector for Internationalization
Policies and the Third Mission,
Full Professor of Economic
Policy, Dept. of Economics and Law,
Sapienza University, Roma
International research excellence at
Sapienza University: agreements and
opportunities for young scholars
President, Association of Italian
Scholars and Scientists in Israel (AISSI)
President University Canada West
Stefano Boccaletti
Dept. Chair of Leadership and People
Management Faculty-University West
CanadaXVIII Conference Executive Director
Ph.D., Director of Research at the
Institute of Complex Systems of the
Italian CNR, Florence.
Complex networks: theory and
applications
Andrea Giuffrida
Alessandro De Lorenzo
Michele Vincenti
President Texas Scientific Italian
Community (TSIC)
Major General, Test Pilot,
Commander of the Air Test Division,
ITAF Logistics, Italy;
Costanza Conti
Fabrizio De Paolis
Col. Ph.D. in Chemical Science, Chief
Scientific Attaché
Embassy of Italy in Canada
09:20 Opening Remarks
Vincenzo Arcobelli
Conference Chairman
Rep. General Council for Italians
Abroad – (CGIE)
Orazio Schillaci
Italian Minister of Health
09:30 Research – Global
Engagement
INTRODUCTION
Rocco Bellantone
President of the Higher Institute of
Health
of the Aerospace Material and
Technologies Dept., Air Test Division
Sustainable Aviation Fuel – The
Italian Air Force Experience
Massimiliano Picciani
Ph.D., Director Innovation and
Technology start-up projectBpifrance
Funding for research and innovation
in France
10:20 Associations of Italian
Researchers Abroad“Their Role”
Sarah Cosentino
President, Association of Italian
Researchers in Japan (AIRJ)
Rossana De Angelis
President, Rete dei Ricercatori Italiani
in Francia (RÉCIF)
Rosanna Bonasia
President, Associazione Ricercatori
Italiani in Messico (ARIM)
Antonio Giordano
President, Sbarro Institute for Cancer
Research (SHRO), USA.
Francesco Zappalà
Board of Directors, ARPICO (Society of
Italian Researchers & Professionals in
Western Canada)
11:30 Sessions Presentation
AEROSPACE
Walter Villadei
Col. Astronaut, Head of the Italian
Airforce Representative in the US for
the activities of Access to Space
within the Commercial Spaceflight
Axiom Space, Inc.
From the ISS to the new space
stations. Opportunities and
Perspectives
MEDICINE
Moderators
Fabio De Furia
Ilaria Stefania Pagani
President, Miami Scientific Italian
Community (MSIC)
Ph.D., Affiliate Senior Lecturer,
Faculty of Health and Medical
Sciences, Leukaemia Research Group,
Cancer Program SAHMRI, Adelaide,
Australia
Ilaria Pagani
President, Association of Italian
Researchers in Australia (ARIA)
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XVIII Conference of Italian Researchers in the World
Vancouver – April 13, 2024
Sara Damiano
Ph.D., Researcher at the Department
of Veterinary Medicine and Animal
Production, University of Naples
Viviana Vella
Ph.D., Dept. Biochemistry and
Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences,
University of Sussex, UK
Kinome-Wide Synthetic Lethal Screen
Identifies PANK4 as a Modulator of
Temozolomide Resistance in
Glioblastoma
Raffaele Sarnataro
Ph.D., Research Scientist in
Neuroscience Centre for Neural
Circuits and Behaviour,
University of Oxford, England
Mitochondrial Origins of Sleep
Pressure Control
Antonio Colaprico
Elisabetta Boaretto
Ph.D. Associate Scientist, Dept. Public
Health Sciences and Sylvester
Comprehensive Cancer Center,
University of Miami Miller School of
Medicine, Florida.
Multi-omics analysis identifies
therapeutic vulnerabilities in triplenegative breast cancer subtypes
Ph.D., Professor, Scientific
Archaeology Dept. Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Jerusalem and its architectural
monuments: how to reconstruct the
urban development using micro
archaeological methods, radiocarbon
dating while uncovering the
archaeological record
Maria Cuomo
Ph.D., Medical Biotechnologies at the
Sbarro Health and Research
Organization (SHRO), Temple
University, Philadelphia
The Ubiquitination of UFL1 by the
APC/C complex may affect the DNA
repair pathway choice
13:00
Maddalena Parafati
STEAM
Moderators
Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacodynamics,
College of Pharmacy, University of
Florida, Gainesville
Human Skeletal Muscle-on-a-Chip to
Model Tissue Formation and Disease
Mechanisms: Opportunity to Study
the Impact of Microgravity at the
Molecular Level
Simone Lucatello
National Council of Science and
Technology (CONACYT) Mexico,
Coordinator Leader report GEO 7
United Nations Program (UN) and
Environment (UNEP)
International Environmental
Scientific Diplomacy and GEO-7
Sara G.M. Piccirillo
Andrea Giuffrida
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. Cell
Biology and Physiology
Full Member, UNM Comprehensive
Cancer Center
The Brain Tumor Translational
Laboratory,
University of New Mexico Health
Sciences Center, USA
Single-Cell and functional
phenotyping analysis of glioblastoma
infiltrative margin
Ph.D., Senior Vice President for
Research & Biotechnology
Western University of Health
Sciences, California
Emanuele Dalla Torre
Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept.
Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Leveraging Quantum-Inspired
Optimization for Enhanced FoodTech
Solutions: A Case Study of
QuantyMize and Maiora Partnership
Liliana Mammino
Ph.D., Faculty of Science, Engineering
and Agriculture, University of Venda,
South Africa
Computational studies of antioxidant
acylphloroglucinols: an overview
Dalila Iannotta
Ph.D., School of Chemical
Engineering, University of Queensland
Australia
Unlocking the Potential of
Extracellular Vesicles: Innovative
Strategies for Purity, Precision, and
Therapeutic Impact
Antonio D’Amore
Ph.D., Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of
Surgery and Bioengineering McGowan
Institute For Regenerative Medicine;
Pietro Terranova
Ph.D., Scientist, Cardiovascular Tissue
Engineering LAB Fondazione Ri.MED,
Palermo, Italy McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine, University of
Pittsburgh, USA
Grooved Double Component Mitral
Shaped Collector To Mimic The
Native Curvilinear Fiber Arrangement
for a Tissue-engineered Mitral Valve
Program
XVIII Conference of Italian Researchers in the World
Vancouver – April 13, 2024
Luciana Duranti
Ph.D. Professor, Information Studies.
The University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
PI, I Trust AI. Chair, Canadian
Government Standards Board
Committee for the Standard on
Electronic Records as Documentary
Evidence.
Paradata for Accountable AI
14:15
HUMANITIES
Moderator
Simona Palladino
Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Social
Sciences, School of Social Sciences
Liverpool Hope University, UK
Alessandro Carrera
Ph.D., Professor, University of
Houston, Texas, USA
The Politics of Desire: Carlo Sini reads
Plato’s Republic
Maria Carlotta Avanzi
Assistant Professor, Akita Prefectural
University, Japan
Seventh Century Japanese Art and its
Contextualization in East Asia Art
History
Luisa Villani
Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology,
Autonomous National University of
Mexico, Mexico City
A Text in Movement: a PerformanceLinguistics Theory
Hélène H. Leone
Ph.D., Dept. Leadership and People
Management, Global Governance
Project, University Canada West,
Vancouver, BC. Canada
UN SDG action and impact in Italy: A
cross-border study of schooluniversity partnerships
15:15 (PDT) Conclusion
Ph.D., Michele Vincenti
XVIII Conference Executive Director
Ph.D., Andrea Giuffrida
President, Texas Scientific Italian
Community