Euroscience Press release

Euroscience announced today that Turin has won the competition to organise the Euroscience Open Forum in 2010 (ESOF2010). Turin succeeded against three other extremely professional bids from Copenhagen, Paris and Wroclaw. Turin will host ESOF2010 from 2 July till 7 July 2010.

Peter Tindemans, Chair of the Selection Committee commented that, "all four cities had put forward convincing cases to host Europe's premier science meeting, however Turin convinced the committee that its plans for reaching out beyond Turin and across Europe would provide the widest possible opportunity for dialogue between the citizens of Europe and the research community".

"The challenge provided by Copenhagen, Paris and Wroclaw was formidable. It is clear that Euroscience Open Forums have become a significant feature of the movement for greater dialogue between Europe's research community and its citizens", continued Peter Tindemans.

Turin's bid was led by its ESOF Champion Professor Enrico Predazzi, of the Faculty of Sciences University of Turin and representing Agorà Scienza, Piero Gastaldo, Secretary General of the Compagnia di San Paolo and Professor Aldo Fasolo representing CentroScienza.

Turin's bid emphasised a well thought and thorough plan to use the web to extend ESOF’s outreach beyond the physical ESOF location, a remarkable venue in the form of an early 20th century Fiat factory transformed by Renzo Piano into a conference centre symbolising the links between science, industry and design, strong national media coverage as well as wide support by national research organizations.

ESOF2010 was also deemed crucial to underline the need to invest in science and technology for the development of the region, the country and Europe as a whole.

The last ESOF was held in Barcelona from 18–22 July 2008

Turin organising committee

Professor Enrico Predazzi CV

Born in Torino 23/07/1935.
Founder and first president of Agorà Scienza, an interdisciplinary Center of the University of Torino dedicated to the promotion of Science and to the formation of PhD and research students for the communication of Science.

Formerly Dean of Science (2001-2006) and member of the Senate of the University of Torino. While in this offise, he has chaired the National Conference of the Deans of Science of Italy promoting on a national basis the revival of scientific studies together with the Ministry of Research and the Confederation of Industries of Italy.
Member of the National Italian Ministerial Committee of UNESCO.

National member of the Academy of Sciences of Torino.
Honorary member of the Italian Physical Society.
Formerly member of the National Board of INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) and Director of the Torino Section.

Founder and first Director of the Department of Theoretical Physics of the University of Torino.
Has chaired the Session on Gender and Minorities at the Amsterdam International Meeting on Declining Interest in Science Studies among young people organized and held by the OECD Global Science Forum in November 2005.
His research activity has been centered in the fields of theoretical hadronic high energy physics and of the verification of Quantum Mechanics.

He is the author of over 260 publications in international journals.

Three research books:

• Introduction to Gauge Theories and the New Physics (with E. Leader; translated in Russsian and in Polish), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1982);
  
• An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics (2 Volumes with E. Leader), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (Great Britain), 1996;
  
• High Energy Particle Diffraction, (with V. Barone) Text and Monographs in Physic, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002 and two teaching Books.

Has given countless seminars on his research activity and conferences on Science problems.

Has been visiting professor for a total of several years at a number of universities in the USA, UK, CERN, Brazil, France, Germany, Russia etc.

• Compagnia di San Paolo was established in 25th January 1563 as a charitable brotherhood. Today, the Compagnia is one of the largest foundations in Europe. It is active in scientific and economic research; education; art and the preservation and enhancement of cultural heritage; health; assistance to the socially deprived within society. Although the Compagnia is deeply rooted in Turin, and works mainly in Piedmont and Liguria, the Compagnia also plays a significant role in national, European and international projects, often in cooperation with other major foundations. http://www.compagnia.torino.it

• Agorà Scienza is an inter-faculty body of the Università di Torino for the dissemination and communication of science. It is a centre for both the university and for citizens. For the university, because it aims to raise awareness in researchers of their responsibilities towards the public and prepare them for the public communication of their research work; and for citizens because it intends to involve them in debates that concern scientific research, stimulating a sense of scientific citizenship.

• CentroScienza Onlus is a non-profit organisation based at the Accademia delle Scienze of Torino. It runs and organises activities for the diffusion of scientific and technological culture, such as the GiovediScienza lecture cycle, the promotion and co-ordination of all activities of the Science Weeks in Piemonte, and the ceation of resident and outreach laboratories for schools.

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• Euroscience Open Forums (ESOF)

ESOF aims to present cutting edge scientific and technological developments from natural sciences to the social sciences and the humanities; stimulate the European public’s awareness of and interest in science and technology; and foster a European dialogue on science and technology, society and policy by offering a platform for cross-disciplinary interaction and communication on current trends and future roads for science and technology, their interaction with society and policy and the role of the public.

There have been two ESOFs to date, in Stockholm in 2004 and in Munich in 2006. Barcelona will host the next one in July, 2008.
www.esof2008.org

• ESOF 2010 Governance Committee

• Dr Peter Tindemans, Chair
• Enric Banda, Euroscience President
• Jean-Patrick Connerade, former Euroscience President
• Peter Green, Euroscience Board Member
• Tony Mayer, Euroscience Treasurer
• Carl Johan Sundberg, Euroscience Board Member, champion ESOF2004
• Raymond Seltz, Secretary General of Euroscience

The Selection Panel included also Ingrid Wünning, Vice-chair Steering Committee ESOF2008