ICTP's three-day event celebrating 30 years of the Diploma Programme will offer a rich variety of talks, roundtables and virtual social events. The full programme is now available for download (pdf)!
Programme highlights include:
- a keynote speech by 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics Andrea Ghez
- a talk on diversity in science by theoretical physicist Sylvester James Gates, Jr, president of the American Physical Society
- talks by prominent Diploma alumni, including Mabouba Diagne, a Diploma mathematics graduate who is now vice-president of finance and corporate services at the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development
- parallel sessions in various regions of the world to foster the creation of networks.
ICTP is keen to establish regional networks of alumni; the following people have agreed to convene the parallel regional sessions:
- Africa: Chimene Laure DALEU, Maryse NKOUA, Angela TABIRI,
africa-alumni-group@lists.ictp.it
- Latin America: Daniele ALVES, Pavel FILEVIEZ PEREZ, Yannet INTERIAN, Javier MONTOYA , Mayly SANCHEZ
latin-america-alumni-group@lists.ictp.it
- Far East: Narayan ADHIKARI, Sarah Jaye OLIVA, Reinabelle REYES, Manjil SAIKIA
far-east-alumni-group@lists.ictp.it
- Near East: Muhammed ALHROOB, Imrana ASHRAF, Fawzy HEGAB
near-east-alumni-group@lists.ictp.it
