14 September, at 17:00
Venue: Sala dei Baroni - Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino)
Inaugural Session of the Congress and Homage to Giuseppe Piazzi
Institutional Welcomes & Opening Remarks
Opening addresses by local authorities and institutional representatives.
Historical Contextualization
Prof. Renata De Lorenzo (President of the Società Napoletana di Storia Patria) delivers a keynote address situating the astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi within the social and political landscape of late 18th- and early 19th-century Palermo and Naples.
Musical Performance
Ensemble Mercadante presents a short concert dedicated to the renowned astronomer of the Two Sicilies.
15 September
Venue: Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte
Keynote Speaker:
Jürgen Renn - Max Planck Institute
Invited:
Antonio Coniglio - former University of Naples Federico II
Giovanni La Rana - former INFN-Naples
Luca Lista - INFN-Naples
16 September
Venue: Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte
Invited
Richard Stenning - Frodsham Society
Ileana Chinnici - INAF-Palermo
Pasquale Tucci - former University of Milano
SISFA General Assembly
Social dinner - City Center
17 September
Venue: Museum of Physics
Invited:
Olivier Darrigol - CNRS-Université Denis Diderot
Fabrizio Floris - Ministry of Education
18 September
Venue: Vesuvius Observatory
The Development of Meteorology and Volcanology
A session devoted to the historical evolution of meteorology and volcanology in Italy, examined from a scientific‑historical perspective.
Invited:
Lucia Pappalardo - INGV-Naples
Chiara Bertolin - Norwegian University of Science and Technology