Friday 20th February 2026
Lundquist Room – Adriatico Building

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics – ICTP

From 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 a.m.
Working language: english

OPENING REMARKS
Nicola Casagli OGS President
Stefano Fantoni TLQS Scientific Council Coordinator
Sandro Scandolo ICTP Head of Research
Elisabetta Gregoric TLQS Project Manager

MODERATOR
Stefano Fantoni

SPEAKERS
Donata Canu OGS Lead Research, Section of Oceanography
Filippo Giorgi ICTP Former Head of the Earth Sciences Section
Guido Sanguinetti SISSA Head of Machine Learning and Systems Biology Research Unit
Marcelo Knobal TWAS Executive Director
Giorgio Fontolan University of Trieste, professor at Mathematics, Informatics and Earth Sciences Dept.
Mairim Solís APANAC (Association of Panama for the development of sciences) Vice President Professor of Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Gorgas Institute
Miguel Ángel Esbrí University of Panama / APANAC, professor of Governance, public policy, Sustainability “Think Tanks Sustainability”
Luisa Morales APANAC/ University of Panama, Professor of Mathematics “Reconnecting scientific talent: equal opportunities for sustainability”
Keila Chacón University of Panama/ITSE, Mathematic education “Panama between two oceans: education for blue sustainability from school to science”