Event Program

 10.15-10.45 | Institutional greetings

Speakers:

• Sara Funaro, Mayor of Florence

• Stefania Saccardi, President of the Regional Council of Tuscany

• Alessandra Petrucci, Rector of the University of Florence

10.45-11.00 | Opening statements

• Luigi Barletti, Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department, UniFi (DIMAI)

• Gianluigi Rozza, President of the Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIMAI)

11.00-12.00 | Primicerio and Applied Mathematics

Speakers:

• Luigi Preziosi, Politecnico di Torino, Accademia dei Lincei, Director of the National group of Mathematical Physics, National Institute of Higher Mathematics (INDAM)

• Giorgio Fotia, SIMAI Vicepresident from 2001 to 2025

• Wil Schilders, TU Eindhoven, President of the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM)

12.00-12.45 | Primicerio, Mayor and Man of Peace 

Speakers:

• Patrizia Giunti, University of Florence, President of the "Giorgio La Pira" Foundation 

• Daniela Lastri, President of the City Council from 1995 to 1999, during Mario Primicerio's term as Mayor 

12.45-14.45 | Lunch Break 

14.45-15.45 | Round Table,  Mathematics and Tecnology Transfer

I2T3, Industrial Innovation through Technology Transfer, co-founded by Primicerio, on of the first technology-transfer initiatives in the mathematical field in Italy.

Speakers:

• Elena De Angelis, Politecnico di Torino 

• Angiolo Farina, University of Florece

• Lorenzo Fusi, University of Florece

• Alessandro Monti, Research and Innovation Foundation of the University of Florence

15.45-16.45 | Scientific Activity 

Speakers:

• Antonio Fasano, University of Florece (Emeritus), Accademia dei Lincei  

• Miguel Angel Herrero, Complutense University of Madrid (Emeritus), Real Academia de Ciencias de España 

• Sebastiano Correra, I2T3, Innovazione Industriale Tramite Trasferimento Tecnologico

• Rebecca Tozzi, University of Florece (PhD student in Mathematics)

16.45-17.00 | Closing remarks