Elettra Highlights 2024–2025 177 radiology, expressing appreciation for the center’s technological expertise and cooperative approach. The dialogue with Latin America was renewed in March 2025 with the visit of H.E. Renato Mosca de Souza, Ambassador of Brazil to Italy (4), who met Brazilian researchers active at Elettra and FERMI, recognizing the importance of international scientific cooperation. The cycle of visits concluded in September 2025 with Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Government of India) (5), whose visit marked nearly thirty years of collaboration between Italy and India and the success of shared research infrastructures such as the XRD2 and XPRESS beamlines. Scientific and Academic Exchanges Alongside diplomatic and institutional visits, Elettra continued to strengthen its relations with the international scientific community and with organizations operating at the intersection of fundamental and applied research. In February 2025, Prof. Marcelo Knobel, newly appointed Executive Director of UNESCO-TWAS (6), visited several beamlines dedicated to nanoscience and materials characterization, emphasizing the value of Trieste’s research ecosystem in promoting multidisciplinary collaboration and capacity building in emerging scientific communities. A few weeks later, Dr. Paola Gianotti, Director of the National Laboratories of Frascati at INFN (7), met with the Elettra Directorate and the Industrial Liaison Office to discuss shared priorities in detector technology, accelerator physics, and data management. The meeting laid the groundwork for the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions and for the identification of new areas of joint research. At the end of May, Prof. Anne L’Huillier, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2023 (8), visited the FERMI free-electron laser, where she exchanged views with scientists working on attosecond dynamics, nonlinear optics, and ultrafast light–matter interaction. Her visit reinforced the connection between frontier research in laser science and the experimental capabilities available at Elettra and FERMI, underlining the facility’s relevance for time-resolved studies in condensed matter and molecular physics. The visits that took place over the year reflected a continuous effort to maintain open dialogue between research, policy, and society. They strengthened existing collaborations, initiated new ones, and confirmed the importance of direct engagement between scientific infrastructures and their stakeholders, ensuring that research activities remain closely connected to the broader scientific and institutional context. Events 7 5 8 6
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