Science Diplomacy and Collaborative Networks Events Elettra Highlights 2024–2025 180 Between September 2024 and June 2025, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste engaged in a wide range of international and institutional activities aimed at strengthening relations with research organizations, governments, and industry. These initiatives reflected the role of research infrastructures as platforms for scientific diplomacy and innovation, where collaboration supports the advancement of knowledge and technology. Several visits confirmed Elettra’s importance as a meeting point for scientific cooperation and exchange. In September 2024, a delegation of Argentine companies and start-ups (1), accompanied by representatives of the Ministry of Productive Development of the Santa Fe region and the Rosario Technology Park, explored the facilities of Elettra and FERMI. The meeting, organized with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Rosario, focused on potential industrial collaborations and technology transfer opportunities. In March 2025, an academic delegation from Austria and Slovenia (2), including rectors and representatives from the Universities of Maribor, Primorska, and TU Graz, visited Elettra to explore opportunities for joint research and participation in the forthcoming Elettra 2.0 programme. Later, in June, a large delegation from Slovenia, coordinated by ARIS and SPIRIT Slovenia (3) under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan, visited Elettra and the Basovizza Science and Technology Park. The event focused on best practices in technology transfer and innovation management, highlighting the shared interest in strengthening crossborder collaboration in research and development. Elettra also maintained an active presence in the industrial and innovation landscape. Its participation in the Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) 2024 (4), held in Trieste, brought the centre into dialogue with major European research infrastructures and industries on innovation and procurement strategies. Through contributions from Giorgio Paolucci and Marco Peloi, Elettra presented its scientific and technological roadmap, including the Elettra 2.0 upgrade, and shared its experience in collaborative technology development. The forum offered an opportunity to consolidate relations with European networks such as PERIIA and with regional partners within AREA Science Park. In November, during the 50th Anniversary Meeting of AIRI (5) in Rome, Marco Peloi illustrated industrial applications of Elettra’s technologies in the context of artificial intelligence and digital transformation. The following month, a delegation from Wärtsilä (6), in collaboration with the University of Trieste, visited Elettra to discuss ongoing projects on sustainable engine technologies and energy transition. The meeting also addressed the North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley (NAHV) initiative, underscoring the value of joint research in clean energy and industrial innovation. Within the European and multilateral context, Elettra contributed to initiatives focused on sustainability and access to large-scale research infrastructures. In November 2024, the centre hosted participants of the ICTP–WE Heraeus Conference on Sustainability and 3 1 4 2
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