Science Communication among Societies through Public Science Events & Open Days

As a Science journalist she collaborates with various newspapers and magazines, such as La Stampa and Panorama. and she has been one of the authors of the radio program Moebius (broadcasted on Radio24).

She is the author of several hands-on exhibitions displayed in Italy and abroad and she has been Scientific Director of Lazio Science festival in 2007 and 2008.

She has been head of the Office for Communication of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics from 2002 to 2006 (in this position she has taken care of all outreach activities of the Institute).

She is Author of nine books of science for young adults, translated in several languages.

She has been founder and co-director of the International School for Scientific Journalism and Communication held in Erice, Sicily. She has been Deputy Director of the Master School on Science communication at the University of Roma Tor Vergata and teacher of Science communication at the University of Roma Tre.

Science festivals represent a very interesting opportunity for organizing public events focused on Science and they do have a special value where, for different reasons, there is a lack of science centres and science museums, or they attract less visitors then they might do. Still, under the name of "Science festivals" it is possible to find initiatives that differ very much in size, funding and organization. Indeed, each Science festival could be often considered a quite unique event because of its peculiarities, its scopes and its effects. In this session I’ll discuss the case of “Lazio, terra di scienza”, a Science festival I’ve directed for two years, and I’ll compare its organization and outcomes with those of other Science festivals in Italy.

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