Annual Report 2006 - Ev-K2-CNR

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BergamoScienza 2006
The Ev-K2-CNR Committee organized the following scientific
events during the BergamoScienza science fair held in
Bergamo from September 28 to October 15, 2006:
“High Altitude Research” Exhibition held from October 1
to 15 at the Palamonti Building (Italian Alpine Club –
Bergamo Headquarters).
The exhibition, organized in collaboration with Turin
University, the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics,
and the Italian Alpine Club (Bergamo), consisted of photographs,
informative posters, videos, interactive webcams and
scientific instruments from high altitude laboratories in Italy,
Europe and around the world. Particular attention was dedicated
to the Pyramid International Laboratory-Observatory.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Prof. Giuseppe
Cavarretta, Director of the Earth and Environment
Department of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). -
Episcopal Auditorium Giovanni XXIII in Bergamo. Bjorn
Lomborg, Giuseppe Cavarretta, Franco Battaglia, and Renato
Angelo Ricci discussed the priorities the world’s populations
must face in the coming years.
On October 11, Dr. Paul Crutzen, Nobel prize winner and cochair
of the UNEP Project “Atmospheric Brown Clouds” gave
a lecture on the" Anthropocene Era" .
ABC - Pyramid webcam inauguration
A webcam has been running at the ABC-Pyramid station
since October, allowing researchers in Italy to keep an eye on
the scientific instruments installed there. The webcam was
inaugurated by Nobel Laureate Prof. Paul Crutzen during a
meeting with journalists, scientific experts and students
organized by the Ev-K2-CNR Committee at Bergamo
Palamonti during the “High Altitude Research” exhibition.
On October 1 the Round table “The ten global challenges:
which of these can we face?” was held at the Seminar
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