Florence, 26th September 2023. From stroke networks to sleeping disorders, up to rehabilitation paths, with a special attention for new technologies and new surgery paths. All these themes will be discussed at the 62nd National Congress of the Italian Society of Hospital Neuroscience (SNO), on schedule from tomorrow to 30th September at Palazzo degli Affari. 350 speakers from all over Italy and international guests are expected to attend this event, featuring 6 plenary sessions and 39 side symposia. The programme will also include 65 oral communications, and a presentation of around 70 e-posters to give voice to young researchers.
During the congress, three specific courses will take place – Rehabilitation Professions; a course with Neurophysiopathology Technicians; a combined course with ANIN – Neuroscience Nurses. 
“The message we are sending is that the world of Neuroscience professionals is ready to face the challenges ahead. Among them, the main one is managing clinical-assistance paths through various treatment settings in illness phases. This means we will increasingly have to be able to assist patients consistently, avoiding to provide services that are fragmented and disconnected from each other, and offering a range of performances that can improve quality of care”, commented Pasquale Palumbo, President of the Congress.

The National Congress of Neuroscience – Palazzo degli Affari, September 27-30, 2023

An Interview with Prof. Luigi Cataliotti, President of AIS
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Florence, 26th September 2023.  Everything is ready for the 12th AIS Congress – Attualità in Senologia – taking place at Palazzo dei Congressi from tomorrow (Wednesday, 27th) to Friday, 29th September 2023. This is the most important biennial event at national level to discuss and be updated on the ultimate research on breast disease care and prevention. 1,400 specialists from all over Italy will participate, developing, along with women’s associations, a growth path for breast care.
“The first edition dates back to 2001, says Prof. Luigi Cataliotti, President of the Organising Committee &#8211; and President of Senonetwork Italia &#8211; which also includes Laura Biganzoli, (Director of the Division of Medical Oncology of Santo Stefano Hospital in Prato), Lorenza Marotti (Executive Director at  EUSOMA – the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists), and Marco Rosselli del Turco, (Scientific Director of the Centre for the Study and Oncological Prevention of the Region of Tuscany from 2001 to 2007), and in all these years over 11,000 people have participated in this event”.
“It is no coincidence that the AIS Congress is going to take place in Florence – continued Cataliotti – because mammography screening was born right in our city in the late 1960s. Always in Florence, at Careggi Hospital, one of the first Breast Care Centres of our country was established in the 2000s. The objective is to offer high standards of diagnosis and care to all the 66,000 women who every year are diagnosed with cancer in Italy, thanks to breast care centres throughout the national territory, and also to Senonetwork &#8211; a non-profit association gathering no less than 153 dedicated centres, whose main purpose is to offer all Italian female patients equal treatment opportunities wherever they are”.
“Once again, the Auditorium at Palazzo dei Congressi will host most of the work – concluded President Cataliotti – also upon request of many colleagues who, in the name of multidisciplinarity, agree with me on the importance and the pleasure of using a room like this one – convenient and equipped with all the comforts and technological instruments”.

Florence as a New Meeting Point for Italian Breast Care – The 12th AIS Congress (Attualità in Senologia)

Florence, 7th September 2023 –Giovanni Fittante, President of Villa Vittoria Cultura, Lorenzo Becattini, President of Firenze Fiera, and Cosimo Ceccuti, President of Fondazione Spadolini, will receive the Award “Premio Ponte Vecchio”, &#8211; established in 2016 by the association Toscana Cultura in Florence – within the scope of the events organised to promote the image of Tuscany. The Award will be presented on Friday, 8th September, at 18.00, inside the premises of Villa Vittoria Cultura. This project was created and directed by Giovanni Fittante in partnership with Firenze Fiera and Fondazione Spadolini Nuova Antologia, and offered 30 free events from June to September 2023, that saw the participation of about 90 authors, speakers, and personalities from the world of culture, along with around 5,000 attendees throughout the season. To thank them for the great work carried out in these last years, for putting Florence and Tuscany in the global spotlight through famous authors, and for dealing with cultural and social themes with exceptional guests, Fittante, Becattini and Ceccuti will receive the Award “Premio Ponte Vecchio”. The ceremony will see the participation of Councillor Sara Funaro for the Florence Municipality, and will be moderated by journalist Fabrizio Borghini.
“I would like to thank my friend Fabrizio Borghini – said Cosimo Ceccuti – for this award that goes, in particular, to Giovanni Fittante, tireless founder and promoter of the “Villa Vittoria Cultura” project. He allowed an increasing number of audiences to discover contemporary authors, making them participate in open debates on relevant current themes and problems. Following the spirit that has been inspiring “Nuova Antologia” &#8211; a magazine born when Florence was the Capital of Italy and still today published in our city &#8211; for 158 years &#8211; Fondazione Spadolini supports this project that has preserved its high quality while contributing to a wider disclosure of themes”.
“I am honoured to receive this prestigious award – said Lorenzo Becattini, President of Firenze Fiera. It is an important recognition that shows that our spaces are not only an ideal place to host congresses and exhibitions, but also the perfect venues to explore current cultural and social themes, with special guests, at the very heart of the city. Collaborating with Fondazione Spadolini Nuova Antologia and Villa Vittoria Cultura, fo the second consecutive year Firenze Fiera was an active partner of this project, strongly believing in the preparatory value of culture, and able to activate innovative processes and practices, promoting participation and social cohesion”.
“It is an honour for me to receive this important award – stated Giovanni Fittante – acknowledging the work carried out at Villa Vittoria Cultura. Even this year, this

Fittante, Becattini, and Ceccuti Receive the Award “Premio Ponte Vecchio” at Villa Vittoria Cultura

Florence, 5th September 2023. Tomorrow, 6th September, at 18.30, the book “Galileo Chini. Un artista della ceramica tra la Toscana e l’Europa” (Galileo Chini. A Ceramic Artist Between Tuscany and Europe) by Daniele Galleni, published by Polistampa, will be presented at Villa Vittoria Cultura as part of the section “Book of the Week”.
The presentation will see the participation of the same author – Cultural Promotion Official for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and expert of 19th-20th-century decorative arts – and of Prof. Antonella Gioli. The presentation will be introduced by Lorenzo Becattini, President of Firenze Fiera.
This event is part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the birth of this great artist (Florence, 1873 – 1956) – a versatile painter, decorator, graphic designer, and ceramist. He was a protagonist of the rich season of Italian decorative arts between Art Nouveau and Art Déco, going from the end of 19th century to the 1930s, and able to combine new Modernist elements with his deep Tuscan roots creating an extremely original and charming mixture.
The book features a rich series of images and traces the long career of Chini as a ceramist, portraying an artist acclaimed as an innovator not only in Italy, but also abroad, thanks to his participation in great international exhibitions, such as the one held in Turin in 1902, the Paris exhibitions in 1900 and 1925, and the Venice Biennale, of which Galleni’s research highlights its strategic role for the spreading of his work, thanks also to a detailed analysis of the Venice Biennale’s sales records.
Attention will also be given to present the wide and eclectic production of ceramic manufactures linked with Chini’s work, such as Arte della Ceramica, Fontebuoni, and Fornaci San Lorenzo.
(F.D.)

The Art of Ceramics by Galileo Chini at Villa Vittoria Cultura – A Celebration for the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of This Great Artist

Florence, 23rd August 2023. Extreme weather events, engineering challenges, and technological innovations. All these subjects will be discussed by the experts of the international scientific community during the 16th International Conference on Wind Engineering – ICWE 16 – the most important world event in this sector, taking place from 28th to 31st August 2023 at Palazzo dei Congressi. Over 800 representatives are expected to come from all over the world.
The congress will be held in Italy for the first time and is organised by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – DICEA – of the University of Florence, within the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE), in co-operation with the Italian Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV), and CRIACIV (Inter-University Research Centre on Building Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering), with the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, the Council of Italian Engineers, the Region of Tuscany, and the Florence Municipality. The programme of this event will be incredibly rich, divided into six plenary sessions, eight mini-symposia, 115 technical sessions every day, and three sessions dedicated to 553 scientific papers and to the 45 selected posters. “The unprecedented success of participants &#8211; around 800 &#8211; coming from 40 different countries, proves the resonance and quality of the organisation by the University of Florence, internationally renowned as a leader in the sector of wind engineering through CRIACIV”, explained Claudio Borri, Full Professor of Structural Mechanics and Chairman of the congress, along with Co-Chairman Gianni Bartoli, Full Professor of Building Technology at the University of Florence.
The leading national and international experts will discuss the most current themes – the effects of wind on the environment, on buildings, and on great structures and infrastructures, as well as extraordinary actions due to extreme weather phenomena. “Great attention will be given to Artificial Intelligence applied to our field of study and intervention, and to the theme of “bridge aerodynamics”, namely the effects of wind on bridges – underlined Borri -, particularly, long and very long-span bridges (&gt; 1.5 km), whose construction has multiplied in the last years”.
The final day – Thursday, August 31 – will open with a session dedicated to the project of the bridge over the Strait of Messina. “It will be an opportunity to discuss and deal with the technical and engineering aspects of this work – concluded the UNIFI Professor – thanks also to the presence of national and international engineers, consultants, and operators involved in this project”.
(F.D.)

The International Conference on Wind Engineering – Palazzo dei Congressi, August 28-31, 2023

Florence, 19th July 2023. The 16th edition of Maredamare – the most important international fair dedicated to beachwear and resortwear – will take place at the Fortezza da Basso from 22nd to 24th July 2023. This Fair obtained the ISO 20121 certification as a sustainable event, and it is promoted and organized by Underbeach.
Over 250 beachwear collections for Summer 2024 will be presented on the catwalk, with a special focus on the aspects of sustainability and green innovation. Buyers will come from all over the world &#8211; Australia, Kazakhstan, Peru, Chile, Russia, Greece, France, Croatia, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, and Germany – as well as from the best Italian shops. This will be a fruitful opportunity to get in touch with the widest beachwear proposal within the European market, create direct contacts with brands, participate in events featured in the programme, including collective fashion shows, and get inspired by trends offered by the creative board.
The absolute novelty of this edition will be an event called Gran Canaria Swim Week, a beachwear show taking place from 4th to 8th October in Gran Canary, organised by the island government, that allows to create a connection between the two most historically important countries of the European industry for mutual promotion and international relations.
(F.D.)
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