Galileo Galilei Science & Space Festival
VI edizione/Sixth Edition
28-30.05.2026
– Francoforte e Darmstadt –
Dal 28 al 30 maggio 2026 avrà luogo a Francoforte e a Darmstadt la sesta edizione del “Galileo Galilei Science & Space Festival”, un festival dedicato alla divulgazione della cultura e dei temi scientifici e alla valorizzazione della straordinaria rete di professori e ricercatori italiani presenti in Italia e all’estero.
Inoltre, sabato 30 maggio, al Press Centre di ESA-ESOC, giovani ricercatrici e ricercatori, di diverse Università e Dipartimenti, avranno uno spazio di confronto tutto per sè: Italian Science Slam!
From 28 to 30 May 2026, the sixth edition of the “Galileo Galilei Science & Space Festival” will take place in Frankfurt and Darmstadt. The festival is dedicated to promoting scientific culture and topics, and to promoting the extraordinary network of Italian professors and researchers based in Italy and abroad.
Furthermore, on Saturday 30 May, at the ESA-ESOC Press Centre, young researchers from various universities and departments will have their very own forum for discussion: the Italian Science Slam!
Eventi ad ingresso gratuito – Admission free – Eintritt frei
Si prega di prenotare entro il 25.05.2026/ Reservation required until 25.05.2026
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Giornata inaugurale del Festival della Scienza
Science Festival: Opening Day
28.05.2026, h 18:30
Frankfurter Kunstverein
Markt 44
60311 Frankfurt a. M.
Prof. Dr. Luciano REZZOLLA (J.W. Goethe Univ.)
(Interview in English – Q&A in EN and IT)
Gravitational waves: how and why our view of the Universe has changed?
Introduction and moderation: Dr. Paolo Ferri (Italian Culture Club Esoc – Eumetsat)
Admission free/ Ingresso libero/Eintritt frei
Si prega di prenotare entro il 25.05.2026/ Reservation required until 25.05.2026
francoforte.culturale@esteri.it
Luciano REZZOLLA is presently the Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) in Frankfurt, Germany. His main research topics are the physics and astrophysics of compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, which he investigates by means of numerical simulations performed on supercomputers. Together with his collaborators, he has developed some of the most sophisticated codes in numerical relativity and is the author of a well-known textbook in relativistic hydrodynamics. He is member of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (EHTC), where is acts as a member of the Executive Board. He is the recipient of the Karl Schwarzschild Prize (2017), of the Frankfurt Physics Prize (2019), of the Golden Seal of the University of Bari (2019), of the NSF Diamond Achievement Prize (2019, shared with the EHTC), of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics (2019, shared with the EHTC), of the Einstein Medal (2020, shared with the EHTC), and of the AAS Bruno Rossi Prize (2019, shared with the EHTC), and the PRACE HPC Excellence Award. He is also the Andrews Professor in Astronomy at Trinity College, Dublin and the Claus Wilhelm Fueck Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics. He has also received an ERC Synergy Grant to perform theoretical and observational studies on supermassive black holes and an ERC Advanced Grant to explore the physics and astrophysics of relativistic jets.
In collaborazione con/Mit: ESA- ESOC, GSI FAIR, EUMETSAT, J.W. Goethe Univ., Frankfurter Kunstverein, TU Darmstadt, Club culturale italiano ESOC-EUMETSAT, TUM München
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30.05.2026, h 17:00 – 20:00
II Giornata del Festival della Scienza
Day Two of the Science Festival
Interviste, conferenze e Italian Science Slam
Interviews, conferences and Italian Science Slam
ESA-ESOC
Robert-Bosch-Str. 5,
Presse Centre – Building H
64293 Darmstadt
Prenotazione obbligatoria entro il 25.05.26 – Reservation required until 25.05.26
francoforte.culturale@esteri.it
Relatori/Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Golkar (TUM – München)
Macchine che decidono nello spazio – L’intelligenza artificiale agentica e le missioni del futuro
Ing. Giulio Pinzan (ESA-ESOC)
Comet Interceptor: il nuovo cacciatore di comete di ESA
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ITALIAN SCIENCE SLAM
ESA-ESOC
H 18:10 – 19:00
Tre giovani ricercatrici e ricercatori italiani si presentano
Ph.D. Student: Gaia VOLPI (GSI FAIR)
PostDoc: Mauro GILIBERTI (Univ. J.W. Goethe)
Ph.D. Student: Virgina BORETTI (GSI FAIR)
(Interventi in lingua italiana)
Introduzione e presentazione: Dr. Flavio MUROLO (EUMETSAT)
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In collaborazione con/Mit: ESA- ESOC, GSI FAIR, EUMETSAT, J.W. Goethe Univ., Frankfurter Kunstverein, TU Darmstadt, Club culturale italiano ESOC-EUMETSAT, TUM München
