Joint Seminar hosted by the Department of Physics & Astronomy and Department of Political Science: Galileo Violini (Centro Internacional de Fisica, Colombia and University of Cosenza, Italy)
Speaker: Galileo Violini, Centro Internacional de Fisica, Colombia and University of Cosenza, Italy
Title: “Science and Diplomacy: A Central American Synchrotron”
Abstract:
The differences between the paradigms of science diplomacy and traditional diplomacy are discussed with a focus on a major regional science initiative for Central America. The latest developments of the proposal of a second Latin American Synchrotron in the Greater Caribbean (GCLS) are presented. Besides discussing how such a facility is needed to respond to Latin American science priorities, the plans and challenges for its implementation will be examined.
Prof. Violini is the winner of this year’s American Physical Society Joseph A. Burton Forum Award with the announcement citation reading as follows:
Galileo Violini (2024 Recipient)
Director Emeritus, Centro Internacional de Física , Bogota, Colombia
For establishing programs in physics education and research in Latin America and the Caribbean that increased regional scientific capacity, for promoting international scientific cooperation across continents and regions of the world, and for creating the Centro Internacional de Física in Colombia.