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Next All-network meeting: making it an Outreach++ event T.Dorigo, INFN-Padova Kick-off meeting, CERN September 16th 2015
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Location and ideas The next meeting should happen in March-April next year. It was envisioned to be hosted by INFN-Padova I would like to make this a very nice event, to “set the tone” of our network workshops – Padova is a nice town, with an old University and lots of artistic attractions. – However, I live in Venice and I would love to bring you there.... Hence I am investigating the option of hosting the meeting in a luxurious venue, a 600-years-old palace on the Grand Canal, Ca’ Sagredo, now a 5+ stars hotel. BTW, Gianfrancesco Sagredo was a scientist and a great friend of Galileo Galilei...
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Proposed venue Thanks to a connection with the manager of Hotel Ca’ Sagredo, we have a chance to hold the next meeting in the “sala della musica” of the palace. The idea is to create a collateral event to our workshop, with a public conference on particle physics and the universe, made more appealing by the offer of music before and after the lecture (the room seats 100-120) This follows a successful format at the venue, which is particularly suited for classical music (houses a spectacular ‘800 piano) Above, Ca’ Sagredo next to Ca’ d’Oro. Below, the piano nobile of the palace Right, two views of the sala della musica
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Possible format We could hold the workshop on a Friday afternoon, 14.00-18.00, and the following Saturday morning (9.00-13.00). You would then be free to stay one more night to enjoy Venice... – Ca’ Sagredo is probably very expensive for stays (will anyway ask for a bundle price); in any case, reasonably priced hotels abound at walking distance At 18.30 on Friday a public conference could be held, preceded and followed by music (piano+voice, or 2-3 instruments) – our press office would publicize the event and distribute the info to the media (w. releases like “International scientists meet at Ca’ Sagredo to plan their searches for new physics”) – the hotel network would guarantee a full room The hotel would offer a superb buffet after the event, to all participants One additional idea I am investigating, on which the manager resonates, is to host in parallel an art exhibit on the piano nobile (for 2-3 weeks), with artworks on the theme of the origin of the Universe and the subatomic world – I am in contact with the organizer of a similar past event who may help setting this one up – A professor of contemporary art in Padova already accepted to give a speech at the vernissage – A second public lecture on particle physics and the cosmos would take place on the same afternoon, further raising the interest and the value of the event – The above plan requires sponsors, but the hotel is not new to this kind of activities and there is a chance to make this work The costs of this event must be kept limited for INFN-PD, as the director does not see favourably this kind of
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