Oltre le stelle che vediamo – Amalia Ercoli Finzi, scientist and aerospace engineer, and Giulia Carla Bassani, researcher of human flight to Mars

The last meeting before the summer break of the Dante Alighieri Association – Monaco Committee will offer an exciting scientific journey into the Universe: the conference entitled “Oltre le stelle che vediamo”.

The event – under the High Patronage of H.R.H. The Princess of Hanover and with the sponsorship of the Italian Embassy – will take place, with free admission, at the Auditorium Rainier III, Room C (Boulevard Louis II, Monaco) on Monday, June 17, 2024, at 6:30 PM.

Speaking will be two women of exceptional professional and human value: Amalia Ercoli Finzi, a scientist and aerospace engineer, one of the most important personalities in the world in the field of aerospace sciences and technologies, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and also Honorary Professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, and Giulia Carla Bassani (connected remotely), a newly graduated aerospace engineer, passionate and studious about human flight to the Moon and Mars as well as a writer. Among her works is “I Dreamed of the Stars. Manual for Young Space Travelers” (Il Saggiatore 2021) and the latest, a science fiction novel, presented at the Turin Book Fair last May “Nerva Trilogy” (Fanucci ed. 2024). Moderating the meeting will be Maria Betti, President of the Dante Alighieri Association of Monaco.

So, where does Earth stand compared to the rest of the Universe? And what does the future hold for us? Amalia Ercoli Finzi, the first woman to graduate in Aeronautical Engineering in Italy, and Giulia Carla Bassani, in addition to talking about their respective careers in the scientific field, will take us on a journey of discovery among comets and planets, including Mars, the so-called Red Planet, which has been the focus of scientists’ attention for years, and the possibility of future human exploration of its surface.

After the summer break, the rich program of the Dante Monaco will resume on October 11 with a not-to-be-missed event: the conference “The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence” by the Franciscan Father Paolo Benanti, professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University and at the University of Seattle, advisor to Pope Francis on the topics of artificial intelligence, ethics, and technology, and the only Italian member, since October 2023, of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Artificial Intelligence of the United Nations Antonio Guterres.

Father Paolo Benanti has been the President of the Artificial Intelligence Commission for Information of the Department for Information and Publishing of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (known as the Algorithms Commission) since January 2024.