{"id":695,"date":"2021-04-09T17:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T15:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2021\/04\/giornata-della-ricerca-italiana-2\/"},"modified":"2021-04-09T17:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T15:59:55","slug":"giornata-della-ricerca-italiana-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2021\/04\/giornata-della-ricerca-italiana-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian research day in the world &#8211; Event of the 15th of April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Embassy of Italy in South Africa<\/strong> and the <strong>Academy of Science of South Afric<\/strong>a, on the occasion of the &#8220;<em><strong>Italian research day in the world 2021<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;, have organized an event on the research activities carried out at the Sterkfontein caves world heritage site.<\/p>\n<p>Organized at the <strong>Wits Origins Centre<\/strong>, the event will involve 60 grade ten and eleven students attending the Mamelodi High School, Ivory Park High School and Edward Pathudi Secondary School and will aim at creating inspiration towards STEM as well as at opening a window on the roots, mystery and beauty of our common origin as human beings.<\/p>\n<p>The Italy-South Africa research cooperation at the Sterkfontein site will be presented, unveiling the exceptional cultural and scientific value of the Sterkfontein caves \u2013 \u201cthe <strong>UNESCO world heritage site<\/strong> next door\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Event details<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Date: 15th of April 2021<br \/>Time: 9:00am-12:15pm<br \/>Venue: The Origins Centre &#8211; University of the Witwatersrand (open with <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/k1SoJEcBMD1vHudF8\">google maps<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Event partners<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Italian Embassy in South Africa<br \/>Italian Research day in the world (<a href=\"https:\/\/innovitalia.esteri.it\/evento\/giornata-della-ricerca-italiana-nel-mondo\">click here<\/a> to discover more).<br \/>ASSAf &#8211; Academy of Science of South Africa<br \/>SAASTA \u2013 South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement<br \/>University of the Witwatersrand<br \/>University of Cambridge<br \/>University of Padua<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>Speakers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>H.E. Paolo Cuculi, Ambassador of Italy<br \/>Prof Himla Soodyall, Executive Officer, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<br \/>Prof Dominic Stratford, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa<br \/>Dr Stefania Merlo, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom<br \/>Prof Giuseppe Salemi, University of Padua, Italy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Embassy of Italy in South Africa and the Academy of Science of South Africa, on the occasion of the &#8220;Italian research day in the world 2021&#8220;, have organized an event on the research activities carried out at the Sterkfontein caves world heritage site. Organized at the Wits Origins Centre, the event will involve 60 [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[37,36,38],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-conferenzaconvegno","tag-scienzaetecnologia","tag-universitaescuola"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}