FAMELAB L'AQUILA FINALISTS!

Three minutes, a stage, a microphone and the desire to fascinate general public talking about science. That’s what happened today, March 16th, in FameLab local selection in L’Aquila.

The competition, at its 10th birthday, has involved more than 4000 contestants in 28 different countries. The Italian edition of the event, coordinated by Psiquadro in collaboration with the British Council, provides local selections in seven different towns, including L’Aquila.At the event, occurred this morning at the Auditorium del Parco, have participated 15 contestants.

Their excellent performances have been masterfully presented by the theater actor Luca Serani, able to entertain the audience both ironically and professionally throughout the whole competition. The jury was represented by Leonardo Alfonsi (FameLab Italia National coordinator), Marco Pallavicini (physics professor at Genova University and president of Genova Science Festival), Gaetano D’Anniballe, (Biotech Senior Manager at Dompé) and Angela Ciano (journalist).

The hard task of the jury was to designate, among definitely thrilling performances, the following three finalists:

1st place - Venkatapathy Subramanian (India), graduate student in computer science at GSSI.

2nd place Benedetta Mancini (Pescara), researcher engaged in biotechnological drugs at the Pharmaceutical Company Dompé.

3rd place Lorenzo Aiello (Roma), graduate student in astroparticle physics at GSSI.

With his clearness and innate ability to interact with the public, Lorenzo Aiello was appointed “Winner for the schools” as well. The first and second place will receive, respectively, €400 and €250 and will take part to the FameLab Masterclass of Perugia (April 8th to 10th), a training workshop in science communication. 

Once developed the best strategies, the contestants will face in the National Final Event in Rome, at the Italian Space Agency Auditorium. The resulting “Italian” winner will then face the other 28 finalists in the International Final Event, which will take place in Cheltenham (UK), the English town birthplace of the competition in 2005.

 

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