TOPICS AND MISSION of THE ROUND TABLE:
The aim of the round table is that of gathering distinguished personalities of the Scientific World both from the field of Fundamental Research and from that of High Tech and Applied Science, who share a wide experience and knowledge of the Italian-Russian collaborations at the Academic and/or institutional level. Through the contributed lectures of the participants we expect to obtain a multi-faced recollection of the rich historical development of Italian-Russian and Italian-Dubna collaborations as well as indications and perspectives for future developments and last but not least interesting news from ongoing research projects. A characterizing feature of the round table is the co-presence of highly distinguished scholars from the more abstract provinces of contemporary science, notably String Theory, Gravity and Pure Mathematics together with outstanding personalities in the field of Experimental Physics and also Business oriented Applied Science and Technology. This is done in order to strengthen the vital bridge which should connect the two areas of human efforts promoting the fast propagation of new ideas, helpful for innovation, from the academic institutions to the technological laboratories, allowing also for synergies and very important feed-backs.