Changes//cambiamenti//cambiamento
Aperitif with researchers from the European Society project 25 September 2018
On the occasion of the 150th birthday of the periodic table of the elements, in collaboration with the University of Bologna, CUBO is hosting Changes. Discoveries of yesterday in today’s daily life, modern research for the near future, an event to explore the secrets of chemistry, to experience the important innovations introduced in everyday life first-hand and to glimpse the great expectations for the very near future under the banner of sustainability.
Energy and climate. The other side of the medal
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00
Environmentalism seems to have triumphed, imposing itself on the political agendas of governments and institutions. Is this really the case? **Alberto Clò** illustrates the replacement cycles of energy sources, the difficulties to overcome, the costs to be incurred, the long times needed to reach the utopia of a zero-carbon society. In the awareness that technology will help to save us, a profound change in our system of values will also be necessary.
The strengths of the parties
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 19:00
Old but new, new but old: many truths are hidden in these squabbles. But what makes parties work? What allows them to promote initiatives, develop projects, recruit supporters, build consensus, entertain relationships, conduct electoral campaigns? Beyond the easy labels, **Piero Ignazi** helps us to turn the spotlight onto the internal life of Italian parties by capturing the fundamental transitions, from the origins to the turning points in congress, from the forms of internal organisation to the expression of their leaders.
Changing wine
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00 - 21:00
The use of sulphur dioxide is declining, the demand for organic and biodynamic wine is increasing. Because… it's good? The climate benefits production to the north- will we eventually drink English champagne?
With **Claudio Riponi**, oenologist. Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies.
Footprints in cyberspace
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00 - 21:00
Where do the files we upload online go and how are they stored? How is the identity of contacts determined and… how much is a click worth? Is what's written in bits certain and incontrovertible? Can we really browse worry-free, without thinking too much about it?
With **Raffaella Brighi**, legal and forensic IT, Department of Legal Sciences and CIRSFID.
Molecular machines: reality or science fiction?
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00 - 21:00
The nanodevices that keep us alive, that are changing and will change our lives. How are they conceived? How are they designed when they are so small?
With **Alberto Credi**, chemist and nanoscientist. Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies.
Archaeology? A new world
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00 - 21:00
There is the archaeology of the evolution of the ancient landscape, of the modern urban landscape, of ancient building complexes, archaeological potential maps are being drawn up, and preventive archaeology is being carried out through the use of innovative instrumentation and methodologies. Where do we dig? Still in Pompeii? What are we looking for? Why do we search?
With **Enrico Giorgi**, archaeologist. Department of History, Cultures and Civilisation.
Solar wave: cars moved by light
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00 - 21:00
Sustainable mobility is a reality: researchers design, build and race fast, zero-impact vehicles that move silently, using only the energy of the Sun. How do they work? What are the hopes, what is expected and what has been achieved?
With **Cristiano Fragassa**, designer, Department of Industrial Engineering.
Round and round, help the world
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00 - 21:00
The development of biorefineries in the context of the circular economy, where waste is reintegrated into the production cycle. What can be produced? From what? How? Is it sustainable? Will it change the world? Will it help the world?
With **Lorenzo Bertin**, biotechnologist, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering.
Climate change: today's sea will not be that of tomorrow
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00 - 21:00
Climate and environmental change is a fact. From our privileged observatory, a small underwater crater that emits pure carbon dioxide, we study what the sea will be like in 25, 50...or 100 years. Will the plants still exist? What about the fish?
With **Stefano Goffredo** and **Fiorella Prada**, marine biologists, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences.
Blockchain: beyond cryptocurrencies
- Tuesday 25 September 2018 at 18:00 - 21:00
Can you understand Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies without knowing about blockchain technology? And is blockchain used only for these things?
With **Andrea Omicini** and **Giovanni Ciatto**, computer engineers, Department of Computer Science - Science and Engineering.
