General Info

The Lights of Tuscany programme is coming to its third edition. Following last years' great success, the Italian Association of Physics Students (AISF) will be organising it once more, also including some new features and further improvements.

The event will have a focus on Photonics, but a number of other topics will be touched upon, including Matter physics, Quantum Optics, Biophysics. Students will be expected to have a basic understanding of these subjects in order to effectively make the most of the programme.

Moreover this edition for the first time we added a career workshop. During this session graduate students will share their working career outside of the Academia and participants will be able to meet and ask every doubt and curiosity they have to representatives of local companies with international features, in order to shape or widen the opportunities that the working environment offers to a physicist.

The Programme will be constantly updated as further details are provided.

Schedule

  • 11/04 - Thursday
    Arrival and Opening Ceremony in Pisa.
    11.00 - 14.30 Check-in at Hotel Moderno
    15.00 - 18.00 Opening Ceremony @INFN
    18.00 - 19.00 Poster Session with Aperitivo
    20.00 - 21.30 Italian dinner
    21.30-.. Free Night
  • 12/04 - Friday
    Visit to VIRGO & Pisa Labs
    08.15 - 09.00 Bus to VIRGO
    09.00 - 12.30 Talks & Visit
    12.45 - 14.00 Lunch @SNS
    14.30 - 18.30 Visits NEST/INFN + UniPI/INO/IBF
    19.00 - 20.00 Dinner @Pisa canteen
    21.00 - .. Pisa by night
  • 13/04 - Saturday
    Student Talks & Career Workshop
    8.30 - 10.00 Train to Florence
    10.00 - 11.00 Check-in at the Hostel and moving to Palazzo Nonfinito
    11.00 - 12.30 Student Talks
    12.30 - 14.30 Lunch
    14.00 - 14.30 Talk by UniFi Job Placement
    14.30 - 15.00 Talk by Light4Tech
    15.00 - 15.30 Talk by Laser Optronic
    15.30 - 16.00 Talk by CNR Research Area
    16.00 - 17.00 Networking
    20.00- .. Tuscanian dinner
  • 14/04 - Sunday
    Free day in Florence
    11.00 City Tour
    14.30 Optional visit to Galleria degli Uffizi or Villa il Gioiello
    20.30 Social dinner
  • 15/04 - Monday
    Visits to LENS and UNIFI Laboratories
    9.00 - 9.30 Welcome and overview on research activities at Florence Physics University
    9.30 - 11.00 Introductory Talks
    11.00 - 13.30 Labs Tour*
    13.30 - 14.30 Lunch @LENS
    14.30 - 17.00 Labs Tour*
    17.00 Closing Ceremony

A few points to note

* On the last day during the visit to the Laboratories, participants will be devided in 6 subgroups, each characterized by a different focus: a) Ultracold atoms b) Solid State Photonics c) Biophysics The 3 last groups will have a combination of the previous topics Participation fees are fixed at €100 for each applicant. Such fee will cover the cost of accommodation in Pisa breakfasts at the Moderno Hotel, a buffet dinner at Pisa University, one lunch at the GSSI canteen, AISF-IAPS t-shirts.Please notice that participation fees do not cover the following: Journeys to Pisa at arrival and departure from Florence. These will need to be arranged independently; Insurance; Meals other than those officially offered in the Programme. When useful, the Organising Committee will always suggest places to eat.