The two-day series of meetings between Italy and the United States, held on September 3rd and 4th, and hosted by the Embassy of Italy in Washington, concluded yesterday. The meetings aimed to strengthen and renew the long-standing scientific cooperation between the two countries and to take stock of joint initiatives in the field of fundamental physics.

The annual event brought together the Italian delegation, including INFN President Antonio Zoccoli, the INFN executive board, Gran Sasso National Laboratories Director Ezio Previtali (joining remotely), Head of International Relations Office Veronica Buccheri, and the Embassy’s Science Attaché Maurizio Biasini, and representatives from leading U.S. scientific institutions and agencies responsible for funding and promoting scientific research, such as the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab).