Name: ET-VIRGO R&D National Strategy Workshop
Start: 2026-05-08T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-08T18:25:00+02:00
Location: INFN Head office

- 10:00 → 13:00
  R&D Forms Survey
  - 10:00
    
    R&D European RoadMap 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Marco Pallavicini (GE)
  - 10:15
    
    R&D Forms Survey 1h
    
    Speakers: Dr Carlo Zanoni (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Prof. Domenico D'Urso (University of Sassari and INFN)
    
    20260508_durso_ET_Italia_R&D.pdf
    
    202605_VET_Excel_ZANONI_v02.pptx
  - 11:15
    
    Discussion 1h 15m
  - 12:30
    
    Next Steps 30m
- 13:00 → 14:00
  
  Lunch 1h
- 14:00 → 17:00
  Virgo Upgrade
  - 14:00
    Virgo groups presentations 1h 30m
    
    BO - Bologna Elena Cuoco
    
    PG - Perugia Mateusz Bawaj
    
    GE - Genova Diego Bersanetti
    
    RM1 - Roma 1 Cristiano Palomba
    
    TO - Torino Alessandro Nagar
    
    FI - Firenze Francesco Piergiovanni
    
    NA - Napoli Valeria Sequino
    
    RM2 - Roma 2 Viviana Fafone
    
    MIB - Milano Bicocca Stefano Della Torre
    
    TS - Trieste Agata Trovato
    
    PD - Padova Jean Pierre Zendri
    
    TIFPA - Trento Matteo Leonardi
    
    PI - Pisa Massimiliano Razzano
    
    SA - Salerno Vincenzo Pierro
    
    LNGS - Laboratori Nazionali Gran Sasso Marica Branchesi
    
    CA - Cagliari Claudia Lazzaro
    
    virgo-italia-upgrade.pdf
  - 15:30
    
    RCS and the suspension prototype 10m
    
    Speaker: Massimiliano Razzano (University of Pisa and INFN-Pisa)
  - 15:40
    
    The CAOS laboratory and the Virgo upgrade 10m
    
    Speaker: Helios Vocca (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
  - 15:50
    
    Discussione 1h
  - 16:50
    
    Conclusion and next steps 10m