INternational School on modern PhYsics and REsearch
Glimpses into the Universe’s Hidden Realms
- Frascati, April 7 - 11, 2025
The 2025edition of INSPYRE, the INternational School on Modern PHYsics and REsearch, will be held at Frascati National Laboratory (LNF) from 7 to 11 April 2025.
During the school, participants will experience a full immersion in physics and in the world of scientific research.
For Italian students, INSPYRE will count as a 40-hour “PCTO” course.

Monday, April 7
Tuesday, April 8
Wednesday, April 9
Thursday, April 10
Friday, April 11
Monday, April 7
09:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
10:00 – 10:30 | Welcome, LNF introduction |
10:30 – 11:00 | Initial questionnaire |
11:00 – 12:00 | Ice breaker activity |
12:00 – 12:30 | Coffee Break |
12:30 – 13:30 | Introduction to particle physics – Fabio Bossi (INFN LNF) |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
14:45 – 15:45 | 100 years of quantum mechanics – Angelo Bassi (Trieste University, INFN Trieste) |
15:45 – 16:00 | Break |
16:00 – 17:00 | Technologies for particle physics – Despina Hatzifotiadou (INFN Bologna, CERN) |
Tuesday, April 8
09:30 – 13:30 | ⇒ Experiments |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
14:45 – 15:45 | Guided visit |
15:45 – 16:00 | Break |
16:00 – 18:00 |
Wednesday, April 9
09:30 – 13:30 | ⇒ Experiments |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
14:45 – 17:30 | |
17:30 – 18:30 | Social dinner |
Thursday, April 10
09:30 – 13:30 | ⇒ Experiments |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
14:45 – 15:45 | Young researchers of LNF – Eleonora Diociaiuti, Matteo Giovannetti, Francesco Sgaramella (INFN LNF) |
15:45 – 16:00 | Break |
16:00 – 18:00 |
Friday, April 11
09:30 – 10:30 | Gravitational waves – Viviana Fafone (INFN Roma Tor Vergata) |
10:30 – 11:15 | Interactive activity: Einstein Telescope – Matteo Tuveri (Cagliari University, INFN Cagliari) |
11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 – 12:30 | What is yet to be discovered – Catalina Curceanu (INFN LNF) |
12:30 – 13:30 | Greetings – final questionnaire |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
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