Program Wednesday 23rd July, 2003
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| from 10.00 | Guests arrival at EGO - (reception service available all the day) |
| 10.00–11.00 | Visit of the Virgo facility and illustration of the Virgo experiment by scientists |
| 11.00–13.00 | Official presentation of Virgo project |
| Video Show: Virgo: a new window on Universe | |
| D. Enard (Virgo technical manager): Overview of the construction phase | |
| A. Brillet (joint Virgo project leader): Virgo: from the idea to the realization | |
| R. Barbieri (chairman ApPEC Peer Review Committee): Astroparticle physics: how and, above all, why? | |
| B. Barish (Ligo Director, former Chairman of GWIC): Gravitational Waves at LIGO | |
| M. Davier (Virgo Collaboration, LAL Orsay): An outlook on Gravitational Waves research | |
| F. Menzinger (EGO Director): What is EGO? | |
| 13.00–14.30 | Lunch Buffet for guests |
| 14.30–16.00 | Visit of the Virgo facility and illustration of the Virgo experiment by scientists |
| 16.30–17.30 | Addresses by Ministers and by scientific authorities |
| S. Katsanevas (EGO President Council) | |
| M. Franceschini (Sindaco di Cascina) | |
| E. Iarocci (Presidente INFN) | |
| G. Berger (Directrice Generale CNRS) | |
| A. Giazotto (Spokesman Virgo Collaboration) | |
| C. Haignere' (Ministre deleguee a la Recherche et aux Nouvelles Technologies) | |
| L. Moratti (Ministro dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita' e della Ricerca) | |
| 17.30–17.45 | Ceremony for the unveiling of the memorial plate |
| 17.45–18.30 | Visit of the site by the Ministers and authorities |
| 18.30–19.00 | Farewell cocktail |
| 19.00–19.30 | The authorities meet the press |