IUPAC invites women and men from all science organizations around the world to attend the Global Women Breakfast 2026 (https://iupac.org/gwb/), a great yearly global initiative to overcome the barriers to gender equality in science. In this occasion we invite all colleagues to participate at the events organized in Pisa and Florence:Pisa:
– The Italian Commission for IUPAC (NAO-CNR) has organised the virtual event “La meraviglia della chimica nell’organizzare gli spazi vuoti nei materiali microporosi” a lecture and discussion with
Prof. Silvia Bordiga (Università di Torino).

– The EIC project Double-Active Membranes for a sustainable CO2 cycle (dam4co2.eu) organizes a local event in Pisa, joint with the above mentioned virtual event to discuss about the gender and diversity inclusion in European projects.

Florence:
– Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 13:00 hours: Lunch, offered by the organizers thanks to contributions and funding from institutions and departments (UniFi, LENS, INRiM, Area della Ricerca di Firenze – CNR e INFN) from the scientific campus of Sesto Fiorentino.

– Tuesday 10 February 2026 from 14:00 hours (online and in presence): introduction from the organizing committee. 14:15: Talk by Dr. Giulia Del Pace (Università degli Studi di Firenze/LENS) entitled “Simulating superconductors with ultracold atoms”. 14:30: Lecture by Dr. Angela Balzano, researcher at Università degli Studi di Torino: “Dissonant voices and gender differences in science and research”.