Dear Colleagues, dear Friends,

As the festive season draws near, I would like to send to all of you and your families my most affectionate and sincere good wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May it bring much-needed serenity and peace to our hearts despite the terrible events that we are facing all over the world.

Let us continue to provide a good example in our daily interactions inside the family, the workplace, and the institutions: to demonstrate that loyalty to professional commitments can go hand in hand with the principles of solidarity and with openness at all times to the common good, so thanks to everyone for what you do.

It is also a moment to reflect on our year’s activities. In 2024 the Miami Scientific Italian Community celebrated its 11th anniversary, and the California Scientific Italian Community celebrated its 2nd anniversary. We had intense moments as a community. Thanks to the Founding Members, the Board of Directors, and all of you for the good work done in spreading and in supporting the Italian Scientific Research, which are our two bylaw objectives that have included several events and collaborations with our country and beyond.

We welcomed Maddalena Parafati and Bianca Graziano as new members of MSIC’s Scientific Community. Maria Carmela Basile, Head of the Technology Transfer Office of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, and Claudia Brunori, Director of the Department for Sustainability, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development, are new members of our International Advisory Board.

Laura Bianchi and Roberta Brambilla, celebrate one year since their appointment as Directors of the graduate programs in Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, and Neuroscience, respectively at the University of Miami; Riccardo Bevilacqua has been appointed Embry Riddle ambassador for Italy, Edoardo Bemporad is the new Director of the Institute of Polymers, Composites, and Biomaterials (IPCB); Maurizio Tarquini is the new Director General of Confindustria; Shiva Loccisano is the new CEO at Almacube Incubator of the Università di Bologna; Teodoro Valente is the new President of the prestigious COPUOS Committee, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA); Alberto Riva is the new Head of the National Facility for Data Handling and Analysis at Human Technopole, and Fulvio D’Alvia is the new CEO of Mille Miglia.

Pamela Fuertes Berti, Dean of the Miguel B. Fernandez Family School of Global Business, Trade & Transportation at Miami Dade College, as well as a renowned member of our International Advisory Board, organized “The Italian Table for the Future of Food Conference & Culinaria.” Our members Marco Baldocchi, Professor of Neuromarketing & Consumer Behaviour at Marco Baldocchi Group, and Erminia Fardone, Assistant Scientist, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, participated in two panel discussions in that event.

Ilaria Serra organized the VIII International Symposium & Italian Professional Development Day at Florida Atlantic University. Two webinars organized by AISSI ( The Association of Italian Scholars and Scientists in Israel) on: Italians at the Frontiers of Innovation: Italian Research from Israeli Universities and Artificial intelligence an Israeli legal perspective.

Our Miami Scientific Italian Community SERIES. The new Horizon Europe Framework Program and the United States. The organization of PMI DAY 2024 in the U.S. organized by Piccola Industria of Confindustria (the General Confederation of Italian Industry) in synergy with the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C. and its Diplomatic Consular Network, ABROAD TO (the Community of Italian Companies), California Scientific Italian Community, ODLI (the Organization for the Development of Italian Studies), and Texas Scientific Italian Community that had the attendance of Fausta Bergamotto, Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, and Vincenzo Arcobelli, Councilor of the General Council of Italians Abroad, and several Italian industrialists. PMI DAY 2024 in Brazil was a huge success.

Made in Italy Day; the National Space Day 2024 that featured Riccardo Bevilacqua and Massimiliano Galeazzi, PRISM award. Luciano Berti at Miami Beach Police Department’s Fraud Symposium; the Greentech Global Forum; the Stati Generali of the Associations of Italian Researchers Abroad: “Italy’s calling” a Miami, an opportunity for all associations of Italian researchers abroad to participate in a truly important day of general mobilization aimed at listening to the various representatives of Italian researchers abroad and contributing to the development of a path and project to be proposed to the Italian government. Special Guest Luigi Nicolais, our members of International Advisory Board, whose eternal zeal and recognized scientific and intellectual reputation have made him one of the world’s most quoted Italian scientists

Physics Fun organized by Massimiliano Galeazzi at the University of Miami, Meeting with Regione Lombardia Delegation at the Embassy of Italy in U.S., Festival of Italian Creativity 2024 – Boston. European Researchers’ Night and the extension of partnerships with Lazio Innova.

Colleagues Marco Baldocchi, Antonio Colaprico and Maddalena Parafati at the XVIII Conference of Italian Researchers in the World in Canada organized by the Texas Scientific Italian Community.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Grants Prolong Pharmaceuticals (FDA) Fast Track Designation for Novel Stroke Therapy (PP-007) in HEMERA-1 Clinical Study. Italo Linfante, Principal Investigator. Gianluca Iacobellis is coleading two NIH Funded R01 clinical trials on the new role of epicardial adipose tissue in atrial fibrillation.

The Italian team of Scientific and Space Attachés in U.S. getting stronger with Eduardo Bossone (Houston) have been added.

B7 Chair Emma Marcegaglia, delivered to Council President Giorgia Meloni the recommendations of G7 industries on the main challenges of the global economic agenda.

Finally, Maria Gentile receives the “Columbus International award” Miami Edition and Pamela Fuertes Berti was awarded the “Knighthood of the Order of the Star of Italy”.

Italy is sending scientific and technological positive vibes!!!

My warmest and most heartfelt good wishes to all of you and your families!

Fabio De Furia