Conference Presentations


2022

INVITED TALK: "Advanced X-ray imaging techniques for archaeometry and cultural heritage studies", "2022 Be Archaeo Second Summer School", 27 - 29 September 2022, Okayama (Japan)

INVITED TALK: at the round table "Esperienze di comunicazione della diagnostica applicata ai beni culturali", "Spring School "Contro l'antico Splendore"", 23 April 2022, Venaria Reale - Torino (Italy)

INVITED TALK: "A history carved in stones: multi-scale approaches for surface texture analysis" seminar at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, 4 April 2022, Lucca (Italy)

ORAL: "Neutron imaging for the characterization of archaeological Cu-based artefacts", "2022 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage", 19 - 21 October 2022, Cosenza (Italy)

ORAL: "Assessment of consolidation treatments: micro-CT as a potential tool for material's penetration detection", "2022 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage", 19 - 21 October 2022, Cosenza (Italy)

ORAL: "Magnific Magnification: An Insight into the Surface of Red-figure Vases at Locri Epizephyrii", "International conference: Technology, crafting and artisanal networks in the Greek and Roman world - Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of ceramics", 6 - 7 October 2022, Turin (Italy)

ORAL: "Multi-technique device for in situ analyses based on a single X-ray source", "CVIII Congress of the Italian Physics Society", 12 - 16 September 2022, Milan (Italy)

ORAL: "Improving the protocol for provenance determination of lapis lazuli with new analyses on samples from Myanmar", "ICNMTA 2022 - 18th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications", 11 - 16 September 2022, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

ORAL: "OpenAIAr: a new sustainable initiative for young members of our association", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La Sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

ORAL: "Infrared thermography and sonic investigation for the analysis of decaying frescoes of apsidal conch of San Panfilo Church (Tornimparte, Italy)", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

ORAL: "Microclimate analysis of the San Panfilo Church in Tornimparte, Italy", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

ORAL: "Provenancing beads: challenges of non-invasive analysis by means of ion beams", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

ORAL: "Music in the digital era: X-ray CT imaging analysis and 3D reproduction of historical wind instruments", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

ORAL: "X-ray CT analysis and 3D replica of historical wind instruments: dimensional measurements and reproducibility assessment", "6th Dimensional X-ray Computed Tomography Conference", 13/16 June 2022, Manchester (UK)

ORAL: "A non-invasive protocol based on Ion Beam Analysis for the study of lapis lazuli provenance in antiquity", "IAEA Workshop on Innovative Approaches of Accelerator Science and Technology for Sustainable Heritage Management", 13/16 June 2022, Wien (Austria)

ORAL: "Characterization of glass beads from Nima Ohtsuka Kofun (Okayama prefecture): a contribution to the scientific knowledge of Japanese archaeological glass", "43rd International Symposium on Archaeometry", 16/20 May 2022, Lisbon (Portugal)

ORAL: "Metrological validation of a photogrammetry-based technique", "I2MTC 2022 - International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference", 16/19 May 2022, Ottawa (Canada)

ORAL: "Multiscale Surface Texture Analysis for EUP macro-lithic tools", "AWRANA: Tracing Social Dynamics Conference", 5/8 April 2022, Barcelona (Spain)

ORAL: "Preliminary spectroscopic results on glass circulation in the Iron Age Mediterranean from the perspective of Central Italy: the INGOT-EL project", "3rd International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (ICAS-EMME 3)", 14/18 March 2022, Nicosia (Cyprus)

POSTER: "A work-horse neutron imaging station at the Laboratorio Energia Nucleare Applicata (LENA) in Pavia (Italy): Instrumental components and applications in the frame of the CHNet-NICHE INFN experiment", "International Topical Meeting on Neutron Radiography (ITMNR-9)", 17 - 21 October 2022, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

POSTER: "Micro-PIXE analysis for the provenance investigation of ancient pottery from Locri Epizephiri (Italy)", "ICNMTA 2022 - 18th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications", 11 - 16 September 2022, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

POSTER: "Transdisciplinarity goes digital: the BE-ARCHAEO endeavour from the Semantic Web perspective", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

POSTER: ""Arte e(') Scienza" exhibition: a successful integration between cultural heritage and scientific techniques", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

POSTER: "A preliminary study of artificially corroded Cu alloys by neutron-based imaging", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

POSTER: "3D multispectral imaging for Cultural Heritage preservation", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

POSTER: "Investigating provenance with a proton microbeam: the case of red figure pottery from Locri Epizephiri", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

POSTER: "Combined spectroscopic techniques in a bench-top device for archaeometry applications", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

POSTER: "A 3D multimodal and multiscale approach for the study of Upper Palaeolithic ground stone tools", "Convegno tematico AIAr "La sostenibilita' nei Beni Culturali"", 29 June - 1 July 2022, Padova (Italy)

POSTER: "Development of a bench-top multi-technique device for cultural heritage applications", "2022 European Conference on X-ray Spectrometry (EXRS)", 26 June - 1 July 2022, Bruges (Belgium)

POSTER: "Multidisciplinary investigation of ceramic pedestals from Tatetsuki Proto-historic burial mound (Okayama prefecture, Japan)", "43rd International Symposium on Archaeometry", 16/20 May 2022, Lisbon (Portugal)

POSTER: "Towards the provenance determination of lapis lazuli rocks processed at the Bronze Age archaeological site of Shahr-i-Sokhta (3rd millennium BCE)", "43rd International Symposium on Archaeometry", 16/20 May 2022, Lisbon (Portugal)

POSTER: "Studying alpha irradiation effects on quartz crystals as possible tool to unmask ceramic forgeries", "43rd International Symposium on Archaeometry", 16/20 May 2022, Lisbon (Portugal)

2021

INVITED TALK: "Comprehensive Archaeometric Study of Ayla-Aksum amphora from the Red Sea Coast of Eritrea", "ARCAM: Digital Archaeometric Archive of Mediterranean, African and Oriental Ceramics International workshop", 8 October 2021, Napoli (Italy)

ORAL: "Archaeometric Study of Pottery Assemblages from Adulis, the Red Sea Coast of Eritrea", "Adulis 2011-2021 I primi dieci anni di vita della missione archeologica: un progetto Eritrea-Italia per un modello di ricerca scientifica e parco archeologico sostenibile", 10 December 2021, Rome (Italy)

ORAL: "Applications of Ion Beam Analysis to Cultural Heritage materials at UniTO and INFN-TO", "Joint IAEA–ANSTO Workshop on Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques for Cultural Heritage", 6/9 December 2021, on-line conference

ORAL: "The study of ancient archaeological finds through X-ray tomography: the case of the "Tintinnabulum" from the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Torino", "2021 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage", 20/22 October 2021, Milano (Italy)

ORAL: "A provenance study on the lapis lazuli collection from the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences in Turin", "2021 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage", 20/22 October 2021, Milano (Italy)

ORAL: "The (Pre)History Carved in Stones: Examples from Brinzeni I Cave (Moldova)", "II International Workshop on Heritage Stones", 05/07 October 2021, Torino (Italy)

ORAL: "INFN-CHNet at work: X-ray fluorescence analyses on works of art at the CCR "La Venaria Reale"", "CVII Congress of the Italian Physics Society, 13/17 September 2021, on-line conference

ORAL: "Development of a compact X-Ray multi technique device for cultural heritage applications", "Applied Nuclear Physics Conference", 12/17 September 2021, blended conference

ORAL: "Development and use of X-Rays imaging instruments and techniques for the application in the Cultural Heritage field", "Young Researchers in Archaeometry", 24/27 August 2021, Evora (Portugal)

ORAL: "Ten years of X-ray imaging at UniTO/INFN-TO/CCR: results and perspectives", "XI congresso nazionale di archeometria", 28/30 July 2021, Napoli (Italy)

ORAL: "Provenance of lapis lazuli rocks processed at the Bronze Age archaeological site of Shahr i Sokhta: first results from a multi-technique approach", "XI congresso nazionale di archeometria", 28/30 July 2021, Napoli (Italy)

ORAL: "The okegawa do of Racconigi Castle: a multimateric archaeometric investigation", "XI congresso nazionale di archeometria", 28/30 July 2021, Napoli (Italy)

ORAL: "A multi-layered study of ground stone tools surface", "XI congresso nazionale di archeometria", 28/30 July 2021, Napoli (Italy)

ORAL: "Comprehensive Archaeometric Study of Ayla-Aksum amphora from the Red Sea Coast of Eritrea", "Waiting for EMAC 2023", 06/08 July 2021, on-line conference, Pisa (Italy)

ORAL: "Development of a compact multi-technique X-ray based instrument for heritage science applications", "EXSA 2021 Virtual Conference on X-ray spectrometry", 21/24 June 2021, on-line conference

ORAL: "X-ray micro-tomography as a method to distinguish and classify natural and cultivated pearls", "High Precision X-ray Measurements 2021", 08/10 June 2021, on-line conference

ORAL: "X-ray Grating Interferometry design for the 4D GRAPH-X system", "High Precision X-ray Measurements 2021", 08/10 June 2021, on-line conference

POSTER: "Recupero di una scultura lignea policroma rinascimentale proveniente dall'area terremotata di Cortigno-Norcia: studio per il consolidamento", "Lo Stato dell'Arte 19", 16/18 September 2021, Udine (Italy)

POSTER: "Comprehensive Archaeometric Study of Ayla-Aksum amphora from the Red Sea Coast of Eritrea", "XI congresso nazionale di archeometria", 28/30 July 2021, Napoli (Italy)

POSTER: "Ceramic pedestals from a proto historic Japanese burial mound: a multidisciplinary investigation", "XI congresso nazionale di archeometria", 28/30 July 2021, Napoli (Italy)

POSTER: "Scientific investigation of glass beads from a Kofun mound in the Okayama Prefecture (Japan)", "XI congresso nazionale di archeometria", 28/30 July 2021, Napoli (Italy)

POSTER: "Towards a multi-technique apparatus for X-Ray based analysis", "XI congresso nazionale di archeometria", 28/30 July 2021, Napoli (Italy)

POSTER: "Replicate plant processing REVEALs ground stones complex biography", "12th Experimental Archaeology Conference (EXARC)", 29 March / 1 April 2021, on-line conference

2020

ORAL: "Upgrade of the x-ray imaging set-up at CCR "La Venaria Reale": the case study of an Egyptian wooden statuette", "2020 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage", 22-24 october 2020, on-line conference, Trento (Italy)

ORAL: "INFN-CHNet meets CCR La Venaria Reale: first results", "2020 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage", 22-24 october 2020, on-line conference, Trento (Italy)

ORAL: "Colorimetric Study of Ayla-Aksum amphorae from the Red Sea Coast of Eritrea", "2020 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage", 22-24 october 2020, on-line conference, Trento (Italy)

ORAL: "Towards a multi-technique device for cultural heritage applications", "CVI Congress of the Italian Physics Society", 14-18 September 2020, on-line conference, Bologna (Italy)

ORAL: "New ion micro-beam analysis results in provenance determination of archaeological lapis lazuli", "ICNMTA 2020 - 17th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications", 14-15 September 2020, on-line conference, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

ORAL: "BE-ARCHAEO: BEyond ARCHAEOlogy - A powerful tool to develop Japan/Europe innovative and interdisciplinary research", "EURAXESS RISE seminars", 19 May 2020, on-line conference

2019

INVITED TALK: "From macro to micro: X-ray tomography of artworks and archaeological materials", "OptoX-Nano 2019", 2-5 December 2019, Okayama (Japan)

INVITED TALK: "Developing new methods and instrumentations for a provenance study of lapis lazuli", "OptoX-Nano 2019", 2-5 December 2019, Okayama (Japan)

INVITED TALK: "A scientific approach to the provenance study of lapis lazuli", Winter School "Beads and Seals: Technologies", 14/18 January 2019, Padova (Italy)

ORAL: "Thermoluminescence dating laboratory improvements tested on an archaeological", 4-6 December 2019, IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Firenze (Italy)

ORAL: "A long-term corrosion investigation of bronze sculptures exposed outdoor", 4-6 December 2019, IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Firenze (Italy)

ORAL: "An in situ and non-destructive corrosion assessment of metallic works of art", 9-13 September 2019, EuroCorr 2019: New times, new materials, new corrosion challenges, Seville (Spain)

ORAL: "An in-situ corrosion monitoring campaign of Cor-ten structure exposed outdoor", Convegno tematico AIAr - "Dalla conoscenza alla valorizzazione: il ruolo dell'archeometria nei musei", 27/29 March 2019, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

POSTER: "Non-invasive Macro X-ray Fluorescence Scanning analysis of lacquered oriental and japanning artworks furniture from Piedmont Castles", "MA-XRF scanning in Conservation, Art and Archeology", 15-16 October 2019, Catania (Italy)

POSTER: "A characterisation of lapis lazuli rocks by means of p-XRF", "TECHNART 2019 International Conference on the use of Analytical Techniques for Characterization of Artworks", 7-10 May 2019, Bruges (Belgium)

POSTER: "From IR to X-rays: approaches to go through the coating system of historical bowed string musical instruments", "TECHNART 2019 International Conference on the use of Analytical Techniques for Characterization of Artworks", 7-10 May 2019, Bruges (Belgium)

POSTER: "Improving the protocol for provenance determination of lapis lazuli with new analyses on Myanmar samples", "TECHNART 2019 International Conference on the use of Analytical Techniques for Characterization of Artworks", 7-10 May 2019, Bruges (Belgium)

POSTER: "Development of a combined XRF scanner and 2D/3D X-ray and visible imaging apparatus", "TECHNART 2019 International Conference on the use of Analytical Techniques for Characterization of Artworks", 7-10 May 2019, Bruges (Belgium)

POSTER: "A portable X-ray fluorescence scanner for in situ analysis", "TECHNART 2019 International Conference on the use of Analytical Techniques for Characterization of Artworks", 7-10 May 2019, Bruges (Belgium)

POSTER: "Ceramic forgeries aged by radiation: towards a new method for their identification", Convegno tematico AIAr - "Dalla conoscenza alla valorizzazione: il ruolo dell'archeometria nei musei", 27/29 March 2019, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

POSTER: "Appearances are deceiving. The small mummy with coffin from the Museo Egizio in Torino (cat. 2247/2): many approaches to support its interpretation", Convegno tematico AIAr - "Dalla conoscenza alla valorizzazione: il ruolo dell'archeometria nei musei", 27/29 March 2019, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

2018

ORAL: "In situ corrosion monitoring campaign of the Gori Art Collection at Fattoria Celle", "EgyCorr - 7th International Conference on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies", 10/13 December 2018, Hurghada (Egypt)

ORAL: "Combined IonoLuminescence and PIXE micro-analyses of natural diopside for activators and quenchers identification", "XVIIIth International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry", 19-22 June 2018, Brest (France)

ORAL: "Synchrotron radiation micro-CT for the investigation of finishing treatments in ancient bowed stringed instruments: issues and perspectives", "X congresso nazionale di archeometria", 14/17 February 2018, Torino (Italy)

POSTER: "New X-ray diagnostic tools for Cultural Heritage: the NEXTO project", "X congresso nazionale di archeometria", 14/17 February 2018, Torino (Italy)

POSTER: "Improvements of the analytical protocol of lapis lazuli provenance: first study of Myanmar samples", "X congresso nazionale di archeometria", 14/17 February 2018, Torino (Italy)

POSTER: "Instrumentation and technique developments at the thermoluminescence dating laboratory of the University of Turin", "X congresso nazionale di archeometria", 14/17 February 2018, Torino (Italy)

POSTER: "Thermoluminescence for dating Myanmar monuments: a new local laboratory and first measurements", "X congresso nazionale di archeometria", 14/17 February 2018, Torino (Italy)

2017

INVITED TALK: "Lapis Lazuli: searching for ancient mines by means of ion microscopy and X-ray spectroscopy", CIII Congress of the Italian Physics Society, 11/15 September 2017, Trento (Italy)

INVITED TALK: "On the route of lapis lazuli trade in ancient time: provenance study of the raw material used for carved artefacts", "Scientific Research for Cultural Heritage", 27 February / 1 March 2017, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi (UAE)

ORAL: "Computed tomography for the study of large artworks and archaeological materials by means of a customised instrumentation", "3D Imaging In Cultural Heritage Conference", 9/10 November 2017, London (UK)

ORAL: "A new digital radiography system for paintings on canvas and on wooden panels of large dimensions", I2MTC 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 22-25 May 2017, Torino, (Italy)

ORAL: "Large scale facilities to study ancient silver coins", CONVEGNO Tematico AIAr, Beni Culturali: grandi facilities, reti e networks di laboratori, 8-10 March 2017, Firenze (Italy)

ORAL: "p-XRF analysis of lapis lazuli for provenance studies", TECHNART 2017 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage, 2-6 May 2017, Bilbao, Basque Country

POSTER: "X-Ray Luminescence (XRL) combined with MA-XRF", "MAcro X-Ray Fluorescence scanning Workshop" inside "24th International Congress on X-ray Optics and Microanalysis", 25 September 2017, Trieste (Italy)

POSTER: "On the route of lapis lazuli trade in ancient time: a multi-technique provenance study of the raw material used for carved artefacts", "Congresso congiunto SIMP-SGI-SOGEI-AIV: "Geosciences: a tool in a changing world"", 3/6 September 2017, Pisa (Italy)

POSTER: "On the route of lapis lazuli trade in ancient time: a multitechnique provenance study of the raw material used for carved artefacts", CONGRESSO Geosciences: a tool in a changeling world, 3-6 September 2017, Pisa (Italy)

POSTER: "Surface silver-enriched layer of ancient silver coins studied by means of micro-PIXE", TECHNART 2017 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage, 2-6 May 2017, Bilbao, Basque Country

POSTER: "p-XRF analysis of lapis lazuli for provenance studies", CONVEGNO Tematico AIAr, Beni Culturali: grandi facilities, reti e networks di laboratori, 8-10 March 2017, Firenze (Italy)

POSTER: "X-Ray Luminescence for the provenance study of lapis lazuli rocks and artworks", CONVEGNO Tematico AIAr, Beni Culturali: grandi facilities, reti e networks di laboratori, 8-10 March 2017, Firenze (Italy)

2016

INVITED TALK: "Diagnostic Techniques Applied to Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Materials", HCITOCH 2016 - 7th International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage, 7/9 September 2016, Torino (Italy)

ORAL: "Ion Microbeam Analysis in Cultural Heritage: application to lapis lazuli and ancient coins", IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 19-21 October 2016, Torino (Italy)

ORAL: "X-Ray imaging of Cultural Heritages", IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 19-21 October 2016, Torino (Italy)

ORAL: "La piccola mummia con sarcofago del Museo Egizio di Torino (cat. 2247/2): una sfida complessa per la diagnostica a supporto della lettura archeologica del reperto", XVI ABC Congresso Nazionale di Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali "Dall'emergenza alla salvaguardia: la chimica per un nuovo modello di sviluppo", 26/29 June 2016, Lecce (Italy)

ORAL: "Spatial resolution characterisation of the LABEC scanning XRF spectrometer and first CH applications", IX congresso nazionale di archeometria, 9/11 March 2016, Cosenza (Italy)

ORAL: "Evidence for an Afghan provenance of lapis lazuli used in the first millennium B.C. Ancient Egypt", IX Congresso Nazionale di Archeometria (AIAr), 9/11 March 2016, Cosenza (Italy)

ORAL: "Scientific contribution in archaeology: the case of Saint-Léger Church at Aymavilles, Aosta, Northern Italy", IX congresso nazionale di archeometria, 9/11 March 2016, Cosenza (Italy)

POSTER: "Intervento di conservazione e restauro eseguito su un crocifisso ligneo policromo del XV secolo", XIV Congresso Nazionale IGIIC - Lo Stato dell’Arte, 20/22 October 2016, L’Aquila (Italy)

POSTER: "A multi-technique approach for the authentication of a 20th century painting", IX congresso nazionale di archeometria, 9/11 March 2016, Cosenza (Italy)

POSTER: "X-Ray Luminescence for the study of artistic and archaeological materials", IX Congresso Nazionale di Archeometria (AIAr), 9/11 March 2016, Cosenza (Italy)

POSTER: "Micro-PIXE Analysis of Ancient Silver Coins", IX Congresso Nazionale di Archeometria (AIAr), 9/11 March 2016, Cosenza (Italy)

POSTER: "X-ray tomography applications for knowledge, conservation and restorations of artworks and archaeological materials", IX Congresso Nazionale di Archeometria (AIAr), 9/11 March 2016, Cosenza (Italy)

2015

ORAL: "New data for a compositional and metrological study of the Cisalpine Gaul's coinage", XV International Numismatic Congress, 21/25 September 2015, Taormina (Italy)

ORAL: "X-Ray induced luminescence as a tool for material characterisation in art and archaeology", TECHNART 2015 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage, 27/30 April 2015, Catania (Italy)

ORAL: "CT investigation of "La Muta" by Raffaello Sanzio", TECHNART 2015 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage, 27/30 April 2015, Catania (Italy)

ORAL: "Il progetto neu_ART: radiografie digitali e tomografie assiali computerizzate su opere di grandi dimensioni. Il caso studio del Crocifisso di Donatello", Workshop "Il restauro del Crocifisso ligneo di Donatello della Chiesa dei Servi di Padova: diagnostica, intervento, approfondimenti", 15 May 2015, Udine (Italy)

ORAL: "The ALCHIMIA experiment at AN2000", LNL Interdisciplinary Users' Meeting, 8 July 2015, Legnaro (PD, Italy)

POSTER: "Comparison among neutron diffraction (ND) and activation (PGAA) to analyse ancient silver coins", TECHNART 2015 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage, 27/30 April 2015, Catania (Italy)

POSTER: "A multi-analytical database for lapis lazuli provenance", TECHNART 2015 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage, 27/30 April 2015, Catania (Italy)

2014

INVITED TALK: "Evidences for an Afghan provenance of lapis lazuli utilized for glyptic by ancient Egyptian combining micro-PIXE and XRF results", "ICNMTA 2014 - 14th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications", 6/11 July 2014, Padua (Italy)

ORAL: "Pre-Roman coins from Northern Italy: characterization with neutron diffraction analysis and first results", "VIII national congress of archaeometry", 5/7 February 2014, Bologna (Italy)

ORAL: "X-ray radiography and tomography of large artworks: a new diagnostic apparatus for the conservation of Cultural Heritage", "VIII national congress of archaeometry", 5/7 February 2014, Bologna (Italy)

ORAL: "The stones of the Egyptian Museum of Turin: geological, mineralogical and petrographic characterization", "87th Congress of the Italian Geological Society and 90th Congress of the Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology", 10/12 September 2014, Milano (Italy)

ORAL: "Study of lapis lazuli used for amulets by ancient Egyptian: indications for an Afghan provenance by means of micro-PIXE and XRF measurements", "C congress of the Italian Physics Society", 22/26 September 2014, Pisa (Italy)

ORAL: "Neutron diffraction analysis of Celtic coins from the Po valley", "C congress of the Italian Physics Society", 22/26 September 2014, Pisa (Italy)

ORAL: "Characterization of Celtic coins from northern Italy with neutron-based techniques", "Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC) user meeting 2014", 21 November 2014, Budapest (Hungary)

POSTER: "Provenance study of lapis lazuli: new results and first application on artworks", "VIII national congress of archaeometry", 5/7 February 2014, Bologna (Italy)

POSTER: "Thermoluminescence authentication and dating at University of Torino", "VIII national congress of archaeometry", 5/7 February 2014, Bologna (Italy)

POSTER: "Multi-disciplinary dating of a baked clay kiln excavated at Chieri, Northern Italy", "EGU2014 - European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014", 27 April/2 May 2014, Wien (Austria)

POSTER: "Identification of provenance markers in Lapis Lazuli: a study on rocks and artworks", "ISA 2014 - 40th International Symposium on Archaeometry", 19/23 May 2014, Los Angeles (California, USA)

POSTER: "Neutron diffraction characterization of pre-Roman coinage from northern Italy: silver debasement and relationships within different emissions", "ISA 2014 - 40th International Symposium on Archaeometry", 19/23 May 2014, Los Angeles (California, USA)

POSTER: "Lapis lazuli provenance study: characterization of rocks and study on cultural heritage by means of a non invasive and innovative approach", "GABEC & GNM 2014 International School: Innovative methodologies for the characterization, diagnosis and conservation of the Cultural Heritage", 1/4 July 2014, Catania-Siracusa (Italy)

POSTER: "Micro-PIXE Analysis of Ancient Roman Coins", "ICNMTA 2014 - 14th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications", 6/11 July 2014, Padua (Italy)

POSTER: "Characterisation of silver pre-Roman coins from northern Italy with neutron-based techniques", "SR2A - Synchrotron radiation and neutrons in art and archaeology Conference", 9/12 September 2014, Paris (France)

POSTER: "Neutron diffraction on lapis lazuli: characterisation of rocks and artworks for a provenance study", "SR2A - Synchrotron radiation and neutrons in art and archaeology Conference", 9/12 September 2014, Paris (France)

2013

INVITED TALK: "X-ray radiography and tomography of large artworks", "XCIX congress of the Italian Physics Society", 23/27 September 2013, Trieste (Italy)

ORAL: "Realization of an instrument for X-ray radiography and tomography dedicated to objects of historical and artistic interest within the neu_ART regional project", Joint ICTP-TWAS Workshop on "Portable X-ray Analytical Instruments for Cultural Heritage", 29 April / 3 May 2013, Trieste (Italy)

ORAL: "Utilizzo di rivelatori lineari per la realizzazione di un apparato per radiografie e tomografie dedicato ad oggetti di interesse storico e artistico nell'ambito del progetto regionale neu_ART", "1st Workshop on Non Destructive Testing - X-Ray Inspection" organised by Hamamatsu Photonics, 29 May 2013, Arese (MI, Italy)

ORAL: "Neutron imaging studies within the neu_ART Cultural Heritage project", "NINMACH 2013 - 1st International Conference on Neutron Imaging and Neutron Methods in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research", 9/12 September 2013, Munich (Germany)

ORAL: "Use of a versatile instrument for X-ray radiography and tomography of artworks, precious objects and archaeological materials", "FisMat 2013 - Italian National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics", 9/13 September 2013, Milano (Italy)

POSTER: "Characterization of the lapis lazuli from the Egyptian treasure of Tôd and its alteration using external µ-PIXE and µ-IBIL", "PIXE 2013 - 13th International Conference on Particle Induced X-ray Emission", 3/8 March 2013, Gramado (Brazil)

POSTER: "Silver Celtic Coins from Northern Italy (4th-1st c. B.C.): Compositional Analysis and Metrology", "Colloque international: Étalons monétaires et mesures pondérales, entre la Grèce et l'Italie, au tournant des époques hellénistique et imperial", 6/7 September 2013, Bruxelles (Belgium)

POSTER: "Neutron diffraction measurements for the characterisation of Italian Celtic coins", "NINMACH 2013 - 1st International Conference on Neutron Imaging and Neutron Methods in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research", 9/12 September 2013, Munich (Germany)

POSTER: "A multi-technique approach for provenance study of lapis lazuli", "FisMat 2013 - Italian National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics", 9/13 September 2013, Milano (Italy)

POSTER: "Neutron diffraction measurements: technological and compositional features of Celtic coins from northern Italy", "FisMat 2013 - Italian National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics", 9/13 September 2013, Milano (Italy)

POSTER: "A new instrument for X-ray radiography and tomography of large artworks", "TECHNART 2013 - Analytical Spectroscopy in Art and Archaeology", 23/26 September 2013, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

2012

INVITED TALK: "X-ray tomography and radiography on artworks: the experience of the neu_ART project", seminar at the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, 11 October 2012, Palais du Louvre, Paris (France)

INVITED TALK: "Lapis lazuli: identification of origin marker by traditional techniques and proton microscopy", "CIGES 2012 - III Italian Congress of Scientific Gemmology", 24/25 September 2012, Firenze (Italy)

ORAL: "Petrographic characterization of lapis lazuli for a provenance study and first measurements on a few artworks belonging to the "Collezione Medicea"", "VII national congress of archaeometry", 22/24 February 2012, Modena (Italy)

ORAL: "X-ray tomography of large wooden artworks: the case study of "Doppio corpo" by Pietro Piffetti", "EXRS 2012 - European Conference on X-Ray Spectrometry", 18/22 June 2012, Wien (Austria)

ORAL: "New markers to identify the provenance of lapis lazuli: trace elements in pyrite by means of micro-PIXE", "ICNMTA 2012 - 13th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications", 22/27 July 2012, Lisbon (Portugal)

ORAL: "Caratterizzazione del sistema di imaging con neutroni presso la facility INES", "XCVIII congresso congress of the Italian Physics Society", 17/21 September 2012, Napoli (Italy)

ORAL: "Tomografia di un arredo ligneo di grandi dimensioni: il "Doppio Corpo" di Pietro Piffetti" "XCVIII congress of the Italian Physics Society", 17/21 September 2012, Napoli (Italy)

POSTER: "Lapis lazuli provenance study by means of micro-PIXE and micro-IL", "ION BEAMS 12 - Multidisciplinary Applications of Nuclear Physics with Ion Beams", 6/8 June 2012, Legnaro (PD, Italy)

POSTER: "Combined SEM-EDX and micro-XRF analytical approach for a provenance study of lapis lazuli", "10th EMAS Regional Workshop - European Microbeam Analysis Society", 17/20 June 2012, Padova (Italy)

POSTER: "K-edge radiography with a quasi-monochromatic X-ray source","Synchrotron Radiation in Art and Archaeology - SR2A 2012", New York, June 5-8, 2012

POSTER: "A new digital radiography system for canvas paintings: a case study from Racconigi Castle (CN)", "EXRS 2012 - European Conference on X-Ray Spectrometry", 18/22 June 2012, Wien (Austria)

POSTER: "Micro-Ionoluminescence and micro-PIXE in natural diopside: activators and ion damaging effects", "ICNMTA 2012 - 13th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications", 22/27 July 2012, Lisbon (Portugal)

2011

ORAL: "Neutron radiography studies for cultural heritage within the neu_ART project", "ART'11 - 10th International Conference on non-destructive investigations and microanalysis for the diagnostics and conservation of cultural and environmental heritage", 13/15 April 2011, Firenze (Italy)

ORAL: "The provenance of lapis lazuli used for the objects of the "Collezione Medicea"", "TECHNART 2011 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage", 26/29 April 2011, Berlin (Germany)

ORAL: "SEM-EDX and SEM-CL to Characterize Lapis Lazuli from Different Provenances", "Microscopy & Microanalysis 2011", 08/11 August 2011, Nashville (Tennessee, USA)

ORAL: "Studio di provenienza di oggetti in lapislazzuli: il caso della "Collezione Medicea"", "XCVII congress of the Italian Physics Society", 27/30 September 2011, L'Aquila (Italy)

ORAL: "Radiografia e tomografia digitale con rivelatori lineari a scansione per il progetto neu_ART", "XCVII congress of the Italian Physics Society", 27/30 September 2011, L'Aquila (Italy)

ORAL: "Results of the Italian neu_ART project", "XTACH11 - International conference on the use of X-ray and related Techniques in Arts and Cultural Heritage", 7/8 December 2011, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)

POSTER: "Neutron imaging and diffraction on metal artefacts", "TECHNART 2011 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage", 26/29 April 2011, Berlin (Germany)

POSTER: "Characterization of lapis lazuli from different provenances by means of micro-Raman spectroscopy", "RAA 2011 - 6th International conference on the application of Raman Spectroscopy in Art and Archaeology", 5/8 September 2011, Parma (Italy)

2010

ORAL: "Studi di provenienza di Lapis Lazuli: caratterizzazione preliminare di rocce da differenti giacimenti", "VI national congress of archaeometry", 15/18 February 2010, Pavia (Italy)

ORAL: "Lapis lazuli provenance study by means of micro-PIXE", "ICNMTA 2010 - 12th International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications", 26/30 July 2010, Leipzig (Germany)

ORAL: "Il progetto regionale neu_ART: diagnostica per mezzo di raggi X e neutroni", "XCVI congress of the Italian Physics Society", 20/24 September 2010, Bologna (Italy)

ORAL: "Neutrografie nell'ambito del progetto neu_ART", "XCVI congress of the Italian Physics Society", 20/24 September 2010, Bologna (Italy)

POSTER: "A provenance study of lapis lazuli", International School "Hubert Curien" Structural and molecular archaeology - 3rd course: Non-invasive analysis of painting materials, 15/20 June 2010, Erice (TP, Italy)

POSTER: "Characterization of lapis lazuli for a provenance study by means of CL-SEM-EDS", "SEM 2010 - SEM and microanalysis in the study of historical technology, materials and conservation", 09/10 September 2010, London (UK)

2009

ORAL: "Multitechnique characterization of lapis lazuli for provenance study by means of ionoluminescence", "TECHNART 2009 - Non-destructive and microanalytical techniques in art and cultural heritage", 26/30 april 2009, Athens (Greece)

ORAL: "Caratterizzazione di lapislazzuli per studi di provenienza mediante tecniche di microscopia ionica", "XCV congress of the Italian Physics Society", 28 September / 2 October 2009, Bari (Italy)

2008

ORAL: "Tomografia computerizzata per l'indagine sul campo di grandi oggetti", "XCIV congress of the Italian Physics Society", 22/27 September 2008, Genova (Italy)

ORAL: "TAC per indagini su opere d'arte: il caso del Kongo Rikishi", "XCIV congress of the Italian Physics Society", 22/27 September 2008, Genova (Italy)