‘Once again this year, UniTS and its community are at the forefront of Trieste Next, a festival that, like our university, promotes basic research by placing it in dialogue with applied research, innovation and, as a result, relations with businesses and the local area. Today more than ever, multidisciplinarity is a value, and the cross-fertilisation between the life sciences, technological, social and human sciences plays a strategic role. This year, UniTS is present at the festival not only with over 200 volunteers who make the event possible, but also with numerous talks designed and led by students, doctoral students and technical and administrative staff.’

With these words, Donata Vianelli, Rector of the University of Trieste, presented the 2025 edition of Trieste Next at the Urban Center. The festival will be dedicated to the theme ‘Life Within. Dialogues Between Science and Technology’.

Under the scientific direction of UniTS, from 26th to 28th September 2025 the Festival of Scientific Research will once again transform Piazza Unità into a great stage for science: for three days, more than 100 events and hundreds of scientists from all over the world will engage with the public, reflecting on the challenges of our time and debating the frontiers of technological innovation.

Thanks to the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, top speakers of Trieste Next will form part of the university’s programme: science communicator David Quammen, author of the international bestseller ‘Spillover’, which in 2012 described the origin and evolution of pandemics, will present his new book ‘The Reluctant Mr. Darwin’ on Friday 26th September at 21:00. On Saturday 27th September at 21:00, Brian Kobilka, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2012, will illustrate his research that has opened new frontiers in understanding how cells communicate with each other, with fundamental implications for the development of new drugs.

These are the UniTS events at Trieste Next, day by day:

Friday 26th September
Saturday 27th September
Sunday 28th September

These are the ten UniTS exhibition spaces in its stand in Piazza Unità:

UniTS Stand, 26th–28th September

The stand will also host a point of sale for University merchandise:

• Friday 26th September: 16:00 – 22:00
• Saturday 27th September: 10:00 – 22:00
• Sunday 28th September: 10:00 – 20:00

Once again this year, most of the Trieste Next events will also be available via live streaming.