L'arte di insegnare per accendere la passione per la Scienza

8:30 AM
Institutional Greetings
Local Authorities
Rebecca Lewis – Program Director, Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE), Education Development Center, Boston, USA
Anna Pascucci – Director of the ABE Italy Program, National Association of Natural Science Teachers
Rossana Bruno – Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs, AMGEN, Milan

9:00 AM
Session I: Overview of the Amgen Biotech Experience – Italy
“The daisy framework” in the ABE program
Anna Pascucci, Director of the ABE Italy Program
Examples of Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) Activities in ABE
Mariangela Fontechiari, Luigina Renzi – ABE Italy Coordinators
The IBSE Approach in the ABE Program: Experiences in High Schools
Antonella Di Adila, Rossella Lupo – Puglia Regional Coordinators, ABE Italy
New IBSE Challenges for ABE Program Students
Chiara Garulli – Master Teacher Fellow, ABE Italy
BIOTECH & BIOBEADS – Recombinant Beads and Plasmids
Paola Travascio – Master Teacher Fellow, ABE Italy

10:45 AM
Session II: Diverse Expressions of the Italian ABE Community – Voices from the Schools
Welcome Back to the Amgen Biotech Experience
Presented by Antonella Di Adila
Project by the students of Liceo Scientifico Volta, Foggia, Class 4^D
Teacher: Giovanni Petrella

A Million + 20 Students
Lucia Pompei, Luigina Renzi – IIS Sansi Leonardi Volta, Spoleto

Precision Medicine at School
Fabrizio Morlotti – Liceo Scientifico Sereni, Luino (VA)
Presented by students from Class 3B LS: Irene Cutrì, Gloria Massara, Matilde Verderame

A Taste of Sustainability
Paola Travascio – IS Pitagora, Pozzuoli (NA)
Presented by: Eleonora Massa, Lavinia Lubrano Lavadera

A Year of ABE at Liceo Classico Motzo
Loredana Onidi – Liceo B.R. Motzo, Quartu SE (CA)

From Career Guidance to the PNRR STEM Plan and the 2025–2026 Summer Plan

2:00 PM
Session III: A Taste of... IBSE Centers
Watch Out for the Crystallin Proteins... Colorimeter vs BYOD
Isabella Marini – President, ANISN

Let's Make Bubble Tea Spheres
Maria Luisa Modesto – ANISN and IBSE Center Sicily

Lactose Intolerance: An Evolutionary Matter
Claudia Polverini – ANISN and IBSE Center Florence

Cognitive Load and Working Memory
Roberto Rosa – ANISN and IBSE Center Puglia

3:00 PM
Round Table
New Teaching and Learning Methodologies: How to Integrate Biotechnology into Secondary School Education

4:30 PM
Closing Remarks