SIEm Masterclass · Associated Event

Storytelling Electromagnetics 2
Public Speaking

From electromagnetic waves to media waves: learn how to communicate research with clarity, confidence and impact.
📅 9–10 September 2026
📍 Luigi Zordan Congress Centre
🎓 1 ECTS credit on request
💶 Fee: €145 + VAT
Following the first SIEm training day on scientific writing, this second masterclass focuses on public speaking in scientific communication. Through theory, hands-on practice and realistic simulations, participants will develop practical tools to explain research effectively in front of a microphone, a camera and a live audience.
🎤 Registration deadline: 02 August 2026. Places are limited and registration is open while places remain available.

From electromagnetic waves
to media waves.

Learn how to turn scientific knowledge into clear, engaging and memorable communication.
🎙️ Speak with impact Voice, language and synthesis
📹 Face the camera Interviews and video formats
🧠 Handle the unexpected Questions and limited time
🤝 Learn by doing Feedback and practical exercises

Programme

Wednesday, 9 September
  • 13:45–14:00 Welcome and introduction
  • 14:00–15:30 Public speaking techniques
  • 15:30–16:00 Break
  • 16:00–18:00 Introduction to practical activities and intervention formats
  • 20:00–22:00 Social Dinner
Thursday, 10 September
  • 09:00–10:30 Workshop
  • 10:30–11:00 Break
  • 11:00–12:00 Discussion of preliminary results
  • 12:00–12:30 Closing session and final assignment
  • 12:30–14:00 Lunch break
💶 Registration fee

The registration fee is €145 + VAT. SIEm members are exempt from VAT.

The fee includes the training activities, the Social Dinner on 9 September and lunch on 10 September.

📍 Venue

Luigi Zordan Congress Centre
Piazza San Basilio 1
67100 L’Aquila, Italy

🎓 Academic recognition

Upon request, participants may receive certification of completion corresponding to 1 ECTS credit.

Speakers

DC

Davide Coero Borga

Science writer and communicator

Science communicator, author and presenter; he works at the National Institute for Astrophysics and is known to Italian audiences through Rai Cultura and the programme Newton.

JP

Jacopo Pasotti

Science communicator, photographer and journalist

Journalist and science communicator with international experience in field reporting, photography and training in effective writing and public speaking.

Make your research understood beyond your specialist field. Give your scientific story a voice.
An event curated by the SIEm Working Group on Communication. For information: gaetano.marrocco@uniroma2.it