The event opens on Monday, 8 June 2026, with an official ceremony, held in conjunction with the International Staff Week dedicated to Ukrainian studies.

The opening session on 8 June starts at 10 am with a speech by the UAQ Rector, Prof. Fabio Graziosi. It will be attended in person by H.E. the Ambassador of Ukraine to Italy, Ihor Brusylo, as well as online by Dr Svitlana Shytikova, Director of the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine.

This will be followed by a presentation on the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies (GCUS) and a summary of the working activities held during the previous week.

In the afternoon, the scientific week dedicated to the theme “Mathematical Modelling for Real-World Applications and ICT” officially commences, with the participation of lecturers and researchers from partner universities:

• Georgia - Akaki Tsereteli State University

• Ghana - African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Ghana (AIMS)

• Ghana - Akenten Appiah Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED)

• Ghana - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

• Ghana - University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR)

• Kenya - Kenyatta University

• Kenya - University of Nairobi

• Palestine - Hebron University

• The Gambia - University of the Gambia

• Tunisia - University of Monastir

• Uganda - Makerere University

• Ukraine - Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

• Ukraine - Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics

• Ukraine - Lviv Polytechnic National University

• Ukraine - Odesa National I.I. Mechnikov University

• Ukraine - State University “Kyiv Aviation Institute”

• Ukraine - Sumy State University

• Ukraine - Taras Shevchenko National University

• Ukraine - Uzhhorod National University

• Ukraine - V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

For the first day of the Staff Week event, June 8th, activities will be held at Centro Congressi “Luigi Zordan” (https://maps.app.goo.gl/HNmG2b8BjrZBDZCW7). The morning will start at 8:30 am with registration.

On the next days, June 9th - June 11th - June 12th, activities will be held at the adjacent building of the Department of Human Sciences (DSU - https://maps.app.goo.gl/8L7koryDKV3qyu8x8)