Press conference to present the digitization project of the Central Herbarium.
Botany Library - Via La Pira 4
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at 12 noon
Speeches by:
Stefano Cannicci, delegate of the rector of the University of Florence | Luigi Fiorentino, president of the National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC) | Elena Canadelli, scientific officer for the NBFC digitization project, University of Padua | Alessio Papini, scientific coordinator for the project for the Central Italian Herbarium, University of Florence.
With the presence of:
Vincenzo De Marco, manager of the Enhancement of Cultural Heritage Area | Lucilla Conigliello, manager of the University Museum System | Chiara Nepi, head of 'La Pira' Museum Headquarters | Lorenzo Cecchi, Central Herbarium collections coordinator.
Journalists, TV cameramen and photographers in attendance then stopped by to visit the Herbarium, to witness the high-resolution scanning of Central Herbarium specimens with the machinery of Picturae.
At the end of the morning there was also a visit to the Botanical Garden, where Giulia Torta, curator of the Garden, introduced interested people to the discovery of this special garden.
To appreciate the scientific scope of the project see the video shot by colleagues in multimedia productions.
Also available is an interesting interview on RaiNews, featured in the article dedicated to this project in UnifiMagazine and another in the newspaper La Nazione.