July 12-18, 2026

Complex networks : from socio-economic systems to biology and brain

Schedule
Speakers
Organizing Committee
  • Alessandro Londei — SONY CSL, Italy
  • Alex Arenas — Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
  • Andrea Zaccaria — ISC - CNR, Italy
  • Carlo Vittorio Cannistraci — Tsinghua University, China
  • Clara Garanell — Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
  • Cristina Masoller — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • Daniel Fraiman — Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina
  • Daniele Cirulli — CREF + Università “Tor Vergata”, Italy
  • Deok-Sun Lee — KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
  • Edoardo Maggioni — IMT - Lucca, Italy
  • Ewan Birney — European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
  • Federico Battiston — Central European University, Vienna, Austria
  • Fiammetta Rosenblatt — IMT - Lucca, Italy
  • Filippo Caruso — Università di Firenze, Italy
  • Francesco Vaccarino — Politecnico di Torino, Italy
  • Giulio Iannelli — CREF, Italy
  • Jessica Davis — Northeastern University - London, UK
  • Johan Bollen — University of Amsterdam - The Netherland, and Indiana University - USA
  • José Soares Andrade Jr — Fortaleza University, Brazil
  • Lorenzo Grimaldi — CREF + Università “Tor Vergata”, Italy
  • Lorenzo Lucarini — Università “Tor Vergata”, Italy
  • Lorenzo Monacelli — Università “Sapienza” di Roma, Italy
  • Lucija Nora Farkaš — Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia
  • Marian Boguña — Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
  • Mattia Miotto — Università “Sapienza” di Roma, Italy
  • Mirko Tribastone — IMT - Lucca, Italy
  • Ottavia Falconi — CREF + Università “Tor Vergata”, Italy
  • Pablo Villegas — "Enrico Fermi" Research Center, italy
  • Pietro Zgaga — IMT - Lucca, Italy
  • Salvatore Alaimo — University of Catania
  • Sandro Meloni — IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Spain
  • Sebastiano Vigna — Università di Milano, Italy
  • Sofia Teixeira — Northeastern University London, UK
  • Stefano Gagliani — IMT - Lucca, Italy
  • Subodh Patil — Lorentz Instituut, The Netherlands
  • Thierry Njougouo — IMT - Lucca, Italy
  • Alfredo Ferro — University of Catania
  • Alfredo Pulvirenti — University of Catania
  • Andrea Gabrielli — Università degli Studi "Roma Tre", Roma
  • Andrea Pagnani — Politecnico di Torino
  • Diego Garlaschelli — IMT, Lucca
  • Francesca Tria — "La Sapienza" University of Rome
  • Giancarlo Ruffo — Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro"
  • Giulio Cimini — Università "Tor Vergata", Roma
  • Søren Brunak — University of Copenhagen
  • Tiziana Di Matteo — King's College London
  • Tommaso Gili — IMT, Lucca

Travel and accommodation

The conference room (located at Hotel Carasco, Porto delle Genti, Lipari) is air-conditioned and equipped with all conference materials. In addition, special areas are reserved for students for the afternoon coursework and study. The island of Lipari can be easily reached by ferry or hydrofoil from Milazzo, Palermo, Naples, Messina, and Reggio Calabria (50 minutes from Milazzo).

Registration

The registration fee is 570 €. It covers the course material, bus + hydrofoil Catania airport-Lipari-Catania airport, social events, and coffee breaks.
Applications will be accepted up to June 30, 2026.

Applicants must include an updated link to an official website and a cell phone number in case of an emergency.  In case of cancellation after fee payments, a 30% penalty will be applied. Payment must be received as soon as possible, no later than June 30, 2026. Only wire transfers or credit card payments can be accepted.

SPONSORED BY
University of Catania - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine