From 7 to 11 September 2026, CAEN took part in the 112th National Congress of the Italian Physical Society (SIF), held at the Novoli Campus of the University of Florence – one of the most important annual gatherings of the Italian physics community.

The Congress brought together researchers from across Italy working in every field of the discipline, from nuclear and subnuclear physics to astrophysics, condensed matter, geophysics and medical physics. For CAEN, it was an opportunity to present its instrumentation for nuclear and scientific research to the community that has worked with the company’s solutions for decades, and to discuss with researchers the needs of current and future experiments.

On Thursday, 10 September, CAEN contributed to the Young Researchers Section (Sezione Giovani) with a talk presenting concrete examples of machine learning applications developed within the company, as part of a session dedicated to how artificial intelligence is reshaping contemporary scientific research.

The same day, CAEN co-organized the full-day symposium “Formare fisici per l’industria: Competenze, innovazione e ruolo professionale” (“Training Physicists for Industry: Skills, Innovation and Professional Role”). Opened by the President of the FNCF (Federazione Nazionale dei Chimici e dei Fisici), the symposium brought together speakers from companies, research infrastructures and independent practice to discuss the many paths a physicist can take outside academia – from applied research and non-destructive testing to deep-tech entrepreneurship and freelance work. A topic close to CAEN, whose products are born from the meeting of physics and engineering.

CAEN is pleased to have contributed to the Congress and to the ongoing exchange between research and industry, reaffirming its long-standing dialogue with Italian physicists and research institutions.