A delegation from the Italian Foreign Ministry, led by Under-Secretaries Roberto Antonione, Mario Baccini and Margherita Boniver, visited ICTP on 5 March to learn more about its scientific activities and to discuss Trieste's candidacy for Expo 2008. Presentations were made by Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Director of ICTP; Edoardo Boncinelli, Director of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA); Graziano Bertogli, Deputy Managing Director of the International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS); Walter Gerbino, Deputy Rector of the University of Trieste; Carlo Rizzuto, President, Sincrotrone Trieste; Renzo Rosei, President of the Scientific Advisory Council, Sincrotrone Trieste; and Maria Cristina Pedicchio, President of AREA Science Park.