A roundtable discussion on 'Science and Research for Social and Political Advancement' will take place on 7 May beginning at 15:45 in ICTP's Main Lecture Hall. Co-organized by Lions Club Trieste Host and ICTP, the event will include remarks by Settimio Carlo Aiello, president of Lions Club Trieste Host; K.R. Sreenivasan, director of ICTP; Mario Pines, vice president of Lions Club Trieste Host; Domenico Romeo, rector of University of Trieste; Harald Kreid, executive secretary of Central European Initiative; Roberto Cosolini, counsellor of Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia for Labour, Training, University and Research; and Roberto Antonione, undersecretary of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.