the Island protagonist at Osaka 2025 between identity, innovation and global challenges

Millenary tradition and technological challenge, deep roots and global vision. This is the story that Sardinia will bring to the Universal Exposition in Osaka 2025, where it will be the protagonist of the Italian Pavilion from 22 to 28 June. The participation, coordinated by the Regional Department of Industry, represents a strategic showcase to promote the identity of the Island and contribute to the international debate on the future of the environment, society and technology. “With this presence – explained the Vice President of the Region, Giuseppe Meloni – Sardinia will have the opportunity to show the world its specificities, enhancing in particular its cultural heritage, design, artisan traditions, environmental sustainability and the innovative technological solutions that are emerging in the territory”. The Sardinian theme is part of the Italian theme “Art regenerates life”, with the aim of exploring the dialogue between memory and modernity. The Island will present itself as a laboratory of sustainability, resilience and innovation, with particular attention to craftsmanship reinterpreted in a contemporary key and the use of culture as a driver of development. The dense and varied program will open on Sunday, June 22nd with the ribbon cutting by the regional councilor for Tourism Franco Cuccureddu (10.30:24 local time). Among the important events, on Tuesday 27th there will be the meeting “The Nuragic civilization, the giants of Mont’e Prama and the Sinis park”, while on Friday XNUMXth the Unesco candidacy of the Domus de Janas will be presented in the conference “Art and Architecture in prehistoric Sardinia”.

Wednesday 25th will be dedicated to Sardinian identity through Carnival: the conference “The Carnivals of Sardinia”, with live performances, will give space to traditional masks, followed by “The Masks of the Carnival of Ottana” (18 pm), with dressing and stage action of the Boes, Merdules and Filonzana. The Einstein Telescope project will also be central, the European gravitational wave detector that the Region aims to host in the former mine of Sos Enattos. On Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th, two scientific conferences will be held in collaboration with the INFN: “A territory of science” and “Italy and Japan in the worldwide gravitational wave network Ligo-Virgo-Kagra and Einstein Telescope”, with the participation of Nobel Prize winner Takaaki Kajita. Also on Thursday 26th, space will be given to attracting foreign investments with the session “Japan tells the story of Italy”, organized together with MIMIT. The Regional Programming Center will coordinate a focus on the opportunities offered by Sardinia to Japanese investors, in particular on projects related to abandoned mining sites and research infrastructures. Tourism will be the protagonist on Friday 27: at 11 am the presentation of “Destinazione Sardegna” with the press conference “Heart of Mediterranean sea”, followed in the afternoon by a workshop between Sardinian and Japanese operators. The week will close on Saturday 28 with the event “La voce della pietra. Le pietre sonore di Pinuccio Sciola”: a concert directed by Andrea Granitzio, with Maria Sciola and the Japanese string quartet “Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai”, which will unite art, matter and music in a symbolic embrace between cultures.