SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY:

• Organization of the international conferences:
  
  • Abelian groups and Modules, Udine, Aprile 1984
    
  • Modules and Commutative Rings , Bressanone, Ottobre 1990
    
  • Abelian groups and Modules, Padova, Giugno 1994
    
  • Algebra Conference for the 60th birthday of A. Orsatti, Padova, Giugno 1997
    
  • Rings, Modules and Abelian Groups I, Bressanone, 4-7 Luglio 1999
    
  • Rings, Modules and Abelian Groups II, Padova, 9-11 Dicembre 1999
    
  • Homological methods in module theory, Cortona, 10-16 settembre 2000
    
  • Algebra Conference - Venezia 2002, Venezia, 3-8 Giugno 2002
    
  • Commutative Rings and their Modules, Bressanone, 17-20 Settembre 2007
    
  
  
• National Coordinator of the research group COFIN'98 Ring theory, module theory and abelian groups: homological, topological and categorical methods, 1999-2000.
• Local Coordinator of the Research Group PRIN2002: Anelli quasi-perfetti e moduli semiartiniani, 2003-04
• National Coordinator of the Research Group PRIN 2005: Anelli commutativi e loro moduli: teoria moltiplicativa degli ideali, metodi omologici e topologici, 2006-07
• National Coordinator of the Research Group PRIN 2008: Commutative Rings and their Modules, Abelian Groups and Applications, 2010-2011
• Coordinator of the local research group Modules over commutative integral domains at the Padova University since 1985 up to the present.


• Invited lecturer at international conferences:
  
  • Roma 1977: Gruppi Abeliani e loro relazioni con la teoria dei moduli, December 12-17
  • Trento 1980: Gruppi abeliani e moduli, May
  • Perth 1987: Abelian group theory, August 9-14
  • Dresden 1995: Algebra and model theory, June 8-10
  • Napoli 1998: Due giornate dedicate a Mario Curzio, October 8-9
  • Beijing 1998: Sino-Italian Symposium on applied and computational mathematics, October 27-29
  • New Orleans 1999: A conference on algebra, March 28-30 (honoring Laszlo Fuchs)
  • Roma 1999: Commutative algebra workshop, June 2-5
  • Praha 1999: Some trends in algebra '99, September 6-10
  • Honolulu 2001: Second Honolulu conference on Abelian groups and modules, July 25-August 1
  • Hattingen 2001: Algebra and discrete mathematics, August 18-23
  • Praha 2001: Some trends in Algebra '01, September 2-8
  • Hattingen 2002: Algebra-geometry and interactions, July 16-22 (to the memory of Reinhold Baer)
  • Auburn 2004: Abelian groups, rings and modules, September 9-11 (honoring Edgar Enochs)
  • Cortona 2006: Workshop on Commutative Rings, June 2-6
  • Storrs 2007: Groups and Modules ove Commutative Rings, June 11-16
  • Fez 2008: Commutative Algebra and Applications, June 23-28
  • Cluj-Napoca 2008: Modules and Representation Theory, July 7-12
  • Essen 2009: Festkolloquium in honor of Ruediger Goebel, April 24-25
  • Praha 2009: Some Trends in Algebra, September 8-11
  • Roma 2010: Commutative Ring Theory Days, May 19-21
  • Barcelona 2010: Algebra meets Topology: Advances and Applications, July 19-24
  • Muelheim 2011: Groups and Model Theory, May 30-June 3
  • Brixen 2012: Commutative Rings and their Modules, June 4-8