The IIC participates to the Meeting organized by the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science and by the American University of Beirut-AUB, in partnership with the University of Palermo and with the collaboration of the Lebanese National Council of Scientific Research. The Meeting is a forum to meet and exchange knowledge and expertise, as well as a platform of interaction and networking among for researchers and general participants. More than 500 Lebanese and foreign researchers, of which 11 Italians, participate in this meeting by submitting 170 summaries of their research.