Lisbon. Scientific conferences resume today in Lisbon at the Italian Cultural Institute with the meeting “Italy and Portugal at the Poles” attended by Professor Roberto Azzolini, coordinator of the Italian Polar Programme with his lecture “The Italian science at the Poles: history, the sights, the reasons, and challenges” and Professor Gonçalo Vieira, coordinator of the Portuguese Polar Programme that will host the conference “Cooperaçao luso-italian nas ciencias polares”. (9colonne)