An impressive program of pre-recorded video conferences, films and video documentaries will be presented essentially on Leonardo da Vinci. Among the video speakers, let us underline the exceptional participation of three luminaries:

Dr Rolando Del Maestro
(conferences in English)

Topic:
¬ Leonardo, Search for the soul
¬ Leonardo, The concept of the Renaissance

An internationally renowned neurosurgeon and director of the Montreal Neurological Institute's Brain Tumor Research Center, Dr. Rolando Del Maestro has one of the most important collections of works on Leonardo da Vinci. Passionate about this genius of anatomy, Dr. Del Maestro has received several awards for his support for community services, including Rotary International.

Sara Taglialagamba
(conferences in English or Italian)

Topic:
¬ Leonardo and engineering (ANG + IT)
¬ Leonardo and architecture (ANG)
¬ Leonardo, automation and robotics (IT)

Dr. Taglialagamba, a doctor in art history at the University of Siena, studied Leonardo da Vinci for a long time at the University of Pisa, where she focused on her grotesque heads and her fantastic animals. Her recent participation in the 16th Century Society Conference in Montreal was a resounding success. She obtained a postdoctoral fellowship from the Sorbonne in Paris

Sabine Frommel
(conferences in French)

Topic:
¬ Leonardo and architecture (FR)
¬ Leonardo da Vinci, architect of Francois 1 (FR)

Director of studies in the history of Renaissance art at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris-Sorbonne), Sabine Frommel also taught, from 1985 to 2003, the history of architecture at the School of Architecture from Paris-La-Villette. In 2001, she obtained the approval to direct a research at the University of Paris-IV Sorbonne. Her work focuses on relations between France and Italy, including the stay of Italian artists at the court of France from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century (including Leonardo da Vinci).