SEMINAR      Thursday 24th November h. 15:00  Auditorium B. Touschek     A. Bettini (Padova U.) Cold dark matter searches Abstract            After a résumé of the astrophysical evidence for cold dark matter, I briefly summarise the status and the expectations for the next years of indirect searches.              I then critically review the main results on the direct searches and the research and development activity for the next generation detectors.