Space 4you Space, a driver for Competitiveness and Growth PROGRAMME
NEREUS International Conference Space4You Space, a driver for competitiveness and growth Bari 26-28 February 2014
WEDNESday, 26 February VENUE: Bari palese airport 10:30-12:00 NEREUS Event Press Conference 14:00-16:00 NEREUS WG Meetings 12:00-14:00 Nichi Vendola President, Apulia Regional Government Alain Bénéteau President, NEREUS Giuseppe Acierno President, Apulian Aerospace Cluster Space4You: Italian regions meet NEREUS (Italian Region and NEREUS in Horizon 2020, The Aerospace Clusters and the European Programme, Best practices and examples of Interregional cooperation in the space field) Lunch & Networking Loredana Capone Regional Minister for Economic Development, Apulia Regional Government Giuseppe Acierno President, Apulian Aerospace Cluster Representatives of Italian Regions Representatives of the Italian Technological Clusters NEREUS representatives 16:00-19:30 SIDE EVENTS Nereus Management Board 20:30 Welcome Dinner hosted by the Apulia Region (By invitation only)
THURSday, 27 February VENUE: HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI 09:30-10:00 10:00-11:30 Welcome from local authorities Speaker: Michele Emiliano Mayor of Bari Opening remarks Loredana Capone Regional Minister for Economic Development, Apulia Regional Government Giuseppe Acierno President, Apulian Aerospace Cluster Session 1: The Useful Space 11:30-13:00 13:00-14:30 Round Table: How can Space Agencies work with Regions? Moderator: Giovanni Sylos Labini Apulian Aerospace Cluster Representatives of ESA, ASI, CNES, UKSA and DLR debate with relevant end-users and regional authorities (civil protection, agriculture, transports, etc.) Lunch Luca De Biase Journalist, Sole 24 Ore Key-note speeches: Nichi Vendola President, Apulia Regional Government Antonio Tajani Vice-President, European Commission responsible for Enterprise and Industry Enrico Saggese President, Italian Space Agency (ASI) Adam Struzik President, Mazovia Region Alain Bénéteau President, NEREUS 14:30-15:30 Round table: NEREUS Working Groups Moderator: Valerio Tramutoli & Branka Cuca Earth Observation/ Copernicus Pierpaolo Campostrini GNSS Bruno Pacheco Telecommunications Philippe Lattes Cluster Piero Messidoro Explo
THURSday, 27 February VENUE: HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI 15:30-17:30 Session 2: Space for... Smart Cities (Urban Planning, Digital Divide, Traffic Control) Parallel Session Open Workshops Environment & Sustainable Energy (Air quality, Water Resources, Land Use, Agriculture, Forestry applications Solar, Wind, Biomass, Smart Network) Vincenzo Lapenna Director, National Research Council, Institute of Methodologies of Environmental Analysis Antonello Antonicelli Director, Environmental safety and protection and Public Works Policy Unit, Apulia Regional Government Emergency & Disasters (Forest Fire, Landslide, Floods, Earthquake) Pierluigi Soddu Executive Director, Civil Protection Department, Presidency of the Council of Ministers Antonio Navarra President, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC) Transports & Infrastructures (Road, Railways, Marine, Air Traffic) Representative of the Apulian Aerospace Cluster Vito Pertosa Representative, MEDIS Apulian Mechatronics Technological Cluster Representative of Brandenburg Lorenzo Vasanelli President, DHITECH - Apulian Hi-tech Technological Cluster Business Partnerships (Procurement policy for big clients, instruments of project financing, b2b meetings) Giovanna Genchi Manager, International Business Promotion Department, Apulia Regional Government Antonio De Vito Managing Director, Puglia Sviluppo S.p.A. SIDE EVENTS 17:30-18:30 Opening of the Space Exhibition Networking aperitif 20:00-22:00 Social Dinner Presentation of ESA s Rosetta mission Fernando Doblas Head of ESA Communication Department and Giovanni Bignami INAF President
FRIday, 28 February VENUE: HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI 09:30-10:30 10:30-13:00 Session 3: Space for Regions Moderator: Peter de Selding Journalist, Space News Loredana Capone Regional Minister for Economic Development, Apulia Regional Government Key-note speeches: Paul Weissenberg Deputy Director General, Enterprise and Industry DG, EC Carlo des Dorides Executive Director, European GNSS Agency (GSA) Franco Ongaro Director of Technical and Quality Management, ESA Living Lab: Space for Regions Francesco Surico Director, Consulting and Technical Assistance Unit, Innovapuglia Pasquale Chieco President, Innovapuglia Giovani Bertolone President, CTNA 13:00-14:00 14:00-16:00 Maurizio Madiai Aerospace Coordinator, AIAD Maurizio Farnioli President, ASAS Hans Bracquené President, SME4Space Geoff Sawyer General Secretary, EARSC Giovanni Sylos Labini President, AIPAS Jean-Jacques Tortora General Secretary, Eurospace Domenico Favuzzi President of Confindustria Apulia Mauro Facchini Head of Copernicus Unit, DG Enterprise, EC Representative of the Copernicus award Conclusions: Giovanni Giannini Regional Minister for Transport, Apulia Regional Government Lunch Session 4/Living Lab: Space for Regional Best Practices Francesco Surico Director, Consulting and Technical Assistance Unit, Innovapuglia Evelina Milella President, Regional Agency for Technology & Innovation (ARTI)
FRIday, 28 February VENUE: HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI 16:00-17:00 Adriana Agrimi Manager, Industrial Research & Innovation Department, Apulia Regional Government Walter Piperno Head of SMEs Unit, ASI Philippe Escudier Head of Space Applications, CNES Marlene Antunes de Assis Azores Region Nick Veck Head of Strategy & External Affairs, Catapult Agnelli Stefano Director of European Institutional Affairs, Eutelsat, SABER Network Eugenio Fontàn Oliate Aerospace Cluster, Madrid Augusto Gonzales Head of Policy and Space Research Conclusions: Angela Barbanente Vice-President, Apulia Region Round Table: Space for Careers Opportunities Fernando Doblas Head of ESA Communication Department ESA Astronaut Representatives of Industries, EC and National Space Agencies 17:00-18:30 SIDE EVENT Session 5: Concluding remarks Key-note speeches: Giuseppe Acierno President, Apulian Aerospace Cluster Simonetta di Pippo Head of the ASI European Space Policy Observatory in Brussels Vittorio Prodi Member of European Parliament Nichi Vendola President, Apulia Regional Government 18:30-19:30 Speed professional networking for students and young professionals