Space. 4you. Space, a driver for Competitiveness and Growth PROGRAMME

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Space, a driver for Competitiveness and Growth

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NEREUS

International Conference

Space

4You

Space, a driver for competitiveness and growth

Bari

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WEDNESday,

26 February

10:30-12:00

_{NEREUS Event Press Conference}

Speakers:

Nichi Vendola

President, Apulia Regional Government

Alain Bénéteau

President, NEREUS

Giuseppe Acierno

President, Apulian Aerospace Cluster

12:00-14:00

_{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

Coordinator:

Loredana Capone

Regional Minister for Economic Development, Apulia Regional Government

Speakers:

Giuseppe Acierno

President, Apulian Aerospace Cluster Representatives of Italian Regions

Representatives of the Italian Technological Clusters NEREUS representatives

14:00-16:00

_{NEREUS WG Meetings}

16:00-19:30

_{Nereus Management Board}

Coordinator:

Roya Ayazi

General Secretary, NEREUS

SIDE EVENTS

20:30

_{Welcome Dinner hosted by the Apulia}

Region

(By invitation only)

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THURSday,

27 February

09:30-10:00

_{Welcome from local authorities}

Speaker:

Michele Emiliano

Mayor of Bari

Opening remarks

Speakers:

Loredana Capone

Giuseppe Acierno

10:00-11:30

_{Session 1: The Useful Space}

Introduction:

Luca De Biase

Journalist, Sole 24 Ore

Key-note speeches:

Nichi Vendola

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

11:30-13:00

_{Round Table: How can Space Agencies work}

with Regions?

Moderator:

Giovanni Sylos Labini

Apulian Aerospace Cluster

Introduction:

Roya Ayazi

Speakers:

Representatives of ESA, ASI, CNES, UKSA and DLR debate with relevant end-users and regional authorities (civil protection, agriculture, transports, etc.)

13:00-14:30

_Lunch

14:30-15:30

_{Round table: NEREUS Working Groups}

Moderator:

Roya Ayazi

Speakers:

Valerio Tramutoli

&

Branka Cuca

Earth Observation/ Copernicus

Pierpaolo Campostrini

GNSS

Bruno Pacheco

Telecommunications

Philippe Lattes

Cluster

Piero Messidoro

Explo

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THURSday,

27 February

15:30-17:30

_{Session 2: Space for...}

Parallel Session Open Workshops

Environment & Sustainable Energy

(Air quality, Water Resources, Land Use, Agriculture, Forestry applications Solar, Wind, Biomass, Smart Network)

Chair:

Vincenzo Lapenna

Director, National Research Council, Institute of Methodologies of Environmental Analysis

Co-chair:

Antonello Antonicelli

Director, Environmental safety and protection and Public Works Policy Unit, Apulia Regional Government

Emergency & Disasters

(Forest Fire, Landslide, Floods, Earthquake)

Chair:

Pierluigi Soddu

Executive Director, Civil Protection Department, Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Co-chair:

Antonio Navarra

President, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC)

Transports & Infrastructures

(Road, Railways, Marine, Air Traffic)

Chair:

Representative of the Apulian Aerospace Cluster

Co-chair:

Vito Pertosa

Representative, MEDIS – Apulian Mechatronics Technological Cluster

VENUE: HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI

Smart Cities

(Urban Planning, Digital Divide, Traffic Control)

Chair:

Representative of Brandenburg

Co-chair:

Lorenzo Vasanelli

President, DHITECH - Apulian Hi-tech Technological Cluster

Business Partnerships

(Procurement policy for big clients, instruments of project financing, b2b meetings)

Chair:

Giovanna Genchi

Manager, International Business Promotion Department, Apulia Regional Government

Co-chair:

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 ofESA Communication Department

and

Giovanni Bignami

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FRIday,

28 February

VENUE:

HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI

09:30-10:30

_{Session 3: Space for Regions}

Moderator:

Peter de Selding

Journalist, Space News

Introduction:

Loredana Capone

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

10:30-13:00

_{Living Lab: Space for Regions}

Coordinator:

Francesco Surico

Director, Consulting and Technical Assistance Unit, Innovapuglia

Introduction:

Pasquale Chieco

President, Innovapuglia

Speakers:

Roya Ayazi

Giovani Bertolone

President, CTNA

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

13:00-14:00

_Lunch

14:00-16:00

_{Session 4/Living Lab:}

Space for Regional Best Practices

Coordinator:

Francesco Surico

Director, Consulting and Technical Assistance Unit, Innovapuglia

Introduction:

Evelina Milella

President, Regional Agency for Technology & Innovation (ARTI)

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FRIday,

28 February

VENUE:

HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI

Speakers:

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

16:00-17:00

_{Round Table: Space for Careers}

Opportunities

Coordinator:

Roya Ayazi

Speakers:

Fernando Doblas

Head of ESA Communication Department ESA Astronaut

Representatives of Industries, EC and National Space Agencies

17:00-18:30

_{Session 5: Concluding remarks}

Key-note speeches:

Giuseppe Acierno

Roya Ayazi

Simonetta di Pippo

Head of the ASI European Space Policy Observatory in Brussels

Vittorio Prodi

Member of European Parliament

Nichi Vendola

SIDE EVENT

18:30-19:30

_{Speed professional networking for}

students and young professionals

Coordinator:

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