INVITATION. Driving change for US and Italian Innovation systems: finding better ways to learn from each other INNOVATION FORUM

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1 con i Patrocinio di CUNITED STATES OF AMERI A CONSULATE GENERAL U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL MILAN INVITATION INNOVATION FORUM Driving change for US and Itaian Innovation systems: finding better ways to earn from each other Trieste, 28th Juy 2016 Innovation Forum wi bring together eading poicymakers, institutiona representatives, thinkers and practitioners from Itay and the USA to envision what institutions, universities, research centers and companies of the future wi be ike and how today s US and Itaian companies can achieve the change they wi need to increase their mutua co-operation. Leading entrepreneurs and senior researchers wi share their insights and strategies for success in their bi-atera and mutiatera partnership. The Forum The event wi highight the opportunities for coaboration and business between the Friui Venezia Giuia Region and the United States, prepared for and enhanced by institutiona missions and recent activities at biatera eve. A particuar focus wi be devoted to potentia mutua benefits that coud resut from greater synergies among systems to support new companies and innovative startups. The main objectives of the event are to enhance the understanding of the business mechanisms in the United States, to promote the internationaization of FVG s companies, especiay sma and medium enterprises, and to attract startups and US companies to FVG.

2 Registration and wecome coffee Wecome addresses The progress of transatantic science and technoogy cooperation. EU-Itay-US diaogue: joint priorities to advance as a competitive goba payer in science technoogy and innovation. Roberto Dipiazza - Major of Trieste Annapaoa Porzio - Prefect of Trieste Debora Serracchiani - President of the Friui Venezia Giuia Autonomous Region John R. Phiips - US Ambassador in Itay Sergio Paoetti - President of AREA Science Park Giovanni Da Pozzo - Vice President of Unioncamere Itay Mirosav Vesković - European Commission - DG Joint Research Centre Ivan Scafarotto - Under Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Deveopment Paoo Gentioni - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Internationa Cooperation* Penary session The progress of transatantic cooperation: the roe of science, technoogy and innovation to enhance partnership between Academia and Industry. Itay-USA cooperation in science, technoogy and innovation is carried in the framework of many agreements and programs such as those invoving the whoe European Union or just the two countries. In this context of mutipe coaborations at different eves stands the reationship between the Autonomous Region of Friui Venezia Giuia, with one of the highest concentrations of researchers in Europe driving innovation in industry and society, and the United States of America, undisputed goba powerhouse of innovation. How can we buid on the existing partnerships for the future deveopment of both Friui Venezia Giuia and the USA in an even more competitive goba environment? Moderator: Guido Romeo - I Soe 24 Ore Phiip T. Reeker - US Genera Consu in Mian Pane 1 - The contribution of universities to innovation and research Maurizio Fermegia - Chanceor of the University of Trieste Antonio Abramo - Patent manager of the University of Udine Stefano Ruffo - Director of SISSA - Internationa Schoo for Advanced Studies Sandro Scandoo - Head of Scientific Programmes - ICTP Internationa for Theoretica Physics Serenea Sferza - Co-Director of MISTI - MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technoogy Chares W. Wessner - Georgetown University Pane 2 - Towards networks of innovators Fabrizio Nicoetti - Head of Unit for Scientific and Technoogica Cooperation - Itaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Internationa Cooperation Mounir Ghribi - Chief of the Internationa Reations Department of OGS - Nationa Institute of Oceanography and Experimenta Geophysics Mauro Giacca - Director-Genera of ICGEB - Internationa Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnoogy Afonso Franciosi - President and CEO of ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste Stefano Casaeggi - Director of AREA Science Park Pane 3 - New approaches on innovation Nicoa Buonanno - Territory Saes Manager of Googe Itay Pier Luigi Da Pino - Director of the institutiona and industria reations Dept. of Microsoft Itay and Austria Fabrizio Renzi - Technica and Innovation Director of IBM Itay Agostino Santoni - CEO of Cisco Itay Tareq Rajja CEO of Amazon Itaia Logistica

3 Pane 4 - Industry reations: a aboratory for economic deveopment Andrea Iy - President and CEO of iycaffè S.p.A Giampiero Massoo - President of Fincantieri S.p.A Beniamino Matese - Senior Vice President of Costa Crociere Giovanni Pavan - President of Unioncamere Friui Venezia Giuia Giuseppe Bono - President of Confindustria Friui Venezia Giuia Concusions: Sergio Bozoneo - Vice President of the Friui Venezia Giuia Autonomous Region* Caron De Mars - US Department of State A simutaneous transation service wi be provided Transfer to Light unch Thematic roundtabes - Four parae sessions A seected topic aimed at answering to a specific socia chaenge wi be presented in a structured/forma way by Friui Venezia Giuia and USA representatives. Each working tabe wi produce as tangibe output key eements to define joint new priorities/projects together with a draft agreement/memorandum between stakehoders. Roundtabes to be hed in Engish. Advanced Materias - The future impact of advanced materias on society The study of advanced materias, given the major impact they wi have on the future economy, environment, human heath and quaity of ife, is one of the most important and exciting fieds of current research. But at the same time the introduction of such materias wi face substantia chaenges. Production processes must be re-conceptuaized and impemented; acceptance of these materias by the genera pubic is not guaranteed and their introduction into society and cuture requires new approaches and standards. We wi examine how to face these chaenges for the fu deveopment and expoitation of innovative new materias. Moderator: Aberto Morgante - Director of the CNR-IOM Nationa Research Counci Institute of Materias Marco Peoi - Director of the Industria Liaison Office of ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste Enzo Carrone - Director of the Instrumentation and Contros Division - SLAC Nationa Acceerator Laboratory - Stanford University Luigi Ambrosio - Director of Chemica Sciences and Materias Technoogy Department, Nationa Research Counci Sofi Bin Saomon - Program Manager of AFOSR Air Force Office of Science and Research

4 Life Sciences and Heath Ageing and heath, a major chaenge for scientists In the 21st century one of the most significant popuation trends is ageing. Currenty, over 11% of the word s popuation are peope aged 60 and oder and the United Nations Popuation Fund (UNFPA) estimates that by 2050 that number wi rise to approximatey 22%. A number of heath probems become more prevaent as peope get oder: ageing is the main risk factor for most degenerative conditions, incuding neurodegeneration (Azheimer s and Parkinson s), heart faiure, bindness and hearing oss. How wi research enabe society to better face this chaenge? Moderator: Laura Chies - President of CBM Center for Moecuar Biomedicine Serena Zacchigna - Group Leader Cardiovascuar Bioogy of ICGEB - Internationa Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnoogy Caron De Mars - US Department of State Germano Scarpa - President of Friui Innovazione Research and Technoogy Transfer Centre Gianuigi Scannapieco - Director of IRCCS Buro Garofoo Mario Tubertini - Director of IRCCS CRO Aviano* Paoa Storici - Senior Scientist of ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste Sivia Gazzin - Senior Scientist of FIF Itaian Liver Federation ICT and Cognitive web inteigence How cognitive computing wi change the way we ive and work Wi the Internet of Things change the word? Advances in technoogy are heping us infuse inteigence and processing power into everyday objects, advances in communications aow us to interconnect these objects, and advances in anaytics and cognitive computing aow us to interpret information from these objects. The adoption of cognitive computing in the pubic and private sectors wi be affected both by technoogy s evoutionary paths and trends as we by externa forces (society, perception, poicies etc ). How can we keep pace with these dramatic and rapid changes? Moderator: Stefano Casaeggi - Director of AREA Science Park Roberto Siagri - President and CEO of Eurotech S.p.A Fabrizio Renzi - Technica and Innovation Director of IBM Itay Landon Garner - Chief Marketing Officer of Ingenu Luka Onesti - Chief Technoogy Officer ESTECO Spa Roberto Pugiese - ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste Roberto Badoni - Director of Cyber Security Nationa Laboratory - CINI Agri-food Cimate change s impact on agri-food: how science can hep Cimate change generates pressure on ecosystems with increasingy acute consequences in agricuture. This is particuary evident in deveoping countries where drought and the changing sainity of water are doing making its effects more significant, but even in Europe and the United States the probem is aready causing serious consequences on agricutura production. We examine how, within this context research offers unquestionabe opportunities and perhaps the ony reaistic ong term soutions. Moderator: Furio Suggi Liverani - President of TCC Trieste Coffee Custer Michee Morgante - Scientific Director of IGA Appied Genomics Institute Paoo Sabbatini - Michigan State University Caro Da Ava - Agri-food expert of the Chamber of Commerce of Udine David Pizziga - President of GAL Loca Action Group of Karst

5 15.45 Networking & Refreshment Break Penary discussion The Port of Trieste as the north-adriatic gateway for the deveopment of Centra and South-Eastern Europe Friui Venezia Giuia Region is at the crossroads of three main European economica areas which coud be represented as Apine, Danubian and Adriatic-Ionian EU macro-regions. The Free Port of Trieste is the natura direct connection between these three macro regions and the rest of the word, incuding the US market. Deveopment of muti-moda transport infrastructure and the expoitation of Trieste s unique geographica position as we as the specia conditions of its Free Port make Trieste and its regiona ogistic network the most suitabe gateway for enhanced trade in both directions between the USA and the core of Centra, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, incuding the powerhouses of European manufacturing Mitte-Europe and emerging Eastern economies. This session wi examine the future trends for the deveopment of these partnerships. In addition to the ogistics transport issues and the benefits arising from the free port, the discussion wi aso invove aspects deriving from the new reguations reated to the recent redistribution of the free zones within the Trieste area and the potentia benefits for enterprises and the deveopment of industria centers. Moderator: Guido Romeo - I Soe 24 Ore Zeno D Agostino - Commissioner of the Trieste Port Authority Giuseppe Peeggi - Director of the Itaian Customs Agency Enrico Samer - President of Samer&Co. Shipping Ltd John F. Petrino - Director of Business Deveopment of the Georgia Port Authority Cristina Sbaizero - CEO of WTC Word Trade Center Trieste Caro Maria Rossotto - ICT Regiona Coordinator, ECA and MENA - Word Bank A simutaneous transation service wi be provided Cosing remarks * invited-tbc For further information on the event: reazioniinternazionai@regione.fvg.it forumusa@areasciencepark.it Subscriptions: Participation to the event upon invitation, access aowed upon avaiabiity of paces.

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