IET - ITALY Network
Forthcoming Meeting
Innovation strategy with Radio Frequency IDentification
Systems (RFID):
Overview, Perspectives and Winning Applications.
Friday, 13 November 2009 h. 14.00 (registration from 13.30)
Museo della Tecnica Elettrica, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 3, 27100 Pavia
Network Web Address: www.theiet.org/local/europe/italy/index.cfm
PROGRAMME
13.30-14.00 Open & Registration.
14.00-14.10 “Welcome to the Museum” Prof. Antonio Savini, Director of the Museum (MTE).
14.10-14.20 “Welcome to Pavia” Dr. Alessandro Cattaneo, Mayor, City of Pavia.
14.20-14.30 “IET vision 2020” video, Dr. M Fiorini Chairman IET Italy.
14.30-15.00 “Introduction to RFID systems: Classifications, Electro-Magnetic principles, Security and
Compatibility”, Prof. Alessia Polemi, Electromagnetic Fields - University of Modena and Reggio
Emilia
15.00-15.30 “The correct approach to company processes and RFID technologies to increase efficiency
and save costs” Eng. Flavio Testi (MIET), Partner Alfaproject.net - Milan
15.30-15.50 Coffee Break
15.50-16.20 “RFID application for automotive spare-parts warehouse of Iveco” Eng. Paolo Guidi,
Sales & Marketing Director, Kuhene+Nagel Italy - Milan
16.20-16.40 “RFID applications for spare-parts warehouse logistic (video)
16.40-17.10 “RFID Technology to support the company business: where the bar-code do not arrive”
Eng. Andrea Costi, Technical Manager, Intermec - Milan
17.10-18.40 Visit to the Museum and the special “Guglielmo Marconi and Telecommunications”
exhibition (open to all).
Note:
For the Conference attendees, the Museum will also be available for visit from 10.00 to 12,00.
Antonio Savini has been professor of electrical engineering at the University of Pavia since 1986. He is the author or coauthor of a few books and over 250 scientific papers mainly in the field of computer aided analysis and design of electric and
magnetic devices. In the early 1970s he was among the leading promoters, in Italy, of the application of the finite element
method to electricity and magnetism; then he pioneered the exploitation of advanced optimization techniques for the
automated optimal design of electromagnetic devices.
At the University of Pavia he was Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering for 12 years (1986-1999) and Deputy
Rector for International Relations for 13 years (1992-2005).
Since 1999 he has been Director of the Research Centre for the History of Electrical Technology; as such, he promoted the
building of the new Museum of Electrical Technology, recently opened in Pavia.
He was also the Chairman (2001-2005) of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group, the association of historical European
universities based in Brussels.
Antonio Savini's academic and professional memberships include IET (Fellow) and IEEE (Senior Member).
Because of his scientific achievements he was awarded honorary doctoral degrees in electrical engineering ( Technical
University of Lodz, Poland, (2002) and in science and technology (University of Coimbra, Portugal, 2005).
In 1993 he was awarded the order of merit of the Republic of Poland.
Michele Fiorini educated at Ancona (Italy) and Bath (UK) universities at PhD level is now a senior systems engineer at
SELEX - Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, in Rome, Italy. His working interests are mainly concerned with
command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR), homeland protection
and vessel traffic service (VTS) as well as in electromagnetism theory and antenna design.
Dr Fiorini is a UK chartered engineer (CEng), an IET member (MIET) and an IEEE senior member (SMIEEE). He is the first
of just two non-UK members that sits on the Qualifications Board of the IET and has served on the IEE Council from 2003 to
2006. On April 2008 in London he was awarded the IET Individual Achievement Award for his personal efforts on building up
the IET Italy Network that he currently chair.
His biography appears in the 25th Silver Anniversary Edition of Who’s Who in the World, 2008.
Alessia Polemi - She received the Dr. Ing. degree in Engineering of Telecommunications (cum laude) from the University of
Siena in July 1999 discussing a thesis about the Array Green's Function for a Semi-Infinite Array of Dipoles on a Grounded
Slab. From November 1999 to October 2002 she was a Ph.D student at the Department of Information
Engineering (DII) of the University of Siena.
She received the Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering in March 2003 with a thesis entitled Frequency-Domain Green’s
Function for Planar Periodic Large Phased Arrays in Multilayered Dielectric Regions.
From January 2003 to October 2006 she was a post doc researcher at the Department of Information Engineering of the
University of Siena. During the PhD period she has been worked also with Prof. L.B. Felsen from Boston University. From
January 2003 to October 2006 she was a post doc researcher at the Department of Information Engineering of the
University of Siena. During the PhD and post-doc period, she has attended different international PhD classes and European
schools.
Since November 2006 she has been an Assistant Professor of Electromagnetic Fields at the School of Engineering,
Department of Information Engineering of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where she is teaching
Radiopropagation and she is being assistant at the course of Electromagnetic Fields. In 2008, she has been visiting
professor at University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, working on plasmonic structures with Prof. Nader Engheta.
Her current research includes high frequency and asymptotic techniques, numerical modelling, printed antennas and arrays,
RFID systems, periodic structures, meta-materials and plasmonic at optical frequencies. From 2000 she is member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and from November 2006 she is also the Italian Student Adviser for the
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Flavio Testi - Electrical Engineer with a Industrial Management specialization, he followed many technical, management and
marketing courses at Polytechnic and SDA Bocconi University - Milan, ISTUD - Novara, Stratex - Montreaux (CH).
His experience started with Factory Automation applications, Computer Numerical Controls for machine tools, Computer
Integrated Manufacturing, Robotics.
He reached managing positions in international companies: Elsag Elettronica San Giorgio, Digital Equipment, Atlas Kopco,
Baan Company, Siemens Nixdorf, Bull HN Information System, Marconi Communications. Actually, he is partner of
Alfaproject.net for high level consultancy on company processes, value chain and RfiD applications.
Program Manager of Esprit 1 with the 812 Project - CIRCE (Experimental Center for System Integration on CIM), 10 millions
ECU (1984-1987), he was Project Manager of other important projects, like the full automation of a Steel plant in VolskyRussia (1985-1987), the automation for 5 Fiat Auto new factories (Mirafiori, Sevel, Melfi, Termini Imerese, Pratola Serra), to
produce the Punto car and Ducato van (1991-1994), the application of ERP solution in Fiat Auto Argentina for the Palio car
production (1996), ERP solution for telecommunication factories of Marconi Communications (2000 end-users in 12 different
sites, from 1998 -2000).
He co-operated with Gartner Group for international trend Reports on Information Technology, Disaster Recovery,
Automation and Automotive markets and he is consultant for European Union for the evaluation and supervision of financed
projects on Information Technology, Manufacturing, Multimedia applications. He is the author or co-author of 4 technical
books and 150 published articles on magazines in Italy, Germany, England, Poland, Russia. IET member (MIET).
Paolo Guidi, He joined Kuehne + Nagel Italy in 2005 and since 2006 he has been appointing
as Sales & Marketing Director and he is responsible for business development company concerning the complete suite of
supply chain solutions (Seafreight, Airfreight, Road & Rail, Contract Logistics, Lead Logistics and Strategic Solutions).
Thanks to his extensive experience in supply chain operations and IT Solutions, he is also directly involved in implementation
of IT innovative solutions for the Customer, as RFid and Voice Picking .
Andrea Costi joins Intermec in 1996 and since 2001 he has the role of Technical Manager of the Italian subsidiary. Within
this function he also coordinates the company’s activities related to the RFID technology in Italy, thus participating as
speaker at many events, writing articles and collaborating with the main Italian universities active in the RFID arena.
Furthermore he is one of the founder members of the TIA group of Assoknowledge - Confindustria.
With a degree in Computer Science at Milan’s University, he starts his professional career in 1984 at Telettra Spa,
subsequently doing experiences in other companies of the IT market, among which is the founding of a small sw developing
company, until he joins Intermec.
During his career he does many collaborations in the IT field, including writing articles, also on international scientific
magazines, and teaching Computer Science at high school and university levels.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) -the merger Institution from Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and Institution of Incorporated
Engineers (IIE)- is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The IET has more than 150,000
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