Space 4you Space, a driver for Competitiveness and Growth PROGRAMME NEREUS International Conference Space4You Space, a driver for competitiveness and growth Bari February 27th-28th 2014 in collaboration with THURSday, February 27th 09:30-10:00 Welcome from Local Authorities VENUE: 11:30-13:00 Opening remarks 10:00-11:30 HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI Round Table: How can Space Agencies work with Regions? Moderator: Speakers: Giovanni Sylos Labini BoD, Apulian Aerospace Cluster Loredana Capone Regional Minister for Economic Development, Apulia Regional Government Introduction: Giuseppe Acierno President, Apulian Aerospace Cluster Speakers: Roya Ayazi General Secretary, NEREUS Representatives of ESA, ASI, CNES, UKSA and DLR debate with relevant end-users and regional authorities (civil protection, agriculture, transports, etc.) Session 1: The Useful Space Introduction: Luca De Biase Journalist, Sole 24 Ore 13:00-14:30 Lunch Nichi Vendola President, Apulia Regional Government Antonio Tajani Vice-President, European Commission 14:30-15:30 Round table: NEREUS Working Groups Key-note speeches: responsible for Enterprise and Industry Enrico Saggese President, Italian Space Agency (ASI) Adam Struzik President, Mazovia Region Alain Bénéteau President, NEREUS Moderator: Roya Ayazi General Secretary, NEREUS Speakers: Valerio Tramutoli & Branka Cuca Earth Observation/Copernicus Pierpaolo Campostrini GNSS Bruno Pacheco Telecommunications Philippe Lattes Cluster Piero Messidoro Explo THURSday, February 27th 15:30-17:30 Session 2: Space for... Parallel Sessions Environment & Sustainable Energy (Air quality, Water Resources, Land Use, Agriculture, Forestry, Solar, Wind and Biomass applications) Chair: Vincenzo Lapenna Director, National Research Council, Institute of Methodologies of Environmental Analysis Co-chair: Antonello Antonicelli Director, Environmental safety and protection, 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) Trasport & 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: Frank Lochter Ministry of Economic and European Affairs Representative, Land 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 of ESA Communication Department and Giovanni Bignami INAF President FRIday, February 28th 09:30-10:30 VENUE: Hans Bracquené President, SME4Space Mauro Facchini Head of Copernicus Unit, DG Enterprise, EC Maurizio Farnioli President, ASAS Domenico Favuzzi President of Confindustria Apulia Maurizio Madiai Aerospace Coordinator, AIAD Geoff Sawyer General Secretary, EARSC Giovanni Sylos Labini President, AIPAS Jean-Jacques Tortora General Secretary, Eurospace Representative of the Copernicus Award Session 3: Space for Regions Moderator: Peter de Selding Journalist, Space News Introduction: Loredana Capone Regional Minister for Economic Development, Apulia Regional Government Key-note speeches: Paul Weissenberg Deputy Director General, Enterprise and Industry DG, EC Conclusions: Carlo des Dorides Giovanni Giannini Regional Minister for Transport, 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 HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI Apulia Regional Government 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-16:00 Living Lab: Space for Regional Best Practices Director, Consulting and Technical Assistance Unit, Innovapuglia Coordinator: Introduction: Francesco Surico Pasquale Chieco President, Innovapuglia Speakers: Roya Ayazi General Secretary, NEREUS Giovanni Bertolone President, CTNA Director, Consulting and Technical Assistance Unit, Innovapuglia Introduction: Evelina Milella President, Regional Agency for Technology & Innovation (ARTI) FRIday, February 28th Speakers: Stefano Agnelli VENUE: 17:00-18:30 Director of European Institutional Affairs, Eutelsat, SABER Network Giuseppe Acierno President, Apulian Aerospace Cluster Roya Ayazi General Secretary, NEREUS Simonetta di Pippo Department, Apulia Regional Government Conclusions: Angela Barbanente Vice-President, Apulia Regional Government 16:00-17:00 Round Table: Space for Careers Opportunities Coordinator: Roya Ayazi General Secretary, NEREUS Speakers: Fernando Doblas Head of ESA Communication Department ESA Astronaut Representatives of Industries, EC and National Space Agencies Session 4: Concluding remarks Key-note speeches: Adriana Agrimi Manager, Industrial Research & Innovation Marlene Antunes de Assis Azores Region Philippe Escudier Head of Space Applications, CNES Eugenio Fontàn Oliate Aerospace Cluster, Madrid Augusto Gonzales Head of Policy and Space Research Walter Piperno Head of SMEs Unit, ASI Nick Veck Head of Strategy & External Affairs, Catapult HOTEL VILLA ROMANAZZI Head of the ASI European Space Policy Observatory in Brussels Vittorio Prodi Member of European Parliament Nichi Vendola President, Apulia Regional Government SIDE EVENT 18:30-19:30 Speed professional networking for students and young professionals Coordinator: Roya Ayazi General Secretary, NEREUS in collaboration with www.regione.puglia.it info email: space4you@regione.puglia.it tel: +39 080 2195826 Intervento cofinanziato dall'UE a valere sul PO FESR Puglia 2007/2013, Linea 6.3, Azione 6.3.2 “Interventi di sostegno ai processi di internazionalizzazione dei sistemi produttivi locali”