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SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION ITALY-USA: Examples and Instruments
A training event for scientists and academics interested in exploring cooperation and funding opportunities in research between Italy and the US
Boston, 24th and 25th September, 2009
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SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION ITALY-USA: Examples and Instruments
A training event for scientists and academics interested in exploring cooperation and funding opportunities in research between Italy and the US
Boston, 24th and 25th September, 2009
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The Italian Trade Commission, in collaboration with Innova Consulting Group, Inc. will organize the international training event, Scientific Cooperation Italy-USA: Examples and Instruments. The event will take place in Boston on the 24th of September at the Alumni Center of the Northeastern University and in Cambridge on the 25th at the Cambridge Innovation Center.
The main goal of the training event is to enhance and promote R&D collaboration between Italy and the US in the fields of nanotechnology and biotechnology. The training session will be addressed to an audience of about 40 researchers and scientists from the public and private sectors.
Topics will range from science to intellectual property, case studies on international cooperation opportunities, and potential funding (Italian, European, International) applicable for cooperation projects.
Among the speakers: Prof. Ahmed Busnaina of Northeastern University, William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor and Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) for High-rate Nanomanufacturing and the NSF Center for Nano and Microcontamination Control at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Prof Busnaina, is internationally recognized for his work on nano and micro scale defects mitigation and removal in semiconductor fabrication, and he was recently awarded the Nanotech Briefs National Nano50 Award which recognize the top 50 technologies, products, and innovators that have significantly impacted - or are expected to impact - the state of the art in nanotechnology.
Prof. Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genova, will give an overview on the state of the art of nanotechnology among the Italian research centers that constitute the scientific network of IIT.
Dr. Giovanni Abbadessa, Medical Director of ArQule and founder of network for researchers and physicians PrometeoNetwork, will talk about Clinical Trials in Oncology in Italy and the United States.
Consul General of Italy in Boston, Dr. Liborio Stellino and Serenella Sferza Director of the MIT-Italy Program, who will also represent ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (www.issnaf.org), will also take part to the event.
Mr. Nicola Fiordalisi, Bryan Cave LLP, Chicago, received a Juris Doctor both from the University of Bologna and Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He will give a presentation on different aspects of Intellectual Property in Italy and USA.
In the afternoon, Mr. Aleardo Furlani, CEO of Innova S.p.A will discuss a case study of Technology Transfer while Dr. Marcella Debidda of Innova Consulting Group, Inc. will give an overview on the Italian, European and international funding available to scientists and entrepreneurs for international cooperation projects.
The 2nd day session, on September 25th, will consist of one-to-one meetings between the event participants and the experts in order to offer the interested US participants an opportunity for individualized advising, a question and answer session, and discussion of potential EU funding applicable to the participant's personal needs/interests.
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Programme
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Agenda September 24th, 2009
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For further information, please contact:
ICE New York - Valentina Petricciuolo ( vpetricciuolo@italtrade.com)
Innova Consulting Group, Inc. - Marcella Debidda (marcella@innova-us.net)
ICE ROMA - Silvana Stella (s.stella@ice.it)
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