Week of Jun 5th

  • 5 June 2023 (4 events)


    5 June 2023

    Pierluigi Peracchini - Mayor of La Spezia

    Cristiana Pagni - President of IBG

    Vice Admiral Enrico Credendino - Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy

    Giovanni Toti - President of Liguria Region

    Hon. Guido Crosetto - Ministry of Defence

    GOI LAUNCH


    5 June 2023

    Chairman Prof. A. Margelletti, President of Centro Studi Internazionali

    Keynote speaker Prof. G. Cella, author of "Storia e geopolitica della crisi ucraina. Dalla Rus' di Kiev a oggi"

    Speakers

    Ing. Cossiga, President - AIAD

    Prof. N. Pinardi, “Oceanography” Professor - University of Bologna

    Dr. I. Tani, University of Milano Bicocca

    Dr. Marchiori, Head of SONSUB

    Dr. Debenedetti, Vice President Research & Innovation - FINCANTIERI

    RADM Lacerenza, Commander - MARICOSOM; Head - ITN Gen. Staff Submarine Dept.

    16:15 Q&A


    5 June 2023

    OCCAR

    Brief introduction to OCCAR as programmes management organization, with a special focus on FREMM, PPA, LSS, U212 NFS Programmes.

    Chairman Mr. Joachim Sucker, Director of OCCAR

    Speakers

    14.30 – 14.35 Brief introduction by the director, Mr. Joachim Sucker

    14.35 – 14.50 OCCAR Central Office presentation (by Mr. Fernand Van Wilder)

    14.50 – 15.00 Question time

    15.00 – 15.20 Naval Programmes presentation (by Mr. Lorenzo Poliseno)

    15.20 – 15.30 Question time

    15.30 – 15.50 NFS Programme presentation (by Mr. Vasco Pizzinato)

    15.50 – 16.00 Question time


    5 June 2023

    Dante Alighieri La Spezia and Dante Alighieri Toulon companies

    Chairman Maurizio Caporuscio - Magistrate, Vice President of the Dante Alighieri Company

    The meeting will start from the few, but evident, aspects of the proximity of the two countries from the cultural point of view, so to examine more closely the theme of the sea in the French literature of the nineteenth century.

    Speakers

    Dr. Carlo Raggi - President - Dante Alighieri La Spezia Company

    Italy and France. Brief notes on a consolidated cultural bond

    Prof. Margherita Vannini Barradon - Vice President - Dante Alighieri Toulon Company

    The sea into the French literature dring Michel Pacha’s time

    Prof. Chiara Serreli -  Councillor - Dante Alighieri La Spezia Company

    Lecture of Giovanni Pascoli’s poem “A Victor Hugo”

  • 6 June 2023 (10 events)


    6 June 2023

    ANSYS

    The next era in the maritime and defense industry will present business and technology challenges that will be radically different from anything seen before. The exponential rate of innovation required to meet these challenges can only be achieved through digital transformation. As the boundaries between industries blur and the cost of failure becomes business-critical, the pace of digital transformation must accelerate. One way to speed this transformation while ensuring an optimized product life cycle is through engineering simulation.

    Chairman and Speaker Filippo Gemma, Global Product Sales Manager


    6 June 2023

    AIAD

    Chairman Carlo Festucci, AIAD Secretary-General

    9.30 – 10.10 Introductory speeches

    Eng. Giuseppe Cossiga, President of AIAD

    Amm.Sq. Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy(TBC)

    C.A. Pietro Alighieri, Senior Advisor of Secretary General of Defence/DNA

    10.10 – 10.25 Innovation lines of the Military Ships Department

    By the Research and Innovation Manager, Fincantieri SpA

    10.25 – 10.40 Hypersonic

    Eng. Tonino Genito, Head of Missile Design Italy - MBDA Italia SpA

    10.40 – 10.55 ELT and the EW in the naval domain

    Dr. Paolo Izzo, Chief Sales Officer - Elettronica SpA

    10.55 – 11.10 The new scenarios of SeaBed warfare and protection of strategic infrastructure

    Eng. Marco De Fazio, Managing Director of the Defence Systems Business Unit of the Electronics Division - Leonardo SpA

    11.10 – 11.25 Quantum technologies for the resilience of communications in the submarine domain

    Eng. PhD Tommaso Occhipinti, Telsy SpA

    11.25 – 11.40 Underwater technology and new defence solutions

    Eng. Sergio Cappelletti, President and Adm. Delegate DRASS Galeazzi Srl

    11.40 – 11.50 Q&A

    12.00 Conclusion


    6 June 2023

    SGD/DNA – Segretariato Generale della Difesa/Direzione Nazionale Armamenti

    Secretariat General of Defence and National Armaments Directorate / 5th Department - Technological Innovation

    Technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems and quantum technologies are changing the world, and the way NATO operates. These and other emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) present both risks and opportunities for NATO and Allies. That’s why the Alliance is working with public and private sector partners, academia and civil society to develop and adopt new technologies, establish international principles of responsible use and maintain NATO’s technological edge. In this context, NATO has launched two initiatives (DIANA and NIF) to foster innovation and EDTs. The aim of this workshop is informing and promoting DIANA and the NIF within the International Delegations and the community of entrepreneurs, SME’s, start-ups, universities, research institutes, technology cluster associations and institutions dealing with the naval and underwater sectors.

    Chairman Capt. (N) Francesco A. Marchetti, Head of Research Programs – Strategy and planning

    Speakers

    Ms. Francesca Tortorella, Senior Policy Advisor – NATO, Diana Transition Team

    General briefing on DIANA (Concept, Functioning Model, Strategic Direction, Opportunities and Timelines)

    Mr. Philip Lockwood, Head, Innovation Unit – NATO, NIF Transition Team

    General briefing on the NIF (Concept, Governance & Structure, Objectives & Principles, Relationship to DIANA, Opportunities and Timelines)

    Dr. Giovanni Sembenini, Deputy Director – NATO, CMRE

    CMRE: Activities on S&T, Innovation, Maritime, Emerging Disruptive Technologies, Underwater and role within DIANA initiative

    Dr. Stefano Molino, Senior Partner - CDP Venture Capital

    Why an accelerator can be a game changer on innovation

    Special Guest Mr. Maynard A. Holliday  Deputy Chief Technology Officer For Critical Technologies – United States Department of Defense


    6 June 2023

    SAAB

    Chairman and Speaker Mr. Chris Lade, Defence Sales Manager – Saab

    The presentation will consider recent events that have heightened the relevance of operations on the seabed. It will look at the potential threat to critical national infrastructure and what might be done to protect that infrastructure from a doctrinal perspective and then from a technical perspective. The presentation will consider the parallel capabilities required to operate in the commercial underwater space with those capabilities to conduct military operations on the seabed


    6 June 2023

    ATENA

    Italian Association of Naval and Nautical Techniques. Significant interlocutors will talk about alternative fuels in the Nautical world

    Chairman Dr. Arianna Bionda, Professor and Researcher at the Politecnico of Milan

    Speakers

    Mr Philippe Davignon, Sales Director - GENEVOS

    High-durability fuel cell technology for marine propulsion

    Mr. Mauro Risi, DG Energy Evolution ENI

    A global approach to maritime decarbonisation

    Mr. Gianluca Valenti, Associated Professor at the Politecnico of Milan

    State of the art and prospects for the use and application of liquid hydrogen as an alternative energy source in different fields of application. Ongoing research in the field of hydrogen transfer through distribution networks

    Mr. Paolo Bonetti, Managing Director CHIMITRADE

    Methanol as a marine fuel: an overview of the regulatory and economic framework

    Ms. Tullia Zucca, Freelance Consultant

    Production of green hydrogen from Ammonia splitting in a reactor equipped with plasma torch and special membranes.

    Mr. Giovanni Bruni, COO Isotta Fraschini Motori Spa

    Isotta Fraschini Motori: The pathway to Carbon 0


    6 June 2023

    Secretariat General of Defense and National Armaments Directorate

    The workshop will try to provide audience with a close look at technological trends and EDTs in the maritime domain by leveraging on a wider prospective based on different major stakeholders operating in the academia, institution, military and industry. Complexity, challenges and opportunities that shall be understood and properly governed by the civilian and military sectors in order to maintain the strategic technological edge. The workshop will also inform on EU institutional support to innovation and EU efforts to intercept and deliver new effective EDT based capabilities at the required speed of relevance.

    Chairman RDML Pietro Alighieri,  Senior Advisor to the Italian Secretary General of Defense and National Armaments Director

    Speakers

    Ms. Paola Gualeni, Professor – University of Genoa

    Emerging Disruptive Technologies and technological trends in the Maritime domain - Academia prospective

    RADM. Marco Tomassetti, Head 7th Dept, Italian Navy General Staff

    Future capabilities deriving from the introduction of EDTs in the Maritime domain – Military priorities and prospective

    Ms. Chiara Petrioli, CEO – Wsense

    Challenges, criticalities and opportunities of EDT – Industry prospective

    Mr. Dirk Peters, Senior Expert EC – DG Defis

    EU support initiatives for innovation and EDT – Institutional prospective

    Ms. Federica Valente, RTI Coordinator/HEDI manager – EDA

    Tools to intercept trends and EDTs and mechanisms to deliver EDT developed capabilities at a speed of relevance – EDA prospective


    6 June 2023

    Italian Navy Maricodrag (TBC) / Intermarine

    In a moment of increasing tensions and new threats in the underwater domain, Italian Navy  and Intermarine undertook the challenge to design and project innovative warships to  answer the operational requirements to secure the Sea Lines of Communications (SLOCs)  and protect the Strategic Underwater Infostructures.The pioneer project takes the name of New Generation Mine Warfare Vessels.


    6 June 2023

    Topics:

    Critical Infrastructure: Security & Privacy Challenges: The slides illustrate the composition of the Italian Cybersecurity, and the role of new Regional Cyber ​​Security Operations Centers within the new Central Scientific and Cybersecurity Department. The work of the Cyber ​​Policeman, the training challenges and future prospects of the SINC3 platform, its functions and its main architecture’s features.

    Anatomy of a cyber attack: We will analyze a malware attack through a phishing email and talk about Protection and training tools, the keys to success in cybersecurity.

    Financial crimes: In addition to cyber attacks that impact the security of data, there are attacks aimed at defrauding companies with very sophisticated mechanisms that can reduce their financial solidity. “Business Email Compromised” attacks are the most dangerous because they take advantage of social engineering techniques. The main protection tool is the awareness.

    Digital Forensic and Artificial Intelligence: What is Digital Forensic and what it means to recover digital data of any kind in order to detect digital computer evidence useful for investigative activity.


    6 June 2023

    Chairman Federico Pedrocchi, Radio 24

    Introduction Silvia Baglioni, Journalist

    Speakers:

    Fabio Trincardi, Director of the Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment - CNR

    The Mediterranean is one of the “hot spots” of climate change. At SEAFUTURE, in conjunction with the World Oceans Day, we will address one of the most topical issues: how to correctly communicate the enormous amount of data that research has available today.


    6 June 2023

    BOA TECHNOLOGY 

    The presentation will cover the history of the company BOA Technology (who we are, where we come from) followed by a detailed explanation of our technology BOA Fit System and its benefits for the end users.

    Speakers

    Luca Danova, Market Development Specialist & Account Manager EMEA – BOA Technology

    Story of the Company, business model, commercial topics

    Daria Biryukova, Factory Support Manager – BOA Technology

    Technical topics on BOA platforms

  • 7 June 2023 (9 events)


    7 June 2023

    By the Ligurian District of Marine Technologies - DLTMT

    The strategic importance of regional clusters for their associated enterprises: collaborations at regional, national, and international level, participation at grants and tenders, provision of services. Excellences of Liguria and high-Tuscany territory: realities that span different and complementary fields, able to work together towards the improvement of the enterprises of the territory, innovation, and internationalization. The opportunities secured by the systematization of regional clusters within the national Blue Economy Cluster.

    Speakers

    DLTM Lorenzo Forcieri, President

    Favoring the matching between enterprise and research in regional, national and European projects

    NAVIGO Pietro Angelini, Director

    Yachting & defense, cross-cutting innovations to compete

    TICASS - Managing entity of Polo EASS Giorgio Saio, CEO

    Energetic transition and Blue Economy: the experiences of Pole EASS

    BIG Giovanni Caprino, President

    The opportunities secured to regional districts by Cluster Big


    7 June 2023

    Hydrographic Institute of the Navy

    The Earth is an ocean planet—more than 70 percent of the surface is covered by seawater. But despite being such an essential part of life, the deepest parts of the world’s oceans are still largely unexplored. According to the GEBCO, merely 25 percent of the seafloor has been mapped with accuracy and less than 18 percent in the Arctic. But the state of sea exploration is changing fast. The dark, high-pressure conditions of the ocean depths that once made research there impossible are now being explored with cutting-edge technology. That new tech and the discoveries to come from it are the focus of modern Ocean Mapping.

    Chairman Rear Admiral Massimiliano Nannini, Director, Istituto Idrografico della Marina

    Panelists

    GianMaria Iacobone – SAIPEM – E&C OFFSHORE

    Sergio Cappelletti – DRASS Group – Managing Director

    Massimiliano Arcieri – Planetek Italia – Business Development Manager Government & Security SBU

    Carlo Coretti – e-GEOS – Head of Programs


    7 June 2023

    After last year’s NATO Summit in June, marked by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, in the document known as the Strategic Concept - an act that ratifies NATO’s new posture with respect to future threats - we understand how the alarm of political decision-makers of the member countries of the Alliance is above all related to the new frontiers of conflicts which, among other priorities, sees an emphasis placed on the growing interweaving between the cyber and space dimensions. The European Commission and the High Representative recently adopted a Joint Communication on an enhanced EU maritime security strategy aimed at ensuring peaceful use of the seas and protecting the maritime sector from new threats. They also adopted an updated action plan that will implement the strategy. Up to 99% of global data flows are transmitted through submarine cables, which are also subject to cyber and hybrid attacks. It is mandatory to make the Underwater Domain even more secure from a cybernetic point of view. The maritime safety is of vital importance for the European Union and its Member States and, precisely in this sense, the European Commission and the High Representative Borrell have foreseen an updated action plan which will implement the strategy. .

    Autorithy

    Hon. Matteo Perego di Cremnago, Under Secretary of Defense

    Chairman

    Gen. Giuseppe Morabito, NATO Foundation

    Opening by SSSD

    Participants

    Prof. Michele Colajanni, University of Bologna

    Assistant Prof. Luca Valcarenghi, Istituto Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa

    Dr. Andrea Gilli, Senior Researcher NATO Defence College

    Rear Admiral Francesco Procaccini, Chief of the C4S Dept. of the General Staff of the Navy

    Dr. Mario Beccia , Deputy NATO Chief information Officer for Cybersecurity, NATO Headquarters

    Dr. Pierangela Pitzolu, International Government Business Development Director - Telsy

    Dr. Gennaro Faella – SVP Strategic Innovation & Development, Leonardo


    7 June 2023

    Ligurian District of Marine Technologies - DLTM

    The Project aims at creating the 1st Eurocluster of Excellence on Naval Defense. This will be obtained following an Action Plan on three steps:

    1) Obtain a mapping of the Naval & Aero Naval Defence sector value chain post COVID-19 crisis to better understand the European ecosystem’s structure as well as the possible transnational synergies and complementarities. This will allow the Consortium to draw the lessons concerning disruption and dependencies and manage a more efficient industrial strategy (including green and digital transition) to engage better resilience and competitiveness in a long-term European strategic approach.

    2) Put in place actions to support SMEs in their up-skilling towards strategic technologies innovations that will be the base of their path towards resilience and autonomy boosting European sovereignty in Defence sector. Support measures will be for example training workshops and vouchers.

    3) Go to international is the third step providing for other supporting measures (e.g. workshops, vouchers, studies of international markets) to help SMEs to acquire skills in some third countries markets as well as internationalisation to foster synergies and new business lines towards these non-EU countries. This will foster action plans to enhance the European position in the value chain and engage resilience activities by supporting innovation processes and helping SMEs join forces and better cooperate with major public and private groups including in European and within international markets. These plans would have a strong focus on resilience and European synergies.

    Chairman

    Giovanni Caprino

    Speakers

    Mr. Stéphane Claisse, Director of the Toulon Var Technologies – System Factory

    Value chain mapping of the naval defence and aeronautics sector: a long-term increasing of the resilience and the start-up competitiveness for an European strategic approach

    Mrs. Eveline Buych, Innovation Manager of the Blauwe Cluster

    Innovation training: supporting SMEs towards better qualification

    Mr. Goran Barasac, President of the Croatian Defence Industry Competitiveness Cluster (CDICC)

    Financial support to third parties: supporting SMEs towards strategic technological innovation


    7 June 2023

    Limescale and biofilm have always been a problem in all circuits in which water circulates, greatly reducing their flow rates and consequently their efficiency. The concretions themselves form a favorable environment for the proliferation of potentially pathogenic microorganisms for users. In the military, this issue takes on even greater significance and is closely linked to the operation of the maritime military instrument. The problem is amplified when maintenance of the system/equipment has to be carried out resulting in long technical downtime and consequent suspension of service. The timeless and effectiveness of interventions are, therefore, decisive in the overall economy of plant management. The Noname® system, which uses a food-grade purity gas mixture, promises to eliminate calcareous concretions and biofilms, eliminating failure times and ptimizing shipboard systems. The conference will showcase the results of AUTNONAME project experiments conducted at the University of Genoa, the use of the gas mixture, and the remotely developed continous control system.

    Speakers

    Professor Agostino G. Bruzzone, Full Professor at DIME, Genoa University, Principal Investigator of AUTNONAME Project – Genoa University

    Results of experiments conducted at the University of Genoa on the AUTNONAME system and possible future developments.

    Ing. Lucio Piticchio, CEO of Arconhe – Arconhe srl

    Noname as innovative solution for solubilize limestone, decrease biofilm ecrustation and block bacterial fermentation.


    7 June 2023

    Sea Shepherd Italia Onlus Foundation

    Do we want to continue to exploit the sea or do we finally decide to safeguard the sea and ourselves? Everyday Sea Shepherd volunteers goes to the sea to defend its inhabitants and what do we want to do? Looking back in our history there have been tragic pages where people have chosen to become partisans to gain freedom. Today it is up to us to become fighters, partisans to save our species from absurd logics that exploit the planet. So it’s up to us to pick a side. Collaboration between police forces and civil society, the great challenge of the new anti-poaching in the Sea

    Chairman Andrea Morello

    Speaker Adv. Cesare Colonna (online)

    15.40 - 16.00 The Police of the Sea

    Brigadier General Maurizio Muscarà

    16.00 -16.30

    Intervention by the Minister of Civil Protection and Sea Policies, On. Nello Musumeci


    7 June 2023

    Water Academy Srd Foundation, Sustainable And Responsible Development

    Starting from the assumption that the state of health of the Oceans is determined by the decisions that are taken on earth, especially in relation to the fact that, as authoritatively supported by the Scientific Community, we live in an unprecedented era defined “Anthropocene”, a paradigm shift is needed to put the sea at the center of our lives. The relationship between mankind and the sea can be interpreted in all respects as a New Frontier. The seas, even within the specific and dimensional differences that distinguish them, are fundamental elements, for example, in the formation of the climate, and therefore the study of the so-called “Climate-Ocean Nexus”. It is now of fundamental importance to try to understand the variables that characterize the phenomenon of Climate Change.

    Chairman Prof. Alessandro Leto

    Speakers

    Professor Giuseppe Novelli, University of Rome Tor Vergata

    Professor Maurits Van Roojen, Global University System

    Dr. Filippo Uberti, ENI SpA

    Dr. Monica Spada - ENI SpA

    Dr. Simone Fortunato Mortara - ENI SpA

    Dr. Helga Maria Piaget - Passion Sea


    7 June 2023

    Towards the future without forgetting the past. It will be presented the historical escursus of radar science in Italy, from the post-war period to recent times, through the works of two exceptional protagonists. The Engineer Franco Bardelli, creator of companies such as Selenia Spa and IDS Spa and the Admiral Mario Calzeroni, creator of the SPQ-5 radar, for the discovery of antisom from the surface, as well as the first Italian stone of CORA technology..

    Chairman Dario Guerrini, CEO Gueda System

    Speakers

    Businessman Dario Guerrini, CEO - Gueda System

    Contribution to the Italian industrial growth. Genius of M. Calzeroni, results and memories of those who flanked him

    Eng. Giovanni Bardelli, Entrepreneur

    The activities and life of Franco Bardelli, Selenia, IDS, Georadar and more

    Eng. Vincenzo Arrichiello, Entrepreneur - Leonardo (r)

    Carlo Calosi and his role as Mentor for Franco Bardelli and promoter of post-war Italian industry


    7 June 2023

    International Wireless Studies – IWS Group

    Chairmen Mr. Elia Cicillini, Dr. Nicola Annedda

    The speeches will recall the path of innovations in the field of interest in general and specific focus on telecommunications and cryptography

    Speakers

    Prof. Stefano Giordano, Professor – Dept. Engineering of the information - CNIT University of Pisa

    From Marconian inventions to 5G

    Eng. Davide Adami - UniPi

    From early 16th century cryptography to the Cold War

    Bruno Grassi, Co-fondatore IWS La Spezia

    From Enigma Machine to Public and Private Key

  • 8 June 2023 (5 events)


    8 June 2023

    9.00 -12.30 CONFERENCE ROOM 2

    9.00 Registration

    Chairmen

    Leonardo Manzari, Christain Chiavetta, WestMED Assistance Mechanism – National Hub for Italy

    9.30 Welcome greetings

    WestMED Initiative - Italian National Coordinators

    Daniele Bosio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Luca Palazzo, Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department for Cohesion Policies (DPCoe)

    9.35 Introduction

    Manuel Pleguezuelo, European Commission - DG MARE (online)

    9.40

    Adriana Salazar Olivan, Union for the Mediterranean

    9.45

    Maltese National Coordinator, WestMED Initiative co-Presidency

    Shaun Patrick Ebejer, Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects (online)

    10.00

    Main Achievements of the WestMED Maritime Clusters Alliance and its members

    EMFAF Calls open to the Southern Shore non-EU countries

    Anja Detant, CINEA

    Establishment of the Mauritanian Maritime Cluster

    Hamadi BABA HAMADI, President Mauritanian Maritime Cluster

    MEDBLEUE 2022 Tunis

    Emna Sohlobji, Cluster Maritime Tunisien

    The Hub Azul Dealroom

    Ruben Eiras, Forum Oceano

    The position/role of Clusters in the new European Blue Forum

    Laurence Martin, Federazione del Mare, ENMC, Thanos Smanis WMAM

    Approved projects

    ForMare - EMFAF Maritime Clusters – CALLMEBLUE; ERASMUS+ - MARMED

    Forum Oceano - COSME Euroclusters – MedBan

    CTN BIG – COSME Euroclusters – IKAT

    TVT & DLTM - COSME Euroclusters – LEVIATAD

    MARE FVG - EMFAF Maritime Clusters – Green Marine MED

    Strategis Cluster - ERASMUS+ - MAQUAM

    SGD4MED – EMFAF Ports & Maritime Transport – POWER4MED

    Federazione del Mare – EMFAF Women in Blue Economy – WINBIG

    Pole Mer Méditerranée – COSME Euroclusters – ELBE Alliance (online)

    Established cooperation agreements and synergies

    Antonio Novo Guerrero, European Clusters Alliance

    Axelle Salvage, ENMC

    Walter Wassallo, Blue Marina Awards

    11.30 Open discussions about further progresses on the main goals of the WM MCA

    Thanos Smanis

    • 15 mins > Cluster dialogue:

    • 15 mins > Cluster up-scale South-South:

    • 15 mins > Capacity building North-South:

    • 15 mins > Investment attraction

    12.30 Conclusion of the event 

    Giovanni Caprino, Cluster BIG – Mario Mattioli, Federazione del Mare


    8 June 2023

    ANSYS

    The next era in the maritime and defense industry will present business and technology challenges that will be radically different from anything seen before. The exponential rate of innovation required to meet these challenges can only be achieved through digital transformation. As the boundaries between industries blur and the cost of failure becomes business-critical, the pace of digital transformation must accelerate. One way to speed this transformation while ensuring an optimized product life cycle is through engineering simulation.

    Chairman and Speaker Filippo Gemma, Global Product Sales Manager


    8 June 2023

    14.00 – 16.30 CONFERENCE ROOM 2

    Italian and Portuguese marine and maritime clusters: best practices and experience exchange

    Synergies between the Hub Azul Portugal and the Italian clusters

    An increasing number of countries have already placed blue economy at the core of their governmental strategies, and the national marine and maritime clusters’ role is becoming increasingly fundamental on various aspects.  The blue economy management differs from country to country from various point of view, including but not limited to: research and innovation, business support through targeted industrial policies and financial support, training at various levels, etc.  During this session many experts coming from National Blue Economy Clusters in Italy and Portugal will share their models and experiences in all relevant aspects, with the aim to highlight differences and facilitate the exchange of best practices.

    14.00-14.30 Registration

    Moderator Leonardo Manzari, WestMED Assistance Mechanism – National Hub for Italy

    14.30-14.45 Welcome & introduction: the blue economy at the core of national strategies and priorities

    Daniele Bosio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, WestMED National Coordinator

    14.45-15.15 Forum Oceano: the Portuguese blue economy management model

    Ruben Eiras, Secretary General, Forum Oceano

    15.15-15.45 Cluster Blue Italian Growth & Federazione del Mare: the Italian blue economy management model

    Giovanni Caprino, Chairman, Cluster Blue Italian Growth

    Mario Mattioli, Chairman, Federazione del Mare

    15.45-16.15 Roundtable

    Highlighting differences and mutual inspiration between Italian and Portuguese management models

    Gonçalo Faria, Hub Azul Portugal

    Rita Sousa, FABER - Portugal Blue private operator (online)

    Fabio Fava, EU MISSION “Restore our Ocean and Waters” - Lighthouse for the Mediterranean (online)

    Alessandro Iafrati, CNR Institute of Marine Engineering, Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership

    16:15-16:30 Closing

    Marisa Silva, Director General of Maritime Policy, Ministry of Economy and Sea, Portugal (online)

    Luca Salamone, Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Minister of Civil Protection and Sea Policies


    8 June 2023

    FUORI ONDA

    The upheavals that Europe is going through pose questions that are difficult to interpret. International scenarios are crucial and will have long-term repercussions on the lives of all of us. Reporting effectively and correctly on major geopolitical issues is not easy. It is necessary to be able to assess the correctness of sources, maintain independence of judgement and at the same time keep the public’s attention high without giving in to the spectacular.

    Opening remarks

    Cristiana Pagni, CEO Italian Blue Growth

    Rear Adm. Antonello de Renzis Sonnino, Head of Public Information and Communication Office of the Italian Navy

    Chairman Paola Spadari

    Speakers

    Dialogue between Carlo Bartoli, National President of the Order of Journalists, and Carmen Lasorella, journalist.


    8 June 2023

    Awarding of the 7 Thesis finalists and the Thesis finalists of the Higher Secondary Institutes of the Liguria Region

  • 10 June 2023 (1 event)

    TBD
    10 June 2023

    Inclusive sailing race

  • 11 June 2023 (1 event)

    TBD
    11 June 2023

    Traditional Boat Race

Pitch Area Programme

Week of Jun 5th

  • 5 June 2023 (4 events)


    5 June 2023

    Pierluigi Peracchini - Mayor of La Spezia

    Cristiana Pagni - President of IBG

    Vice Admiral Enrico Credendino - Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy

    Giovanni Toti - President of Liguria Region

    Hon. Guido Crosetto - Ministry of Defence

    GOI LAUNCH


    5 June 2023

    Chairman Prof. A. Margelletti, President of Centro Studi Internazionali

    Keynote speaker Prof. G. Cella, author of "Storia e geopolitica della crisi ucraina. Dalla Rus' di Kiev a oggi"

    Speakers

    Ing. Cossiga, President - AIAD

    Prof. N. Pinardi, “Oceanography” Professor - University of Bologna

    Dr. I. Tani, University of Milano Bicocca

    Dr. Marchiori, Head of SONSUB

    Dr. Debenedetti, Vice President Research & Innovation - FINCANTIERI

    RADM Lacerenza, Commander - MARICOSOM; Head - ITN Gen. Staff Submarine Dept.

    16:15 Q&A


    5 June 2023

    OCCAR

    Brief introduction to OCCAR as programmes management organization, with a special focus on FREMM, PPA, LSS, U212 NFS Programmes.

    Chairman Mr. Joachim Sucker, Director of OCCAR

    Speakers

    14.30 – 14.35 Brief introduction by the director, Mr. Joachim Sucker

    14.35 – 14.50 OCCAR Central Office presentation (by Mr. Fernand Van Wilder)

    14.50 – 15.00 Question time

    15.00 – 15.20 Naval Programmes presentation (by Mr. Lorenzo Poliseno)

    15.20 – 15.30 Question time

    15.30 – 15.50 NFS Programme presentation (by Mr. Vasco Pizzinato)

    15.50 – 16.00 Question time


    5 June 2023

    Dante Alighieri La Spezia and Dante Alighieri Toulon companies

    Chairman Maurizio Caporuscio - Magistrate, Vice President of the Dante Alighieri Company

    The meeting will start from the few, but evident, aspects of the proximity of the two countries from the cultural point of view, so to examine more closely the theme of the sea in the French literature of the nineteenth century.

    Speakers

    Dr. Carlo Raggi - President - Dante Alighieri La Spezia Company

    Italy and France. Brief notes on a consolidated cultural bond

    Prof. Margherita Vannini Barradon - Vice President - Dante Alighieri Toulon Company

    The sea into the French literature dring Michel Pacha’s time

    Prof. Chiara Serreli -  Councillor - Dante Alighieri La Spezia Company

    Lecture of Giovanni Pascoli’s poem “A Victor Hugo”

  • 6 June 2023 (10 events)


    6 June 2023

    ANSYS

    The next era in the maritime and defense industry will present business and technology challenges that will be radically different from anything seen before. The exponential rate of innovation required to meet these challenges can only be achieved through digital transformation. As the boundaries between industries blur and the cost of failure becomes business-critical, the pace of digital transformation must accelerate. One way to speed this transformation while ensuring an optimized product life cycle is through engineering simulation.

    Chairman and Speaker Filippo Gemma, Global Product Sales Manager


    6 June 2023

    AIAD

    Chairman Carlo Festucci, AIAD Secretary-General

    9.30 – 10.10 Introductory speeches

    Eng. Giuseppe Cossiga, President of AIAD

    Amm.Sq. Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy(TBC)

    C.A. Pietro Alighieri, Senior Advisor of Secretary General of Defence/DNA

    10.10 – 10.25 Innovation lines of the Military Ships Department

    By the Research and Innovation Manager, Fincantieri SpA

    10.25 – 10.40 Hypersonic

    Eng. Tonino Genito, Head of Missile Design Italy - MBDA Italia SpA

    10.40 – 10.55 ELT and the EW in the naval domain

    Dr. Paolo Izzo, Chief Sales Officer - Elettronica SpA

    10.55 – 11.10 The new scenarios of SeaBed warfare and protection of strategic infrastructure

    Eng. Marco De Fazio, Managing Director of the Defence Systems Business Unit of the Electronics Division - Leonardo SpA

    11.10 – 11.25 Quantum technologies for the resilience of communications in the submarine domain

    Eng. PhD Tommaso Occhipinti, Telsy SpA

    11.25 – 11.40 Underwater technology and new defence solutions

    Eng. Sergio Cappelletti, President and Adm. Delegate DRASS Galeazzi Srl

    11.40 – 11.50 Q&A

    12.00 Conclusion


    6 June 2023

    SGD/DNA – Segretariato Generale della Difesa/Direzione Nazionale Armamenti

    Secretariat General of Defence and National Armaments Directorate / 5th Department - Technological Innovation

    Technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems and quantum technologies are changing the world, and the way NATO operates. These and other emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) present both risks and opportunities for NATO and Allies. That’s why the Alliance is working with public and private sector partners, academia and civil society to develop and adopt new technologies, establish international principles of responsible use and maintain NATO’s technological edge. In this context, NATO has launched two initiatives (DIANA and NIF) to foster innovation and EDTs. The aim of this workshop is informing and promoting DIANA and the NIF within the International Delegations and the community of entrepreneurs, SME’s, start-ups, universities, research institutes, technology cluster associations and institutions dealing with the naval and underwater sectors.

    Chairman Capt. (N) Francesco A. Marchetti, Head of Research Programs – Strategy and planning

    Speakers

    Ms. Francesca Tortorella, Senior Policy Advisor – NATO, Diana Transition Team

    General briefing on DIANA (Concept, Functioning Model, Strategic Direction, Opportunities and Timelines)

    Mr. Philip Lockwood, Head, Innovation Unit – NATO, NIF Transition Team

    General briefing on the NIF (Concept, Governance & Structure, Objectives & Principles, Relationship to DIANA, Opportunities and Timelines)

    Dr. Giovanni Sembenini, Deputy Director – NATO, CMRE

    CMRE: Activities on S&T, Innovation, Maritime, Emerging Disruptive Technologies, Underwater and role within DIANA initiative

    Dr. Stefano Molino, Senior Partner - CDP Venture Capital

    Why an accelerator can be a game changer on innovation

    Special Guest Mr. Maynard A. Holliday  Deputy Chief Technology Officer For Critical Technologies – United States Department of Defense


    6 June 2023

    SAAB

    Chairman and Speaker Mr. Chris Lade, Defence Sales Manager – Saab

    The presentation will consider recent events that have heightened the relevance of operations on the seabed. It will look at the potential threat to critical national infrastructure and what might be done to protect that infrastructure from a doctrinal perspective and then from a technical perspective. The presentation will consider the parallel capabilities required to operate in the commercial underwater space with those capabilities to conduct military operations on the seabed


    6 June 2023

    ATENA

    Italian Association of Naval and Nautical Techniques. Significant interlocutors will talk about alternative fuels in the Nautical world

    Chairman Dr. Arianna Bionda, Professor and Researcher at the Politecnico of Milan

    Speakers

    Mr Philippe Davignon, Sales Director - GENEVOS

    High-durability fuel cell technology for marine propulsion

    Mr. Mauro Risi, DG Energy Evolution ENI

    A global approach to maritime decarbonisation

    Mr. Gianluca Valenti, Associated Professor at the Politecnico of Milan

    State of the art and prospects for the use and application of liquid hydrogen as an alternative energy source in different fields of application. Ongoing research in the field of hydrogen transfer through distribution networks

    Mr. Paolo Bonetti, Managing Director CHIMITRADE

    Methanol as a marine fuel: an overview of the regulatory and economic framework

    Ms. Tullia Zucca, Freelance Consultant

    Production of green hydrogen from Ammonia splitting in a reactor equipped with plasma torch and special membranes.

    Mr. Giovanni Bruni, COO Isotta Fraschini Motori Spa

    Isotta Fraschini Motori: The pathway to Carbon 0


    6 June 2023

    Secretariat General of Defense and National Armaments Directorate

    The workshop will try to provide audience with a close look at technological trends and EDTs in the maritime domain by leveraging on a wider prospective based on different major stakeholders operating in the academia, institution, military and industry. Complexity, challenges and opportunities that shall be understood and properly governed by the civilian and military sectors in order to maintain the strategic technological edge. The workshop will also inform on EU institutional support to innovation and EU efforts to intercept and deliver new effective EDT based capabilities at the required speed of relevance.

    Chairman RDML Pietro Alighieri,  Senior Advisor to the Italian Secretary General of Defense and National Armaments Director

    Speakers

    Ms. Paola Gualeni, Professor – University of Genoa

    Emerging Disruptive Technologies and technological trends in the Maritime domain - Academia prospective

    RADM. Marco Tomassetti, Head 7th Dept, Italian Navy General Staff

    Future capabilities deriving from the introduction of EDTs in the Maritime domain – Military priorities and prospective

    Ms. Chiara Petrioli, CEO – Wsense

    Challenges, criticalities and opportunities of EDT – Industry prospective

    Mr. Dirk Peters, Senior Expert EC – DG Defis

    EU support initiatives for innovation and EDT – Institutional prospective

    Ms. Federica Valente, RTI Coordinator/HEDI manager – EDA

    Tools to intercept trends and EDTs and mechanisms to deliver EDT developed capabilities at a speed of relevance – EDA prospective


    6 June 2023

    Italian Navy Maricodrag (TBC) / Intermarine

    In a moment of increasing tensions and new threats in the underwater domain, Italian Navy  and Intermarine undertook the challenge to design and project innovative warships to  answer the operational requirements to secure the Sea Lines of Communications (SLOCs)  and protect the Strategic Underwater Infostructures.The pioneer project takes the name of New Generation Mine Warfare Vessels.


    6 June 2023

    Topics:

    Critical Infrastructure: Security & Privacy Challenges: The slides illustrate the composition of the Italian Cybersecurity, and the role of new Regional Cyber ​​Security Operations Centers within the new Central Scientific and Cybersecurity Department. The work of the Cyber ​​Policeman, the training challenges and future prospects of the SINC3 platform, its functions and its main architecture’s features.

    Anatomy of a cyber attack: We will analyze a malware attack through a phishing email and talk about Protection and training tools, the keys to success in cybersecurity.

    Financial crimes: In addition to cyber attacks that impact the security of data, there are attacks aimed at defrauding companies with very sophisticated mechanisms that can reduce their financial solidity. “Business Email Compromised” attacks are the most dangerous because they take advantage of social engineering techniques. The main protection tool is the awareness.

    Digital Forensic and Artificial Intelligence: What is Digital Forensic and what it means to recover digital data of any kind in order to detect digital computer evidence useful for investigative activity.


    6 June 2023

    Chairman Federico Pedrocchi, Radio 24

    Introduction Silvia Baglioni, Journalist

    Speakers:

    Fabio Trincardi, Director of the Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment - CNR

    The Mediterranean is one of the “hot spots” of climate change. At SEAFUTURE, in conjunction with the World Oceans Day, we will address one of the most topical issues: how to correctly communicate the enormous amount of data that research has available today.


    6 June 2023

    BOA TECHNOLOGY 

    The presentation will cover the history of the company BOA Technology (who we are, where we come from) followed by a detailed explanation of our technology BOA Fit System and its benefits for the end users.

    Speakers

    Luca Danova, Market Development Specialist & Account Manager EMEA – BOA Technology

    Story of the Company, business model, commercial topics

    Daria Biryukova, Factory Support Manager – BOA Technology

    Technical topics on BOA platforms

  • 7 June 2023 (9 events)


    7 June 2023

    By the Ligurian District of Marine Technologies - DLTMT

    The strategic importance of regional clusters for their associated enterprises: collaborations at regional, national, and international level, participation at grants and tenders, provision of services. Excellences of Liguria and high-Tuscany territory: realities that span different and complementary fields, able to work together towards the improvement of the enterprises of the territory, innovation, and internationalization. The opportunities secured by the systematization of regional clusters within the national Blue Economy Cluster.

    Speakers

    DLTM Lorenzo Forcieri, President

    Favoring the matching between enterprise and research in regional, national and European projects

    NAVIGO Pietro Angelini, Director

    Yachting & defense, cross-cutting innovations to compete

    TICASS - Managing entity of Polo EASS Giorgio Saio, CEO

    Energetic transition and Blue Economy: the experiences of Pole EASS

    BIG Giovanni Caprino, President

    The opportunities secured to regional districts by Cluster Big


    7 June 2023

    Hydrographic Institute of the Navy

    The Earth is an ocean planet—more than 70 percent of the surface is covered by seawater. But despite being such an essential part of life, the deepest parts of the world’s oceans are still largely unexplored. According to the GEBCO, merely 25 percent of the seafloor has been mapped with accuracy and less than 18 percent in the Arctic. But the state of sea exploration is changing fast. The dark, high-pressure conditions of the ocean depths that once made research there impossible are now being explored with cutting-edge technology. That new tech and the discoveries to come from it are the focus of modern Ocean Mapping.

    Chairman Rear Admiral Massimiliano Nannini, Director, Istituto Idrografico della Marina

    Panelists

    GianMaria Iacobone – SAIPEM – E&C OFFSHORE

    Sergio Cappelletti – DRASS Group – Managing Director

    Massimiliano Arcieri – Planetek Italia – Business Development Manager Government & Security SBU

    Carlo Coretti – e-GEOS – Head of Programs


    7 June 2023

    After last year’s NATO Summit in June, marked by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, in the document known as the Strategic Concept - an act that ratifies NATO’s new posture with respect to future threats - we understand how the alarm of political decision-makers of the member countries of the Alliance is above all related to the new frontiers of conflicts which, among other priorities, sees an emphasis placed on the growing interweaving between the cyber and space dimensions. The European Commission and the High Representative recently adopted a Joint Communication on an enhanced EU maritime security strategy aimed at ensuring peaceful use of the seas and protecting the maritime sector from new threats. They also adopted an updated action plan that will implement the strategy. Up to 99% of global data flows are transmitted through submarine cables, which are also subject to cyber and hybrid attacks. It is mandatory to make the Underwater Domain even more secure from a cybernetic point of view. The maritime safety is of vital importance for the European Union and its Member States and, precisely in this sense, the European Commission and the High Representative Borrell have foreseen an updated action plan which will implement the strategy. .

    Autorithy

    Hon. Matteo Perego di Cremnago, Under Secretary of Defense

    Chairman

    Gen. Giuseppe Morabito, NATO Foundation

    Opening by SSSD

    Participants

    Prof. Michele Colajanni, University of Bologna

    Assistant Prof. Luca Valcarenghi, Istituto Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa

    Dr. Andrea Gilli, Senior Researcher NATO Defence College

    Rear Admiral Francesco Procaccini, Chief of the C4S Dept. of the General Staff of the Navy

    Dr. Mario Beccia , Deputy NATO Chief information Officer for Cybersecurity, NATO Headquarters

    Dr. Pierangela Pitzolu, International Government Business Development Director - Telsy

    Dr. Gennaro Faella – SVP Strategic Innovation & Development, Leonardo


    7 June 2023

    Ligurian District of Marine Technologies - DLTM

    The Project aims at creating the 1st Eurocluster of Excellence on Naval Defense. This will be obtained following an Action Plan on three steps:

    1) Obtain a mapping of the Naval & Aero Naval Defence sector value chain post COVID-19 crisis to better understand the European ecosystem’s structure as well as the possible transnational synergies and complementarities. This will allow the Consortium to draw the lessons concerning disruption and dependencies and manage a more efficient industrial strategy (including green and digital transition) to engage better resilience and competitiveness in a long-term European strategic approach.

    2) Put in place actions to support SMEs in their up-skilling towards strategic technologies innovations that will be the base of their path towards resilience and autonomy boosting European sovereignty in Defence sector. Support measures will be for example training workshops and vouchers.

    3) Go to international is the third step providing for other supporting measures (e.g. workshops, vouchers, studies of international markets) to help SMEs to acquire skills in some third countries markets as well as internationalisation to foster synergies and new business lines towards these non-EU countries. This will foster action plans to enhance the European position in the value chain and engage resilience activities by supporting innovation processes and helping SMEs join forces and better cooperate with major public and private groups including in European and within international markets. These plans would have a strong focus on resilience and European synergies.

    Chairman

    Giovanni Caprino

    Speakers

    Mr. Stéphane Claisse, Director of the Toulon Var Technologies – System Factory

    Value chain mapping of the naval defence and aeronautics sector: a long-term increasing of the resilience and the start-up competitiveness for an European strategic approach

    Mrs. Eveline Buych, Innovation Manager of the Blauwe Cluster

    Innovation training: supporting SMEs towards better qualification

    Mr. Goran Barasac, President of the Croatian Defence Industry Competitiveness Cluster (CDICC)

    Financial support to third parties: supporting SMEs towards strategic technological innovation


    7 June 2023

    Limescale and biofilm have always been a problem in all circuits in which water circulates, greatly reducing their flow rates and consequently their efficiency. The concretions themselves form a favorable environment for the proliferation of potentially pathogenic microorganisms for users. In the military, this issue takes on even greater significance and is closely linked to the operation of the maritime military instrument. The problem is amplified when maintenance of the system/equipment has to be carried out resulting in long technical downtime and consequent suspension of service. The timeless and effectiveness of interventions are, therefore, decisive in the overall economy of plant management. The Noname® system, which uses a food-grade purity gas mixture, promises to eliminate calcareous concretions and biofilms, eliminating failure times and ptimizing shipboard systems. The conference will showcase the results of AUTNONAME project experiments conducted at the University of Genoa, the use of the gas mixture, and the remotely developed continous control system.

    Speakers

    Professor Agostino G. Bruzzone, Full Professor at DIME, Genoa University, Principal Investigator of AUTNONAME Project – Genoa University

    Results of experiments conducted at the University of Genoa on the AUTNONAME system and possible future developments.

    Ing. Lucio Piticchio, CEO of Arconhe – Arconhe srl

    Noname as innovative solution for solubilize limestone, decrease biofilm ecrustation and block bacterial fermentation.


    7 June 2023

    Sea Shepherd Italia Onlus Foundation

    Do we want to continue to exploit the sea or do we finally decide to safeguard the sea and ourselves? Everyday Sea Shepherd volunteers goes to the sea to defend its inhabitants and what do we want to do? Looking back in our history there have been tragic pages where people have chosen to become partisans to gain freedom. Today it is up to us to become fighters, partisans to save our species from absurd logics that exploit the planet. So it’s up to us to pick a side. Collaboration between police forces and civil society, the great challenge of the new anti-poaching in the Sea

    Chairman Andrea Morello

    Speaker Adv. Cesare Colonna (online)

    15.40 - 16.00 The Police of the Sea

    Brigadier General Maurizio Muscarà

    16.00 -16.30

    Intervention by the Minister of Civil Protection and Sea Policies, On. Nello Musumeci


    7 June 2023

    Water Academy Srd Foundation, Sustainable And Responsible Development

    Starting from the assumption that the state of health of the Oceans is determined by the decisions that are taken on earth, especially in relation to the fact that, as authoritatively supported by the Scientific Community, we live in an unprecedented era defined “Anthropocene”, a paradigm shift is needed to put the sea at the center of our lives. The relationship between mankind and the sea can be interpreted in all respects as a New Frontier. The seas, even within the specific and dimensional differences that distinguish them, are fundamental elements, for example, in the formation of the climate, and therefore the study of the so-called “Climate-Ocean Nexus”. It is now of fundamental importance to try to understand the variables that characterize the phenomenon of Climate Change.

    Chairman Prof. Alessandro Leto

    Speakers

    Professor Giuseppe Novelli, University of Rome Tor Vergata

    Professor Maurits Van Roojen, Global University System

    Dr. Filippo Uberti, ENI SpA

    Dr. Monica Spada - ENI SpA

    Dr. Simone Fortunato Mortara - ENI SpA

    Dr. Helga Maria Piaget - Passion Sea


    7 June 2023

    Towards the future without forgetting the past. It will be presented the historical escursus of radar science in Italy, from the post-war period to recent times, through the works of two exceptional protagonists. The Engineer Franco Bardelli, creator of companies such as Selenia Spa and IDS Spa and the Admiral Mario Calzeroni, creator of the SPQ-5 radar, for the discovery of antisom from the surface, as well as the first Italian stone of CORA technology..

    Chairman Dario Guerrini, CEO Gueda System

    Speakers

    Businessman Dario Guerrini, CEO - Gueda System

    Contribution to the Italian industrial growth. Genius of M. Calzeroni, results and memories of those who flanked him

    Eng. Giovanni Bardelli, Entrepreneur

    The activities and life of Franco Bardelli, Selenia, IDS, Georadar and more

    Eng. Vincenzo Arrichiello, Entrepreneur - Leonardo (r)

    Carlo Calosi and his role as Mentor for Franco Bardelli and promoter of post-war Italian industry


    7 June 2023

    International Wireless Studies – IWS Group

    Chairmen Mr. Elia Cicillini, Dr. Nicola Annedda

    The speeches will recall the path of innovations in the field of interest in general and specific focus on telecommunications and cryptography

    Speakers

    Prof. Stefano Giordano, Professor – Dept. Engineering of the information - CNIT University of Pisa

    From Marconian inventions to 5G

    Eng. Davide Adami - UniPi

    From early 16th century cryptography to the Cold War

    Bruno Grassi, Co-fondatore IWS La Spezia

    From Enigma Machine to Public and Private Key

  • 8 June 2023 (5 events)


    8 June 2023

    9.00 -12.30 CONFERENCE ROOM 2

    9.00 Registration

    Chairmen

    Leonardo Manzari, Christain Chiavetta, WestMED Assistance Mechanism – National Hub for Italy

    9.30 Welcome greetings

    WestMED Initiative - Italian National Coordinators

    Daniele Bosio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Luca Palazzo, Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department for Cohesion Policies (DPCoe)

    9.35 Introduction

    Manuel Pleguezuelo, European Commission - DG MARE (online)

    9.40

    Adriana Salazar Olivan, Union for the Mediterranean

    9.45

    Maltese National Coordinator, WestMED Initiative co-Presidency

    Shaun Patrick Ebejer, Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects (online)

    10.00

    Main Achievements of the WestMED Maritime Clusters Alliance and its members

    EMFAF Calls open to the Southern Shore non-EU countries

    Anja Detant, CINEA

    Establishment of the Mauritanian Maritime Cluster

    Hamadi BABA HAMADI, President Mauritanian Maritime Cluster

    MEDBLEUE 2022 Tunis

    Emna Sohlobji, Cluster Maritime Tunisien

    The Hub Azul Dealroom

    Ruben Eiras, Forum Oceano

    The position/role of Clusters in the new European Blue Forum

    Laurence Martin, Federazione del Mare, ENMC, Thanos Smanis WMAM

    Approved projects

    ForMare - EMFAF Maritime Clusters – CALLMEBLUE; ERASMUS+ - MARMED

    Forum Oceano - COSME Euroclusters – MedBan

    CTN BIG – COSME Euroclusters – IKAT

    TVT & DLTM - COSME Euroclusters – LEVIATAD

    MARE FVG - EMFAF Maritime Clusters – Green Marine MED

    Strategis Cluster - ERASMUS+ - MAQUAM

    SGD4MED – EMFAF Ports & Maritime Transport – POWER4MED

    Federazione del Mare – EMFAF Women in Blue Economy – WINBIG

    Pole Mer Méditerranée – COSME Euroclusters – ELBE Alliance (online)

    Established cooperation agreements and synergies

    Antonio Novo Guerrero, European Clusters Alliance

    Axelle Salvage, ENMC

    Walter Wassallo, Blue Marina Awards

    11.30 Open discussions about further progresses on the main goals of the WM MCA

    Thanos Smanis

    • 15 mins > Cluster dialogue:

    • 15 mins > Cluster up-scale South-South:

    • 15 mins > Capacity building North-South:

    • 15 mins > Investment attraction

    12.30 Conclusion of the event 

    Giovanni Caprino, Cluster BIG – Mario Mattioli, Federazione del Mare


    8 June 2023

    ANSYS

    The next era in the maritime and defense industry will present business and technology challenges that will be radically different from anything seen before. The exponential rate of innovation required to meet these challenges can only be achieved through digital transformation. As the boundaries between industries blur and the cost of failure becomes business-critical, the pace of digital transformation must accelerate. One way to speed this transformation while ensuring an optimized product life cycle is through engineering simulation.

    Chairman and Speaker Filippo Gemma, Global Product Sales Manager


    8 June 2023

    14.00 – 16.30 CONFERENCE ROOM 2

    Italian and Portuguese marine and maritime clusters: best practices and experience exchange

    Synergies between the Hub Azul Portugal and the Italian clusters

    An increasing number of countries have already placed blue economy at the core of their governmental strategies, and the national marine and maritime clusters’ role is becoming increasingly fundamental on various aspects.  The blue economy management differs from country to country from various point of view, including but not limited to: research and innovation, business support through targeted industrial policies and financial support, training at various levels, etc.  During this session many experts coming from National Blue Economy Clusters in Italy and Portugal will share their models and experiences in all relevant aspects, with the aim to highlight differences and facilitate the exchange of best practices.

    14.00-14.30 Registration

    Moderator Leonardo Manzari, WestMED Assistance Mechanism – National Hub for Italy

    14.30-14.45 Welcome & introduction: the blue economy at the core of national strategies and priorities

    Daniele Bosio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, WestMED National Coordinator

    14.45-15.15 Forum Oceano: the Portuguese blue economy management model

    Ruben Eiras, Secretary General, Forum Oceano

    15.15-15.45 Cluster Blue Italian Growth & Federazione del Mare: the Italian blue economy management model

    Giovanni Caprino, Chairman, Cluster Blue Italian Growth

    Mario Mattioli, Chairman, Federazione del Mare

    15.45-16.15 Roundtable

    Highlighting differences and mutual inspiration between Italian and Portuguese management models

    Gonçalo Faria, Hub Azul Portugal

    Rita Sousa, FABER - Portugal Blue private operator (online)

    Fabio Fava, EU MISSION “Restore our Ocean and Waters” - Lighthouse for the Mediterranean (online)

    Alessandro Iafrati, CNR Institute of Marine Engineering, Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership

    16:15-16:30 Closing

    Marisa Silva, Director General of Maritime Policy, Ministry of Economy and Sea, Portugal (online)

    Luca Salamone, Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Minister of Civil Protection and Sea Policies


    8 June 2023

    FUORI ONDA

    The upheavals that Europe is going through pose questions that are difficult to interpret. International scenarios are crucial and will have long-term repercussions on the lives of all of us. Reporting effectively and correctly on major geopolitical issues is not easy. It is necessary to be able to assess the correctness of sources, maintain independence of judgement and at the same time keep the public’s attention high without giving in to the spectacular.

    Opening remarks

    Cristiana Pagni, CEO Italian Blue Growth

    Rear Adm. Antonello de Renzis Sonnino, Head of Public Information and Communication Office of the Italian Navy

    Chairman Paola Spadari

    Speakers

    Dialogue between Carlo Bartoli, National President of the Order of Journalists, and Carmen Lasorella, journalist.


    8 June 2023

    Awarding of the 7 Thesis finalists and the Thesis finalists of the Higher Secondary Institutes of the Liguria Region

  • 10 June 2023 (1 event)

    TBD
    10 June 2023

    Inclusive sailing race

  • 11 June 2023 (1 event)

    TBD
    11 June 2023

    Traditional Boat Race