ASI - Italian Space Agency

Via del Politecnico, SNC

00133 – Rome, Italy

The “SPACE week 2015” (21-23 October 2015), is an international event dedicated to to

the SPACE sector, that aims at reinforcing the collaboration and cooperation among the

participants, with the purpose of fostering an effective networking between them.

The symposium, that has reached its second edition, has the objective to highlight the key

points through which the European Union is going to reinforce its role in the SPACE sector:

promote technological and scientific progress, foster innovation and industrial

competitiveness, ensure that European citizens fully benefit from European space

applications, strengthen Europe’s role in space at an international level; therefore, it will

underline the different aspects of the SPACE field which represent benefits useful to the

citizens quotidian life, for example, the environment, the agriculture, the health or the

transports optimization.

The whole event is free of charge

To register to this event https://www.b2match.eu/spaceweek-italy

The participation to the “SPACE week 2015”, is free of charge

Symposium Agenda

Day 1

October 21, 2015

Site Visit

09:00 - 14:00 ENEA - The Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

The Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, has 9 centres distributed on the entire national territory, with over 2700 employees. Its activity is mainly focused on research, innovation, and lending of services

for public administrations, industries and private citizens. ENEA works on energy efficiency, renewable, nuclear energy; the centre of Rome (Casaccia) has many laboratories and experimental plants, and vaunts technological innovation capability in sectors like, for example, the agro-food, the environment or the climate. Among the several activities and laboratories, we could mention the laboratory for Electromagnetic compatibility, which makes measures and tests due to civil, military and avionics standards, or, the laboratory for tests about “shock” and “fall”, that aims to the evaluation and qualification of components and systems for industrial and nuclear applications and for aerospace industries.

15:00 - 18:00 INAF - The National Institute of Astrophysics

The National Institute of Astrophysics is the principal Italian research company for the study of the universe. It promotes, realizes and coordinates, even into European Union programmes and international organizations, research activities in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics, both in collaboration with Universities and other subjects (public, private, national and international). it

designs and develops innovative technologies and advanced instrumentation, to study and explore the cosmos. INAF includes different structures in Rome and in many other cities spread on the entire national territory, it could be interesting, for example, to visit the IASP Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, that has different laboratories and installations.

The site visit is open ONLY to foreign participants to the SPACE week 2015 in Rome

See more https://www.b2match.eu/spaceweek-italy/pages/site-visit

Day 2

October 22, 2015

Workshop, International coopration in the SPACE sector

ASI – Italian Space Agency

(Conference room: Auditorium)

08.30 Registration 09.15 Welcome – Opening ASI Representative (TBD) MAECI Representative- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (tbc) Diassina Di Maggio, APRE Director Session 1 - What to expect/benefit from International Cooperation in the SPACE sector. Futures opportunities for collaborating The objective of the session is to explore inclusive experiences, mutual interests among Europe and Third Countries, including the future development of cooperation. The session aims also to highlight the political and economic priority with the aim to increase the use of the SPACE data for societal and civil purpose/application. Moderator: Gabriella Arrigo, ASI Unit of International Relations, Italian Space Agency - ASI 09:40 EU SPACE policy dialogue with Third Countries: The European Commission approach Sandro D’Angelo, Space Policy - International Relations, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)

10:00 The Third Countries SPACE and SPACE related expertise and future development of cooperation with Europe

10:00 Argentina: Cecilia Aversa, National Directorate

of International Relations, MINCyT 10:20 Brazil: Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) tbc/

National Institute for Space Research (INPE) tbc China 10:40: representative tbd

11:00 Canada: Anita Baidwan Science and Technology Counselor at the Canadian Embassy in Rome,tbc

11:20 Japan: representative tbd 11:40 Mexico: Balan Gutiérrez, Director of

International Affairs, Mexican Space Agency 12:00 US: representative tbd 12:20 South Africa: Asanda Sangoni, Stakeholder

Liaison Specialist & H2020 Space NCP , SANSA

12:40 Questions and Answers & Closing remarks Session 2 – Projects and Services supporting the cooperation between Europe and Third Countries. The Business cooperation centres of EEN and the BILAT projects funded by the European Commission Moderator: Diassina Di Maggio – APRE Director 13:05 The Bilat projects: services and opportunities Robert Burmanjer Head of Unit, DG Research and Innovation, Dir C — International cooperation, European Commission 13:20 The IMP³rove International SPACE Award 2015 Martin Ruppert, Managing Director of IMP³rove – European Innovation Management Academy 13.15 Lunch

14.30 Brokerage event

Day 3

October 23, 2015

Horizon 2020 Space International Information Day

“Work Programme 2016-2017

ASI – Italian Space Agency

(Conference room: Auditorium)

The event is organized by APRE – Agency for the Promotion of European Research – on behalf of MIUR (Ministry of

Education, University and Research), in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI)

and the SPACE Programme Commetee Configuration

09.00 Registration 09.30 Welcome and Introduction Roberto Battiston, President, Italian Space Agency – ASI Gianluigi Consoli, Ministry for Education, University and Research - MIUR Moderator Augusto Cramarossa Head of Strategy Perspectives and European Affairs Unit, Italian Space Agency - ASI 09.45 The SPACE work programme 2016/2017 Sabine Lecrenier, Head of Policy and Space Research Unit, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, DG Growth - European Commission (tbc) 10.15 The Copernicus programme Mauro Facchini – Head of Copernicus services Unit, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, DG Growth - European Commission 10:45 E-GNSS Applications and Market Opportunities Gian Gherardo Calini - Head of Market Development at the European GNSS Agency - GSA

11:15 Rules for participation, proposal submission, evaluation and the role of the REA Giuseppe G. Daquino, SPACE research - Research Programme Officer, Research Executive Agency, REA 11:45 The strategic Research Clusters under the SPACE Work programme Giorgio Saccoccia, European Space Agency 12:00 Italian participation to the first H2020 calls Amalia Ercoli Finzi, The Polytechnic University of Milan, Italian Delegate of the SPACE Programme Committee Configuration 12:15 SME instrument under Horizon 2020for space innovative companies Bertrand Wert, Project Advisor, Horizon 2020 R&D&I programme - Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) 12:30 Tips and Tricks on proposal writing: The evaluator perspective Tanya Scalia, D'Appolonia S.p.A

12:45 COSMOS2020, the SPACE NCPs’ network Elena Giglio, Space National Contact Point - Agency for the Promotion of European Research – APRE 13:00 Questions and Answers & Closing remarks