10:00 Session II - Incentives provided by Tuscany and the U.S. in the field of renewable energies

U.S. Strategies to address Energy and Climate Change Issues
Kate Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress

Renewable Energy in Tuscany
Edo Bernin, Director, Regione Toscana
Moderator: Marinella Loddo Director of the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE)

11:00 Coffee Break

11:20 Session III - Best practices for technology transfer from research labs to the market place with a focus on respective patent and intellectual property legislation

Building Partnerships in the Academic and Business Communities
Sara Pesek, Director of Program Development and Strategic Engagement at the Syracuse Center of Excellence, Syracuse University

Green Technology Research at the University of Florence
Marco Bellandi, Pro-chancellor for Technological Transfer, University of Florence
Giovanni Baldi, Massa Spin Off

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Walter Grassi, Director of the Energetics Department at the Engineering Faculty, University of Pisa

American Regulations on Intellectual Property: Licensing and Forms of Protection
Donatella Iaricci, Head of the Intellectual Property Rights Desk ICE New York
Moderator: Stefano Giovannelli, Director of Toscana Promozione

1:00 Lunch

2:30-5:00 Session IV – Case studies

Household Hydrogen and Ammonia for Green Energy Production
Davide Casetti, ACTA

Innovative Business Inspired by Africa, Europe, and the U.S.A.
Federico Maria Grati, AGROILS

Monitoring and Geological Sequestration of CO2
Giovanni Gianelli and Luigi Dallai, CNR IGG

Energy & Chemicals from Renewables by Electrocatalysis
Francesco Vizza, CNR ICCOM

A Roof-top Micro Wind-Turbine for an Urban Area: A Possible Solution
Gianluca Cecchetti, ENATEK

Boosted Efficiency on PV Power Plants through Monitoring, Remote Control, Power Conditioning and Smart Grid Integration
Alessandro Caraglio, EPIK

A Technology Park and the Promotion of Industrial Research in the Field of Clean Energy
Giuseppe Pozzana, PONT-TECH

An American Success Story Set in Tuscany
Leonardo Botti, POWER ONE

Ecological Treatment of Water in Solar-Thermal Systems
Paola Sartoni and Annalisa Guerrini, ECO TECHNOLOGY

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Giovanni Capussela, FEDI IMPIANTI

Tuning up Internal Combustion Engines for Running with Hydrogen
Nicolò Doveri, EDI Progetti e Sviluppo
Moderator: Andreina Guerrieri, Director of ICE - Tuscany Office

Thursday, 7 October, 2010

09:00 – 11:00 Presentation of participating American Companies

11:00 Coffee-Break

11:15 B2B Meetings

1:00 Lunch

2:00 – 5:00 B2B Meetings