Event venue

CNR Research Area
Via Alfonso Corti, 12
20133 Milan

Target audience

Private session: Member companies
Public session: All interested parties

Description of content and objectives

To mark its Annual Assembly, LE2C is organising a full day dedicated to innovation and technology transfer #10YearsofLE2C. The morning will feature the Annual Members' Assembly (reserved for LE2C Cluster member companies), followed by a conference open to the public to celebrate our 10 years of activity (2009-2019) together. The afternoon will feature Matchmaking Time: B2B meetings attended by companies, research centres, and universities.

Representatives from our AREAS OF EXPERTISE will also be available to members to discuss innovative projects and learn about the Cluster's activities; it will be possible to receive information on the VIDA Project and how to access vouchers supporting SMEs in financing innovative technologies within the Food, Water, and Energy supply chain; finally, it will be possible to book a meeting with the EUROPE DESK to receive free assistance on accessing European calls for proposals and finding partners, in collaboration with EEN - Enterprise Europe Network, and with the DIGITALISATION AND INDUSTRY 4.0 DESK.

Programme

10.30 Registration

11.00 Institutional greetings - Raffaele Cattaneo, Regional Minister for Environment and Climate, Lombardy Region

11.15 Innovation in utilities - Giovanni Valotti, Chairman of Utilitalia and Chairman of A2A

11.30 Round table: From the Thermoelectromechanical Meta-district to the LE2C Technological Cluster

- Alberto Ribolla, LE2C President 2009-15 and President of the World Manufacturing Forum

- Gian Angelo Mainini, LE2C President 2015-17 and owner of Elettromeccanica Colombo s.a.s.

- Luca Donelli, LE2C President and Market Dev. Manager at Donelli Alexo

Moderator: Silvia Pagani, LE2C Director 2009-15 and General Secretary of Confindustria Lombardia

12.00 Pitches from the best start-ups in the Circular Economy sector

12.20 The role of Technological Clusters beyond Horizon 2020 - Annalisa Tessarolo, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG GROW

12.35 MEDREG: Harmonised rules for a Mediterranean energy landscape

- Stefano Besseghini, President of ARERA (Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment) and Vice President of MEDREG (Association of Mediterranean Energy Regulators)

- Gulefsan Demirbas, President of MEDREG and Head of Strategy Development at the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)

13.00 Closing remarks Vladimiro Dal Santo, Vice President of LE2C - ISTM CNR

Coordinator: Carmen Disanto, Cluster Manager

13:10 Networking lunch

14:00 VIDA Project Presentation - Carmen Disanto, Cluster Manager

14:15 - 16:30 Matchmaking Time

Registration details

Participation is free of charge. To attend the morning conference and/or book meetings with the representatives of the aforementioned help desks, REGISTER by 13 April. During registration, you will be able to select the sessions of interest (conference / B2B / Areas of Expertise / Europe Help Desk / Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 Help Desk / VIDA Project).

Important: to register for B2B meetings, you must complete the FORM to be included in the CATALOGUE of meeting participants and send it to staff@energycluster.it by 4 April: You will then be included in the participant CATALOGUE, which will be sent to you so that you have the opportunity to select the companies you wish to meet. Note: B2B meetings are reserved for companies and universities/research centres; participation is not guaranteed for consultancy firms. Only those registered for B2B meetings will be sent the CATALOGUE containing all profiles to select who to meet.
- Areas of Expertise: you can schedule a meeting with the representatives of each Area to discuss innovative projects and learn about the Cluster's activities.
- Europe Help Desk: in collaboration with EEN - Enterprise Europe Network, to receive free advice on accessing European calls for proposals and partner searches.
- Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 Help Desk: provided by the Digital Innovation Hub Lombardia to receive advice on accessing tax incentives and support for corporate digitalisation.
- VIDA Project Desk: to receive information on accessing vouchers to support SMEs in financing innovative technologies within the Food, Water and Energy supply chain.