Political Session:
- M. Bresso, President of the Committee of the Regions (original italian version/simultaneous translation at the conference);
- A. Gonzales, Head of Unit, Space Policy and Coordination, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission;
- G. Morsillo, Director for ESA Policy, Planning and Control.
Roya Ayazi, Secretary General of NEREUS introduced the Technical session presenting why and how regions play a fundamental role in exploiting the benefits of space exploration technologies.
Three examples of aerospace districts and local clusters:
- Piedmont Aerospace District (D. Moncalvo);
- Midlands Aerospace Alliance (T. Maskell);
- Lombardy Aerospace Cluster (A. Vallerani).
Experiences and perspectives of Industry, Research Centres and Academia:
- Thales Alenia Space (L. Gatti);
- Politecnico di Milano (A. Ercoli-Finzi);
- CISAS Università di Padova (P. Benvenuti);
- Leicester University SRC (G. Fraser).
G. Boerci, ESA, introduced the second part of the technical session
Spin-offs:
- Innovative Optical Materials for the development of Difractive and Holographic Devices (E. Pusone);
- MARISSA project (S. Chiesa);
- Mini Gamma Ray Camera (J.Lees);
- RiskNat (V. Basso).
Exploratoria:
- Infini.TO and others by CIFS, Piedmont (A. Ferrari);
- National Space Centre, East Midlands (G. Fraser) ;
- Cité de l’Espace, Midi-Pyrénées (J. B. Desbois);
- Volandia and others by CGS, Lombardy (F. Mailland)
Report of the European Seminar
