Speakers Macro-Regional Innovation Week At the crossroads of three European Macro-Regions: Danube, Adriatic-Ionian and Alpine Regions 26-30 September 2016 Trieste, Italy Giancarlo Caratti Head of Unit, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Competences, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, European Commission Dr Ing. Giancarlo CARATTI is heading the "Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer" department at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, which manages the Intellectual Property of the European Commission, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, denomination of origin, etc. In his previous assignments, Mr Caratti managed other Commission departments, namely: "Institutional and International Relations", "Enlargement" and "Policy Support Strategy". Mr Caratti has started his career in the European Commission in 1986 within the unit "Renewable Energy R&D". In 1996 he was appointed Advisor to the Director of the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies in charge of coordination of the scientific work programme and stakeholder relations. He then took over the responsibility of other central units in the JRC, namely the "Policy Support Strategy" in 1999. Last year, he was Deputy Commissioner General for the EU participation in the World Expo 2015, as appointed by the President of the European Commission on 3.5.2013. He was also leading the EU Expo 2015 Task Force, which coordinated the participation of the EU institutions in the Expo. Mr Caratti's educational background is in Mechanical Engineering, with specialisation in Energy. Before joining the Commission he worked in the Faculties of Engineering of Florence (1982) and Pisa (1984-1985), teaching and researching on Industrial Systems and Energetics. In 1983 he spent one year as visiting scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA in the field of Energy Modelling. In 1985 and 1986, he worked as project engineer at Techint, Italy's largest private engineering company based in Milan. Mr Caratti has over 60 publications in international conferences, journals, etc. and is editor of various technical books. Debora Serracchiani President of the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia Debora Serracchiani holds a Master of Arts in law from University of Rome “La Sapienza”. She as work experiences as lawyer in labour law, is the President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region from 2013 to date. Previously she was Member of the European Parliament, member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and substitute in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) from 2009 to 2013. She also was Council member of the province of Udine, vice-group leader of the environment and energy commission from 2008 to 2009, member of the Province Council of Udine and Member of the Constituency Council of Udine. She was Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) of the Municipality of Udine, from December 2008 to November 2009, and Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) of Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region from November 2009 to May 2013 Alessandra Pastorelli Deputy Director, Scientific and Technological Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy Alessandra Pastorelli was born in Siena in 1975. She took a Bachelor degree in Political Science at LUISS University in Rome in 1999. She worked as European project consultant for private companies in Brussels, in Grosseto and in Rome between 1999 and 2001. She became diplomat in December 2001 and she served in the Directorate General for Mediterranean Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome between 2002 and 2004. In September 2004 she was appointed as Head of the Economic and Commercial Office at the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa and she served in Ethiopia and Djibouti until June 2008. Between 2008 and 2012 she served at the Italian Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, being responsible for the relations with UNIDO, UNCOPUOS and Technical Cooperation of the IAEA. Since October 2012, Ms Pastorelli is Deputy Director of the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Rome. Giovanni De Santi Director, Competences, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, European Commission Since 1985, Giovanni De Santi has been employed at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, where he developed his professional expertise by managing projects and groups of experts in the fields of energy, transport, mechanical/nuclear engineering, environmental science, and management. In 2007, he was nominated as Director of the Institute for Energy of the JRC based both in Petten (The Netherlands) and Ispra (Italy). The Institute represents the reference centre of the European Commission for research in the energy field. It provides technical and scientific support for the conception, development and monitoring of community policies related to the production, security, safety and sustainability of energy. In particular the Institute focuses on nuclear reactor safety, renewable (solar) energy, hydrogen and fuel cells, energy system modelling and energy security. In January 2011, the Institute for Energy was transformed into the Institute for Energy and Transport and its portfolio consequently expanded to include sustainable transport. As Director of the Institute, Dr. De Santi is responsible for the coordination and management of key energy and transport activities within the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and in the frame of international co-operation between Europe and key stakeholders - both in the research and industrial sectors - from third countries. He is member of steering committees and governing boards of numerous European initiatives, such as the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Joint Technology Initiatives, European Technology Platforms (solar energy, biofuels, etc.), the U.S.- Europe Energy Council, as well as chairman of international Task Forces UNECE-TF for the standardisation of heavy duty transport emissions. Giovanni De Santi is author of many peer reviewed publications in high level scientific journals and chairman of many international conferences. Since 1st of July 2016, Giovanni De Santi became Director of the Direction I in charge of Competences and is based in Ispra. Sergio Paoletti President of AREA Science Park Sergio Paoletti is Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Life Sciences of the University of Trieste, where he was elected member of the Board of Directors (2006-2009), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (September 2009-May 2013) and Acting Rector (May-July 2013). Since April 2016 he is President of AREA Science Park, major Science and Technology Park in Italy, under the aegis of the Italian Ministry of Education, university and Research. On 13 May 2013 he has been awarded the title of "Doctor Honoris Causa" by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and the following year he was elected foreign member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Professor Sergio Paoletti was Post-Doc at the Department of Physical Chemistry of the University of Leiden (the Netherlands) (1974), Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Biochemistry Marina del Norwegian National Institute of Technology (NTH, now NTNU), Trondheim (Norway) (1981), Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the Brooklyn Polytechnic, now Polytechnic University of New York (USA) (1984). He has been Chairman of the Bachelor degree in Biotechnology, and that of the Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Trieste. He was member of several boards such as the Board of Directors of Electra - Synchrotron Trieste S.C.p.A., of AREA Science Park, of the Italian Consortium for Biotechnology (CIB), as well as member of the Scientific Council of the Portoconte Searches S.C.r.L. (SS) and of the Consortium of Trieste Molecular Biomedicine (CBM). He was an expert of the Commission U.E. for the polysaccharides from algal sources and is responsible for Research Funds of various national and international public institutions, particularly in several European projects in the 6th and 7th Framework Programme. He has directed and directs several research projects in collaboration with the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. Member of several scientific societies, Italian and foreign ones, co- organizer of congresses, workshops and advanced schools both in Italy and abroad (USA) and a speaker at a number of national and international conferences. Professor Paoletti is author or co-author of over 200 papers in international scientific journals and 8 patent families. Furio Honsell Mayor of Udine and professor of Informatics at the University of Udine, Committee of the Regions Furio Honsell, is full professor of Informatics at the University of Udine (ITALY) since 1990. From 2001 to 2008 he served as Rector of Udine University and has been President of the Science and Technology Park of Udine. In 2008 Honsell was elected Mayor of Udine (pop 100,000) with a centre-left coalition and re-elected in 2013. In 2009 he joined the Covenant of Mayors 202020 and recently the Mayors Adapt. He is vice- president of the Italian W.H.O. “Healthy Cities” Network. He is strongly committed to implementing policies for health and energy efficiency, combatting climate change and inequities, as well as promoting