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     Consolato Generale
           Edimburgo  
  in collaborazione con
Ufficio Addetto Scientifico
    Ambasciata Londra


                        Renewable and Clean Energy Technologies


                                                                             A Scottish Italian Conference

                                                                                 28th - 29th May 2009
                                             James Watt Centre II, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus

                                                                                                       List of attendees

                                                            Programme

Thursday 28th May

12:00        Registration and lunch

13:00        Welcome address:

   
                        Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heriot-Watt University


                        Piergabriele Papadia de Bottini, Consul General of Italy, Edinburgh

13:30         Renewable Energies

                        Chair: Professor Bryce Richards, Heriot-Watt University
    
                        Presentations:

                        Wind Energy: Technical Challenges
                        Professor Bill Leithead, Director of Industrial Control Centre, Strathclyde University

                       
                        Solar Projects Overview
                        Professor Marco Rosa-Clot, Science & Tech, Pisa, Italy

                       
                        Building the New Energy Paradigm
                        Professor Sue Roaf, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University

                       
                        Osmotic Heat Engine for Power Generation
                        Professor Menachem Elimelech, Yale University


                        Followed by group discussion

15:30         Coffee break

16:00         Carbon Capture and Storage

   
                        Chair: Professor Stefano Brandani, University of Edinburgh

                        Presentations:

                        Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage
                        Professor Stuart Haszeldine, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh

                        Overview of Scientific and Technological Aspects in CCS Power Plants
                        Professor Ennio Macchi, Politecnico Milano, Italy

                        CO2 GeoNet: past, present and future
                        Dr Sergio Persoglia, OGS and CO2GeoNet

                        Carbon Dioxide Storage: lessons learnt on gas migration at Latera "Natural Lab"
                        Professor Salvatore Lombardi, Sapienza University of Rome, Dept of Earth Sciences

                        Session reporter: Mehran Sohrabi, Heriot-Watt University

                        Followed by group discussion

18.00            Day one event close

19:30            Dinner – city centre venue (Balmoral)


Friday 29th May


9.00        Sustainable Fuel Sources and Energy Conservation Technologies

                        Chair: Dr Paul Connor, Sustainability Institute, University of St Andrews
                                     Alternative Fuels for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

                        Presentations:

                        The ENEL's CCS Strategy and Projects
                        Ing. Pietro Barbucci, Head of Fossil, Enel - Engineering and Innovation Division

                         Energy use in buildings - current research at Heriot-Watt
                         Prof Phil Banfill, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
       
                         Research at ICIT, International Centre of Island Technology
                        
Prof Patrick Corbett - John Wright, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University

                        Followed by group discussion

11:00         Coffee break

11:30         Fostering research collaborations, application for external funding,
                    investment opportunities, deployment strategies

       
                        FP7 Funding for Energy Technologies
                        Dr Antony Weir, Head of Research & Legal Services, Heriot-Watt University


                        Energy Technology Partnership: a model of co-operation in Scotland
                        Dr Simon Puttock, Executive Director, ETP, University of Strathclyde

                        Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction in Combustion
                        Professor Doug Greenhalgh, Head of School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University

 
       
12:40        Wrap-up of the meeting

                        Italian Scotland renewable and Clean Energy Conference
                        Prof Patrick Corbett, Head of Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University


13:00         Lunch and Event Close