CNR – CONACYT WORKSHOP 14 – 15 APRIL, 2016

ROME, ITALY – Marconi Room

Italy-Mexico: scientific collaborations and opportunities

14 APRIL

Opening Plenary Session

10:00 - 10:45

Introduction and remarks on the bilateral collaboration between CONACYT and CNR

- Marilena Rossano European and International Relations Office (CNR)

- Juan José Guerra Abud Ambassador of Mexico in Italy

- José Luis Rhi-Sausi Italo-Latin American Institute's Socio-Economic Secretary

- Héctor Samano Rocha (CONACYT) Counselor of International Cooperation

- Emilia Giorgetti Scientific Officer - Embassy of Italy in Mexico

- Monica Paganelli

Ministry of Foreign Affairs – DG Promozione del Sistema Paese - Cesare Bieller Ministry of Foreign Affairs – DG Ufficio Paesi dell’America Centrale e dei Caraibi

- Bruna Kohan Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea - DG per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile, per il Danno Ambientale e per i rapporti con l'Unione Europea e gli Organismi Internazionali

10:45 - 11:30

Geosciences and Environment in Italy and Mexico - Overview -

- Enrico Brugnoli

Head of the Department of Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies (CNR)

- Maite Lascurain Rangel (Environment)

Researcher - Institute of Ecology A.C. - Gerardo Carrasco Head of the Geosciences Center - UNAM

11:30 - 12:15

Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials in Italy and Mexico - Overview - - Luigi Ambrosio Head of the Department of Chemical Sciences and Materials Technologies (CNR)

- Gabriel Luna Barcenas Researcher - Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute

CNR – CONACYT WORKSHOP 14 – 15 APRIL, 2016

ROME, ITALY – Marconi Room

Italy-Mexico: scientific collaborations and opportunities

12:15 - 13:00

Biotechnology and Genomics for Agriculture and Food Science in Italy and Mexico - Overview -

- Francesco Loreto

Head of the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (CNR)

- María Amanda Gálvez Mariscal

Researcher - Faculty of Chemistry / Dept. Food And Biotechnology / UNAM

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

Working Groups

14:30 - 18:00

Participants will be separated depending on the thematic areas

- Geosciences and Environment

- Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials

- Biotechnology and Genomics for Agriculture and Food Science

19:00 Cocktail Embassy of Mexico in Italy

15 APRIL

Working Groups (Continues)

10:00 – 12:00

Participants will be separated depending on the thematic areas

- Geosciences and Environment

- Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials

- Biotechnology and Genomics for Agriculture and Food Science

12:00 – 13:00

Closing Ceremony

Each group will present conclusions and feedback on key actions agreed upon and next steps aimed at identifying possible joint research projects

- Corrado Spinella

Director of the Department of Physical Sciences and Technologies of Matter (CNR) - Emilia Giorgetti Scientific Officer - Embassy of Italy in Mexico

- Héctor Samano Rocha Counselor of International Cooperation (CONACYT)

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

CNR – CONACYT WORKSHOP 14 – 15 APRIL, 2016

ROME, ITALY – Marconi Room

Italy-Mexico: scientific collaborations and opportunities

NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS

Visits to research centers of interest

April 12

National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanotechnology (NEST) Piazza San Silvestro 12 – 56127 Pisa Dr. Lucia Sorba E-mail: lucia.sorba@nano.cnr.it Tel: +39 050509118

Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB) Dr. Giovanna Buonocore P.le E. Fermi, 1 – 80055 Portici (Naples) E-mail: gbuonoco@unina.it Tel: +39 0817758837

April 13

Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (IMM) Dr. Luigi Mariucci

Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100 – 00133 Rome E-mail: luigi.mariucci@cnr.it Tel. +39 0649934706

Working groups

Block 1. April 14 / 14:30 - 18:00

1 Stefan Heun “2D materials”

2 Gabriel Luna Barcenas “Nanocomposites for biomedical applications”

3 Aurora Rizzo “Hybrid Photovoltaics: Material Development and Device Innovation”

4 Ana Cecilia Noguez Garrido “Theory and numerical modeling of the optical response of nanoscale materials”

5 Vittorianna Tasco “Nanomaterials for Functional Devices”

6 Alessandra Alberti “Advanced Materials for photovoltaics”

7 Giorgio Biasol “Synthesis of low-dimensional semiconductors”

8 Silvia Pietralunga "Characterizing Graphene-related and 2D materials: electronic and ultrafast optical spectroscopies”

CNR – CONACYT WORKSHOP 14 – 15 APRIL, 2016

ROME, ITALY – Marconi Room

Italy-Mexico: scientific collaborations and opportunities

9 Luca Businaro "Microfluidics and organs-on-chip: a generalized approach for advanced drug and therapy testing"

Block 2. April 15 / 10:00 – 12:00

1 Francesca Passaretti “Shape Memory Alloys and Thermoelectric Materials”

2 Gabriel Ingo “Nanosciences & technologies for the knowledge and conservation of cultural heritage”

3 Rafael Vázquez Duhalt "Enzymatic nano-vehicles for chemotherapy improvement"

4 Giovanna Buonocore “Multi-functional polymer-based composites”

5 Alessandra Sanson “Ceramics: ancient materials that look towards the future”

6 Mauricio López Romero “Metrology and Nanomaterials”

7 Alberto Figoli “Innovative Membrane Applications in Water Treatment” 8 Andrea Liscio “Graphene-based materials”