Marconi Day

April 25^th 2010
Villa Griffone, Pontecchio Marconi (Bologna)

MARCONI DAY

10:00am Holy Mass at the Guglielmo Marconi Mausoleum

10:45am Aula Magna in Villa Griffone

Opening presentations
Gabriele Falciasecca, President of the Marconi Foundation
Marilena Lenzi, Vicemayor of Sasso Marconi
Ivano Dionigi, Magnifico Rettore Università di Bologna

The first developments of Marconi's work
Carlo Giacomo Someda, Università di Padova: "Radio communications after Marconi and according to Marconi"
Paolo Tiberio, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia: "Radar: a Marconian idea developed in Italy among light and darkness"

Recognition awards "Marconists of the 21^st Century"

In the presence of Elettra Marconi Giovanelli:
Presentation of the International Prizes for Painting, Sculpture and Electronic Art "Guglielmo Marconi"

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David Sarnoff

Marconi was the creator of the present day civilization of the radio. All of those who, with spirit of initiative and perseverance, have brought us to the present stage of development have built on the foundations laid by Marconi. Everyone considered him the tutelary genius of their work.