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Wireless Communications

October 2^nd to December 20^th, 2009
Museum of Electrical Technology, Pavia

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS: FROM SIGNALS TO SOUND

The exhibition was dedicated to the revolution in wireless communication. It was show among others a valuable series of domestic radio receivers from the Twenties and Thirties, produced by Marconiphone and belonging to the Carlo Pria private collection.

Along with the exhibition there were conferences and events with qualified Italian and foreign experts. Practical demonstrations of radio transmissions were also performed directly from the museum.

October 3^rd - Barbara Valotti, Marconi Foundation, Bologna: “The Young Marconi”
October 3^rd - Anna Guagnini, University of Bologna: “From London to Stockholm”
October 23^rd - Sàndor Jeszensky, Electrotechnical Museum, Budapest: “From the experiments by Hertz to the invention of wireless telegraphy by Marconi”
October 23^rd - Brian Bowers, Science Museum, London: “Marconi in Britain”
October 23^rd - Friedrich Heilbronner, German Museum, Munich: “Marconi and the Germans"
November 13^th - Alessia Polemi et al., IET Italia: “Innovation Strategy with Radio Frequency Identification Systems”
November 26^th - Frederik Nebeker, IEEE History Center, New Jersey: “Wireless Telegraphy in Hollywood movies"
November 28^th - Claudio Gatti, AIRE, Milan: “The radio as an object of collecting and restoration”

Organised by University of Pavia

Sponsored by Pavia Provincial Administration, Pavia City Hall, IEEE Italy Section, IET Italy, AEIT Federation
with the contribution of Pavia City Hall, Pavia Province Community Foundation, Selex Communications
in cooperation with National Committee for the Marconi Centenary, Italian Association of Antique Radios, Italian Radio Amateurs Association of Vigevano, Radio Campus of Pavia, Sappers and Telegraphists National Association of Milan.

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European Microwave Week

September 28^th-October 2^nd 2009
European Microwave Week, Rome

Wednesday, September 30^th
New Fair, Rome, Flavia Hall

BRAUN AND MARCONI PIONEERS OF THE WIRELESS, ONE-HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE NOBEL PRIZE
(special session)

Roberto Sorrentino, University of Perugia (chair)

Gabriele Falciasecca, Marconi Foundation: "Guglielmo Marconi: The Pioneer of Wireless Communication"

Peter Russer, Technical University of Munich: "Ferdinand Braun: A Pioneer in Wireless Technology and Electronics"

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From Poldhu to Voyager and Hubble

September 28^th - October 3^rd 2009, Bari
ITALIAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY - XCV National Congress

September 28^th
Politecnico Institute, Great Hall "A. Alto"

Francesco Paresce: "From Poldhu to Voyager and Hubble: space physics at the Guglielmo Marconi Nobel Prize centenary"

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Galileo's Worlds

September 26^th, 2009

San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice
Giorgio Cini Foundation - Sala degli Arazzi (Tapestries Hall)

I mondi di Galileo (Galileo’s Worlds)
SPACE PHYSICS ON THE 100° ANNIVERSARY OF THE GUGLIELMO MARCONI NOBEL PRIZE

By Francesco Paresce

Everything started thanks to the intuition and strong determination of a man who believed in wireless communication and dedicated his life to experiment and prove it, as it is in the best Galileo’s tradition. This man was Guglielmo Marconi.
In December 1901 the radio signal he sent from Cornwall crossed the Atlantic ocean and was received at Newfoundland, thus proving for the very first time the existence of earth’s ionosphere. Nowadays we communicate by means of satellites and space probes, and we receive a huge amount of data from the extreme borders of our solar system.

The lecture tells the fundamental steps of that story, from the experiments that allowed Marconi win the Nobel prize for physics in 1909, to the striking discoveries of interplanetary probes such as Voyager and the space telescope Hubble.

Francesco Paresce Marconi is the Scientific Manager of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer at the European Southern Observatory.

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Sailing Regatta

September 24^th-27^th 2009
Porto Canale, Cattolica (Rimini)

ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP UFO 22

On the occasion of the Marconi Nobel Prize centenary, the Lion Clubs of Bologna and its surroundings have organised the Italian Championship UFO22, in cooperation with the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation and the Cattolica Sailing Association. Boats of the latest generation have raced in this prestigious competition.

It was a fitting occasion to celebrate the centenary of the Nobel Prize awarded to an important Italian citizen, and a way to remember the strong links between Marconi and Cattolica, where he owned a holyday house.

Since he was a boy and during his long and prestigious career, Marconi had a special relation with the sea. The first fundamental application of his invention was in shipping, and famous and important rescues of human lives at sea were made thanks to him and to the work of his radio operators. He travelled very often by boat until he bought the yacht Elettra at the age of 45 and used it as his mobile laboratory for over 15 years.

An exhibition on Marconi was organised from June 2^nd to September 30t^h at the Tourism Palace in Cattolica.

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September 20^th, 2009
Medieval Civic Museum - Saint Filippo Neri Oratory, Bologna

POINT9
Ten lectures for ten years in the 20^th century, all ending in 9.

All in a day and on a street, via Manzoni at Bologna, where the Medieval Civic Museum and the Saint Filippo Neri Oratory are located, one facing the other.

10am - 1909: birth of Bologna Football Club – by Italo Cucci

11am - 1959: announcement of Vatican Council II – by Alberto Melloni

11am - 1919: launching of the liner-laboratory Elettra - by Gabriele Falciasecca

12pm - 1929: Wall Street crisis – by Ferruccio De Bortoli

2 pm - 1949: the Pope condemning Communism – by Giuseppe Ruggieri

3 pm - 1939: outbreak of the Second World War – by Alberto De Bernardi

3 pm - 1979: Khomeini’s Islamic Revolution – by Filippo Andreatta

4 pm - 1999: death of Fabrizio De André - by Francesco Guccini and Stefano Pivato

5 pm - 1969: the “hot fall” - by Umberto Romagnoli

6 pm - 1989: fall of Berlin’s wall – by Romano Prodi

promoted by the Foundation for Religious Sciences

in cooperation with the Marconi Foundation, Bologna University, Bologna Football Club, Civic Museums of Ancient Art - Bologna City Hall, Corriere della Sera Foundation, Foundation for Peoples Cooperation, Johns Hopkins University, Primo Levi University, Radio Cape Town, Corriere of Bologna

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Marconi Legacy

August 12^th, 2009
Archiginnasio, Bologna

Within the events “Summer Wednesday nights at the Archiginnasio” prof. Gabriele Falciasecca has given a conference on

GUGLIELMO MARCONI LEGACY 100 YEARS AFTER THE NOBEL PRIZE

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Marconi's Rays

August 9^th-September 27^th, 2009
Bologna-Pontecchio-Bologna

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MARCONI'S RAYS
on Sundays, 10.30am -7.30pm

A bicycle tour and a travelling show on Marconi’s “waves”.
Round trip from Bologna to Pontecchio Marconi, to forget about pollution and confusion and dive into the nature of the Talon park, cycling on its lanes along the Bolognese waterways.
An unusual tour among nature, music, theatre, dance, history and science.
From the house where the great scientist was born in via IV novembre, in the heart of Bologna, through the enchanting Palazzo de’ Rossi at Villa Griffone in Pontecchio, the mansion where Marconi carried out his first discoveries and where he’s buried with his wife, to the Mille Voci… Mille Suoni Museum in Bologna.
An entire day devoted to culture and movement, for people of any age who wanted to dive into the natural beauties of the Bolognese territory and listen to the extraordinary music of Theremin.

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Technical Culture

September 25^th, 2009
Palazzo Gnudi, Bologna

HOW GUGLIELMO MARCONI AND TECHNICAL CULTURE HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD
The importance of the economics of knowledge

1. Technical culture and know-how
Chairman: Andrea Vianello, RAI journalist

Opening and welcome speech
Ivano Manara, President of Bologna Industrial Engineers Association

Inventor and Invention: Guglielmo Marconi profile
Gabriele Falciasecca, Marconi Foundation

Technical knowledge. Marconi, a young inventor who became entrepreneur
Piero Formica, Professor of Economics of Knowledge and Headmaster of the International Entrepreneurship Academy, Jonkoping University, Sweden

New professionals and their required skills. The role of the economics of knowledge
Fabio Rangoni, Unindustria Adviser for Research and University

How to choose among industrial and technical schools. Current situation and reform
Laura Gianferrari, Emilia-Romagna Education Office

Technical education within globalisation and competition.
Giovanni Sedioli, Emilia-Romagna Officer for Education, University and Labour

School managers from Emilia-Romagna technical schools, entrepreneurs, associations and other professionals will join the debate.

2. The future of three technical professions
Chairman: Andrea Vianello, RAI journalist

The challenge of unification
Umberto Maglione, Coordinator at EPPI (Industrial Engineers Social Security) General Council

Welfare strategies for a new technical profession
Round table conference with:
Fausto Amadasi, President of Social Security Fund for Technical Engineers
Florio Bendinelli, EPPI President
Cosimo Giannotta, Member of the Administration and Accountancy Committee for Land Surveyors

Questions&Answers

Conclusions
Gianpaolo Allegro, EPPI Vice President

Organised by
Bologna’s Board of Industrial Engineers and Graduates

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Cortina Remembers Marconi

August 8^th and 14^th, 2009
Cortina d'Ampezzo (Belluno)

CORTINA REMEMBERS MARCONI

Cortina has remembered Guglielmo Marconi 100 years after the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Saturday, August 8^th
At "La Conchiglia", Piazza Venezia

Genius and moderation: the education of an inventor and entrepreneur, by Barbara Valotti

Friday, August 14^th
Congress Centre "Alexander Girardi Hall", via Marangoni 1

Wireless, enterprise and innovation: Guglielmo Marconi scientific legacy, by Gabriele Falciasecca

special guest: Elettra Marconi Giovanelli

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Under the Movie Stars

July 17^th-22^th, 2009
Piazza Maggiore, Bologna

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UNDER THE MOVIE STARS

This year the famous outdoor movie show has offered among other sections a “Tribute to Marconi”, five events dedicated to the Bolognese inventor and to distance communications, organised by Bologna's Film Library in cooperation with the Marconi Foundation and sponsored by Emilia Romagna Regional Dept. for Culture.

Friday, July 17^th
“Guglielmo Marconi from Villa Griffone to the Nobel Prize” - conference by Barbara Valotti.
Extracts of Orson Welles’ radio programme The War of the Worlds (October 30th, 1938) - presented by Cecilia Cenciarelli.
CITIZEN KANE
(Usa 1941) by Orson Welles (119')
English with subtitles
in cooperation with the Marconi Airport

Saturday, July 18^th
ECCO LA RADIO!
(Italy 1940) by Giacomo Gentilomo (32')
Copy from Bologna’s Film Library
LAVORARE CON LENTEZZA
(Italy 2004) by Guido Chiesa (111')

Sunday, July 19^th
"A dream by a special student. Guglielmo Marconi’s education" - conference by Gabriele Falciasecca.
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
(Usa 1982) by Steven Spielberg (115')

Tuesday, July 21^st
"Marconi's legacy" - conference by Gabriele Falciasecca.
THE CONVERSATION
(Usa 1974) by Francis Ford Coppola (113')
English with subtitles - Copy from BFI-National Archive

Wednesday, July 22^th
RADIO DAYS
(Usa 1987) by Woody Allen (88')
Copy from Bologna’s Film Library
At the end Francesco Vairano, dubbing director, has remembered Oreste Lionello, Woody Allen's voice in Italy.

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PRIME 2009

July 15^th, 2009
University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland

PRIME 2009 - 5^th international conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (July 12^th-17^th)

GUGLIELMO MARCONI, ENTREPRENEUR, NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS 1909

organised by
Michael Peter Kennedy (Department of Microelectronic Engineering, University College, Cork) and Barbara Valotti (Marconi Museum - Marconi Foundation)

A special session on Marconi was dedicated to the career of the young Bolognese scientist, with a particular focus on Marconi’s relationship with his Irish mother Annie, who encouraged and supported him since the very beginning, and on Marconi’s entrepreneurial activities, whose foundations were lain in the United Kingdom, especially in London, and later on spread throughout the world. Marconi’s international vocation is highly proved by the Nobel Prize he won at only 35 years old.

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Open Fly Meeting

July 10^th-12^th, 2009
Villa San Martino Airport, Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna)

OPEN FLY - "UNDER THE WINGS OF SOLIDARITY" MEETING

organised by the Air Club Francesco Baracca – National Helicopter School Guido Baracca, Lugo di Romagna

The event was joined by the Army with its Brigata Aeromobile Friuli, the helicopters of the Carabinieri militia of Forlì and of the 118 service as well as representatives from the National Armed Forces, the Civil Defence and other civil bodies, together with various associations of the Arma (National Carabinieri militia) and the “Cavallino”(Lugo local association), volunteers and many other groups.

It was also a fitting occasion to celebrate the centenary of the Nobel Prize to the Bolognese scientist Marconi and the International Year of Astronomy.
The Guglielmo Marconi Foundation organised a stand exhibiting antique radio equipments and other documents of Marconi’s time.

Barbara Valotti, who coordinates the activities of the Foundation, and Nerio Neri, A.I.R.E. president (Italian Association of Antique Radios) gave two conferences on Marconi and his discoveries.

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Trambus Open

June 23^rd-July 30^th, 2009
Bologna

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TRAMBUS OPEN

Every week special sightseeing tours in memory of the great Bolognese scientist to celebrate the Nobel Prize centenary.
Evocative tours in the city of Guglielmo Marconi on the open-top buses of Trambus Open.
Afterwards, visit to the Torre dei Prendiparte (the Tower of the Prendiparte family) and final toast on the enchanting set of its terrace with the participation of special guests.

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