Marconi Day

April 25th, 2009
Villa Griffone, Pontecchio M. (Bologna)

MARCONI DAY

Holy Mess in the Guglielmo Marconi Mausoleum.

Villa Griffone Great Hall

Welcome Speech by Mr Gabriele Falciasecca, President of the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation.
Welcome Speech by Mrs Marilena Fabbri, Mayor of Sasso Marconi.
“Guglielmo Marconi: from Villa Griffone to Stockholm” by Gabriele Falciasecca
“Old and New in Italian Telecommunications” by Francesco Caio, Vice Chairman Nomura International
Searching for Google. Meeting with Econoetica.
“Marconisti del XXI Secolo” (21st century's wireless operators) Prize Award Ceremony.
Opening of the centenary celebrations for the Guglielmo Marconi Nobel Prize for Physics 1909-2009, in the presence of Elettra Marconi Giovanelli.
“Guglielmo Marconi” International Prizes for Painting, Sculpture and Electronic Art - Award Ceremony.

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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.