Radio Days 2010

May 15^th - 23^rd 2010
Sasso Marconi (BO)

RADIO DAYS
GUGLIELMO MARCONI, THE RADIO AND ITS HOMELAND

A week celebration to commemorate the ingenious intuitions of Guglielmo Marconi and the places where he made his first discoveries – 7^th edition

SATURDAY MAY 15^th

OPENING CERIMONY
“Radio Days” Presentation, scholarships awarded for research in telecommunications (organized by the Lions Club “Bologna Casalecchio-Guglielmo Marconi” “Castiglione dei Pepoli Valle del Setta” and “Minerva-Minerbio”) and conferral of the Prize Business Performance for Sasso Marconi – 3^rdedition.
Marconi vs. Tesla, live Marconian performance, inspired by the paternity of the discoveries that led to the invention of the radio (by Mario Giorgi and Angela Malfitano).
A toast of good wishes for all participants. Free admission.

Villa Griffone, via dei Celestini 1, Pontecchio di Sasso Marconi – starting at 5:00 pm
Organized by the Pro Loco Sasso Marconi and the Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi

SUNDAY MAY 16^th

VINTAGE CAR AND MOTORCYCLE EXPOSITION
Stalls featuring a taste of local products
Piazzetta del Mercato – Organized by the Antico Mondo Contadino Association

MARCONI: HIS DISCOVERIES AND HIS HOMELAND
Art in the Piazza exhibition and sale of art works and handicrafts and Extemporary of theme painting “the radio and communications” (prizegiving at 4:00 pm). Organized by the Consorzio Versilia e Forte dei Marmi – Piazza dei Martiri and streets in the city center – From 9:00 am – 8:00 pm.
Furthermore preparation of shop windows on radiophonic themes for the contest “Marconi Sottovetro”.

San Gherardo Naturalist Oasis and Amphibian Center
10:00 am (only oasis) and 3:00 pm (double visit) – Via Rio Conco, Sasso M.

WEDNESDAY MAY 19^th

Telecommunications: eco-sustainability and energy saving
Villa Griffone, via dei Celestini 1 – Pontecchio di Sasso Marconi from 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Seminario FUB (Fondazione U. Bordoni) for TLC operators and public administrators.

The Radio, the Web, and Young People: a meeting with the reporters of the web-radio frequenz@ppennino to discover new technologies in communication and have fun... workshop open to everyone. Bar della Stazione – Coniglio Point, 6:30 pm – 20:00 pm.

THE PIONEER OF WIRELESS (A Wireless Pioneer)
Cinema-teatro Comunale “Marconi” - piazza dei Martiri 5, 9:00 pm
Showing of the documentary film by Enza Negroni, with Giorgio Comaschi
The director and protagonist will be present. Free admission until seats available

THURSDAY MAY 20^th

Centro Congressi Ca' Vecchia (via Maranina 9), from 10:00 – 6:00 pm
NGN “Digital convergence and the territory”
6th National Conference on wireless and digital divide with a focus on the imminent switch off of the digital terrestrial TV in Emilia-Romagna and the European experience in the fight for the digital divide. Organized by Città di Sasso Marconi, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Provincia di Bologna, Fondazione “G. Marconi”, Lepida SpA.

Mechanical postage and refreshments provided by the Circolo Filatelico G. Marconi

FRIDAY MAY 21^st

Teatro comunale – from 10:00 am to noon
Prizegiving and presentation of works for the competition Marconi a Scuola
Concorso scuole – Museo della Comunicazione di Bologna
A final toast for all participants

Villa Griffone, via Celestini, 1 – from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm (logo convegno)
“Tranquillity, time and space in the passing ground: a new dimension for the Appennino Bolognese”. Conference curated by the Provincia di Bologna – Organization Absolut

SATURDAY MAY 22^nd

Teatro comunale, 5:00 pm
PRIZE CITTA' DI SASSO MARCONI
Prizegiving ceremony to the great communicators of our time.
Prize recipients: Riccardo Iacona, Lorella Zanardo, Maria De Lourdes Jesus, Gianni Lannes, Giorgio Diritti, Tenda 6 di Radio Popolare
Final toast.

SUNDAY MAY 23^rd

GUIDED TOUR OF THE Marconi Museum
10:00 am – Villa Griffone, Via Celestini 1, Pontecchio M.

Borgo di Colle Ameno, Pontecchio di Sasso Marconi, from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm – Free admission
Celebration at the Borgo di Colle Ameno. Stalls with handicrafts, wine and gastronomic specialties, association booths, guided tours of the Borgo, music. Radiomerenda with the radioamatori and many surprises. Organized by the Associazione per il Gemellaggio “G. Marconi”.

AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE CONTEST “MARCONI SOTTOVETRO – MARCONIAN WINDOW SHOPS”
The best designs with a radiophonic theme in the store windows of the shops of Sasso Marconi during “Radio Days” - an initiative organized by Resto di Sasso and infoSasso
5:00 pm Salone delle Decorazioni – Borgo di Colle Ameno.

FURTHERMORE

Exhibition of Marconian relics in the Galleria Nik Novecento of Borgonuovo
From May 15^th - 23^rd – opening during store times

Events in agriturismo Colline Marconiane in Tavola
Shows, readings and Marconian entertainment at the farm holidays.

Radio Days have been organised by Città di Sasso Marconi

in collaboration with: Regione Emilia-Romagna, Provincia di Bologna, Fondazione “G. 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.