School Program 2024

Wednesday, June 5th

12:30 – 13:45 Registrations
13:45 – 14:00 Welcome address
14:00 – 14:50 Vanni Lughi – Energy as a global challenge
14:50 – 15:40 Giovanni Carrosio and Lorenzo De Vidovich – Energy transition, social (in)justice and the role of renewable energy communities
15:40 – 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 – 17:00 Matteo Fermeglia – Regulating the energy transition in the EU in turbulent times
17:00 – 17:50 Guido Piccoli – Group work
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner

Thursday, June 6th

8:30 – 9:20 Alessandro Massi Pavan – The energy transition
9:20 – 10:10 Fabio Morea – Energy savings and energy efficiency
10:10 – 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 – 11:30 Fabio Morea – Energy efficiency: an engineer’s perspective (case studies)
11:30 – 12:20 Vanni Lughi – Photovoltaic technologies
12:20 – 13:00 Free time
13:00 – 18:00 Excursion

Friday, June 7th

8:00 – 14:00 Free time – Excursion
14:00 – 14:50 Nicola Fergnani – Hydroelectric Power
14:50 – 15:40 Nicola Fergnani – Energy Storage
15:40 – 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 – 17:00 Elena Barbera – Hydrogen economy and the colors of hydrogen
17:00 – 17:50 Alberto Bertucco – Chemical and biological CO2 reduction for efuels production and for carbon sequestration
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner
21:00 – 21:50 Filippo Giorgi – Global warming: evidence, risks and mitigation

Saturday, June 8th

8:00 – 14:00 Free time – Excursion
14:00 – 14:50 Paolo Fornasiero – Sustainable fuel production: research advances in nanocatalysis
14:50 – 15:40 Mario Mezzarobba – Electric Vehicles Technologies
15:40 – 16:30 Mariangela Scorrano – Economics of Electric Vehicles
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 17:50 Romeo Danielis – Decarbonizing the Transport System
17:50 – 18:40 Filippo Spertino – Wind Power
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner
21:00 – 21:50 Guido Piccoli – Guided group work

Sunday, June 9th

8:30 – 9:20 Romeo Danielis – The Electricity Market: Design and Efficiency
9:20 – 10:10 Emanuele Ogliari – Monitoring and Maintaining Solar Power for a Brighter Future
10:10 – 11:00 Francesco Grimaccia – Enabling technologies for future electrification: Data, Algorithms and ICT Infrastructures
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:20 Maria Carmela Di Piazza – Enabling Technologies for Electrification: Micro and Nanogrids
12:20 – 13:10 Giovanni Spagnuolo – Enabling technologies for electrification: switching converters
13:10 – 17:30 Free time – Group Work
17:30 – 18:30 Guido Piccoli – Guided group work
19:30 – 21:00 Dinner
21:00 – 21:50 Paul Ekins – Stopping Climate Change: Policies for Real Zero

Monday, June 10th

8:30 – 9:20 Andrea Mio – Environmental impact of energy sources
9:20 – 10:10 Alois Bonifacio – Raw materials in the energy transition
10:10 – 11:00 Paul Ekins – Policies for Sustainable Resource Management and a Circular Economy
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:20 Guido Piccoli – Guided group work
12:20 – 12:40 Vanni Lughi – Final remarks
12:40 – 13:30 FINAL EXAM

Format and Contents – Fees and Fellowships – Apply