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.it italian trade .18 BUSINESS Video Conference Within the end of the year 2005, all the Italian Chambers of Commence Abroad (CCIE) will be connected through a videoconference system. The project, sought by Unicamere, has the goal to create easier, instant and more efficient communication among the 70 Italian Chambers located in 40 countries and among those Chambers and Italy. The service consists in establishing an audio-video linkage among groups of people far away from each other. It bases its functionality on equipment, which offer highquality image and sound that are easy to be managed by a remote control. Companies and business people will be able to avail of this global network already existing in all of the main economic capitals in the world. From Frankfurt to Singapore, from San Paolo to Hong Kong, users will be visually connected with partners or clients thousands of miles apart. The meeting room at the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce (IACC) in downtown Miami will be soon equipped with Vega Silver system, provided by Aethra Communications, the Italian company worldwide-leader for this type of technology. Clients will be able to take advantage of this service, going, by prior appointment, to the IACC' s offices, where the assigned conference room has a capacity of up to 12 people. � Videoconferenza Entro la fine del 2005, tutte le Camere di Commercio Italiane all' Estero (CCIE) saranno collegate tra loro attraverso un sistema di videoconferenza. Il progetto, voluto da Unioncamere, ha lo scopo di rendere più facili, efficaci ed immediate le comunicazioni tra le 70 CCIE presenti in ben 40 paesi e tra queste e l'Italia. Il servizio consiste nella realizzazione di un collegamento audio-video fra gruppi di persone distanti, presenti presso sale attrezzate e si basa sull' impiego di apparecchiature che offrono pregevole qualità di immagini e di suono e che sono facilmente controllabili dai partecipanti con telecomando. Aziende ed imprenditori potranno usufruire di questo network globale, già presente in tutte le principali capitali economiche nel mondo. Da Francoforte a Singapore, da San Paolo ad Hong Kong, gli utenti potranno collegarsi visivamente con partner o clienti a migliaia di chilometri di distanza dalle sale allestite presso le Camere di Commercio Italiane. La meeting room della Italy-America Chamber of Commerce (IACC) a Downtown Miami sarà presto attrezzata con il sistema Vega Silver, fornito da Aethra, l'azienda italiana leader nel mondo per quasto tipo di tecnologia. I Clienti potranno utilizzare il servizio recandosi, con prenotazione assegnata, presso la sede della IACC, nell' apposita sala, in grado di accogliere sino a 12 persone. �
Mission Nanotech Mission by Veneto Nanotech, high-tech cluster on nanotechnologies applied to properties of materials. Vera Panno Nanotechnology is the science of very small things. The prefix "nano" is derived from the Greek word for "dwarf". One nanometer (nm) is equal to one-billionth of a meter, that is, about 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair, or 10 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom. The essence of nanotechnology is the application of engineering principles to the molecular-scale world. Yet, nanotechnology is not just involved with small things. It is a multidisciplinary area of Research & Development that assumes understanding of several subjects. Materials scientists, mechanical and electronic engineers and medical researchers are now forming teams with biologists, physicists and chemists. Texas is the birthplace of nanotechnology because it was just at Rice University, in Houston, that the fullerene form of carbon, which inspired the nanoscale science, was discovered in 1985. In 1996, Dr Richard Smalley and Dr Robert Curl at Rice University, and Dr Alan G. MacDiarmid at the University of Texas in Dallas received the Nobel Prize for their discovery, but the Rice had already established its Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) three years earlier. Moreover, four of the twenty-one Texas universities involved in nanotechnology research programs have developed nanotechnology-specific research centers. On the Italian side of the science, Veneto Nanotech is the high-tech cluster on nanotechnologies applied to properties of materials. Founded in 2003 by the Universities of Padua, Venice and Verona, Veneto Nanotech has a main goal, which is to involve research institutions, innovative companies both public and private investors in the promotion of leading entrepreneurship in nanotechnologies applied to materials. Therefore, on January 24 and 25 a delegation from Veneto Nanotech flew to Houston in order to foster collaboration among researchers, professionals and companies and to promote an exchange of experience and "know how" with Texan companies and Rice University representatives. The mission was included in a larger project aimed at establishing a network among companies and institutions involved in the nanotechnology sector in both Italy and Texas. The Chamber of Commerce planned the agenda for the two meetings: January 24 (Day 1): meeting with the spin-off companies in nanotechnology field (CNI, Oxane Materials and C Sixty). Italian representatives and companies' directors discussed the possibility of collaborations and joint ventures, as well as the possibility of promoting on-the-job training for Italian students. January 25 (Day 2): presentation of Veneto Nanotech at Rice University and meetings with the following centers and institutes: -CNST - Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology -CBEN - Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology -EESI - Environmental and Energy Study Institute -CNL group (Dr Howard Schmidt, Dr Bob Hauge and Dr Rick Smalley) Discussion of possible collaboration between the Rice University and Veneto Nanotech in the near future. The mission was the first step of a very important and complex activity carried out with the support and the assistance of the IACC aimed at creating the nanotechnology network among companies and institutions in Italy and Texas. Veneto Nanotech was chosen as the master subject in the project because of its on-going research in the field. In fact, the Italian North Eastern region is the most innovative region in Italy and one the most developed in Europe. It has seen the development of many small and medium-size enterprises based on the production of materials that will be affected by nanotechnologies. Furthermore, the IACC is trying to extend the project to other Italian technological groups, in order to involve many other subjects in the sector and to put them in direct contact with the state of Texas, which is definitely the center of the nanotechnology revolution. Yet, Texas is not the only state in which nanotechnology research is improving. Indeed, another three regions, California, the Midwest, the Boston/New York corridor have established them as leading regions for nanotechnology research and future commercialization. Most industrialized countries are funding nanotechnology research. Experts estimate that Europe, Asia Pacific and the United States will spend equal amounts of money on nanotechnology research in future years. Nanotechnology solutions are already found in a wide range of commercial products, and many advances are being made in the healthcare and energy savings fields. Certainly, this science will revolutionize many industries and affect every aspect of our lives, making it possible to face the greatest challenges of the world. � .19 .it italian trade
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