Enhance Europe
Opening Conference
Wednesday 11th June 2025
Wednesday 11th June 2025
“Archivio Antico” room, Palazzo Bo
Via VIII Febbraio, 8 -35122 Padova
The University of Padova will host the opening conference of the Enhance Europe project, gathering researchers, institutional partners, and municipal representatives to present and discuss the project’s early results and future directions. Enhance Europe explores innovative solutions for integrating energy harvesting systems into urban road pavements, transforming transportation infrastructure into active contributors to the energy transition.
This first conference offers a unique opportunity to showcase the collaborative efforts across multiple European institutions, exchange knowledge, and set the stage for the next phases of this ambitious initiative.
| Time | Activity | Speakers/Participants |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Welcome | Andrea Giordano (Head of Dept. ICEA), Margherita Cera (Councillor of Municipality of Padova), Marco Pasetto (Coordinator of the research project) |
| 9:30 | Opening presentation and Enhance Europe project introduction | M. Pasetto, G. Giacomello and A. Baliello (University of Padova, Italy) |
| 9:50 | “State-of-the-art” of the Enhance Europe project (WP2 results) | A. Pierer and D. Weise (Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology, Germany) |
| 10:10 | Website and the DEC plan of the Enhance Europe project | D. Romero, P. Varela and L. Escudero (Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Spain) |
| 10:30 | Urban heat island mitigation: the process of the city of Padova to become climate-neutral | T. Grossele (Padova Municipality, Italy) |
| 10:50 | Coffee break (room “delle Colonne”, near room “Archivio Antico”) | — |
| 11:10 | Demonstration sites of the Enhance Europe project | G. Giacomello (UNIPD, Italy), P. Pospisil (VSB-TUO, Czech Republic) and K. Kroics (Riga Technical University, Latvia) |
| 11:30 | The case study of Turku in Finland | N. Salomaa and N. Soinila (NollaE_oy, Finland) |
| 11:50 | Round table and discussion | M. Pasetto, G. Giacomello and A. Baliello (University of Padova, Italy) |
| 12:30 | Closure of the conference | M. Pasetto, G. Giacomello and A. Baliello (University of Padova, Italy) |
The conference will in person at University of Padova (IT) and in online mode with Zoom
link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/85672073419.
The times are to be considered Central Europe Time.
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