th
# 78 APRIL 18 , 2016
11th Conference
of Italian Researchers
in the World
search introduced by the
San Francisco COM.IT.ES
member Silvia Veronese.
This San Francisco section
highlighted the strong Italian presence in an area
with a high concentration
of research start-ups and
high-tech such as Silicon
Valley.
Noteworthy also was the
session which featured
the Hon. Mario Caruso,
a member of Italian Parliament as the Deputy
elected to represent Italians living abroad, who
highlighted the contributions of the Italian armed
forces to research and technological innovation;
Brando Ballerini, President
of the Italian Chamber of
Commerce in Houston
and Founder & CEO of
Drillmec, Inc., who discussed public infrastructures
built by Italians in Kuwait;
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and Douglas Stephens
who discussed Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic
Fracturing in Unconventional Oil and Gas Reserves.
akers and captivating topics, namely Dr. Eleonora
Bartoli (Brain Dynamics
During Cognitive Control), Dr. Enrica De Rosa
(Nanoinjection by Porous
Silicon Nanoneedles for
The session dedicated to Intracellular Gene DeliBiomedicine featured se- very in Vivo), Dr. Federiveral distinguished spe- co Lorenzo (A Heteroge-