- Venice and Treviso Airport Meeting
- Bus Transfer to San Martino di Castrozza
- Hotel Venue and Check in
- Welcome Party and Typical Dinner
- Networking event: Participant Introduction
School Program
Welcome Evening

Photonics Day: Photonics theory and human health applications

Filippo Romanato
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Nano fabrication processes and photonics nanodevices

Tommaso Fellin
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Advanced optical approaches for the functional investigation of the mammalian brain

Dr. Felix Piat
Prestodiag, France
Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi) technology towards Plasmonic ImmunoAssay

Prof. Jaime Garcia Ruperez
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Use of photonic bandgap structures for the development of low-cost analysis systems: the SAPHELY and the PHOCNOSIS projects
Networking Time
Round table and presentation of the students’ projects at Colbricon Lakes

Biosensing Day: Biosensing theory, food safely, and microbiology applications

Prof. Daniel Aili
Linköping University, Sweden
Refractometric and colorimetric biosensing using noble metal nanoparticles

Dr. Cuong Cao
Queen’s University, Northern Ireland
Plasmonic Metamaterials for Biosensing, Fingerprinting and Conformational Analysis of Biomolecules

Dr. Pietro Parisse
Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Italy
Surface functionalization and proper binders choice to optimize biosensing strategies
Scalable, point-of-care and label-free microarray platform for rapid detection of Sepsis: the Rais Project

Dr. Josselin Pello
Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
Interferometric microscopy technology

Dr. Filiz Yesilköy
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Incorporation of plasmonics with interferometric imaging microarray

Dr. Maria Carmen Estevez
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifica, Spain
Biofunctionalization protocols, Label-free assays

Dr. Mathieu Rabaey
Team leader R&D hardware at TRINEAN
Microfluidic cartridge and instrument integration
Networking Time
Guide tour at Mezzano, one of the most beautiful village of Italy.
With its houses built in a typically rural style, Mezzano is a village in the Primiero area, that offers a breath-taking view of the peaks of the Dolomites. It is also a venue where prehistoric remains have been found.
Then we will have the opportunity to discover the method of productionc an to taste the craft beer of Bionoc’ brewery.

Engineering Day: Sensor engineering, microfluidics, and microbiology safety

Dr. Leandro Lorenzelli
Foundation Bruno Kessler, Italy
Microelectronic Technology from solid state to Flexible Substrates with examples and case study from Symphony Project
Photonics against Legionella: the Poseidon Project

Dr. Roberto Pierobon
Protolab, Italy
Plasmonics against pathogens

Dr. Rob Hogendijk
Metrohm Applikon, Netherland
Sampling and conditioning subsystem

Dr. Elena Jimenez
Catlab, Spain
Validation protocols
Networking Time
Guided visit to Pale di San Martino:
Guided by expert mountain guides, we will visit one of the most enchanting places of the Dolomites: the Pala Group.
Following a short trip on a cable way, we will reach the path bringing us to the summit of the mountain, to eventually enjoy a typical Trentino lunch in the Cima Rosetta hut.

Goodbye Day
- Hotel Check Out
- Finish of the School and Graduation at Clivet SPA
- Goodbye Party: Winery Guided Tour & Tasting
- Bus Transfert to Treviso and Venice Airport