Perugia 6 July 2010.

A press conference at the presence of the Governor of Umbria, Mrs Catiuscia Marini, will be held in Perugia at the Palazzo della Regione on July 7 2010, at 10.00 to present the two companies from the UMBRIA region that have been selected to represent Italy as an example of innovation at the expo shanghai 2010 world exhibition.

Wisepower srl is aimed at the design and prototyping of a new class of energy generators for mobile devices. This mission originates from the discovery, made in the university laboratory, of a new technology that significantly improves the performances of a wide class of electric power generators. Based on this new technology and on the long-standing experience of the inventors in research activities, they decided to give birth to a company aimed at applying this technology to designing micro energy generators for mobile devices.

The press conference will be introduced by Leonardo Alfonsi (from NiPS lab and Perugia Science Festival). Contributions from the following speakers are expected:

- Catiuscia Marini - Presidente Regione Umbria

- Aurelio Forcignanò - Direttore Confidustria Perugia

- Caterina Petrillo - Direttore Dipartimento di Fisica Università degli Studi di Perugia

- Federica Angelantoni - Managing Director Archimede Solar Energy - Angelantoni Group

- Luca Gammaitoni - Wisepower CEO and NiPS lab Director