1. COMPANY PROFILE Boston, USA / Rome, Italy July 2012

2. Dedicated to Alan Alan Turing is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. His work pioneered research advances in several fields (mathematics, logics, cryptography, and - of course - computer science), creating bridges between academia, industry and public sphere. Alan Advantage is inspired by his work.

3. Meaningful technologies Alan Advantage is a niche-global innovation consulting firm based in EU and USA leveraging 20 years of experience of the founding partners in IT market innovations and International R&D management. Alan Advantage helps companies create and bring to market meaningful products, services, and experiences through cross- disciplinary process delivering lasting and innovative solutions across multiple technologies, platforms, and industries. Alan Advantage focuses on innovation at the crossroads between technical feasibility, business opportunities/market demand and user acceptance.

4. How Alan works Identify or extract opportunities from the market sphere Define and create the value chain for the innovation solution through: Universities and other R&D institutions Leading technology vendors System integrators and consultants Financial institutions: small/medium investors, public/government funding Assist our customers during the whole process: Definition of requirements Selection of suppliers Iterative design and piloting processes Deployment and business plan

5. Areas of expertise Technology brokering Innovative models for technology brokering Socio Economics research for evaluation and impact of technology investment Feasibility studies for service innovation Social Innovation Environmental Risk assessment and Service greening International Cooperation Smart cities Strategic planning of Smart Cities initiatives, covering all the choices about innovating at whatever level a City with the prospective of improving: the quality of citizens lives, reducing energy consumptions, reducing environmental impact, monitoring special events, optimizing mobility. Energy management Scientific Innovation about Smart Grid initiatives, coordination and scouting of best technologies and providers to support new Energy Service Companies, governance of complex projects.

6. Collaboration network CNR – IRPPS Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Ricerche sulla Popolazione e le Politiche Sociali Fachhochschule Salzburg GmbH (Salzburg University of Applied Sciences) Harokopio University of Athens IITK – Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI), Francia Institut Veolia Environnement, Francia International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Paesi Bassi ITA – Instituto Tecnologico de Aragon Lancaster University La Sapienza University, Rome LSE – London School of Economics Middlesex University Higher Education Corporation MIT, Boston National Agricultural Research Foundation, Grecia Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg PLUS, Zentrum für Geoinformatik Z_GIS, Austria POLIMI – Politecnico di Milano Potsdam Insitut fuer Klimafolgenforschung

7. Contacts alfredo.adamo@alanadvantage.com