I am a Senior Researcher at ISM-CNR (Institute of Structure of Matter - ISM of the Italian National Research Council - CNR). I have been working for many years on laser-based material synthesis, surface nanostructuring, thin film depositions, and time-resolved spectroscopies. Recently, we have planned to realize, within one year’s time, the first Italian Materials and Devices Acceleration Platform (IT-MADAM) for shrinking the time to market for the development of energy materials and devices. This will involve synthesizing, depositing, and fully characterizing the individual material layers, as well as evaluating the performance of the final, about 100 per day, manufactured devices.