World Space Week, Italian-Belgian Partnership
On the occasion of World Space Week, sponsored by the United Nations, the Italian Embassy in Brussels hosted an event to promote collaboration in the space sector between Italy and Belgium, including the presentation of Telespazio Belgium, a company set up in July 2021 by Telespazio, which is a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales. […]
Read moreZagreb: a conference on robotics
The Italian Embassy in Zagreb has held a conference on robotics entitled “Robotics. From the workshop to the market”. Organised as part of the integrated promotion initiatives, the event took place yesterday, 6 October, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Zagreb. It was opened by the Ambassador of Italy in Zagreb, Pierfrancesco […]
Read moreIsrael: the Association of Italian Scholars and Scientists was founded
The “Association of Italian Scholars and Scientists in Israel” (AISSI) was founded, including Italian professors, researchers, and PhD students. The initiative was promoted by the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Gianluigi Benedetti, thanks to two professors from Ben Gurion University, Cristina Bettin and Aaron Fait. The new association is non-profit and aims to provide […]
Read moreItaly-Brazil, symposium on hydrogen as clean energy
Italy and Brazil discussed hydrogen as clean energy. On 22 September the Brazil-Italy symposium of the International Conference on Hydrogen Production was opened by Francesco Azzarello, the Ambassador of Italy in Brasilia. The event was organized by CNR-ITAE and ITM. The participants included Paulo Emílio Valadão de Miranda, President of the Brazilian Hydrogen Association, […]
Read moreVietnam, Venice lagoon and Mekong delta in comparison
A webinar entitled “The future of water civilisations- Venice lagoon and Mekong delta” was held on 16 September in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Vietnam, the National University of Ho Chi Minh City and Thuy Loi University in Hanoi. The initiative is part of the cycle “1600 years of Venice. History, Architecture, City”, promoted […]
Read moreRapid molecular Covid tests: a joint Italian-French agreement
Under an agreement between the innovative French start-up “Loop Dee Science” and “Marigo Italia”, a leading company in the laboratory diagnostics sector, it will now be possible to carry out rapid molecular swab tests in Italy. The collaboration agreement concluded between the two companies at the headquarters in Caen (Normandy), in the presence of the […]
Read moreMontevideo: Italy at the “Expo Prado” agro-industrial and livestock fair
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Rural Association of Uruguay, Italy took part in the 116th International Livestock Fair, and the Agro-Industrial and Commercial Fair, which were held from 10 to 19 September in Montevideo. Italy’s pavilion was created by the Italian Embassy, together with the Uruguay-Italy Chamber of Commerce and in collaboration with […]
Read moreVV19 flight: a new success for Vega
Flight VV19 successfully put Pléiades Neo 4 into a heliosynchronous orbit together with four ride-share microsatellites, including one from Rome’s “La Sapienza” University. Kourou (French Guiana), 16 August 2021 – The mission that departed today from the Kourou space base in French Guiana marked a new success for Vega with flight VV19. The European launcher, designed, […]
Read moreItalian Research Day in the World – 15 April 2021
Video message by Minister Di Maio on the occasion of the Italian Research Day in the World The Italian Research Day in the World is celebrated on 15 April, Leonardo da Vinci’s birth date. More than 80 initiatives have been organised by the diplomatic-consular network abroad. Other initiatives, delayed due to the pandemic, will […]
Read moreDeputy Secretary Di Stefano at the OECD’s Council of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
This afternoon, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano took part in the second Ministerial Council of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) that is part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). “It is now extremely important”, said the Deputy Minister, “that we head towards gradual regulation of the digital sector, and especially […]
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