Genoa – Science Festival, the Farnesina organises 3 round tables
The 12th Science Festival – one of the Ligurian regional capital’s most important international events – will run in Genoa from 24 October to 2 November 2014. “Time” – in all its forms, from the evolution of the species to physics to climate – will be the Festival theme. The event will include interactive science […]
Read moreItaly-Argentina – Grasso launches youth “think-tank” – Bicultural project, ceremony at Baires “Palazzo Italia”
“Italy must go back to believing strongly in the value of its cultural, literary, artistic and scientific legacy, which can be a driver” in regaining the role it deserves, asserted President of the Senate Pietro Grasso as he launched a new “Italo-Argentine think-tank” during a meeting at the Italian Cultural Institute. Present also was Italian […]
Read moreInnovitalia – Italian research around the globe
Innovitalia is a web space managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation (MAECI) and the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) with a view to fostering the internationalisation of Italian research. Its intention is to offer sector operators constant updates on MAECI efforts to promote science and technology cooperation with other […]
Read moreBrussels – Italian hi-tech in review
Investment for technological innovation and growth in the cyber security sector, access to raw materials, active and healthy ageing, food quality and security in the run-up to EXPO 2015, the protection and enhancement of the cultural heritage, and infrastructure networks. These are the key topics of the 4 sessions of TechItaly 2014, a series of […]
Read more#Farnesina: Italy’s culinary arts arrive in space
Italy’s culinary arts arrive in space, thanks to Argotec. The company’s young engineers, working with Italian chefs and astronauts, have created a “Space Food Lab” in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Italian counterpart (ASI). The Argotec team has developed a special menu of “bonus food” designed specifically for each European astronaut […]
Read moreHong Kong – Success for Italian Cooperation-Science Park
Italy is among the leaders of the “Soft-landing programme for technology and innovation collaboration” of the Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTPC). The purpose of the initiative, supported by our Consulate General in Hong Kong, is to offer universities, research centres and eventual foreign spin-offs a chance to promote and develop their innovative ideas in 5 […]
Read moreEnvironment – Italo-Serbian Urbesoil project launched
The Urbesoil project, consisting of a team of researchers made up of Italians from ENEA and Serbians from the University of Novi Sad, was launched to study the movement of potentially toxic elements within an urban environment. Approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Urbesoil is an integral part of the Italo-Serbia science and technology […]
Read moreItaly-South Africa – Growing Science and Technology Cooperation
Italy is strengthening cooperation with South Africa through a 2014-16 executive science and technology programme signed during the 5th meeting of the Joint Italy-South Africa Commission in Pretoria. The Italian delegation was led by Italian ambassador to Pretoria Vincenzo Schioppa, while South Africa’s was led by Director General for the International resources of the Department […]
Read moreItaly-Peru – Cooperation at Laguna Puruhuay
“Archaeology of an Andean Pacarina. Settlement and customs along Lake Puruhuay in Peru”, is the title of a book by Carolina Orsini to be presented on August 26th at the Pier Paolo Pasolini Auditorium in the Peruvian capital, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreItaly-China – Growing cooperation in architecture and design
Italo-Chinese cooperation in architecture and design is increasing. A ceremony was recently held in Chengdu for the opening of an Italian innovation and design centre, created in collaboration with the association of interior decorators of that city and the Milan Polytechnic Institute (Polimi). The event was attended by the association’s president, Mrs. Zhang Daiying, architect […]
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