Experenti wins the Excellence Award at the 2021 Global Internet Competition “Straight to Wuzhen - Industrial Internet”

Experenti, the only Italian project that participated in the final of the 2021 Global Internet Competition "Straight to Wuzhen" - "Industrial Internet", won the Excellence Award. The project aims to develop augmented reality and virtual reality solutions for B2B clients.

The Global Internet Competition "Straight to Wuzhen" is an important part of the World Internet Conference held annually, which in previous editions has seen participation from successful entrepreneurs like Jack Ma of Alibaba, Pony Ma of Tencent, Robin Li of Baidu and Tim Cook of Apple.

The competition was organized by the Department of Economy and Information Technology of Zhejiang Province, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang, the Internet Information Office of Zhejiang, as well as the Governments of Jiaxing and Tongxin Municipalities in collaboration with the International Technology Transfer Center. From the Italian side, the competition was supported by SPICI.

The 2021 edition of the Competition, which took place in September, included five thematic sub-competitions: Consumer Internet, Industrial Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Integrated Circuits and 5G Applications. Each was divided into three stages: preliminary (online), intermediate, and final.

This year, the competition saw participation from 1012 projects from 19 countries, including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Canada.  The projects focused on fields such as basic technological research, industrialization, innovation, model development, etc. Many of the selected projects were "almost-unicorns" in their respective sectors, with high quality, advanced levels of industrialization, and significant market prospects.

The competition jury was composed of 83 highly qualified experts from various fields representing institutions, academia, and industry. After 78 days of evaluation, 35 final winners were selected.