Italy and Georgia, the “STEM Study Visit to Italy” returns

Two young Georgian innovators, winners of a scholarship, will complete a three-month experience at Spici srl - Company for Innovation, Cooperation and Internationalization - located at the Technology Hub of the University of Naples, Federico II, in San Giovanni a Teduccio.

The announcement of the winners will take place on Monday, 16 May, during the new edition of the National Award for the Best Georgian Innovators “STEM Study Visit to Italy”, in Tbilisi at the Georgian Innovation Agency - Gita in the presence of the President of the same agency Avtandil Kastadze, the Ambassador of Italy in Georgia Enrico Valvo, and the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Irakli Nadareishvili.

A delegation from the innovators of Southern Italy, institutions, academia and businesses will attend the event. Among them, the Councilor of the Campania Region for Research, Innovation and Startups, Valeria Fascione, Prof. Giorgio Ventre, President of Spici, Vincenzo Lipardi. Remotely, the President of the Cotec Foundation, Prof. Luigi Nicolais, will speak.

Immediately after the awards ceremony, the innovation hubs will present their technological development strategies and participate in an interactive session of exchange between innovators “InnovItaly in Georgia”.
The aim is to establish partnerships and joint projects. This is an important event during which Spici will carefully explore the area, looking for possible interactions with local entities.

The initiative is part of the agreement between the Cotec Foundation and the Italian Embassy in Tbilisi with the participation of Materias, which for years has developed fruitful collaboration with the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries in the scientific-technological field.

Initiative co-financed by the Campania Region, P.O.R. Campania FSE 14-20 – A.III, O.S.14. DD 53 of 04/03/2022. 

CUP: B69J19000520007, CML: 19097AP000000021.