Italy-Iran, scientific and cultural cooperation was the focus of the workshop that brought together over 180 guests

On 17 December, over 180 experts participated in the workshop promoting scientific, technological, and cultural cooperation between Iran and Italy.

The activities covered by the program, promoted by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and coordinated in Italy by SPICI, were organized within the Iranian Week of Research and Technology, the largest Iranian event on scientific cooperation.

The workshop enabled direct dialogue between academics, entrepreneurs, researchers, and institutional representatives from both countries who discussed promising opportunities for internationalization and technology transfer.

The valuable contributions of the speakers included:

• Dr. Abdolsadeh Neisy, Director of the Office for Research and Technology Support of the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, who inaugurated the ceremony, presenting the Iran Week of Research and Technology;

• Prof. Hossein Salar Amoli, Iranian Deputy Minister for International Scientific Cooperation, who mentioned the policies implemented in Iran to promote research and technology;

• H.E. Giuseppe Perrone, Ambassador of Italy to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and H.E. Hamid Bayat, Ambassador of Iran to Italy, who emphasized the progress made in recent years in scientific and cultural cooperation between the two countries;

• Dr. Vincenzo Lipardi, President of SPICI, who illustrated the best practices and main innovation and internationalization policies at Italian and European levels, concluding his intervention with some proposals to expand collaboration between Iran and Italy;

• Prof. Giorgio Ventre, Director of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Naples Federico II, who presented the activities conducted at the San Giovanni a Teduccio Technology Centre in Naples and the presence of numerous international academies, including those of Apple, Deloitte, Cisco, and Ferrovie dello Stato;

• Prof. Carlo Cereti, Professor of Iranian Studies at Sapienza University of Rome, who spoke about cultural cooperation;

Also interesting was the virtual exhibition of the Iranian Research and Technology Week and contributions from Isfahan Science & Technology Town, Sharif University of Technology, and Iran University of Science and Technology.