Launching Event of the Business and Tech Acceleration Program on Gaming | CTE Napoli

Within the framework of the "Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti – Infiniti Mondi – Napoli Innovation City" project, promoted by the Municipality of Naples and funded by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, the opening event of the "Business&Tech Acceleration Program on Gaming" will be held.

The event will take place on Monday, 22 September 2025, from 10:00 to 12:00, at the CTE Naples Gaming Lab, located in the Real Albergo dei Poveri.

AGENDA

10.00 – 10.40 OPENING REMARKS

• Giorgio Ventre – Scientific Director of the Apple Developer Academy Naples and Professor of Information Processing Systems at the University of Naples Federico II

• Nadia Scandelli – Business Line Manager of Smart Products & Industrial Solutions Business Line, Cefriel

• Vincenzo Lipardi – Director, Fabbrica Italiana dell’Innovazione

• Yann Gozlan – Founder & CEO, Creative Valley

10.40– 11.20 PRESENTATION OF THE SELECTED STARTUP/PROJECTS AND TUTORS

• Presentation of startups and projects

• Presentation of the tutors

12:00 – 12:30 | FINAL GREETINGS

• Lise Moutoumalaya – Consul General of France in Naples

• Maria Grazia Falciatore - Mayor's Chief of Staff of the Municipality of Naples (tbc)

Moderator: Luigi Amodio, Head of Education, Training and Social Innovation Dept, Spici srl 

The Business&Tech Acceleration Program on Gaming

The Business&Tech Acceleration Program on Gaming is a free programme conducted in English, which will involve 10 national and international startups and SMEs specializing in gaming and immersive experiences (VR, AR, MR).

The program will run from 22 September to 5 December 2025, at the CTE Naples headquarters (Real Albergo dei Poveri), and includes:

• Technical and entrepreneurial training

• Mentoring and international networking

• Access to CTE labs (Gaming, Digital Storytelling, Metaverse, Web3)

• Dedicated coworking spaces

The Program is promoted by the University of Naples Federico II and Cefriel, and is managed by Fabbrica Italiana dell’Innovazione, in partnership with ISART DIGITAL – The School of Video Games & Animation 3D-VFX (with campuses in Paris, Nice, Montreal, and Tokyo) and with the French accelerator Creative Valley.