STEM Visit To Italy 2022 - Closing ceremony with a guest of honour, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Enormous success yesterday for the closing ceremony of STEM Study Visit To Italy 2022, held in the main classroom of Apple Developer Academy at the Polo Tecnologico di San Giovanni a Teduccio (Na), with the extraordinary participation of Napoli player, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

The STEM Visit To Italy Programme

The programme, promoted by Fondazione Cotec and Gita - Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency - in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Tbilisi and Materias, also sees the participation of the Spici team to promote and strengthen the experience of Georgian innovators in the field of technical-scientific research and to consolidate and expand the technological collaboration between Italy and Georgia.

“We are happy to have contributed to improving, through this three-month full immersion in digital innovation, the skills of two young Georgian innovators. And we are pleased that one of their compatriots, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, has testified with his presence today at the final event how important and fundamental it is to be part of a team and collaborate towards the final result with a team spirit. We will try to expand the programme to Deep tech innovation, high knowledge-content innovations capable of changing the rules of the game” - said the president of Cotec, Luigi Nicolais, opening the event.

The guests at the closing event

The event, realised thanks to the contribution of Materias, was moderated by Vera Viola from Sole 24 Ore. The different speeches featured: Amedeo Manzo (Vice President of Spici), Giorgio Ventre (Scientific Director of Apple Developer Academy), Enrico Valvo (Ambassador of Italy in Georgia), Valeria Fascione (Councillor for Research, Innovation and Startups of the Campania Region), Avtandil Kasradze (President of GITA), Matteo Lorito (Rector of the University of Naples “Federico II”), Roberto Tottoli (Rector of the University of Naples “L’Orientale”), Caterina Meglio, CEO of Materias.

Many fans and young students celebrated the arrival of the player, who showed great affection and humility with his words: “When I played for the first time at the Maradona stadium I really felt like a professional footballer, and for this I thank Napoli and the Neapolitans”.

The strong bond between Italy and Georgia

The bond between Italy and Georgia is very strong, and the success of the event is consolidated as it prepares for its third edition next year. In conclusion, the speeches of the two young innovators Davit Danelia and Mariam Maisuradze thanked everyone for having provided an intense formative and professional experience.

We conclude with the words of Spici's Vice President, Amedeo Manzo: "To have faith, to trust in one's means, to rely on and always see the light. Expressions like this realization, which perhaps a long time ago was not even imagined possible, demonstrate that with hope, with confidence, with the democracy of opportunities you can achieve great results, not only in sports, but especially in life."

Initiative co-funded 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.