ANGI, Young Innovators Business Forum: Agreement signed between institutions, innovators and big companies for the Italian reboot

Agreement signed between institutions, innovators and big companies for the relaunch of Italy: The second Young Innovators Business Forum took place today in Milan. A full, caring and young audience, thanks to the presence of schools today participating in more than 60 talks at the event, dedicated to innovation and new generations, promoted by the National Young Innovators Association ANGI in collaboration with the European Parliament. Representation of the European Commission in Italy and Italy under the auspices of the Digital Italy Agency, CNR – National Research Council and ENEA – National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development. A unique event in the Italian and European panorama, taking place today in Milan, to highlight the main challenges of innovation in Italy facing institutions, companies and associations. The opening greeting of the Forum was made from Milan City by Emmanuel Conte, Budget and Real Estate Assets Consultant of the Municipality of Milan, and Layla Pavone, Chairman of the Board of Technological and Digital Innovation of the Municipality of Milan. Milan. In addition, European institutions and government bodies were present, along with Fabrizio Spada, Head of the European Parliament’s Office of Institutional Relations in Italy, Claudia Colla, Head of the European Commission’s Regional Representation to Italy, Francesco Tufarelli, CNEL Secretary General, and Alessandro Coppola. , Director of Innovation and Development ENEA, Andrea Carapellese, Matteo Malosio, International Investment and Technology Specialist at UNIDO, Head of Laboratory “AAL, Robotic Rehab, Motion analysis” CNR-STIIMA. During the event, “Youth, innovation and digital transition”, the second report introduced by ANGI Ricerche in collaboration with Lab21.01 and revealing new technological trends, was also presented. Above all, the one who sees that the under-35 believes in AI as the first engine of innovation and the main megatrend of ecological and digital transition. Indeed, according to the report, while the future for youth lies in artificial intelligence, previous generations continue to dominate other trends, such as e-commerce.

Also focus on the brain drain, which is a problem for 70% of Italians versus 90% of young people overall, and the gender gap that still has deep roots in the tech world compared to 70% of under 35s. Environment and energy security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin instead mentioned another crucial point of the Report, which relates to sustainability, an important factor for under 35s in terms of corporate governance model. “My ministry’s commitment is to achieve the 2030 and 2050 decarbonisation targets. We also want to contribute to the achievement of the UN Agenda 17 target,” said the minister – considering the events affecting the UN ‘Emilia Romagna how important it is to slow the impact of climate change worldwide. We have an idea. We find ourselves compelled to make the transition, but at the same time adopt the means to ensure the safety of the country and its citizens. My commitment is to ensure an economically sustainable and socially just transition and that is why we invest heavily in renewable energy sources and electric mobility. We also believe that the use of biofuels where emission neutrality is demonstrated can contribute to the decarbonisation of transport and will not have any social impact on those who cannot afford electric vehicles. We should also look at the more efficient and safer next generation of nuclear power that is currently being tested”.

On the binomial development of the market and innovation, which represents one of the main fronts of ensuring a future for the youth and the country in general, along with sustainability, Valentino Valentini, deputy minister for companies made in Italy in the Meloni government, wanted to deepen: It presents new challenges that require a good degree of creativity. We must think outside the box, go beyond what we know to come up with solutions and original ideas to the problems presented to us. And that’s where innovation is born. Young minds play a key role in this continuous process of economic, social and thought innovation. Anyway we have an innovation ecosystem in Italy where many young people live, for more than 10 years, our country has adopted an organic discipline aimed at innovators, aiming at the growth and development of innovative companies. There are 14,000 Italian enterprises, 7% of them were founded by young people, but innovation it requires resources and investment and it is the duty of institutions to encourage companies to innovate. My ministry sees innovation as the maximum expression of Made in Italy. The patent application is also important for the business. In 2022, Italians filed 4,864 patents, a record almost by 2021, the hope is to exceed 5,000 applications and be on par with and surpass our European counterparts.”

Speech by Paola Frassinetti, Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Education, focusing on the very young and their relationship with innovation, with the belief that the purpose of digital technologies is to contribute to the implementation of the national digital school plan, PNSD, to continuously improve the educational experience and learning outcomes of students, as well as to support educational success and thus characterizing school service. The update of the PNSD will follow a path to include foreign countries, so that the international community will also act as a catalyst for elaboration of innovative policies, support the contamination of schools with new educational problems and put a special emphasis on those arising from Artificial Intelligence. intelligence. The business world can benefit from this digital challenge that only the school is winning”. Angi president Gabriele Ferrieri said, “We are pleased with the significant success of the public and the content of the second edition of the Young Innovative Business Forum in Milan.” “Today we signed a real deal for Italy – continued Ferrieri – with the aim of relaunching the Italian industrial economic ecosystem, as well as the most important corporate and commercial organizations, and directly from the testimony of the most important opinion leaders in the world of companies and initiatives”. Among them, Renato Mazzoncini, CEO for A2A, and Patrick Oungre, Group Head of Innovation, CVC and Digital Center of the company, spoke with Massimo Nordio, Vice President of Group Government Relations, Volkswagen Group Italy, about the new technological frontier of smart energy. Swag CEO Spa Giovanni Lionetti spoke instead of new cross-tech trends like those related to the Blockchain and Crypto world. Heike Prinz, Head of EMEA Commercial Operations, Bayer AG and Arianna Gregis, Head of Bayer Italy Country Division, instead discussed in the panel “Innovation and Partnership: The new frontiers of Digital Health”. Training, security and investments and international cooperation were discussed with Tommaso Saso, Director of Marketing, and Pierguido Iezzi, Director and CEO of Swascan Cybersecurity; Mobility with Dott’s Senior Public Policy Manager Vittorio Gattari and Lime Managing Director Matteo Cioffi, sustainability with Value Promo Srl CEO Gianluca Copparoni.