Expo 2025 Osaka, the Lazio region announces the General States of Airospace

Lazio Region Week continues at Expo 2025 Osaka, which, on this third day of protagonism in the Italian Pavilion, placed the aerospace sector in the center, with a series of institutional events and international workshops that reiterated Lazio’s strategic role in the Italian aerospace scenario, putting himself as cooperation vehicles with Japan. To open the day, the meeting of the Italian space agency. (ASI), Teodoro Valente and the president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa), Hiroshi Yamakawa, which highlighted solid cooperation and common commitment in the exploration observation sectors and space.

Next, the 2025 Italian Space Economy Forum, promoted by the Italian Embassy in Japan, by the Consulate General in Osaka and Asi, who saw the participation of institutional and industrial representatives, including Rodolfo Sordoni of the Ministry of Industry and Italy (Mimit) and Gianlugi. The Forum deepened partnership opportunities and continuous collaboration between Italian and Japanese companies, highlighting synergies and challenges shared in international markets.

In the afternoon, the focus moved to Lazio’s sectoral excellence, with a session dedicated to innovative regional space companies and projects. Lazio is among the reference posts in Italy for research and the aerospace industry and the region presented its ecosystem composed of research centers, SMEs and great industrial leaders to OSAK, through corporate testimonies, institutional interventions and presentation of the testimony companies of the aerospace and security sectors present at the exhibition.

Among others, the ambassador Mario Vattani, Commissioner of Italy of Expo 2025 Osaka, participated in the day of the day; Filippo Manara, Consul General of Italy in Osaka; Vice President and Councilor for Economic Development, Trade, Crafts, Industry and Internationalization Roberta Angelilli; The President of the Regional Council, Antonio Auragema, together with Roberta Della Casa and Emanuela Drugii, representing the Regional Council, confirming the institutions’ commitment to promote and internationalization of the regional production system.

“Space and space economy are a strategic sector for Lazio in industrial terms and technological competitiveness. Lazio is the only region of Italy that has always housed the entire aerospace value chain: an ecosystem made of 300 companies, multinationals, SMEs, startups, 23,000 employees with an annual revenue of five billion euros and an export of two billion euros. Lazio is also a strong academic research and unique and extremely competitive innovation system at the international level, with 13 public and private universities, 10 research centers and agencies at the national and international level, including ASI and ESA. Lazio may be proud of the aerospace sector a series of primates: it was the first Italian aerospace district and the only region that funded a space mission in 2004, allowing the participation of one of our astronaut, Roberto Vittori, on an orbit mission. Lazio is determined to transform the challenges of an increasingly competitive international context into concrete opportunities for the system. According to this strategy, we will organize the General States of the Lazio Region space in September. It will be a great time for networking and brainstorming to be ready to participate as protagonists at national and European decision -making tables. By the end of 2025, the Industrial District of the Lazio region will also be formalized to develop projects and attract investments, “said Roberta Angelilli, vice -president and advisor to economic development, trade, handicrafts, industry and internationalization.

At the end of the day, the Open Government’s laboratory brought together Japanese regional counselors, companies and stakeholders in an interactive laboratory on the theme of open governance and participation. The comparison generated operational ideas on transparency, economic development and innovation in public policies.

The Lazio Aerospace Ecosystem is among the Major of the Country for Productive and Scientific Representativeness: IT Includes About 300 Companies Between Large Companies and SMES, with 23 Thousand Employees In Avant -Garde Technologies, Production Annual Turnover of Over 5 Billion euros and WH Significant Part of About 2 Billion Intended for Exports, An Ecosystem That Can Count On The Synergy Between The Production World, The 5 Public Universities of Nationally Renewed National Research.

The participation of the Lazio region at Expo 2025 Osaka is supported by PR FSE+ and PRSR Lazio 2021-2027.

Source: IL Tempo

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