In October 2011, the Italian Trade Commission Investments’ Desk in New York organised a convention on "Fostering International Entrepreneurship & Innovation: U.S. & Italian, Strategies for Turning Academic Research into Business"aimed at promoting, through public intervention, technology cooperation between the U.S. and Italy.

Presentations and open discussions gave interesting insights on regulatory instruments and incentives for the commercialization of university research and the creation of start-ups and spin-offs, thus facilitating the transfer of knowledge, skills and experience from the best practices identified in the United States - specifically Boston - and in Italy.

Aleardo Furlani, CEO of Innova SpA has presented opportunities for public and private funding in Italy, also providing an example of an Italian Seed Capital Fund.

Read the full web press release (in Italian) entitled “Nel segno della tecnologia” on “America oggi”, the Italian language daily Newspaper published in the USA.