Aleardo FURLANI, CEO of INNOVA, participated, alongside many representatives of the Italian industrial and research sectors, to this initiative, organized by the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa. It allowed for a profitable exchange of opinions and outlooks on research and the aerospace industry, thanks to the collaboration with two prestigious Canadian Universities, Carleton and McGill, the support of Alenia Aeronautica and the involvement of entrepreneurs, researchers, universities and representatives of the institutional world.
International bilateral cooperation between Italy and Canada in scientific research and technology innovation is one of the priorities of Italy’s foreign policy, to ensure the country’s competitive abilities and the development of advanced production industries. The goal of the Round Table on Innovation, Technology, and Markets is to highlight Italian areas of excellence in the sciences and to increase awareness of the Italian scientific community, to promote the development of scientific and industrial innovation internationally and further enhance bilateral cooperation between Italian and Canadian research centers, universities and firms.
The importance of this initiative was underlined, allowing for an exchange between two important research systems, each with points of excellence in the aerospace sector, as well as among the Italian and Canadian industries, whose competitive advantages introduce remarkable opportunities for cooperation and synergies.
The event concluded with the signing, during a reception at the residence of the Ambassador of Italy, of two agreements: between McGill University and the University of Salerno for the mobility of researchers; and, between St. Boniface Hospital Research of Winnipeg and the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” for their collaboration on the studies regarding tissue engineering and the establishment of CITEL (Canadian-Italian Tissue Engineering Laboratory).
