Events - published on 17 May 2023
Source: press office Presidency of the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso Belluno|Dolomiti
Space Meetings Veneto is the international event promoted by the Veneto Region and the Regional Innovative Network AIR – Aerospace Innovation and Research, which brings together in Venice, from 15 to 17 May 2023, the latest developments in the world of satellite applications, innovative technologies, supply chain and investments. The numbers: 122 aerospace companies from 15 different countries, 100 Italian and international buyers, 25 European startups and more than 500 registered visitors. The event is spread over three days, dedicated to three different focuses: 15 May – Investment Forum, 16 and 17 May dedicated respectively to the Space Suppliers Summit, and Wine Space & Tech.
There is a name of a young graduate from Treviso circulating around Space Meetings Veneto. President Mario Pozza mentioned him, noting the importance of institutions in creating tracks of inspiration for young people, looking to a successful future for the Veneto region, in his speech on stage in Venice in the presence of leading global players in the space economy and emerging technology sectors. He is Dr. Lorenzo Botter from Treviso, who successfully followed the track indicated, first from the ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ scientific high school, winning an international competition of Nasa, entitled: Nasa challenge zero robotics, programming mini satellites that were then made to work inside the ISS – International Space Station, with the code he had calculated with his colleagues.
Then, thanks to the scholarship he received for his outstanding sporting achievements in athletics, he landed at High Point University in North Carolina. He graduated in physics with a minor in computer science and passed level 1 and 2 certifications to launch rockets. He is now here in Italy to graduate from the University of Padua at the end of the summer. Next year he will go to study at Stanford, Silicon Valley, for his master’s degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. Probably, he tells us, he will have to do his first work experience, to pay for his studies, but luckily,’ says President Pozza, ‘even if it is for the long term, he would like to return to Italy. Take note of the name, because he will have a brilliant future!!! -.
Since the beginning of my Chamber mandate, I have been talking to our Italians abroad, especially young people, to maintain that precious contact, with the wonderful network of Italians abroad, and even more so now, in my responsibility as President of Assocamerestero, the agency of the 84 Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad, in 61 countries with 24,000 Italian and foreign companies, in all continents covered through 160 points of presence and developing a promotional action of about 40 million euro per year.
