Italy began Global Entrepreneurship week yesterday (Monday 16th November) with an inaugural event held in Pisa at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, an Italian public University with a reputation for its commitment to the innovation of technology. META is the organisation that will be hosting the events in Italy this week and is an international group dedicated to the creation and acceleration of knowledge based companies for the wealth of open, brain intensive and entrepreneurial regions. The event, organized in collaboration with Mind The Bridge, will be focused on “Research in Italy: entrepreneurship which starts from science and technology”. Marco Marinucci, Alberto Onetti and Matteo Daste from Mind The Bridge will join the event through video conferencing.

The kick-off event in Pisa was aimed to encourage not only students but also researchers, public officials and policy makers to explore innovative paths to meet the needs of modernization. With entrepreneurship in mind, some other events taking place this week in Italy include, “Face2Face: Capturing Creativity“ an activity organised by U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Italy, featuring a series of videos on the world of entrepreneurs. A Webchat will also allow students to interact with successful entrepreneurs and learn from their experience. There will also be a day-long workshop, “Start-Up Hack“, in which experienced professionals will sit down with recent graduates to discuss their theses and business plans.