Italia RestartsUp: Open Innovation is a big opportunity

Sommario workshop

It is called Open Innovation and is the new way in which the most modern companies respond today to their research and development needs to keep up with the speed of action that the current competitive context requires: no longer through internal departments, but through the meeting with existing economic actors, primarily with innovative startups and the related ecosystem of incubators and accelerators.
 
Open Innovation model is gradually gaining prominence in Italy, as shown by the Observatory established by SMAU, together with Assolombarda and Italia Startup.  According to the Observatory, Corporate Investors are 7.635 (+ 2.504 in two years) and 2.329 startups are already affiliated of a  company with share capital, ideas and knowledge. A dynamic that no longer involves only large companies (408), but also and especially small (4,363) and medium (588) with significant growth rates, making Corporate Venture Capital a reality. In the last year: the small enterprises that invest in startups record a + 22%, + 20% the medium-sized enterprises, + 17% the big enterprises.
Opening event of the fifth edition of Italia RestartsUp, organised by ITA – Italian Trade Agency, the government organisation which promotes the internationalisation of the Italian companies, in line with the strategies of the Ministry for Economic Development, and SMAU.

Opening:
Pierantonio Macola, President SMAU
Piergiorgio Borgogelli, General Manager ITA – Italian Trade Agency

"Italian startups: an ecosystem ready to take off"
Stefano Nigro, FDI Department Director ITA – Italian Trade Agency

“Open Innovation in Italy: some testimonies”
Sergio Dompé, President Dompé Farmaceutici
Maurits Tichelman, Vice President Sales & Marketing Group, Global Market Reseller Channel Organisation INTEL Corporation
Valeria Fascione, Regional Minister for Startup, Innovation, Internationalization Regione Campania

moderator: Guido Romeo, journalist Il Sole 24 Ore