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The Italian Consulate General in San Francisco hosted the 2024 kickoff meeting of Italian and Italian-American Organizations active in the Bay Area. After introducing the consular team-Italian Cultural Institute and Innovit-Italian Innovation and Culture Hub included-the Consulate and representatives of the associations discussed collaboration with...

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The visit to the Italian Innovation and Culture Hub INNOVIT, opened at the end of 2021 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an outpost of Italian innovation to Silicon Valley, was the focal point of the first day of Ambassador Mariangela Zappia’s mission to San Francisco, assisted by Consul General Sergio Strozzi. “Over 100 startups and in...

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In the spring of 2013, my great friend Andrea Mancia, then Deputy Editor of the Italian newspaper "L'Opinione", asked me to collaborate by reporting on the world of relations between Italy and the United States. That was how the interviews began, which today are almost 300: We the Italians had not yet been born. Then, as now, the desire was to cove...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) mourns the passing of Jeffrey M. Capaccio, age 62, a former member of the NIAF Board of Directors. He had been a managing partner of the San Francisco office of Carr & Ferrell LLP, a Silicon Valley based intellectual property firm from 1999 until his death. “Jeff Capaccio’s passion for Italy and Itali...

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Tutto comincia un pomeriggio d’ottobre, quando, in cerca di conferenze a Milano, un titolo in particolare cattura la mia attenzione: “Silicon Valley Study Tour 2018”, decido di andare a sentire. Paolo Marenco, presidente dell’associazione La Storia nel Futuro e fondatore del programma, racconta al pubblico le storie degli studenti che dal 2005 ad o...

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San Francisco has always been an important location for the Italian emigration. History is mixed with innovation, and both tell the story of how Italian hard work and creativity are rewarded by the entrepreneurial spirit that finds a perfect welcome in San Francisco and its surroundings. Consul Lorenzo Ortona heads the Italian Consulate General in...

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On June 5th, Jeff Capaccio and the Silicon Valley Italian Executive Council (SVIEC) hosted a great evening in Redwood City where Institutions and Entrepreneurs came together to meet and exchange ideas.  MEET ITALY was invited to give a brief update on the activities we are nurturing in Southern California and to strengthen the link between the hi-t...

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After three months of hard work behind the curtains, MEET ITALY had its debut event on the evening of November 29th at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. Weeks of frenetic preparations lead to a successful evening where many representatives of the Italian and Italian American professional and scientific community, along with other local...

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Domani, 17 novembre, oltre 50 Piccole, Medie Imprese Italiane operanti negli Usa saranno protagoniste, per la prima volta negli Stati Uniti, con il Pmi Day - la Giornata Nazionale delle Piccole e Medie Imprese organizzata da Piccola Industria Confindustria - con l'obiettivo di promuovere tra i giovani studenti americani la diffusione della cultura...

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L'italia che guarda al futuro è di scena dal 12 marzo nel cuore della Silicon Valley con la kermesse settimanale "Italy Tech Week". Un evento che fa parte del più ampio "Anno della Cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti: ricerca, scoperta e innovazione", che attraverso un viaggio lungo dodici mesi toccherà 40 città americane con oltre 200 eventi, mette...

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