I’m glad to announce that I’ve just published the English version of my award winning book “Due Montanari”: “Brothers of the Mountains”. It can pe purchased here. It’s emotional and inspirational, not only for readers who like hiking and mountains. It’s about following your dreams and accomplishing your goals and doing what you LOVE. Please spread...

Monday, June 08, 2020 5PM EST. Moderated by Maria Teresa Cometto. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. An ICI Webinar with the participation of: Massimo Ferragamo, Chairman of Ferragamo USA; Julie Gilhart, fashion industry veteran, Chief Development Officer at Tomorrow and President of Tomorrow Consulting; Sara Maino Sozzani, deputy Editor-in-Chief Vogue Italia...

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 6:00pm. Sustainable food and cuisine. "Genuine Italian prosciutto and plant-based “meats”: two approaches to sustainable food". Registration required: Click here for details. The third webinar of the “Sustainability & Italian Innovation” series is a conversation moderated by Maria Teresa Cometto, with the participation of: Ces...

Tuesday, May 5, 2020. 4:30 pm PDT. Register here. Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles with the Italian Culture Institutes of New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco. Journalist Maria Teresa Cometto in conversation with Dr. Cinzia Zuffada, Associate Chief Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Reflections on the...

Wednesday, March 11, 2020. From 6:00 pm To 7:30 pm. Italian Cultural Institute of New York - 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065. Entrance: Free. Book Now! "Sustainable Investments: can you do well by "doing good'?" is the second event of the series “Sustainability & Italian Innovation” and journalist Maria Teresa Cometto presents a conversation wi...

Le startup italiane crescono a NewYork. Migliora la loro qualità: idee, business plan, atteggiamento. Lo dimostra l’esperienza delle sette startup che da luglio si stanno “allenando” all’ERA, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator di New York. Partecipano al Global Startup Program, creato mesi fa dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico italiano e dall...

Tutti lo conoscono come padre del microchip, l’Intel 4004 ritenuto il primo microprocessore nella storia dell’informatica. Federico Faggin, classe 1941, di Vicenza e negli USA dal 1968, è stato ospite all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York nell’ambito del secondo appuntamento della sere “Italian Creators of our Time”, intervistato dalla giorn...

Last week the Italian Cultural Institute of New York opened its doors to the first event of a series of conversations with Italian professionals and creators led by the Italian journalist Maria Teresa Cometto, in collaboration with the Italian consulate. Elena Favilli, a writer, creator and entrepreneur, was the first guest of the series. She atten...

"Diplomatici” dell’innovazione e della tecnologia e sponsor delle start-ups. Quando frequentavano decenni fa i corsi di studio per diventare ambasciatori e consoli, la loro aspirazione era rappresentare l’Italia nelle partite politiche che si giocavano nelle capitali estere e anche, piu’ modestamente, aiutare i connazionali a rinnovare i passaporti...