India to Host Technology Summit with Italy as Partner Country

India will host the 24th edition of Technology Summit with Italy as the partner country. The two-day summit will be inaugurated on 29th October, 2018 by the Union Minister for Science & Technology, Harsh Vardhan, and Prof. Michele Geraci, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy. Valedictory session of the summit will be addressed by the Prime Ministers of India and Italy.

This is the first time that Italy has been selected as partner country for this event. Italian Prime Minister will be leading a 200-strong delegation for the Summit comprising business leaders, scientists, heads of research and scientific organizations and technocrats.

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The Summit is envisaged to serve as a wide-ranging knowledge-business partnership platform. Companies, institutions and government agencies from India and Italy will endeavor to forge technology transfers / joint ventures / R&D partnerships with an aim to increase bilateral trade and investments.

The Summit will also facilitate a comprehensive convergence of key elements of knowledge economy (science, technology, and innovation; research & development; and higher education) of India and Italy. Aerospace, Cleantech, Cultural Heritage, Education, Heathcare, ICT, and Renewables are the seven focus sectors for this year’s Summit.

There will be 11 Conference sessions, 10 Tech Talks, 500+ B2B meetings, 10 Business Presentations, Digital exposition during the Summit. Key scientists, academics and industry leaders from both countries will be addressing the Tech Summit.