Nov. 6 – Italian startups will be at the Webit Congress, an international event promoting, supporting and connecting digital markets, tech and telco in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. At the event, which takes place today and tomorrow in Istanbul, the Italian delegation will be led by the Ministry of Economic Development and the ICE Promotion Agency. Webit is a two-day event with more than 8,000 delegates from 100 countries, 250 speakers and 80 exhibitors of innovative entrepreneurship in e-commerce, digital education, automotive, application development and financial services. Mattia Corbetta, from the technical secretariat of the Ministry of Economic Development, follows the Italian delegation and explains the new legislation for the promotion of innovative startups: ” The international economic doctrine is unanimous in describing innovation and internationalization as the decisive elements to determine the competitiveness of an economic system. The more an economic systems fosters innovation and is open to foreign influences, the more it will be able to compete and defend its products in the international system. Therefore, ICE’s work centers around technological innovation and offers great political virtue.” The director of the ICE Office in Istanbul, Ferdinando Pastore, commented on the preparation process behind the participation to the Congress: “To facilitate matching investors and business proposals, ICE Istanbul worked closely with the Rome office and disclosed information on Italian startups to Turkish and Italian banks, venture capital firms and business angels. We also promoted local advertising campaigns in the national press and in professional journals.”
