(24 January 2017) Amelia Massetti with her ‘Artemisia’ Project and Gianluca Segato with the ‘Uniwhere’ app are the winners of the Premio Comites Berlino ‘L’italiano dell’anno’ 2016 (Comites ‘Italian of the year’ award). The award will be conferred during a public ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Berlin on 14 March at 18:30. The award, given by the representative body of Italians abroad, has reached its 10th anniversary this year. Among the approximately 50 nominations, the examining board have decided to include the societal effort of less able people such as Amelia Massetti the founder of the Artemisia project and Gianluca Segato’s startup Uniwhere headquartered in Berlin thanks to a partial donation from a German foundation. Two success stories of two young people with high ambitions for the near future. Artemisia will strive to be a political interlocutor at the institutional level and to contribute to the European debate on the rights of disabled people whereas Uniwhere will strive to be a digital platform for university students all over Europe. The awards ceremony will be held at the Italian Embassy in Berlin in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Berlin, Pietro Benassi; the President of the Italian Cultural Institute, Luigi Reitani; the President of Com.It.Es. Berlin, Simonetta Donà in addition to other important Italian and German authorities and institutions. According to a note published by Comites, it will be an evening of celebration which will also highlight Italian excellence in Berlin in the visual arts, music, and food. (red)
