Leonardo this week rewarded
innovation at Expo 2020 Dubai with the awards ceremony of #T-TeC
2021, the Open Innovation space contest promoted by the Italian
defence and aerospace giant and Telespazio, at the Italy
Pavilion.
The ceremony featured speeches by prominent representatives of
the European and Emirati Space sector, including Luigi Pasquali,
Space Activities Coordinator of Leonardo and CEO of Telespazio;
Pierpaolo Gambini, SVP of Innovation and IP of Leonardo; and
Marco Brancati, SVP of Innovation and Technology Governance of
Telespazio.
The awards were presented on Thursday on the occasion of the
first Italy National Space Day to emphasise Italy's commitment
to supporting the international value of the sector.
The event was also a contribution to the Expo 2020 Knowledge &
Learning Week.
For the third #T-TeC, the contest was opened to young people
from around the world and over 70 students and researchers of
STEM disciplines participated.
They came from 22 universities and research centres in nine
countries on three different continents: the UAE , Argentina,
Turkey, El Salvador, Italy, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom
and Switzerland.
"Never before like this year has #T-TeC had an international
nature," said Pasquali.
"The fact that many teams are the result of international
collaborations between universities of different countries is
also particularly significant as it stands as proof that
innovation - just like Space - has a strong spirit of
cooperation. It is precisely due to this peculiarity that we
decided to announce the winners here at the Italy Pavilion of
Expo 2020 Dubai.
"This international event par excellence is the perfect setting
to underscore Leonardo's commitment to promoting innovation and
cooperation".
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