For the first time, the StartupItalia Open Summit format lands in Turin: an Italian city that has been able to transform its industrial heritage into an engine of technological, scientific and cultural innovation.
From manufacturing and automotive capital, Turin is today an advanced laboratory for deep tech, life sciences, aerospace, smart mobility, next-generation telecommunications, high performance computing, quantum and artificial intelligence applied to industry. A place where all these souls converge, creating a unique ecosystem in the European landscape, capable of anticipating and leading the technological and social challenges of the future.
The technological trends defining the future
According to StartupItalia, this evolution opens the door for Generation Beta, the first to inhabit an environment completely permeated by AI, automation and digitization. This scenario redefines innovation as a dynamic process, focused on the ability to learn, adapt and collaborate. Turin, with its ecosystem of start-ups, companies and academic institutions of excellence, is shaping up to be a reference point for those who imagine a future in which technology and human skills evolve in synergy.
Digital Renaissance is not only the theme of this stage, but represents a real paradigm of digital and cultural rebirth, where technology and creativity meet to outline a sustainable future. Turin proves that innovation is not only a matter of technological progress, but also of strategic vision, entrepreneurial culture and ability to imagine new horizons.
In addition to industrial and infrastructural innovation, Turin is confirmed as one of the most promising hubs for the development of the space economy and life sciences. Thanks to the presence of incubation programs such as ESA BIC Turin - run by I3P, the Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico di Torino - and acceleration programs such as Takeoff, the city hosts an ecosystem in strong synergy with large multinationals in the space sector, creating concrete opportunities for entrepreneurs, researchers and investors. But Turin is also increasingly recognized as a true deep-tech city, with an advanced hub for the development of advanced therapeutic medicinal products (ATMP), both in cell and gene therapy, that builds on scientific excellence and expertise in the area.
The event
Organized by StartupItalia in collaboration with the City of Turin and Politecnico di Torino, SIOS25 Summer will represent a key event in charting the state of the art of the Italian innovative sector. The day of Wednesday, June 11, will be divided into two parts: the morning will feature thematic workshops by the Chamber of Commerce of Turin and by LINKS Foundation, while in the afternoon the usual appointment with the Main Stage and its guests will return, where an Investment Report for the first half of 2025 will be presented and analyzed.
Politecnico di Torino will also host the Innovation Village, with exposure of start-ups and ecosystem players such as I3P and ESA BIC Turin, which will be accompanied by a selection of young innovative companies from their networks. Among the ones from the community of ESA BIC Turin: Evolunar, LOKI, Mespac and ORiS.
How to participate
The event will take place on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, from 10 a.m. until late afternoon, in attendance at various spaces of Politecnico di Torino, the polytechnic university accessible from its main entrance at Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 in Turin.
Participation is free, after registering on Eventbrite.
Agenda
10:00 | Workshop with LINKS Foundation: "Deep Tech: the invisible foundations of the future"
11:00 | Workshop with the Chamber of Commerce of Turin: "AI co-founder: imagining the markets of the future"
15:00 | Welcome to SIOS25 Summer, with the participation of:
Chiara Trombetta, Head of Media and Events of StartupItalia
Giampaolo Colletti, Editor in Chief of StartupItalia
Giuliana Mattiazzo, Vice-Rector for Scientific-Technological Innovation of Politecnico di Torino
Andrea Tronzano, Assessor of the Piedmont Region
Claudio Cerrato, Councilor of the City of Turin
Massimiliano Cipolletta, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin
Marco Gay, President of Unione Industriali Torino and Executive Chairman of Zest S.p.A.
Simone Pepino, Chief Executive Officer of Startupitalia and Chief Executive Officer of Hoopygang
15:25 | Panel with LINKS Foundation: "Torino: deep tech, talent and innovation"
Elena Deambrogio, Head of Smart City, Innovation & EC Projects Unit of the City of Turin
Stefano Buscaglia, Director of LINKS Foundation
15:50 | Panel with the Chamber of Commerce of Turin and Torino Tech Map (ToTeM): "Startup Relations System"
Massimiliano Cipolletta, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin
Noa Segre, International Business Development Partner of Zest Group
16:15 | Panel "That’s Round 2025: the comments of the ecosystem"
Alessandro Sordi, Founder & CEO of Nana Bianca
Barbara Graffino, President of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Unione Industriali Torino
Cristina Odasso, Head of Business Analysis of LIFTT
Raffaele Mauro, Partner of Primo Space
Silvia Barbero, Pro-Rector of Politecnico di Torino
16:50 | Panel "Life growing up"
17:10 | Panel "Space: the next frontier"
17:25 | Panel "Venturing in space"
Giuseppe Scellato, President of I3P and Coordinator of ESA BIC Turin
Leo Italiano, Senior Consultant of I3P and Program Manager of ESA BIC Turin
Alessandro Balossino, Head of R&D of Argotec
Mattia Varile, CIO of AIKO (start-up alumni of I3P)
Arianna Tibuzzi, Partner of Obloo
Raffaele Mauro, Partner of Primo Space
17:50 | Panel "Startup in space"
Giuseppe Bortolato, Founder & CEO of Evolunar (start-up alumni of I3P and ESA BIC Turin)
Andrea Gulisano, Co-Founder & CEO of Mespac (start-up alumni of I3P and ESA BIC Turin)
18:05 | Panel "Re-image Cabiria"
Carlo Rodomonti, Head of Marketing & Innovation of RAI Cinema
Stefano Tropiano, Cinema Area - Programming of the National Cinema Museum of Turin
Nicola di Meo, CEO and VFX/Virtual Set Supervisor of UNSPACE
18:15 | Panel "The age of intelligence"
18:35 | Panel "In the chaos of AI"
18:50 | Panel "Creator-AI Economy"
Lorenzo Carone, Head of Talent of Hoopygang
Beatrice Torre, CMO & Head of Digital Outcome
Claudio Valletta, Content creator and science disseminator
19:15 | Event conclusion
