Yesterday, the Costa Diadema Cruise Ship in the Port of Palermo hosted the final event of Women in Technology, the programme designed by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the Costa Crociere Foundation to promote the educational and professional success of young women, especially in Italian regiosn with the highest youth unemployment rates.
The original training course for women involved 220 students from Sicily, Calabria, Campania and Lazio. For over one year, the young women worked to develop their business ideas related to travel, developing prototypes in Fab Labs and looking for potential investors through crowdfunding campaigns on Phyrtual.org.
Fourteen projects participated in yesterday’s final round with Iolanda Riolo, Mobility and Innovation Councillor, City of Palermo.
I progetti vincitori
1st Place
2Bags, LSS Vito Volterra, Ciampino: a push/pull system to quickly and simply reduce two suitcases to the size of one.
2nd Place
Relax in Organization, IIS Finocchiaro Aprile, Palermo: an app to improve orientation and entertainment activities during cruises.
3rd Place (ex aequo)
Take Coffee, IPSEOA Pietro Piazza, Palermo: a portable, light and practical coffee maker made of steel and carbon fibre.
Stroller Bag, ISIS Tognazzi De Cillis, Naples: an collapsible stroller for babies.
The jury also assigned a special award for “Best Prototype” to "Be Your Power" by the Vito Volterra School in Ciampino: a power bank that uses kinetic energy from the body to recharge mobile devices.
PRESS KIT
•Press Note
•Project Profile
•Finalist Projects
•Data and Research
•Photo Gallery
The project playlist: from the first interviews to the winning projects, by Francesca Meini on the Costa Diadema Cruise Ship.
