Travel Enterprise

Thanks to an original course, 200 young women developed a business idea, developed prototypes in Fab Labs and experimented with crowdfunding.

Fourteen entrepreneurial ideas developed by the teams of female students from five schools will set sail from the Port of Palermo. Today, February 15 at 11 am, the Costa Diadema Cruise Ship, will host 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 Southern Italy [see news: Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs].

Finalists from Sicily, Calabria, Campania and Lazio will present their entrepreneurial micro-projects for social innovation in travel to a jury composed of companies and professionals. 

From Womenomics Special by Rai Economia (in Italian)

An interview with Davide Triacca, Secretary General, Costa Crociere Foundation

From the call in 2016 for non-profit organisations to the final event with the elevator pitch challenge on the flagship, Davide Triacca reviews the various phases of Project “Women in Technology.”

 AGENDA

Moderator: Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale

11.00 am| WELCOME

•Iolanda Riolo, Mobility and Innovation Councillor, City of Palermo

•Maria Elena Artusi, Project Manager, Costa Crociere Foundation

11.10 am | WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY. SELF-ENTERPRISE AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WOMEN

•Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director, Fondazione Mondo Digitale

11.20 am| FINALIST PROJECT PITCHES

•Guidami tu, IIS Finocchiaro Aprile, Palermo

•Travel Glasses, IPSEOA Pietro Piazza, Palermo

•Green Charger, LSS Vito Volterra, Ciampino

•Solar Earphones, ITE Piria, Reggio Calabria

•Stroller Bag, ISIS Tognazzi De Cillis, Naples

•Cruise Service, IIS Finocchiaro Aprile, Palermo

•Giubotto termico Vest, IPSEOA Pietro Piazza, Palermo

•Be Your Power, LSS Vito Volterra, Ciampino

•My Coast, IIS Finocchiaro Aprile, Palermo

•2Bags, LSS Vito Volterra, Ciampino

•Inn Ring, IIS Finocchiaro Aprile, Palermo

•Destination: Italy, ITE Piria, Reggio Calabria

•Take Coffee, IPSEOA Pietro Piazza, Palermo

•Relax in Organization, IIS Finocchiaro Aprile, Palermo

Q&A with the jury of experts and the audience

12.30 am| PROCLAMATION OF WINNING TEAMS

The image depicts the "genealogy" of the Women in Technology Programme: all the projects developed by schools throughout this original educational contest.