There is growing interest in Italian business circles in the investment potentials offered by Techno Park, the science and technology facilitator of Economic Zones World, a Dubai World entity.
A high-level Techno Park team led by Hamad Al Hashemi, Managing Director, was in Rome recently and held extensive talks with senior officials, including Dr. Massimo Mamberti, CEO and Managing Director of the Italian Trade Commission (ICE), Dr. Fortunato Celi Zullo, Chief of Secretary General Manager, ICE, and Dr. Andrea Ambra, Coordinating Secretary to the ICE President.
The hosts expressed deep interest in exploring partnerships with Techno Park in various high-tech fields, and proposed holding a road show in Italy.
Mr. Al Hashemi also met Dr. Massimo Tabacchiera, President of the Industrial Federation of the Lazio Region (Rome and Province), and Dr. Andrea Mondello, President of the Union of Italian Chamber of Commerce, to brief them on the synergy Techno Park is creating to promote cutting-edge technologies, and Research & Development in related fields.
Techno Park has already entered into a series of agreements and MoU’s with world renowned companies and institutions in fields as diverse as energy, higher education in science and research centers.
Following the recent completion of Phase I, Techno Park has launched the full-scale development of its sprawling Phase II complex under a revised Master Plan.
Mr. Al Hashemi on his return from Italy: “Both Dr. Tabacchiera and Dr. Mondello expressed their willingness to hold a ‘Techno Park Conference’ in Rome and invite select high-class industry leaders for an exchange of views on promoting science and technology cooperation between Italy and Dubai.”
Mr. Al Hashemi also discussed the prospects of initiating collaborative links between Techno Park and the Italian Institute of Technology during his meeting with former CEO of D’apollonia Engineering, and board member of Italian Robotics Society.
Mr. Al Hashemi also met with senior officials of UNACOMA (Italian association representing these industries), including Dr. Guglielmo Gandino, Managing Director, and Ms. Patrizia Conti, Manager Internationalization and discussed collaboration within the earth-moving and agricultural industries.
He stressed the importance of a strategic collaboration between UNACOMA and Techno Park, and the Italian association agreed to hold a special conference to explore business opportunities available at Techno Park. It is expected that these meetings and conferences will be held sometime later this year.
As Mr. Al Hashemi met with the Italian Trade Commission, Industrial Federation of the Lazio Region as well as Union of Italian Chamber of Commerce and UNACOMA, the three entities expressed their interest to initiate separate road shows along with Techno Park. These road shows are proposed to take place end of October 2007.
