Maker Faire Rome, working to overcome the limitations of ‘System Italy’ – The Lighthouse – electronic newspaper

White (Sel): “Innovation must enter in business and in the lives of citizens”

Il Faro online – “The most ‘largest global event on innovation which took place in Rome must also be a’ opportunity for reflection on how to connect the world of innovation with the business community to create jobs, growth and a better quality of life. The Lazio Region, even with today’s event, is a candidate to this role as a bridge between the skills to invent and design for young makers and the need for innovation and change in production. Create new goods and services, new ways to produce more efficiently and environmentally sustainable is the only way to guarantee a future for our economy “- so Daniela Bianchi, Regional Councillor Sel independent group and vice-president of the Cultural Commission present today at the opening of Maker Faire Rome, the most important event of the World Innovation at the University ‘La Sapienza’ in Rome.

“The two actions announced by President Nicola Zingaretti – says the adviser to the Region Sel – go in this direction. The first concerns the creation of a dedicated portal www.regione.lazio.it/innovazione innovation will bring together companies, makers and startups. While the second is the spread of 3D printers now in 250 schools of Lazio and in the coming years in all, in order to make classrooms places to grow the future “.
” But there is still much work to do – said Bianchi – and much investment to be put in for the enhancement of our human capital. Indeed, we are still lagging behind other countries such as Germany and England. We currently have too small startups, on average employ two workers from the 15 of Germany. The share of private investment in the sector is still too low, 32% versus 77% German, and especially missing the all-American propensity to Exit, that the ‘acquisition of small startups by larger companies. I am only 28 the exit of Italian startups over the last five years, compared to 125 in Germany. We speak of a fundamental mechanism because it allows you to enter immediately many innovations in established companies, making it more competitive throughout the production system. “

” The innovation told by many makers present today in Rome – said the councilor Bianchi – not yet become cultural sedimentation in Italy’s development so as to change it and make it up with other advanced countries. However, we are determined to fill the gap for support in Lazio ‘s economy of innovation and creativity for the spread of a’ Orange Economy ‘. Despite these limitations, in fact, today the only Lazio can count 429 innovative companies, including 388 in the capital, 29 in Frosinone and 26 in Latin America, according to the number after the Lombardy region. The goal of days like this is not to isolate innovation but on the contrary make it everyday, it fit easily into people’s lives and businesses. Maker Faire with the university world, schools, students, entrepreneurs, institutions and even families are coming in direct contact with a future at hand, maybe even developed within our own communities and to hold talks with the world.