The Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Italian consular network in the United States are celebrating the first Made in Italy Day, on the anniversary of the birth of Leonardo da Vinci, with a program of initiatives across the country. In Washington, the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, hosts today the event “Italian C...

Thursday April 4, 2024. 6 pm. Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT, 710 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA. Free Admission | Registration required here. Join Anna Kraczyna for a presentation of her new translation of The Adventures of Pinocchio and find out why Pinocchio has been growing in popularity since he first came to life over 140 years ago, and w...

On view March 15 through April 30, M-F 10am-16:30pm by appointment (email here) and during IIC events. Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco - 710 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA. 140 years after the first edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio, ADI Design Museum celebrates the most famous puppet in the world with an exhibition dedicated to...

An incredible evening with 10 cutting edge startups pitching in front of our academic and scientific community at the Plug and Play Tech Center. Above and beyond the Hollywood starts, Los Angeles is a global hub for innovation and technology. With the Global Start Up Program, the Italian Trade Agency Los Angeles Office is supporting a group of moti...

The Italian Consulate General in San Francisco hosted the 2024 kickoff meeting of Italian and Italian-American Organizations active in the Bay Area. After introducing the consular team-Italian Cultural Institute and Innovit-Italian Innovation and Culture Hub included-the Consulate and representatives of the associations discussed collaboration with...

INNOVIT, the strategic hub established in San Francisco to support and promote the Italian economic, scientific and cultural ecosystem in the United States, is celebrating its first year of operation. The activities of the Italian Innovation and Culture Center were entrusted in October 2022 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ICE Agency to Fonda...

The visit to the Italian Innovation and Culture Hub INNOVIT, opened at the end of 2021 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an outpost of Italian innovation to Silicon Valley, was the focal point of the first day of Ambassador Mariangela Zappia’s mission to San Francisco, assisted by Consul General Sergio Strozzi. “Over 100 startups and in...

Terna Spa announced Thursday that it has signed two new agreements with as many institutional partners in the U.S., in San Francisco, to promote and enhance the Italian innovation ecosystem abroad, "supporting the development of innovative startups and SMEs in our country and facilitating their access to the U.S. market," as the company explained. ...

The week of May 22nd, San Francisco welcomed SMAU | Italy RestartsUp, an event dedicated to innovation between Italy and the Bay Area Ecosystem, organized by SMAU in collaboration with ICE, the agency for the internationalization and promotion abroad of Italian companies.  Innovation and excellence of “Made In Italy” were at the center of the conve...

Thursday, May 25, 2023 from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM PDT (doors open at 6 PM). Register here. Italian Cultural Institute / INNOVIT - 710 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA. Architect Gabriella Musto, Director of the Pantheon - Basilica of Santa Maria and Martyres - Ministry of Culture, will present a lesson on ArtCentrica's innovative methodologies applied to...