Ancona: StartAn, the three-day youth entrepreneurship event kicks off with national big names

It gets into full swing on the afternoon of November 13th StartAnhave startup fair, organized by the Municipality of Ancona with the support of ANCI, scheduled until Friday, November 15th: a three days dedicated to the business world, aimed in particular at the target during 35, with the purpose of combine youthful creativity with business experience.

The program includes the presence of a series of national guests, including the Olympic gymnast Igor Cassina together with the athlete of the Italian National Artistic Gymnastics Team Thomas DeVecchis, founder of a startup, the founder of Italian Artisan David Clementoni, Andrea Carpineti by Design Italian Shoes, Carolina Sansoni by Talk in Pills (the world of work told on Instagram), Virginia Tosti by Start2Impact, Francis Thin founder of Winelivery and Normo.ai, Ava Ghasemi for Erasmus Generation Meeting, the journalist Max Taddei, Nouha Zakariya e Blessed by Luca, Alberto Mazzoni by Food Brand Marche, the co-founder of 'Eureka! Venture' Anna Loved, the strategic consultant and mental coach Andrea Cannavacciuolo e Andrea Pizzarulli CEO of Civitanavi Systems.

The project, in which the Chamber of Commerce of the Marche and the Marche municipalities of Maiolati Spontini and Sassoferrato also take part, is sponsored by the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT) and the Marche Region.

“Ancona, a seaside city and a city of free enterprise, as well as a university city – says the mayor of the capital Daniel Silvetti – with the first edition of StartAn offers a great opportunity for all young people who wish to contaminate, with their intuitions, the market of the future. There are over 40 companies participating in this great national event, which also enjoys the patronage of MIMIT (Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy). In our government program, the themes of new entrepreneurship, of the conscious and structured entry of the youngest into the world of work and the economy, which will be at the center of the StartAn program, are central. We have given this dimension a strategic centrality since our installation, flanking in the same delegation, entrusted to the councilor Marco Battino, Youth Policies and Entrepreneurial Development, with the concrete will to share with the youngest fellow citizens the entrepreneurial and economic update that is taking place in our society and, at the same time, to support those who are approaching this world with an innovative approach. We are in fact aware of the fact that innovating does not only mean inventing new paths, but above all it means responding effectively to new needs and therefore innovation cannot but be a central element in our government policies".

The program can be consulted on the website www.start-an.it and on the profile Instagram Start_an2024

Wednesday November 13 the startup fair was inaugurated at 15,00 pm to the Merchant's Lodge. After the opening of the works, the theme of the contest was launched in collaboration with Lions Club and Scuola Panti: two scholarships up for grabs for entrepreneurial training courses. The project was then presented 'Start me up' of Rotary 25-35 on business model, business plan thanks to the support of numerous professors of the Polytechnic University of Marche. Following, to 16 in the Council Chamber of the Municipality of Ancona the meeting that brings together jurists and journalists "Startups of the economy: the distinctive signs of the enterprise”, attended by the president of the Order of Journalists of the Marche Frank Elisei, the President of the Bar Association of Ancona Gianni Marasca, the lawyer prof. Gerardo Villanacci, the professor. Peter Putti, professor at the Polytechnic University of Marche, prof. Enrico Al Mureden, professor at the University of Bologna Lawyer, Eng. James Fiara, startupper of AnCybernetics. Moderated by the journalist Michele Romano, advisor to the National Order of Journalists.

The key day will be Thursday November 14, with two main events: a meeting with fourth and fifth year high school students with Carolina Sansoni, Virginia Tosti, Thomas DeVecchis, Michele Molteni e David Clementoni; a series of interventions on “Innovation in the Agrifood sector","Social impact and sustainability","Made in Italy:" and finally, "Local companies and dialogue with the University and new professionals”, in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Marche, to share the experiences of local companies such as Coltorti, Morandi Group, Loccioni, Dami, Santoni, Native To Wear and Velenosi, who will alternate between Thursday 14th and Friday 15th.

The opening of the exhibition area took place in the expo area, set up in the Salone delle Feste of the Teatro delle Muse. 13, while from 14,30 am to 19 pm B2B meetings will be held to facilitate the meeting between supply and demand.

Friday 15 November In the morning there will be a series of speeches by Francis Thin on 'Starting a startup in Italy: is it possible?to Ava Ghasemi on Erasmus Generation Meeting, coming to Ancona in 2025. Special guest of the day will be the multi-awarded Olympic champion Igor Cassina who will bring his testimony, as a former athlete now a coach, entitled 'From Olympic Gold Medalist to Wellness Coach'. The journalist's interventions will follow Max Taddei of the Starting Finance group on best practices, while Blessed De Luca will intervene on 'Inclusion and innovation'; on 'Innovation and Growth: Strategies to Transform Successful Ideas' will dialogue with the public Anna Loved, co-founder of Eureka! Venture.

The exhibition area for B2B is also planned for this day from 13 am to 19 pm.

StartAn morning sessions, on November 14th and 15th, will be presented by Lucretia Van Stegeren, co-founder of Cryptoland Media, who will be joined by the journalist Max Taddei for the co-hosting of Friday 15 November.

Project organizers and partners

The project is organized by ANCI, the Municipality of Ancona, the Municipality of Sassoferrato, the Municipality of Maiolati Spontini and the Chamber of Commerce of the Marche, with the patronage of the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT) and the Marche Region.

Project partners: Coldiretti Ancona, AC75 Startup Accelerator, The Hive, Jepa, Confartigianato Imprese (Ancona and Pesaro Urbino), Confindustria Ancona, CNA Ancona, Confapi Industria Ancona, Confcommercio Marche Centrali, Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Ancona. Media partner of the event will be Gruppo 24 Ore.

In collaboration with: Gruppo 24 Ore, Edison Next, Fiorini, BCC – Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Ancona e Falconara Marittima, Food Brand Marche, The Coffee Way, Order of Journalists of the Marche.