Landing in Torino Smart Destination

3 September 2025

Innovation Center, startup, Ecosystems

The city as a platform for talent attraction and startup growth: the event of the 2th of October

A side event of the Italian Tech Week promoted and organized by the City of Turin as part of the official i-Capital 2025 program, co-organized with Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo.

Gian Maria Gros-Pietro – Chairman of Intesa Sanpaolo– and Chiara Foglietta – Deputy Mayor for Innovation, Ecological and Digital Transition, Mobility, and Environment of the City of Turin – opened the event.

Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo then presented the data from the “Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025,” which highlights the progress of the Turin ecosystem and confirms the city’s excellent positioning among emerging ecosystems in Europe.
During the event, the new platform “Torino Talent Gateway” was launched — a gateway to the city’s integrated services (housing, orientation, and soft-landing services), designed to attract and support talents, startups, and innovative companies that choose Turin as their launchpad.

Two startups, Lemons in the Rooms and G2Q, shared their positive experiences within the Turin ecosystem.

Finally, a debate on the future prospects of AI, Quantum, Mobility 5.0, Space, and Climatech as key attraction sectors for the next generation of innovation in Turin concluded the day.

There was strong participation from startup founders, scale-ups, aspiring entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship support organizations, corporate partners interested in open innovation, public authorities, and innovation ecosystem players from Italy and abroad — all committed to facilitating the arrival, growth, and long-term integration of talents and innovative initiatives in Turin.

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Open Agenda

16:00 | Guest Arrival and Registration

16:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks

Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, Chair of the Board of Directors, Intesa Sanpaolo
Chiara Foglietta, Deputy Mayor for Innovation, Ecological and Digital Transition, Mobility and Environment, City of Turin

16:45 | Torino in the Global Startup Map (GSER 2025) - Exclusive insights on Turin’s ecosystem

Michele Osella, Head of Innovation, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
Adam Ubrankovics, Head of Ecosystem Development & Startup Solutions, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center

OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF TORINO'S ECOSYSTEM TALENT ATTRACTION PROGRAM

Moderator: Laura Morgagni, Director Fondazione Piemonte Innova

17:00 | The Vision
How the city is shaping its role as a European destination for talents and startups

Alessandra Cimadom, Director General, City of Turin
Alberto Anfossi, Secretary General, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
Patrizia Polliotto, Secretary General, Fondazione CRT

17:20 | Official Launch of "Torino Talent Gateway"
Unveiling of the first ecosystem landing page: “Torino Talent Gateway” and official presentation of the 3 main pillars of the Talent Attraction Program

Access to Housing
Fabrizio Barbiero, Head of Ecological Transition and EU Funds, City of Turin
Orientation Services for Founders & Other Softlanding Services
Noa Segre, Zest Group, Totem
Other Softlanding Services
Matteo Pessione, Fondazione CRT, OGR Tech Director
Luca Pagetti, Head of Startup Growth and Innovation Ecosystems, Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center

17:40 | Startup Stories: Why Turin?
Two founders share why they chose to grow their company in Turin & comment on the new program

Alessandro Napoli, CEO Lemons in the Room
Ekaterina Polyakova, Managing Partner G2Q Computing

17:50 | Panel on Future perspectives
AI, Quantum, Mobility 5.0, Space and ClimateTech - How to Attract the Next Generation of Innovation to Torino

Moderator: Laura Morgagni, Director Fondazione Piemonte Innova

Panelists:

Fiorenza Succu, Foundation Evangelist, AI4Industry
Arianna Tibuzzi, Partner Obloo Ventures
Elena Cigliano, Head of Strategic Marketing and Innovation Services, LINKS Foundations
Paolo Brizzi, Program Manager, CIM 4.0
Davide Damosso, Director, Environment Park

18:20 | Closing Remarks
Chiara Foglietta, Deputy Mayor, City of Turin

Landing in Torino Smart Destination

The city as a platform for talent attraction and startup growth: the event of the 2th of October

Landing in Torino Smart Destination

Open Agenda

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