Venice, Italy · Event The 4th International Summit on Non-Renewable and Renewable Energy (ISNRE2026), held on August 24-25, 2026 in Venice, brings together researchers, industry experts, policymakers and innovators around energy transition, renewable technologies, smart grids, storage and sustainability. The programme spans around 30 scientific sessions with plenary talks, keynotes, technical presentations and networking. Submitted via the site suggestion form.
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Milan, Italy · Event Billed as Europe's largest AI event, at Fiera Milano Rho with 700+ speakers, 250+ AI exhibitors, and 25,000+ attendees. Strong for founders selling AI tooling into enterprise and meeting corporate innovation buyers.
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Milan, Italy · Event International AI festival in Italy connecting the Italian tech ecosystem with global markets through keynotes, demos, and pitch sessions. Attracts AI researchers, enterprise buyers, and investors exploring opportunities in Southern Europe. Valuable for AI startups seeking visibility in the growing Italian AI market and European expansion.
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Milan, Italy · Event Amazon Web Services' free one-day cloud conference at Fiera Milano Rho. Keynotes, technical breakouts, hands-on labs and a partner expo covering generative AI, data, security and serverless for builders, architects and startup founders.
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Parma, Italy · Event International trade fair for food and beverage technology at Fiere di Parma. Hosts World Pasta Day 2026 alongside new Bakery and Beverage districts, showcasing AI, automation, robotics, traceability and energy-efficiency solutions for the food industry.
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Milan, Italy · Event One of Italy's largest developer conferences, bringing together 2,000+ software engineers for talks on cloud-native, AI/ML, DevOps, and frontend. Strong venue for developer tool startups and engineering employer branding.
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Rome, Italy · Event The leading European edition of the Cybertech conference series, at La Nuvola Convention Center, Rome, gathering cyber industry leaders, enterprises, and policymakers. Relevant for security founders seeking enterprise and government buyers.
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Bisceglie, Italy · Event DigithON is Italy's largest digital and startup pitch marathon, held annually in the coastal town of Bisceglie in Puglia. The 2026 edition brings around one hundred selected startups for 48 hours of pitches, mentoring and networking in front of investors, venture funds, business angels and institutions, with a total prize pool of roughly €50,000.
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Milan, Italy · Event Italy's largest Ethereum and Web3 conference, with 2,000+ attendees and 100+ speakers at the Leonardo da Vinci museum. A useful wedge event for web3 and crypto founders targeting the Italian and Southern-European builder community.
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Trento, Italy · Event The 21st edition of the Trento Festival of Economics, drawing ministers, Nobel laureates, and 700+ speakers. A high-signal venue for founders tracking macro and policy shifts and meeting institutional players.
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Bari, Italy · Event Innovation Days is Il Sole 24 Ore's national roadshow, run with Confindustria, touring Italian regions to spotlight entrepreneurship and digital transformation. The Puglia stage on 27 October 2026 convenes southern-Italy businesses, startups and institutions around competitiveness and digital innovation, with talks, an award and B2B networking.
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Florence, Italy · Event Innovation Days is Il Sole 24 Ore's national roadshow, run with Confindustria, touring Italian regions to spotlight local entrepreneurship, digital transformation, SMEs, startups and territorial innovation. The Toscana stage on 22 September 2026 combines talks, an innovation award and networking for the regional business community.
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Naples, Italy · Event Eleventh edition of southern Italy's flagship innovation fair at Villa Doria d'Angri. Connects startups, universities, research centres and corporates via B2B and R2B speed-dating, with the Innovation Village Award honouring projects aligned to the UN SDGs.
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Turin, Italy · Event Turin's flagship technology festival (7-9 October 2026), rebranded for 2026 as Wave by Vento and organized by Vento, the early-stage venture program of Exor. It gathers 1,500+ startups, 1,500+ investors and global tech leaders for keynotes, networking and pitch sessions at the OGR Torino, making it Italy's premier stage for founders to raise and connect internationally.
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Rome, Italy · Event 14th edition of Europe's largest open-innovation faire, held at the Gazometro Ostiense. Schools, university labs, early-stage startups and independent makers exhibit side by side across robotics, AI, IoT, digital fabrication, agritech, sustainability and space.
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Milan, Italy · Event Milano Digital Week is a city-wide festival on digital innovation, AI and smart-city themes, with hundreds of largely free events across business, digital citizenship, technology, culture and education. The 2026 edition runs under the theme "La città generativa" (The Generative City), convening businesses, startups, citizens and institutions across Milan.
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Bologna, Italy · Event Community-led Python conference in Bologna over four days with 700+ developers and maintainers, featuring talks, workshops, and a PyData track covering AI and data engineering. Tickets around EUR 60 student, EUR 200 personal, EUR 250 business. Great for dev-tool, MLOps, and data-infra startups seeking Python adoption and Italian engineering hires.
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Milan, Italy · Event The world's premier furniture and design fair, Salone del Mobile draws 300,000+ visitors to Milan over six days. SaloneSatellite gives designers and startups under 35 a dedicated exhibition space. Tickets EUR 40-60. Ideal for founders in smart home hardware, sustainable materials, and design-led consumer products seeking global retail partners.
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Milan, Italy · Event Italy's biggest annual startup conference organized by StartupItalia, featuring keynotes from Italian unicorn founders, pitch marathons, and the Italian Startup Awards. 5,000+ attendees in Milan. Free to EUR 50.
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Milan, Italy · Event Italy's largest innovation and digital business expo at Fieramilanocity, running for over 50 years. Features an Open Innovation Village connecting 200+ startups with corporate partners, workshops on Industry 4.0, and the SMAU Innovation Award. Free entry for registered attendees makes it very accessible.
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Parma, Italy · Event SPS Italia 2026 was the 14th edition of Italy's leading trade fair for industrial automation and digital manufacturing, held 26-28 May 2026 at Fiere di Parma and organised by Messe Frankfurt Italia. The edition drew 37,528 attendees and 720 exhibitors across six pavilions, built around five core themes — cyber security, AI agents, software-defined manufacturing, robotics & Physical AI, and ESG. A Digital District (Industrial IT, Focus AI, Start-Ups, Academy), 50+ conferences across three arenas, and the SPS Italia UP Challenge for startups make it a key selling and partnership venue for industrial-tech founders.
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Rome, Italy · Event Local pitch battle in Rome as part of Startup Grind's global competition series, with the winner advancing to regional finals. Features jury feedback, networking, and investor exposure. Date TBA (February). Valuable for early-stage Italian founders seeking pitch practice and visibility with Rome's investor community.
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Turin, Italy · Event Two-day startup and investor matchmaking event during Italian Tech Week in Turin, organized in partnership with OGR Torino. Features pitch competitions, VC office hours, and corporates scouting for innovation. Attracts founders from across southern Europe. Free to EUR 50.
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Bologna, Italy · Event A global festival for innovation, digital, and social enterprise, bringing together the startup ecosystem in Italy and beyond.
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