Italy-Georgia Innovation Exchange: Food, Factories and the Future

Italy is steeped in tradition, but it’s not stuck in the past. While honoring history, it’s also focused on the future. This blend of preservation and progress grounds the country’s approach to innovation, ensuring that new methods aren’t just prioritized for their novelty, but how well they solve problems and drive culture and commerce forward. 

Georgia is also fashioning itself into a hub of technology, a thriving ecosystem for industries like financial technology, electric mobility and advanced manufacturing, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Agriculture, meanwhile, remains the top industry in the state, and new advancements are helping boost yields and create new business models while reducing environmental impacts.  

Join the Made in Italy Expo and the Italian-American Chamber of Commerce Southeast’s Georgia Chapter, in partnership with Italy America Reputation Lab and Global Atlanta, for industry talks that explore the nexus between these two innovation leaders, and how food, factories and the future are being shaped by their exchanges of knowledge and networks. 

Powerhouse panels will explore how Italian investors are working with Georgia innovators on pressing topics such as automation, algorethics and artificial intelligence to bring about the factory floors of the future.

The common thread? How new ideas take shape when tradition meets creativity and progress.

Registration is FREE but limited to the first 100.

Panels and Speakers

Building the Future Factory: Automation, Workforce and Sustainability — A conversation with Italian investors in Georgia

• Aquafil USA – Franco Rossi, CEO
• Cassioli – Marco Cencetti, CEO
• JAS Worldwide – Marco Rebuffi, CEO
• Honorary Consul of Italy in Atlanta – Filiberto Calascibetta
• Pirelli USA – Ian Coke – CTO

How AI Can Empower Next-Generation Scaleups

Featuring: Franco Denari, co-founder of Eataly, U.S. rep for Longino & Cardenal and expert in startups and investment in food, hospitality and beyond

In conversation with Enrico Cimador, director of the IAACSE Young Professionals

Feeding Ambition: How Atlanta Food Entrepreneurs Found Their Appetite for Success

• Pietro Gianni, Entrepreneur, Yeppa and Yeppa Villas 
• Emidio Rinaldi, COO La Regina 
• Carolina Rosini, Entrepreneur and Owner, Rosetta Bakery Atlanta
• Dr. Chris Cornelison, Assistant VP of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, Kennesaw State University