Bioeconomy and energy efficiency at the Italian Exhibition Group expos. Enterprises and knowledge key players of sustainable development.
RIMINI – The circular economy is the driver of the development of a planet that aims at redefining its ecological footprint. A context in which Italy plays a prominent role at European level and which the four days at Rimini Fiera confirmed.
This is the positive picture of the expos organized by Italian Exhibition Group SpA (the new company established by the fusion between Rimini Fiera and Fiera di Vicenza), shared buy the key players of this great European event, which simultaneously hosted 20th Ecomondo, 10th Key Energy, Key Wind, H2R Mobility for Sustainability and Condominio Eco – dedicated to the green economy system, inaugurated last Tuesday by the Ministry for the Environment, Gian Luca Galletti.
105,574 visitors at Rimini Fiera Rimini over the four days (2% more than 2015), with over 11,000 from abroad.
Business quality and internationality heighten the widespread opinion of exhibitors and visitors. The innovative sections continue to grow and the sign of successful expos can be seen: the booking of exhibit space for the next edition.
Italian Exhibition Group’s President, Lorenzo Cagnoni states, “In the last twenty years we have been able to accompany the extraordinary performance of Italy’s green economy. The enterprises have been key players of an excellent showcase addressing the world; an opportunity for business, relationships and knowledge at a very high level, confirmed by the presence of the Government and the European Union. Now, the challenge is to spread this leading role worldwide: after the Brazilian edition, Ecomondo will organize one in China in 2017.”
Record-breaking figures for the initiatives programmed: over 1,200 enterprises occupying 113,000 sq.m. at Rimini Fiera; hundreds of seminars, opened by the States General of the Green Economy, with a thousand speakers; 550 buyers participating in 4,500 business meetings; 520 journalists accredited in the press room and, to date, 163 million media contacts thanks to the great coverage by generalist and trade/specialist press; feedback amplified by the social networks, which doubled the overall impressions – 10,476,538 – for #ecomondo, #keyenergy and #cittasostenibile; over 2,500 tweets; +548% likes on Facebook during the event; 120 special stops by Trenitalia trains at RiminiFiera station.
Prof. Fabio Fava, head of the Technical/Scientific Committee comments, “At Ecomondo, the qualified contents of the European Commission were discussed and an Italian program established for the development of the bioeconomy.”
Gianni Silvestrini, Chairman of the Key Energy Scientific Committee explains, “The world of renewables and energy efficiency that met at Key Energy is moving fast. Enterprises will have to offer their contribution to have half of electricity needs generated from green sources and to achieve new targets.”
In 2017, the green economy expos will be at Rimini Fiera from Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th November.
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