ANGI - National Association of Young Innovators rewards Pres. Luigi Nicolais for his contribution to innovation and research. The award ceremony took place at the Chamber of Deputies of Rome.

Materias meets for a Christmas toast the team of researchers, at the headquarters in Naples, San Giovanni a Teduccio.

Comparison on Materias business lines and official visit to the Naples office of the Rector of the Federico II University Gaetano Manfredi, with Prof. Edoardo Cosenza Pres. of the Order of Engineers of the Province of Naples and Prof. Leopoldo Angrisani, Director of the CeSMA, Advanced Metrological and Technological Services Center of the Federico II University of Naples.

An important step for the development and internationalization of Italian research: Materias will work with the Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings Co. LTD in the creation of a Materias model in China and will work with the Chinese University's technology transfer offices. Transnational cooperation between Italy (EU) and China in the field of advanced materials will also be activated.

Materias meets Premier Tech: a new collaboration has started with the Canadian company engaged in horticulture, agriculture, industrial equipment, environmental technologies.

Materias at the stage of "Italy-China Week of Science, Technology and Innovation" of Milan. At the Food and Nutrition Security seminar, the technology patented by Materias Antimicrobial Peptides presented in the speech "New antimicrobial peptides for innovative applications in the Food Industry, by Gianna Palmieri, CNR researcher IBBR (Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources).
The seminar was coordinated by Francesco Loreto, Director of the Bio-agrifood Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences, National Research Council.
The objective of the Italy-China Week 2018 is to promote the internationalization of research-business systems and the cooperation between Italy and China in the scientific, technological and innovative fields.
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Pres. Luigi Nicolais keynote speaker at the Embassy of Italy in Washington at the event "13th US-Italy Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation." The event seals a long and fruitful collaboration between President of Materias and the USA Air Force.
The symposium "The importance of Basic Science in Science Diplomacy" involved scientists and experts of the highest level from Italy and the United States.

From research to business, in relation with partners of excellence: signed an agreement protocol with La Sapienza University of Rome. Materias ecosystem is growing.

Luigi Nicolais Pres. Materias at the Bari stage of the Biennial of Cooperation: “the change of the South with innovation, knowledge and cooperation for local development”.
Comparison with: Leonardo Becchetti, economist of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Carlo Borgomeo Pres. Fondazione con il SUD, Francesca Martinelli, researcher Center for Doc Studies, Isidoro Trovato, journalist Corriere della Sera.

Partnership agreement signed with the Campania New Steel certified incubator. The objective is to optimize the scouting, consolidation and access to the startup market, based on distinctive factors linked to innovative materials.

Luigi Nicolais, Pres. Materias, speaker at the Deloitte Arena-Innovation Summit 2018, CityLife, Milan. The 2018 edition is dedicated to some of the excellence of Made in Italy - Food, Nautics and Manufacture as a lever for development in the field of innovation.
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Luigi Nicolais elected President of Campania Digital Innovation Hub, promoted by Confindustria Campania and Ance Campania with the aim of promoting, in conjunction with the University of Naples Federico II, the entire university system of Campania, the digital transformation of companies, technology transfer, innovation and research.

Materias partner of TEDxNapoli 2018, local program of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) born about thirty years ago in California to give a stage to anyone who had an interesting idea to share, an idea potentially able to change the world. Since then, the organization has voted to give voice to 'ideas that deserve to be disseminated'.
This year's theme of TEDxNapoli is JUMP: the leap, the movement that projects forward, which moves, which generates energy".

New frontiers of biomedical: Luigi Nicolais and the Materias team meet the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute of Bologna at the Naples office of Materias.

"The luck of Southern Italy is in our young researchers": Luigi Nicolais, Pres. Materias at the presentation of the new Framework Program for Research and Innovation 2021/2027 #HorizonEurope, at the University of Bari Aldo Moro.
With a budget of around 100 billion euros, the research and innovation program aims to favor ever more incisive effects on the social, political and economic level.

Happy to announce our new headquarter: Materias is also in Bari. New challenges to connect the excellence of research with the perspectives of the company to make the ideas become reality.

With Pres. Luigi Nicolais working with One Stop Shop, a project by the University of Bari Aldo Moro, co-funded by MISE for the development and capacity building of the University Technology Transfer Offices (UTT). Focus on the nutraceutical, drug delivery, medical device sectors.

The creation of the Materias ecosystem in Puglia continues: meeting at the Puglia Region with Luigi Nicolais, Pres. Materias, Claudio Stefanazzi, Head of Cabinet and Domenico Laforgia, Director of Economic Development, Innovation and Education.

Comparison meeting at Confindustria Bari and Barletta-Andria-Trani.
Luigi Nicolais: "Italy is at the forefront for knowledge production but at the bottom of the rankings for venture capital, not for lack of investors, but for the difficulties encountered by our researchers in moving from idea to business."

The creation of an ecosystem of opportunities and comparison in the field of advanced materials continues to support research into the development and launch of innovative ideas on the market: agreement signed with the University of Camerino.

The digital revolution in Italy at the center of the National Congress of the National Federation of Knights of Labor held in Turin. Together with the Pres. Of Materias Luigi Nicolais, many interventions on the opportunities, problems and questions of innovation and industry 4.0.
Antonio Amato - Pres. of the National Federation of Knights of Labor, who closed the works: "If there is a climate of immobility and myopia compared to growth, every initiative will be hindered and the consequences will be paid by the youngest".

How to improve the quality of population ageing? Materias partner of "From science to business, a global effort for healthier ageing", organized by Bio4Dreams within the "European Bio Tech Week". The event involved operators of life sciences and startups on ageing.

Materias signed an agreement with the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome: another important step for the development of an ecosystem to support research.

The creation of the Materias ecosystem continues with universities and research centers. An agreement has been signed with the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, the beginning of a new collaboration with Rector Raffaele Calabrò, Prof. Marcella Trombetta and Ing. Maria Carla De Maggio.

The signing of the agreement between the Rector Prof. Antonio Uricchio and Luigi Nicolais, Pres. Materias marked the beginning of a new collaboration for Materias with the University of Bari Aldo Moro. New perspectives and challenges for research on advanced materials open up.

Lifesciences meet Advanced Materials:
agreement signed between Materias and Bio4Dreams to support innovation together. The Milan/Naples axis will initiate a cross-fertilization action between research centers, researchers and inventors to accelerate the development of products, applications and services of industrial interest, with particular focus on biomaterials.

As part of the "EU in My Region" campaign, at the San Giovanni campus of the University of Naples Federico II, a two-day openday with workshops and presentation of the Campus's innovative and educational realities. Materias welcomes students by presenting their activities.

Materias will partecipate in the final of Italian Patent Competition, a competition organized by Innogest and the Italian Patent and Trademark Office of MISE, with the technology "Method and kit for the diagnosis of IgA Nephropathy" in partnership with Schena Foundation. The final will be held on Friday 23rd February 2018 at 15:00 in Milan. The final prize is an investment of € 250,000 offered by venture capital fund to promote and enhance the patent internationally.

Presentation of Materias model at the Rectorate of the "Luigi Vanvitelli" University of Campania.