Venice area
Venice is the capital of north-east Italy, among the most innovative manufacturing regions in Europe, where a network of SMEs is able to produce anything. Nine universities are located in this area, including the University of Padua, which is one of the oldest universities (founded in 1222). This makes Venice a center of attraction for international researchers and students, especially for those from the closest areas of Asia and North Africa.
Strategy Innovation Hub
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The Strategy Innovation Hub is located between land and water and represents the physical and virtual meeting place of a community of entrepreneurs and managers who imagine innovative strategic solutions, inspired by training sessions, seminars and workshops, drawing on the research activities and intellectual assets of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
It is based in Venice, ever since a privileged place for experimentation and contamination, at the M. Rispoli Research and Innovation Hub of the San Giobbe Economic Campus, the oldest Italian “business school”.
The Strategy Innovation Hub is a physical and intellectual bridge able to inspire the generation and sharing of new ideas to transform them into radical technological solutions and successful business models.
It is also home to innovative educational and research activities involving students, professors and researchers who work in a centre of excellence which inspires sharing, innovation and creativity, and fosters the creation of strategic relationships.
Exhibition spaces of Ca' Foscari University
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The exhibition spaces of Ca' Foscari University are located at the ground and first floors of Ca' Giustinian dei Vescovi, covering an area of 700 square metres distributed between the entrance hall, the hall on the first floor and other smaller rooms.
Stuccoes, polychrome and gilded decorated beams, monumental fireplaces and Venetian floors embellish the rooms. In front of the staircase that connects the two floors, an evocative inner courtyard houses the Niobe monumental complex, one of the most significant places in the palace.
The large spaces make this place a perfect location for events and co-working, promoting the exchange of ideas and inspiring VeniSIA's community of innovators and startuppers.
Former Botanical Garden
The Former Botanical Garden is located in the historic center of Venice, in an extension of the San Giobbe Economic Campus of Ca’ Foscari University. In a unique position, close to all major attractions but directly connected to the train station, the San Giobbe Economic Campus results from the restoration of a vast industrial site and is one of the most functional, attractive and renowned university campus in Italy. The San Giobbe Economic Campus is the former San Giobbe 19th century slaughterhouse, a great example of urban renovation, and currently hosts nearly 200 academics and 5,000 students. The SMACT Competence Center and all the other Strategy Innovation Ecosystem projects are also based in the San Giobbe Economic Campus, with a further 10,000 annual related visitors.
Arsenale
The Arsenale site today hosts social-cultural activities conducted by organizations like Galeazze and Venice Biennale Foundation. It provides as well services and researches conducted by Thetis and CNR-Ismar. Additional State and local activities are undertaken by the Italian Navy, by Consorzio Venezia. Nuova and the metro ferry network provider ACTV. The Arsenale we see today embodies a long process that began in the 12th century and created the space for invention and industry that defined Venice’s success. Over the centuries, the Arsenale (namely, a shipyard) became a hub of innovation, with some of the earliest examples of industrialization and mechanization growing in it.