Innovation District

The objective of KEY - The Energy Transition Expo is to create new business opportunities and foster dialogue between companies and young entrepreneurs.​​​

The initiative, part of a broader project organised by KEY and IEG that includes the Innovation District with conventions and awards for innovative projects at the show, is organised by Italian Exhibition Group, promoted in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency (ITA)ART-ER, a consortium based in Emilia-Romagna, and FONDAZIONE MAI, representing Confindustria. The main partner will be ANGI, the National Association of Young Innovators.​​​​
 

2024 WINNING COMPANIES


In 2024, the 3 most innovative start-ups that received the Innovative Start-Up Award are: 

  • NEXTON 
  • SOTTILE SOLAR 
  • MACS 

GOALS OF THE INITIATIVE


  • To offer new entrepreneurial realities wide national and international visibility to create exchanges and share ideas: the perfect environment where tradition and innovation meet.
     

  • Create meeting opportunities between the companies present at the event and Start-Ups that by aptitude can foster product and/or service innovation.
     

  • To encourage the Identification of the Italian Innovative System as a primary interlocutor in the product development of the renewable energy and sustainable mobility industry at national and international level.
     

  • To give a voice to Italy's best innovators by bringing together the testimonies of those who innovate and promote the major themes of the ecological transition in terms of development, culture and skills.

WHO IT IS AIMED AT


Start-Ups and SMEs entered in the business register and in the special section of innovative Start-Ups (cf. Law No. 221 of 18 December 2012) that meet the following minimum requirements may apply:

  • Technological development lines consistent with KEY themes, in the areas of renewable energy and energy transition
     
  • Have already completed at least one seed round or, alternatively, be active in the market and have a client portfolio available;
     
  • Have a language website and/or promotional materials in English.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE CONTACT US


Sales account

Giulia Nicolato
  giulia.nicolato@iegexpo.it