A digital smart-land, more weight on female Stem disciplines, and then telemedicine, online teaching, development of the culture of digitization. All combined with the impetus of the NRP and an education in a 4.0 key. It is the ground on which it moves the DigitalMeet 2021, the Festival that takes place throughout Italy and that is preparing for its new round starting from Tuesday 19 October. Hundreds of live and remote events scheduled until 23 October with the lowest common denominator of a country that moves with digital resources.
Presented today in the Senate’s Sala Caduti di Nassirya, the ninth edition of DigitalMeet unfolds in all Italian regions, with 150 events. The story of the Festival starts from the consideration that this edition takes place “in a particular historical moment, which sees an unexpected cultural evolution and the availability of important resources for digitization thanks to the PNRR. The conditions, in short, to really put a program into practice structure of capillary digitization in various areas, especially at the level of culture and infrastructures, which are still weak “was underlined during the presentation to the Senate which Among others, Gianni Potti, president of Fondazione Comunica and founder of Digitalmeet, UDC senator Antonio De Poli and Maurizio Beretta, UniCredit Head of Institutional Relations took part.
At the ninth DigitalMeet all events will allow identifying the weaknesses and strengths on which the resources of the NRP will be invested through meetings, seminars, conferences attended by institutions and experts from the sectors involved in the digital development plan. “In the year and a half of the pandemic, all digital processes accelerated almost 7 times compared to the previous period and we were inevitably and quickly pushed towards the digital transition. About 10 million Italians have approached the internet, changing their perception of digital and strengthening its use in daily activities, from the simplest to the most complex ” noted Gianni Potti, president of Fondazione Comunica and founder of DigitalMeet.
Research on female innovation presented, 25% of digital companies are ‘pink’
“According to the Desi index, 58% of Italians do not have basic digital skills. The issue of training is central. This is the mission of DigitalMeet, a festival dedicated to digital literacy ” UDC Senator Antonio De Poli underlined. “The digital turning point that will accelerate also and above all thanks to the resources of the Recovery requires to address the great system of education with far-sightedness investing more in professional training, Stem degrees (Science, technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and creating tools to support continuing education “indicated De Poli, also noting that” innovation today runs at an ever faster pace. It is essential to set the conditions for an education in a 4.0 “key.
During the presentation of the DigitalMeet, the results of one were also disseminated research conducted by InfoCamere. “According to this research -a De Poli found- 25% of digital businesses are female. The digital, therefore, wears ‘pink’ especially in two sectors: data analysis and e-commerce. In the data analysis sector, 30% of companies are led by women, for example. This is why in the digital environment – one of the main axes of Recovery – women will be able to play a key role “, said De Poli.
At the 2021 digital festival, born in Padua 9 years ago, the topic of coding as a subject of study in schools will be discussed; the union between city centers and suburbs through digital infrastructures able to rebalance inequalities; the strategic role of women in digital development. With these key points, the new edition of DigitalMeet organized by Fondazione Comunica and I-Center Tag is also confirmed as the largest digital literacy event in the country.