North and South America, Oceania 2016
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation and Smart City of the City of Torino Paola Pisano met the Chief Digital Officer of the City of New York, in Torino to take part in a round table on digital communication of city administrations.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino welcomed, introducing a debate on food policies, a group of 20 students of the School for International Training of Vermont (USA), involved in a programme that foresees study periods in USA, Tanzania, India and Italy, visiting Torino for some meetings on food safety and food-related policies.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina in Italy Tomàs Ferrari.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino met the Ambassador of Colombia in Italy Juan Mesa Zuleta and the Consul General of Colombia in Milan Gloria Cecilia Gómez. Giuseppe Lavazza, Honorary Consul of Colombia in Torino, also took part in the meeting.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino met the Consul General of the USA in Milan Philip T. Reeker.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino met a delegation of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
A large delegation of about 50 representatives of start-ups and Universities, from Savoy, Chambéry in particular, and from Germany, as well as the Mayor of the City of Shawinigan, in Québec, Michel Angers, the Deputy Mayor in charge of Sustainable Development, Innovation, Energy and Communication of the City of Chambéry Alain Chassot and the Deputy Mayor in charge of International Affairs, Decentralised Cooperation and Youth of the City of Chambéry Nathalie Colin Cocchi, spent a few days in Torino to study the incubator of the Politecnico and the Università degli Studi di Torino as well as the Smart City foundation. During its stay the delegation was met by the Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino.
The International Affairs, European Projects, Cooperation and Peace Department of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of engineering students and engineers from Cordoba, travelling across Europe for further studies on the automotive sector.
The International affairs, European Projects, Cooperation and Peace Service of the City of Torinowelcomed a group of economy students from the Ohio State University - U.S.A., a Torino to meet local companies within the framework of a tour dedicated to their training on global markets. The delegation was also met by the Chamber of Commerce of Torino for an overall picture of our local economy.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Labour, Commerce, Productive Activities of the City of Torino Domenico Mangone met theConsul General of Brazil in Milan Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of the U.S.A. in Milan Philip Reeker.