2017
The Cities of Torino, Bordeaux and Brussels were invited by the Lille Métropole Agency and GranLille to share their respective development policies. Vice Mayor Guido Montanari gave a speech presenting the major urban renewal processes carried out by the City of Torino.
The Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Guido Montanari headed a delegation to the Palestinian Territories for the final conference of the Bethlehem Smart Water project focusing on the development of a drinking water network in the areas of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino, together with the Deputy Mayor in charge of Commerce, Labour and Tourism Alberto Sacco, went on a mission to St. Petersburg on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Cooperation Agreement signed by the two Cities.
The City of Torino, represented by Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation Paola Pisano, took part in Barcelona in the “Smart City Expo World Congress” with a speech in the session “Beyond the Smart City: Democratizing innovation while putting citizens first”. The Deputy Mayor’s mission continued in Madrid where she attended the “Ciudades Democráticas” festival on participation technologies.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation of the City of Torino Paola Pisano attended the “Mayor’s Summit” organized in the framework of the “Global Social Business Summit” within the activities of the European project BoostInno.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Commerce, Labour and Tourism of the City of Torino Alberto Sacco took part, on behalf of the Municipality of Torino, in the "63rd Nagoya Festival" dedicated to friend and sister cities. During his stay, he met the Mayor of Nagoya Takashi Kawamura.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation of the City of Torino Paola Pisano took part in Nice in the “m-Tourism Day: Internet of Things for Tourism” exhibition where she presented the “IoTorino” project. Moreover, during her stay in Monaco she met the Mayor Georges Marsan and several representatives of the Principality to discuss smart city and big data issues.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation Paola Pisano went to Madrid to sign an agreement on the adoption of the web platform DecideMadrid. The Mayor, together with the Mayor of Madrid Manuela Carmena Castrillo, attended the presentation of the Fundación Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo which will be opening at the Matadero Centre in Madrid.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Commerce, Labour and Tourism of the City of Torino Alberto Sacco attended in Los Angeles the “Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2017” organized by the World Tourism Cities Federation, which the City of Torino joined in 2015.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation of the City of Torino Paola Pisano attended the “Forum SmartCity Marseille Méditerranée” giving a speech in the session “Smart City: pourquoi il ne fait pas confondre R&D et innovation”. The Deputy Mayor also met Caroline Pozmentier, Deputy Mayor in charge of Public Security and Crime Prevention of Marseille.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation of the City of Torino Paola Pisano took part in the “Smart Cities Live” conference giving the speech “Turin Becomes Intelligent. Turin Becomes Smart”. During her stay she also met representatives from the Cities of Barcelona, Dubai, Milan and Rome.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino attended in Marseille the celebrations of the French National Day. During her stay she met the Mayor of Marseille Jean Claude Gaudin, the Italian Consul General Fabrizio Mazza and the leading representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of Marseille and of the Italian Chamber of Commerce for France.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation of the City of Torino Paola Pisano took part in Nice in the “Innovative City” exhibition, giving a speech in the round-table “Smart data, comment libérer les données dans la ville qui innove?”.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Chiara Appendino led a mission to the UK capital supported by the Italian Embassy in London.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Environment and European Funds of the City of Torino Stefania Giannuzzi attended the “Nantes Food Forum” having as main topic the exchange of best practices in the field of food and climate change. The Deputy Mayor took part in the round-table "Hungry Cities".