ExtraTime Innovation Tour: Rome City Institute hosts second leg
Yesterday morning, the second leg of the ExtraTime Innovation Tour of the SFS. Founded in 2018, the Rome City Institute in just a few years has become one of the most prestigious institutions of higher sports education in the world. Inspired by the U.S. model, it offers its international students the opportunity to attend different university courses by combining them with top-level sports practices. Stefano Radio, president of College Life Italia, did the honors by speaking about the importance of this challenge and the importance of investing in creative, technological ideas with a high social impact. Statement also shared by Gianfilippo Valentini, CEO GoProject and SFS, who highlighted the quality of an event now in its eighth edition.
“Today, sports is mostly about data and technology integration. Entire fan bases experience sports in a completely different way than in the past, and these trends cannot be ignored.” Thus Giuseppe Papaianni, AWS Account Executive, among the speakers at this morning’s talk. The sports industry today cannot disregard the dynamics of sudden innovation in the products and services offered; this is also reflected in the activities of broadcasters who – from data – develop and integrate increasingly customized processes.
Next, Glauco Ciprari – Head of Innovation Consultancy & Digital Compliance at Almaviva – spoke. Ciprari emphasized Almaviva’s role and activities, emphasizing the concept that today it is increasingly necessary to bring technology to the center of civil living and social development, including in terms of democratization and access to information. “Almaviva believes in this competition organized by the SFS. We have been sponsoring the challenge for three years and emphasize how much of an impact Almaviva has on the startup world because of its ability to create new services and a new experience,” concluded the Head of Innovation.
But how is the format structured? A week ago the debut in Turin, continued on today’s capital date and the future date in Caserta. Each startup must send its application to the SFS, but only six will be selected. Vincenzo Filetti – Innovation Manager – then listed the pregnant themes of ExtraTime. , explaining that there will then be a pitch competition at the Allianz Stadium in Turin.
