Expo Dubai, Sport and Health at the Italian Pavilion for Sport Tech

The web talk ‘Italian Sports Tech: the new frontier of sport’ was held today in Dubai, home of Expo 2020, in the Italian Pavilion. Sport e Salute SpA was present with the president and CEO Vito Cozzoli who illustrated the start-up accelerator project developed in collaboration with the Cdp Innovation Fund. Starting from the strategic partnership for development between Sport and Tech, it was observed that there are many Italian sports start-ups but they are unable to be strong enough to create a system; sport, in everyday life, is increasingly managed through tech-digital tools; technology helps sports clubs: administration, reservations, employee management, promo / communication; Research and analysis make it possible to know the state of physical and sporting activity in the country and to exploit the large sports databases (register, census, sports collaborators, social planning, training); sport is the best possible investment: green, sustainable, universal. “We need to create a system, making the industrial soul of Sport and Health available, we have the duty to intercept the sport Industry in our country, hence the last idea of ​​an innovative start-up accelerator at the Foro Italico. This accelerator wants to be a challenge that is open to universities, companies, investors, mentors “, said Cozzoli.” Acceleration is a crucial phase in the development path of startups, in France 50% of startups that collect funds and come out come from qualified acceleration programs, in Italy this percentage is much lower and this is why we wanted to work on this phase because it is essential in the development of start-ups “, added Cdp Accelerator Fund manager Stefano Molino . The debate was attended by the main protagonists of the Sport-tech world, founders of start-ups and accelerators of international importance presented by Paolo Glisenti, Section General Commissioner for Italy for Expo 2020 Dubai.