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STEM women: Making the leap from research to startupping

Donne STEM: Come compiere il salto dalla ricerca allo startupping

Diva Tommei is a young biotechnologist and researcher who struck that ideal balance of skill, courage and determination to break into the entrepreneurial world and launch her own startup. Today, she is a director at Eit Digital, an innovation factory that deals with startups that could have a major technological impact. We'll explore the nodes connecting STEM education, the world of research and her experience as an innovative startupper convinced that dreaming big the key for achieving great things.

21 July 2020 5:00 P.M.

Live streaming StartupItalia Open Summit Summer

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Digital makes us resilient, as a society and a community. It means we can remain connected even if we can't physically see, touch or embrace each other, and at the same time it allows us to reinvent new futures.

Diva Tommei

Diva, the value of technology

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