| La Spezia, 28 January 2025 – Empowering young people and their talents for innovation and the development of the Blue Economy. This is the mission of the ‘Seafuture Awards’, the prizes organised by the Ligurian Marine Technology Cluster in collaboration with Italian Blue Growth, which will return in 2025 and will take place alongside the ninth edition of Seafuture, one of Italy’s leading Blue Economy trade fairs, scheduled to take place from 29 September to 2 October at theLa Spezia Naval Arsenal. The guidelines for entering the Awards have been published in recent days, and there is time until April to register. All the calls for entries, setting out the eligibility criteria and respective deadlines, can be found on the Seafuture website at www.seafuture.it/awards.
The competition, now in its fifth year, aims to recognise and promote bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral theses focusing on topics, products and processes within the field of marine technologies. Specifically, the competition will assess work carried out at industrial companies, university department laboratories and research centres that have focused in particular on the Blue Economy and relate to one or more of the following sectors: marine technologies and innovation, sustainability, transport, marine infrastructure and dual-use activities. The top three entrants will receive technology-related prizes or, alternatively, an internship of equivalent value at a leading company in the relevant sector, and will be selected by the exhibiting companies at Seafuture 2025 from a shortlist of seven, selected by the Technical and Scientific Committee of the Ligurian Marine Technologies District and by a number of representatives from the exhibition’s partners. In addition to being invited to the trade fair, the winners will receive their awards at a public ceremony to be held in La Spezia on a date to be confirmed. But that’s not all, because the Seafuture Awards have been expanded to include the section ‘High School’, now in its third year, is dedicated to educational projects and thesis papers produced by secondary school pupils in the Liguria Region. |
| “The Ligurian Marine Technology District’s commitment to the Seafuture Awards continues and is being renewed for 2025,” says DLTM President Lorenzo Forcieri – “an initiative in which we have particular faith, as it showcases the finest talents dedicated to the study and development of the Blue Economy sector, who are set to become innovators and valuable contributors to companies in the sector. Through this Seafuture - linked award, the District continues its efforts to ensure an ongoing dialogue between the worlds of academia, research and industry.” |
