The fifth edition of BIAT, the lab for innovative technologies and start-ups, took place in Bari from April 10th to April 12th 2019 and brought together foreign angel investors, venture capitalists, incubators and accelerators and the most promising Italian start-ups and projects from Southern Italy.
The main goal of BIAT is to foster international cooperation at various levels, by means of a matchmaking mechanism between supply and demand in the commercial, industrial and technological fields.

The focus areas of BIAT 2019 are new materials, biotechnology, nanotechnology, mechatronics, renewable energies, environment and smart technology.
BIAT, funded under the Cohesion Action Plan of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and program designed to enable the enterprises and research systems of Italy's so-called Convergence Regions - Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Sicily - to express their full potential for innovation and excellence. Indeed, Convergence Regions host some of the most important technological and industrial districts in Italy and in the European context.

Among the 120 foreign delegates invited by the Italian Trade Commission (ITA), Over 20 were selected by the Machines Italia network in the United States and Canada.

For further information on this initiative, please contact machinesitalia [at] ice.it ?subject=Machines%20Italia%20E-newsletter">machinesitalia [at] ice.it