About Us
Telling innovation, making it accessible, sharing it
Innovation for All
Pavia Innovation Week is a space where science, culture, and ideas meet, intersect, and become accessible to anyone who wants to understand how the world around us is changing.
The goal is simple: to make the conversation about innovation open, relevant, and understandable by bringing discussions and themes that concern us all into squares, theatres, bookstores, and universities.
A network of institutions, businesses and organizations that share a vision
Pavia Innovation Week nasce dalla collaborazione tra soggetti che credono nel valore della conoscenza, della ricerca e dell’innovazione come motori di sviluppo culturale e sociale. I partner del festival contribuiscono a rendere possibile questo spazio di dialogo, mettendo a disposizione competenze, risorse e progettualità.
È grazie a questa rete che il festival può crescere nel tempo, rafforzando il legame tra territorio, imprese, università e comunità. Una collaborazione che va oltre il singolo evento e costruisce, anno dopo anno, una piattaforma condivisa per guardare al futuro.
A Lasting Platform
Pavia Innovation Week is not just an event.
It is a platform that endures over time—an annual gathering that strengthens the connection between research, local institutions, businesses, and citizens. A way of enhancing what Pavia has always been: a place where people study, experiment, and shape the future.
Pavia is a city that has built its identity on scientific research and knowledge. From Alessandro Volta’s invention of the electric battery to Camillo Golgi’s groundbreaking discoveries on the nervous system—earning him Italy’s first Nobel Prize in science—here, science is not only history, but a living tradition that continues to generate innovation.
It is also a human-scale university city, shaped by a young and international community and a historic center that preserves remarkable architecture and spaces of great beauty. Theatres, bookstores, squares, historic buildings, and colleges become the natural setting for a festival that takes the conversation on innovation beyond academic boundaries, making it open and shared.
Pavia, ultimately, is a city to experience and explore. The landscape along the Ticino River, its great churches, urban pathways, and rich culinary traditions make it a destination that combines high-level cultural content with quality of life. An ideal place to slow down, discover, listen, taste, and stay.
The Formats of Pavia Innovation Week
The festival features a range of formats designed to explore innovation and turn it into a tangible experience.
Signature Talks
Interviews with leading international figures from the worlds of science and culture.
Stories of Innovation
Open and accessible public talks designed to make science engaging and understandable
Science for All
Open and accessible public talks designed to make science engaging and understandable
Conversations
Panels and roundtables bringing together scientists, philosophers, writers, and thinkers.
Science on Stage
Theatrical performances dedicated to scientific storytelling and public engagement.
Family lab
Hands-on workshops designed for families.
Book Store
Book presentations and conversations with authors.
Guided Tours
City itineraries exploring the places that define Pavia’s innovation heritage.
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee of Pavia Innovation Week brings together leading figures from the national and international scientific, cultural, and academic communities. A diverse group of scholars and professionals who help shape the festival’s content, ensuring quality, intellectual rigor, and openness to dialogue.
Their role is to guide the program, foster meaningful exchange, and ensure that each event offers an accessible and enriching opportunity for reflection.
Massimo Sideri
Maria Chiara Carrozza
Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Former Minister of Education, Universities and Research; Former President of the National Research Council (CNR)
Valentina Sumini
Space Architect; Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Professor at Politecnico di Torino
Roberto Battiston
Physicist; Former President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI); Former President of the European Committee on Space Sciences
Giorgio Metta
Scientific Director, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
Massimiano Bucchi
Alessandro Reali
Rector, University of Pavia
Contact us
For information and inquiries about Pavia Innovation Week
For any information about the program, events, or how to participate in Pavia Innovation Week, please contact the organizing secretariat.
PAVIASVILUPPO
Special Agency of the Cremona-Mantua-Pavia Chamber of Commerce
Via Mentana, 27 – 27100 Pavia
Tel. 0382 393271
Email: paviasviluppo@cmp.camcom.it
PEC: paviasviluppo@pv.legalmail.camcom.it
Festival information: info@paviainnovationweek.it
Press Office: paviainnovationweek@createpr.it
Schools: scuole@paviainnovationweek.it