Brescia. On October 3, 4 and 5, Brescia, after being the capital of Italian culture, becomes the capital of orientation.
In fact, the Smart Future Academy will take place at the Brixia Forum which, in 2023, saw the presence of 14,000 young people (55% more than the previous year) and has reached its eighth edition.
The initiative was presented at Palazzo Lombardia by the regional councilor for Education, Training and Work Simona Tironi together with the president of Smart Future Academy Lilli Franceschetti.
“Smart Future Academy – underlined Councilor Tironi – is more than a simple event. It is an important step that will accompany our young people in the orientation process. Our goal is to give these kids more enthusiasm, courage and opportunities. Guiding them towards innovation and the world of work. Developing the skills needed to make them protagonists of their own destiny. We strongly believe in this project – he continued -. And for this reason we have been investing since last year in lower secondary schools” which we are used to calling ‘middle schools’.
«With the ‘Smart Future’ formula – Franceschetti highlighted – in seven years of activity we have managed to organize more than 60 events. We have involved over 700 speakers and more than 300,000 students throughout the country. But we are not satisfied. With Smart Future Brescia 24 we want to transform our city into the Capital of Orientation. Making the Lombardy region as attractive as possible for young Italians committed to planning their education and careers».
«The girls and boys to whom Smart Future Academy is addressed are faced with a crucial choice, not only for themselves – explained Giuseppe Pasini, president of Feralpi Group and speaker at Smart Future Academy – but for the society of the future that they are called to build. For this reason, I tell them not to set limits, to follow their individual passions, because without passion there is no job that can truly give satisfaction. To do so, it is necessary to choose by freeing oneself from the prejudices and constraints of the past because new technologies are pervasive and cross all businesses, certainly not least manufacturing ones. Let’s think, for example, also of production sectors, such as the steel industry, which are not only world-class, but are rapidly evolving with industry 5.0, digitalization, artificial intelligence”.
Among the initiatives on the calendar, Smart Future Brescia 24 – Middle School, for middle school students who this year can also be accompanied by teachers (and therefore not only by parents); Smart Future Brescia 24 – For Placement, this is the new feature of the eighth edition: the target is extended to young graduates, students from academies, universities, ITS Academy, recent graduates and all those young people looking for their first training work experience; Smart Future matching Workshop: the experiential orientation that will take place thanks to direct contact between young people and over 200 companies and training institutions present in the 15,000 square meters of the Brixia Forum. Among these, FederlegnoArredo, an organization that with the Salone Internazionale del Mobile creates the most important event for the international design and furniture scene.
