Degree & Profession© - Florence World Festival 2009

Published: 2021-06-22

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From the 24th to the 27th of November 2009  took place  in Florence the
sixth edition  of “Degree & Profession©  – Florence World Festival”,  an
international  meeting  point  for  students,  graduates,  companies,
professionals  and  universities,  this  year  regarding  creativity  and  its
context. The disciplines involved were: architecture, urban planning, civil
engineering, cultural heritage, conservation,  restoration, design,  fashion,
visual arts and tourism.
The numbers of the Festival:  377  Participants, 21  Represented countries,
103  Exhibited Degree projects. 1019  Degree projects in the database on the website,
43  Professionals and experts bringing their experiences, 34  Testimonials, conferences and workshops, 49  Represented universities,  47  Patrons and collaborating companies and institutions.
  The awards 
An international committee of experts assessed the degree projects enrolled in the competition connected to the Festival, awarding the following prizes: 
Life Beyond Tourism ® Award – 4000€ to
Sophie Gogoladze, Tbilisi State Academy of Art (Georgia), for
the project ,,Garden in the sky,,.
Medal  of  the  President  of  the  Italian  Republic,  Giorgio Napolitano to
Olga Akimenko, Moscow Architectural Institute (Russia), for the
project Revitalization of industrial areas .
Nataliya Vasychkina, Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts (Ukraine),  for  the  project  Classroom  of  the  future  -  The conception of developement space.
Sophico Antidze, Tbilisi State Academy of Art (Georgia), 
for the project ,,Imaginative world of Johnny Baby,,.

The acknowledgements:
Two new important awards have been given to the Foundation, in the hands of the President Paolo Del Bianco,
during the closing ceremony of the Festival:
Diploma  of  Honorary  Doctor  of  the  Azerbaijan  Architecture  and  Construction  University  of  Baku
(Azerbaijan), delivered by the Rector, professor Gulchohra Mammadova
Medal of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo (Brazil), delivered by professor Valter Caldana. 

                            News from the Florence World Festival 2009

In  2009  the  Romualdo  Del  Bianco  Foundation  promoted, with  the  support  of  the
local  institutions,  the  first  three  editions  of  “Degree  &  Profession©  –  Regional
Festival”  in  Baku  (Azerbaijan),  Odessa  (Ukraine),  and  Ivanovo  (Russia).  The
Regional  Festivals  are  meant  to  enhance  the  socio-cultural  specificities  of  the
hosting place.

Stimulated by their success, during the closing of the  Florence  Festival  the  following  cities  and institutions  proposed  themselves  to  host  the festivals in 2010 and 2011:
−  Tbilisi  (Georgia),  April  2010,  Tbilisi  State Academy of Arts.
Academy of Arts
−  Bydgoszcz (Poland), April 2010, University of Economics of Bydgoszcz;
−  Odessa  (Ukraine),  May  2010,  Odessa  State  Academy  of  Architecture
and Construction;
−  Rosario (Argentina), June 2010, Grupo Universitario Educativo Marin;
−  Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), September 2010, Kyrgyz Slavic University;
−  Kharkov  (Ukraine), October 2010, Kharkov State University of Architecture
and Construction ;
−  Almaty (Kazakhstan), 2010, Foundation First President Kazakh Republic and
Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering ;
−  Cracow (Poland), 2010, AGH University of Technology ;
−  Blagoveshchensk (Russia), 2010, Amur State University of Architecture and
Construction ;
−  Baku (Azerbaijan) 2011, Azerbaijan State Architecture and Construction
University;
−  Kharkov (Ukraine), 2011, Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts.


  University Delegates – New opportunities for young graduates and students

The  Romualdo  Del  Bianco  Foundation,  starting  from  2009,  is  offering
the opportunity to young graduates and students to participate for one
month in Florence to a program realized to disseminate the concept of
“Life  Beyond  Tourism®  -  For  Intercultural  Dialogue”
(www.lifebeyondtourism.com).
The  program,  that  in  2010  expects  the  participation  of  up  to  80
delegates,  is  oriented  to  the  promotion  of  the  portal  and  the  photo-
blogs  of  “Life  Beyond  Tourism®”  to  foster  the  enlargement  of  its
“community”  and  to make  the  young  generations  aware  of  regarding
topics of  international  interest  such us  the  intercultural dialogue,  the
enhancement  of  traditional  knowledge  and  preservation  of  heritage,
therefore  contributing  to  the  development  of  a  ‘tourism  based  on
values, not only on consumer services’.

… for the updates on Degree & Profession 

            www.florence-expo.com


 

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