The Italian Prime Minister Matteo
Renzi met with UON staff at post-G20 function. The Italian PM met Sydney’s Italian-Australian
representatives, business community and Italian researchers at Doltone House on
Sunday evening. The Italian PM expressed an interest in UON staff’s personal experience
of Australian academia.
In the photograph, Italian PM
Matteo Renzi (on the left), Dr Andrea Coda (School of Health Sciences; second left),
Dr Stefania Paolini (School of Psychology; second right) and Dr Anna Giacomini (School
of Engineering; on the right). Also present at the event, Dr Michela Simone (School
of Environmental and Life Sciences) and Anna Rosa Gualtieri (School of
Mathematical and Physical Sciences), who attended the function as Italian
Vice-Consulate of Italy in Newcastle.
This was the first ever visit of an
Italian Prime Minister to Australia. His visit was well received by those in
attendance, as he highlighted the historical and cultural links between Italy
and Australia and how migration, research and business interchange have
benefitted both countries and local cultures. He also talked about the need for
Italy to change in order to attract foreign investment.
For those interested in reading
more, see: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/11/17/italian-prime-minister-visits-sydney-school
