“The first thing you do when you arrive at an important meeting is present the park. How do you describe it?”
I try not to use the word “campus.” It doesn’t describe what we are. A campus makes you think of a university, lawns, and students. We are a science and technology park: a place where Ericsson researches 5G networks, IIT develops rehabilitation robots, and Generative Bionics builds humanoids that go to CES. These are different things.
“The most common prejudice about Erzelli is that it is a stalled project. Where does that come from?”
It comes from the previous twenty years of history, where much was announced and little was visibly achieved. I understand why the city thought that. But today, the situation is different: there has been an open construction site since September 2024, a 144-million-euro contract has been awarded, and AMCO guarantees financial continuity. The problem is that this reality isn’t being communicated. People working in Genoa often don’t even know where Erzelli is. One out of two Genoese people doesn’t know.
“What has changed with AMCO’s entry?”
AMCO brings financial and asset resources that allow us to think in the medium and long term. Before, that wasn’t possible. Now it is. It’s not something to flaunt in external communication, but it is the concrete premise for everything that is happening.
“How do you select the companies that settle here?”
We don’t enter all sectors. If Unicredit wanted to come tomorrow, we would have serious doubts. Not because it isn’t a serious company, but because it doesn’t belong to the logic of this place. Tech companies, media, applied research, and innovation must be here. The consistency of the park is a value, not a limitation. A technology company that chooses Erzelli chooses to be next to IIT, Ericsson, and Siemens. That proximity is worth something. It’s worth much more than a slightly lower rent elsewhere.
“Is there a moment in the park’s history that you are particularly proud of?”
When the University of Genoa definitively decided to settle here by purchasing the area and starting the construction site. It wasn’t automatic. It was the result of years of work. If the university hadn’t arrived, the park would have remained incomplete. That decision unlocked everything.
“In ten years, what will Erzelli be like?”
The Silicon Valley of Northern Italy. I also call it Silicon Hill, if you will. I don’t want to be Milan; we couldn’t be. But I want Erzelli to have its own clear identity: the place in Italy where the most interesting things in the fields of technology and research happen. That is the goal. Now, we need to tell the story.
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