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SUMMER 2023

Tecnoconference turns 40

Florence-based events solutions company Tecnoconference is celebrating its 40th year of business

A pioneer in the MICE industry, Tecnoconference was founded in 1983 after founder Mario Grotti’s experience as a sound and video technician at the 1975 World Cancer Congress, the first trade event ever to be held at Florence’s Palazzo dei Congressi. Over the years, the company has honed its expertise, providing latest-generation technology for events, beginning with valve amplifiers and, more recently, shifting into the Metaverse and augmented reality.

Providing consultancy (event formats, built-in AV+IT services and sponsorship opportunities), creativity (copywriting, video production, graphic design, virtual studies and crossmedia contents), technology (audio, video, technical lighting, simultaneous interpreting, software and broadcasting) and design (project management, fixed installation, set design, logistics and live direction), Tecnoconference is renowned for offering up-to the-minute solutions for the corporate, institutional and association markets.

With over 60 employees, more than 150 external consultants and 43 international partners, Tecnoconference manages around 1,800 events every year with 4,000 technicians at work, even during the pandemic. In 2020, the company established itself as a hybrid and virtual specialist, based on a solid background of IT skills, which secured a win in the Innovation category at the FCE Awards 2023 for the “EUS Skyline: oltre i confini” project.

Over the years, Tecnoconference has partnered with some of the most important events in Italy, such as Expo 2015 in Milan and the G7 and G20 Summits in 2017 and 2021 respectively. Now the company is the official technology partner, alongside Tecnoconference Europe, of the EUR S.p.A. congress centre in Rome. Tecnoconference is also an official partner of Palazzo Wanny, a multipurpose events space in Florence.

“We have seen our company grow and establish itself as a leader in the events world,”

remarks CEO Lisa Grotti.

“Now Tecnoconference is celebrating 40 years of business. We are celebrating this milestone with the pride of an invaluable legacy, while continuing to invest so that we will be ready for the challenges that lie ahead.”