OGR Torino and Microsoft Italia launch the Tech Revolution Factory 

Collaborating with Microsoft, Officine Grandi Riparazioni are launching their first digital innovation platform, characterised by its three distinct lines of development: Acceleration of disruptive start-ups on Artificial Intelligence,Tech training for any type of audience, Events and contests for the growth and development of the Tech ecosystem

 

Turin, 22^nd June 2020 - OGR Torino and Microsoft Italia are launching Tech Revolution Factory, the first digital innovation platform developed together with Microsoft to offer concrete opportunities to young founders and domestic and international startups by granting them access to technological expertise and connections with international Tech ecosystems, the ultimate goal being the development and consolidation of innovative businesses on a global scale.

This new step in the partnership between OGR Torino and Microsoft is the forerunner of OGR Tech's first birthday, on the 25^th of June, to be celebrated with OGR Brand New Day: an event open to all, where art and technology get together, which will be inaugurated at 11 a.m. with a live streaming talk on OGR Tech's digital revolution. With interventions by Massimo Lapucci, General Manager of OGR Torino and Silvia Candiani, CEO of Microsoft Italy, the talk will revolve around Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, social entrepreneurship, gaming and art.

At its core the Tech Revolution Factory will have OGR Tech, Officine Grandi Riparazioni’s innovation hub created by Fondazione CRT to support the growth on an international scale of the Italian Tech ecosystem. Concretely, the Factory will develop along three lines of action:

• Startup accelerators, focused on major technological trends such as Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Solutions. The first programme scheduled is dedicated to the Gaming sector, starting in early 2021 in collaboration with 34BigThings and ID@Xbox, a programme that will allow 10 visionary independent game developers to unleash their creativity and feature the newly-developed games on Microsoft's global platforms. These projects are part of the Microsoft for Startups international programme, for which the Tech giant from Redmond has allocated $500 million, with OGR Tech as a partner.


• Training activities for OGR Tech network startups but even for students, professionals and anyone else, with the purpose of promoting the diffusion of digital skills. In the next few months 7 different courses involving over 1,200 people, for about 20,000 hours of training with experts from the Microsoft network on topics such as Big Data Analytics, Social Entrepreneurship, Modern Workplace, Artificial Intelligence and Ethics, Cybersecurity, Collaboration and Coding Tools.


• A calendar of dedicated events to create interaction and networking opportunities for startups, developers and students, where they can meet mentors and experts and acquire new technical and managerial skills.

“OGR and Microsoft join forces for a new, great challenge: the acceleration of the digital revolution, a fundamental asset to build the recovery and, in perspective, contribute to restarting the city, the region and the country in such a crucial historical moment. Exactly one year after their launch, thanks to Fondazione CRT, OGR Tech opens the doors to the Tech Revolution Factory, to spread and promote innovation, working together with Microsoft along three lines of action: help young founders with acceleration programmes that can launch them towards international success; support social entrepreneurship and its impact, by granting access to  innovative technologies such as AI and Smart Data;  develop the digital skills of companies, ordinary citizens and young students to shape present-day and  tomorrow’s Italy”, says Massimo Lapucci, General Manager of OGR and General Secretary of Fondazione CRT.

“After Microsoft for Startups was announced last December, Microsoft's commitment in Piedmont, and in particular in Turin, is becoming increasingly substantial. Together with OGR Tech, we are working to extend access to new skills and new tools to young entrepreneurs and companies, thus accelerating digital innovation, which is more essential than ever before at this stage of our country's restart” commented Silvia Candiani, CEO of Microsoft Italia.