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NEXT MISSION · USA 2026OCTOBER 7–15, 2026

The future, first-hand.

Seattle · San Francisco — October 7–15, 2026
IN PARTNERSHIP WITHStone Island
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Days on mission
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Stops: Seattle and San Francisco
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Organizations to visit, from Stanford to Boeing
[ THE MISSION ]

Eight days inside the companies that set the standard.

From October 7 to 15, 2026, the Innovation Bridge delegation returns to the United States: Seattle in the first leg, San Francisco and Silicon Valley in the second. Universities, research labs and the big tech companies shaping the trajectory of artificial intelligence.

Getting inside these companies is harder every year: visit requests pour in from all over the world, and doors open only to those who bring real relationships. That is exactly where this mission comes from — connections built in person, visit after visit, across our previous missions.

As in every mission, university students travel alongside entrepreneurs and managers: the bridge between those who decide today and those who will decide tomorrow is the reason the Foundation exists.

[ THE ITINERARY ]

Two ecosystems, one journey.

01OCT 8
Seattle
Amazon · Boeing · Gates Foundation
02OCT 9
Seattle
Microsoft with Elia Florio (cyber security) · evening at GemaTEG with CEO Maurizio Miozza and the ISSNAF Seattle chapter
03OCT 11
San Francisco Bay
Sailing outing aboard the Translated9 with Paul Cayard and Marco Trombetti
04OCT 12
Silicon Valley
Cisco with Massimo Malizia (Mergers & Acquisitions)
05OCT 13
San Francisco
Consulate General of Italy with Consul Massimo Carnelos · Airbnb with Salvatore Giammarresi (Head of Localization) · private evening at the de Young Museum, Treasures of the Pharaohs exhibition
06OCT 14
Silicon Valley
Stanford University with Alberto Salleo and Marco Pavone · Google with Alessandro Cannas
07OCT 15
Silicon Valley
Meta with Paolo Parigi · meeting with Mario Paniccia, CEO of Anello Photonics
[ WHERE WE'LL GO · 11 ORGANIZATIONS ]

The program is set: eleven organizations across universities, foundations, big tech and deep tech, plus the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco.

Stanford University
Meta
Google
Microsoft
Amazon
Airbnb
Cisco
Boeing
Gates Foundation
GemaTEG
Anello Photonics
[ IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ]
Stone Island

The Silicon Valley and Seattle 2026 mission takes place in partnership with Stone Island.

[ THE DELEGATION ]

The next delegation is taking shape.

Entrepreneurs, managers, academics and university students, as in previous missions. The delegation is still taking shape: leave your contact details to receive the program and the terms of participation as soon as they are available.

[ PREVIOUS MISSION ]

Silicon Valley 2025: where we started.

The Foundation's first international mission: 27 people, 7 days, 11 organizations across San Francisco, Berkeley and Stanford. The full story, visit by visit.

Explore the 2025 mission
[ STAY ON THE BRIDGE ]

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