(ANSA) - Rome, December 17 - Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Agriculture Minister delegate for Expo Maurizio Martina will present Thursday an 'Expo for Firms' conference.
    Foreign ministry official said it is aimed at underlining the business potential of the Expo Milan 2015 exposition.
    Described as a "unique experience for business opportunities," the conference will be opened and concluded by the Foreign Ministry Secretary General, Michele Valensise.
    Participants at the conference will include representatives of the foreign trade agency ICE, major employers group Confindustria, the Italy pavilion at Expo, Milan Chamber of Commerce as well as numerous business organisations and diplomats.
    The purpose of the conference is to make Expo an opportunity for business connections, creating a platform capable of sustaining the growing role of the economic dimension of big trade fair exhibits in collaboration with the Bureau International des Expositions.