Campus Party comes to Italy in July

(ANSA) - Rome, April 19 - Over 4,000 young people are expected to descend on the northern city of Bergamo for Campus Party, the international event for university students dedicated to innovation, from July 19-24, organisers said Tuesday.
    Participants - who will be accommodated in a special tent city - will be involved in conferences and workshops, as well as meeting with digital innovators including Sir Tim Berners Lee, creator of the world wide web. It is an "extraordinary opportunity" for a "huge number of participants" from all over Italy, "but also, I hope, from abroad," Education Minister Stefania Giannini said at the presentation in Rome. Campus Party shows how "universities are changing", the minister added. With 51 editions in 11 countries, Campus Party has involved 150,000 students and given life to 690 start-ups since its launch in Spain in 1997.