Start-up School Lab is a co-working day, in which the eight finalist schools of the “Natural…mente Scuola” Project exchange views with Universities and companies, with the purpose of analyzing both the strengths and the weaknesses of their business ideas.

Now in its eighth edition, “Natural…mente Scuola” is a project for Apulian Secondary Schools students, with the aim to raise awareness and draw younger generation into environmental sustainability and its link with technological innovation.

This year, for the first time, the project involves three big companies in the aeronautical sector: The Boeing Company, Avio Aero and Leonardo, which promote the initiative, in collaboration with Edu Ellesse and supported by University of Salento and Polytechnic University of Bari.

Start up School Lab, a new feature this year, represents a crucial moment of comparison with academic researchers and promoting companies’ experts, to discuss both the strengths and the weaknesses of the business ideas developed by each schools during the project.