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xalta Coating Systems, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of liquid and powder coatings, is attending some of the itinerant training workshops organised by the publishing house Action Group. Their aim is analysing the most current issues in the fields of architecture and design (Fig. 1). In 2016, there were sixty-nine meetings in 36 locations throughout Italy. For 2017, Action Group has scheduled over one hundred training events accredited by the National Council of Landscape Architects, Planners and Conservationists, the National Council of Engineers and the National Council of Geometers and Graduated Geometers. This year, meetings will be held in several new cities, such as Caserta, Ferrara, Parma, Pesaro, Pordenone, Potenza, Siena and Taranto. The event of May 11, held at the Hotel Ramada Naples, belonged to a series of meetings on “The future of the building industry: Renovation, technologies, innovations, smart building, materials and sustainability”, addressed to professionals in the fields of architecture and design (Fig. 2). The conference speakers, coordinated by the moderator Domenico Lattanza, discussed the future prospects of sustainable design and renovation projects. The architect Armando Bruno, the CEO of the architecture firm Marco Piva, opened the conference with a speech titled “Projects and their players”. The first technical roundtable saw the participation of four speakers:
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A Series of Itinerant Meetings on the Future of the Construction Industry with the Participation of Axalta Coating Systems
1 Figure 1: Cristian Palmieri, Axalta Coating Systems’ Sales Manager Italy, during the conference “The future of the building industry” held in Naples.
- Marina Sedani from Sapa Building Systems, “Door and window frames as a design element” - Anna D’Ammando from Neolith, “Introduction to sintered stone” - Sergio Rizza from Arpa Industriale, “A case history on innovative materials for interior design” - Francesco Bigoni from Scrigno, “From a constructive solution to a design concept”. The second technical roundtable dealt with the following issues: - “Ever, design for all made in Italy”,
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Angelo Golisano from Thermomat Srl - “Design and nature: A new way of designing surfaces”, Mario Lombardi from Favaro 1 - “Design icons to make any project come to life”, Elena Baj from Zucchetti Rubinetteria Spa - “The building industry of future. Fences 2.0”, Fabio Citterio from Nuova Defim Orsogril. The afternoon session included the following reports: - Enzo La Mura from Geosec Srl, “Seismic consolidation and improvement of