PUNTOITALY No37 January - 2024

COMPETITIONS IEG’s role None of this could have happened without the contribution and support of the various managers of IEG-Italian Exhibition Group who worked with our management team, starting with Mariarosa Bettini, Angela Bellavista, Patrizia Cecchi, Giorgia Maioli and Gabriella De Girolamo, Flavia Morelli, up to Valentina Sorgente, Vanessa Rinaldini together with the Sigep team, to the historical technicians of the tradeshows, Walter Fabbri, Andrea Silvagni and the entire IEG Operation team. The real proponent of the Gelato World Cup’s success was the late president of IEG, Lorenzo Cagnoni, a person of great moral and professional depth. He was the first to believe in the project and encouraged us with foresight to continue in the name of awareness of our work. Ours was not a real acquaintance, but every time I was lucky enough to meet him, he gave me the impression of dealing with a wise, honest, very valuable person with an enviable intellectual honesty. Ready to go We have arrived at the 10th edition without realizing that twenty years have passed. So much has occurred as we have constantly tried to always do our best. In planning this edition, we decided to give more impetus to collaborations with the various associations in our industry and in the world of pastry and cuisine with an international perspective, including prestigious names in the world of gelato and pastry 42

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