Area at the Welcome Day of the Master’s Degree in Coffee Ernesto Illy

The President of Area Science Park, Professor Caterina Petrillo, took part in the Welcome Day opening the residential period of the Master’s Degree in Coffee Economics and Science – Ernesto Illy, the international program dedicated to the scientific, economic, and sustainable coffee culture, organized by the Ernesto Illy Foundation in collaboration with illycaffè, the University of Trieste, the University of Udine, SISSA, and Area Science Park.

The meeting was both an opportunity to welcome the master’s students, who will spend a month in Trieste attending lectures, laboratory sessions, and field activities, and a chance to highlight the network of partners contributing to the quality and uniqueness of the program.

Collaboration among universities, research centers, companies, and institutions is what makes the master’s degree a strongly multidisciplinary and international experience.

Now in its 15th edition, the master’s degree has trained 294 alumni from more than 40 countries over its previous fourteen editions, including both coffee producers and consumers, creating a global network of professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs united by the goal of promoting a coffee sector that is increasingly sustainable, fair, and excellence-oriented.

In her speech, President Petrillo recalled that illycaffè has always combined tradition and innovation, and emphasized how the Master’s Degree in Coffee Economics and Science interprets international cooperation as the sharing of knowledge and technologies for ethical and sustainable growth.