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The year 2015 is a very important one for Italy and especially for the city of Milan, which is becoming the center of attention all over the world. The 2015 is the year of Milan Expo. According to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), a universal exposition has as its principal purpose the education of the public: “it may exhibit the means at disposal for meeting the needs of civilization, or demonstrate the progress achieved in one or more branches of human endeavor, or show prospects for the future” [1]. The universal expositions are platforms for expressing innovation and discussing the problems and the progress of humanity with the aim of leaving important legacies in terms of models and ideas. The universal expositions are held every 5 years and last for 6 months. Between two the universal expositions, there are minor events that last 2 months.
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Zuccotti, G.V. (2017). Feeding the Planet, Energy for the Future. In: Scaramuzza, A., de Beaufort, C., Hanas, R. (eds) Research into Childhood-Onset Diabetes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40242-0_1
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