EVENTS
The our events and the promotional activites

The "Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana" (The True Neapolitan Pizza Association) organises, from the 3rd to the 5th of July 2012, at the "Città della Scienza" (Bagnoli), an international convention which represents a huge chance of growth and comparison for AVPN members and sector operators. The event will be liven up by workshops, seminars on products and ingredients, and of course by meetings between "insiders". Together with the schedule of the convention, there will be trips to the most interesting places of the city and wine and food testing. During the event there will take place also the "Olympics of Neapolitan Pizza", a contest developed on 5 issues (as Olympic rings): Classic Pizza, Fantasy Pizza (innovation of traditions stated by AVPN rules), Artistic Pizza, Fried Pizza and Mastunicola (a circle of dough, lard, extra-virgin oil, basil and pepper to bring out the paste).

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The True Neapolitan Pizza Association (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, AVPN) organizes events to spread and to promote the “true Neapolitan pizza“, both in Italy and abroad.

Flagships of the Association are the “Pizzafest“, which has so far held thirteen editions in Naples (1995-2008), eight in Nonantola, a town of Emilia Romagna (2003-2010) and one in Brussels (2004).

"PizzaNapoletana in Tour", realized in collaboration with the Department of Tourism of the Province of Naples and, since 2005, has touched several cities, including Montreal and Cologne.

In addition, the Association has organized training on the “true Neapolitan pizza“ in Rio de Janeiro and San Paolo (2009) and seminars dedicated to the “true Neapolitan pizza“ in Tokyo (2006 to 2010).

Finally, the AVPN participated in major international events, including the "Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey (Mexico, 2007), “Veni - Vidi - Vera“ in Seattle (USA, 2007) and the inauguration of the “Ferrari World“ of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates, 2010).

The True Neapolitan Pizza Association (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, AVPN) promotes worldwide the “true Neapolitan pizza“ and the production chain connected to it.

In 2011, AVPN organizes an international road show, whose first steps are:

• Las Vegas (USA), where, from the 1st to 3rd March, the AVPN will be present with a booth at the 27th edition of the International Pizza Expo, the most important event in the world dedicated to pizza, the Italian dish most consumed in the United States.
  During the event, the Association will present for the first time the Register of Official Suppliers and the Register of Pizza Makers of “true Neapolitan pizza“ and will propose an updating seminar for 43 AVPN affiliated pizzerias of the U.S.

• Sao Paulo (Brazil), where from the 12th to 19th March, the AVPN organize seminars on the “true Neapolitan pizza“, meetings with its members in South America and a professional training course for staff of the Brazilian pizzerias.

The road show will continue, then in Asia. In April, the AVPN will realize in Taiwan – in collaboration with the office of the Institute for Foreign Trade (IFT) - promotional activities and training on the “true Neapolitan pizza“ at the local operators.

In the month of June, will be the turn of Japan, a country which has 35 AVPN affiliated pizzerias. The Association will organize seminars and discussions held on the themes of “true Neapolitan pizza“ and products of the industry.

Finally, the road show will travel to Europe, where it will touch those cities where the presence of the Italian community is particularly significant.