{"id":6936,"date":"2026-01-26T12:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/?p=6936"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:15:34","slug":"first-consular-mission-of-consul-general-massimo-carnelos-to-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dal_consolato\/2026\/01\/first-consular-mission-of-consul-general-massimo-carnelos-to-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"First consular mission of Consul General Massimo Carnelos to Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consul General Massimo Carnelos\u2019 first official visit to Portland, Oregon proved to be a powerful and inspiring introduction to a city distinguished by its vitality across business, science, research, culture, and a remarkably dynamic Italian community.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the outstanding work of Honorary Consul Vytas Babusis, the mission featured a rich and engaging program that showcased the depth of Italy\u2013Oregon connections and the significant potential for future collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>The visit included meetings with representatives from Business Oregon to explore economic collaboration, as well as engagements with leading academic and research institutions such as Oregon Health &amp; Science University and Portland State University, with particular attention to the contribution of Italian scientists and scholars.<\/p>\n<p>Industry visits to Smith Optics (Safilo Group) and the Nike Global Headquarters underscored the strong presence of Italian expertise within major international companies operating in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The program also emphasized cultural and educational ties through a visit to StudioLingua, an emerging center for Italian language and education in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the mission confirmed Portland\u2019s openness to international cooperation and laid the groundwork for further strengthening Italy\u2013Oregon relations across economic, scientific, academic, and cultural sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consul General Massimo Carnelos\u2019 first official visit to Portland, Oregon proved to be a powerful and inspiring introduction to a city distinguished by its vitality across business, science, research, culture, and a remarkably dynamic Italian community. Thanks to the outstanding work of Honorary Consul Vytas Babusis, the mission featured a rich and engaging program that [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6937,"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6936\/revisions\/6937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}