Site Visit Objectives:
To provide the opportunity to observe interventions, both realised and in progress, for the defence and safeguarding of the precious lagoon ecosystem.

Company Profile:
Thetis is an engineering and consultancy company providing management, projects and innovative technologies for environmental remediation and the sustainable development of the territory, mobility management, and the implementation of knowledge systems. Thetis’s expertise in the field of sustainable development has grown within the context of a unique ecosystem - one of the most complex and fragile in the world - the Venice Lagoon.
From its headquarters in Venice’s Arsenale, Thetis works both in Italy and internationally, for private and public clients, in the following business areas:

• Environmental and territory engineering
• Civil engineering and construction supervision
• Intelligent Transport Systems engineering
• Knowledge systems engineering.

Thetis has a share capital of over 11 million euro and its shareholders include major companies and businesses of international scope. Several international partners from industry and academia cooperate with Thetis. The company’s personnel amounts to nearly 200 people, most of whom hold a university degree.
Thetis is an example of how a technological center can promote protection and sustainable urban development.