The contagious energy of QUIRIS and AGN
How do you hold together an industrial empire that ranges from industrial gases to renewable energy? QUIRIS S.a.p.a., the holding company of the Quirico and Risso families, found its answer in the art of direction and coordination. Within the Group, GTS Spa leads the European market for propellants and refrigerant gases, Verdenergia rides the renewables wave with photovoltaic and hydroelectric power, and AGN puts Energy at the service of people.
More than an industrial holding, it’s a complex organism providing cross-functional services—from general secretariat to risk management, from IT to human resources—to a highly specialized yet diversified industrial ecosystem.
But what happens when this ecosystem decides to create, for its flagship company, a corporate convention in one of Sicily’s most stunning venues?
The challenge and the concept: the unconventional convention
AGN Energia, the jewel in QUIRIS’s crown, faced an intriguing question: how do you turn a three-day corporate event into a moment that truly leaves its mark? Not the usual retreat with PowerPoints and coffee breaks, but something that genuinely engages everyone present.
The answer lay in a word that would become much more than a simple title: INSIEME (“TOGETHER”).
The venue: CDSHotels Terrasini
The CDSHotels Terrasini – Città del Mare, 27 hectares overlooking Sicily’s Gulf of Castellammare, becomes the perfect lab for this experiment. But why here?
The venue is never neutral in a corporate event. Stepping away from routine and immersing people in a setting that breaks the everyday pattern: the perfect chance to take a plunge far from it all.
“INSIEME” (“TOGETHER”) becomes the event’s DNA—the keyword that brings out the sense of belonging QUIRIS and AGN Energia were aiming for.
Event management and operations desk: invisible precision
Coordinating flights, lodging, meals, and transfers for a corporate group isn’t just logistics—“it’s closer to engineering,” as our partners at Personal Event like to say.
The operations and organization desk stays behind the scenes yet handles the most delicate task of all: ensuring a seamless event where attendees can focus solely on the content, the fun, and human connection.
Art direction and graphic assets
Developing a visual ecosystem means creating a shared language. Digital invites, slides, videos, animations, sound design—every element speaks to the others in a visual conversation the client absorbs subconsciously.
The graphic materials—flags, an interactive photo wall, balloons, badges, signage—transform the venue into a distinctive environment. Spaces shape behaviors, behaviors shape relationships, relationships shape business outcomes: everything is designed to build a strong visual identity that reflects QUIRIS’s solidity.
Gamification: playing is serious business (The Terrasini Code)
One app, one quiz, one code: the key that reveals the soul and story of Terrasini. This Sicily-themed quiz built directly in-app engages, entertains, and keeps attention high. A seven-episode puzzle where each correct answer reveals a letter: together, they form the event’s guiding keyword. By now, you know what it is.
The custom app manages the experience in real time: flight notifications, activity reminders, full access to the event schedule. Above all, it removes organizational friction, letting participants focus on relationships and experience.
AGN Energia gains active participant engagement and tech-enabled management that streamlines the experience for everyone.
Video recap: fixing the collective memory
Three days distilled into a three-minute recap: the creation of a shared memory that will outlive the event itself for a long time to come. It’s an asset for QUIRIS’s internal communications, yes—but above all an emotional anchor for those who were there and won’t soon forget what they experienced during the convention.
QUIRIS and AGN achieve more than a successful event: they show everyone that investing in human experience—as they did here—yields powerful results in corporate cohesion. INSIEME stops being “just” a word and becomes a memory capable of withstanding the passage of time.