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Your event in a unique place

Your event in a social innovation hub, inside a historic palazzo in the centre of Catania: a community of people and organisations, and real impact.

The audience at an event in a full room at Isola, in Palazzo Biscari

The formats

What we host

From an eighty-person conference to a board retreat. Every format has its own room, its own set-up and production support.

Conference room in Catania, set up theatre style

Up to 80 people

Conferences and conventions

With AV and streaming production for in-person and hybrid events, and a room that holds the whole audience.

Training room in the Isola Catania spaces

Fully equipped training rooms

Training and workshops

For courses, classes and working sessions, set up classroom style or in a U-shape.

Meeting room for company retreats at Palazzo Biscari

Working sessions

Meetings and retreats

For those who need to stop and think, away from the office and in a city worth the journey.

Private table with colourful armchairs for a closed-door meeting

Boards and senior teams

Leadership meetings

Private rooms for boards, committees and closed-door meetings, with full discretion and no interruptions.

Space for corporate events in the centre of Catania

Tailor-made

Corporate events

Presentations, launches, client meetings, celebrations: the setting plays its part.

Evening set-up for a cultural event at Isola Catania

Open to the city

Cultural events

Festivals, talks and presentations that bring new audiences into the palazzo.

The spaces

Plenty of options for your event

From a room for a four-person meeting to a space for an eighty-person conference. Each room is set up the way you need it: theatre, classroom, tables, U-shape. Rooms can also be joined, so larger events can spread across several spaces at once, with the terrace for breaks and socialising.

Rooms, capacities and features 

You focus on the content

We take care of everything else

The difference between a hired room and an event that works is everything that happens around it.

  • Set-up in whatever layout you need
  • Audio, video and streaming production
  • Dedicated reception and front-of-house staff
  • Catering, from coffee breaks to dinners
  • Technical support from start to finish

Why here

More than just a room

An event here takes place inside a social innovation hub, in a wing of Palazzo Biscari, with a community of people and organisations. Those who come for an event meet the people who work and create impact here.

Isola is a social enterprise: what you spend here isn’t taken as profit: it goes back into our free programmes for new generations in Sicily. Hiring a room contributes to our mission and to creating real impact.

Find out more about us 

What an event here looks like

Take a look around

A speaker in front of the audience in the room
Visitors at an interactive station in the exhibition
A lettering workshop in the Isola spaces
A plenary session with the audience at tables
A talk on stage in front of the green wall
An evening aperitivo on the Ibiza terrace
Work at the tables during a workshop
A reading for children in the Isola spaces
A workshop for children during a cultural event
An exhibition opening among the hanging installations
A discussion table with students
A screening in the room with frescoed vaults
The audience at the opening of an exhibition
A concert in the Isola spaces
A live podcast recording in front of an audience
Audience members raising their hands at a talk
The buffet during a break
A working session around a table covered in sticky notes
The catering at an evening event at Isola Catania
The microphone being passed around the audience during a panel
A working table during Make in South
A talk during a “programme coalition” meeting
A meeting around the table with the event banners
Conversations on the terrace during a break

Let’s talk

Tell us about your event

Tell us what kind of event it is: the date, the number of people, the type of meeting. We’ll do our best to find the right solution for you.