Project Title: Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem (iNEST)
Project Duration: 06/2022 – 06/2026
Project Description: iNEST (Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem), financially supported in the frame of PNRR Program, is aimed at extending the beneficial effects of digitalization to the key specialization areas of “Nord-Est” (Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Province Autonome di Trento e Bolzano): industrial and manufacturing, agriculture, marine and mountain environment, architecture and construction, tourism, culture, wellness and food are the fields addressed.
- RT1: Safety and quality of life in mountain Environments
- Identifying and implementing solutions for improving social life quality in mountain areas, fostering traditions, local cultural heritages, and communication and interconnection methods within multilingual and multicultural communities.
- Identifying and implementing strategies for improving the resilience and the habitat quality in mountain areas, the safety and the healthcare system, focusing on problems and risks deriving from climate change dynamics as well as on those connected to several aspects of health and safety in mountain contexts.
- RT2: Resilience of Mountain production systems and supply chains
- Define innovation strategies to increase the resilience of the mountain production systems and related supply chains. This is achieved by working on the following topics: (a) Extensive farm and forestry systems; (b) Winter and mountain industry; (c) Mountain crafts, construction and manufacturing processes and technologies; (d) Offshoring and reshoring in mountain areas
- RT3: Decentralization of mountain structures and infrastructures
- Identifying and implementing solutions for improving sustainable energy strategies in mountain areas, in terms of both energy supply and energy saving solutions through energy system modelling techniques; the former, being mainly addressed on the empowerment of renewable energy sources application; the latter, being mainly focused on an efficient and sustainable use of buildings and facility structures.
- Identifying, studying and developing proper strategies for low-carbon mountain transport and logistics systems.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Paolo Lugli
Project Collaborators: Prof. Fabrizio Mazzetto
Contact person: Dr. Ahmed Rasheed