Digital innovation for sustainable mountain

Great challenges for the mountain area of ​​Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy and Basilicata.

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Spoke 4 - Digital and Sustainable Mountain

Spoke 4 promotes the use of digital technologies to enhance the performance and sustainability of businesses located in mountainous areas.

Is coordinated by University of Valle d'Aosta in collaboration with University of Turin, Politechnic of Turin and University of Basilicata, along with LINKS and Montagna Sicura foundations.

Spoke 4 Montagna Sostenibile
Spoke 4 Montagna Sostenibile

News

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NODES Spoke 4: guide for competitive calls
Spoke 4 continues to support local businesses. LINKS Foundation, a Spoke 4 partner, has prepared a guide to upcoming deadlines for competitive calls for proposals that may be of interest to local businesses involved in the NODES ecosystem. The guide with information is included in the attachments. Our staff is available for one-on-one meetings. To schedule a meeting, please write to info.spoke4@ecs-nodes.eu

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Spoke 4 projects presentations are ready!
The "Networking and Acceleration on the Digital and Sustainable Mountain" meeting, held on January 16 at the LINKS Foundation headquarters, was an important moment of progress for NODES Spoke 4. This is demonstrated by the data, such as: 68 registered attendees 22 participating companies and startups 8 meetings between companies/startups and investors 25 B2B meetings between companies/startups At this page, the projects shown at the event are ready to be shown!

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4. Digital innovation toward sustainable mountain
The Mountain School as an Innovative Learning Environment
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Giuseppe Barbiero, Silvana Dalmazzone, Stefano Menegat
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Mountain regeneration
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4. Digital innovation toward sustainable mountain
Climate change and mountains: impacts on water resources availability and management – 2nd edition
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Università di Torino / Referenti del corso: prof. Michele Freppaz e dott. Nicola Colombo in partnership con Fondazione Montagna Sicura / Referenti corso: dott. Fabrizio Troilo e dott. William Boffelli.
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4. Digital innovation toward sustainable mountain
Earth Observation for land monitoring and emergency management
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Fondazione Links – Referente dott.ssa Francesca Perez – Docenti dott.ssa F. Perez, Dott.ssa L. Bovio
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4. Digital innovation toward sustainable mountain
Climate Policy, Ecomics and Finance
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Politecnico di Torino – Prof. Valeria Costantini (Roma Tre University)
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Eventi

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NODES per la montagna digitale e sostenibile
A meno di sei mesi dalla conclusione, vengono presentati i risultati del progetto NODES (Nord Ovest Digitale E Sostenibile), l’ecosistema di innovazione del Nord-Ovest. L'incontro si terrà ad Aosta, al Nuovo Polo Universitario, il 10 giugno 2025.   La locandina con il programma completo è visionabile tra gli allegati.   Per iscriversi compilare il form a questo link

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IV Spoke 4 Stakeholder Committee
Programma: Saluti e apertura dei lavori 14.00 - 14.15 Presentazione degli stakeholders 14.15 - 14.20 Descrizione del progetto e risultati conseguiti 14.20 - 14.40 Network of Coworking Spaces 14.40 - 15.00 Reactivation of wood value chain for construction and innovation in modular systems for energy and seismic retrofit 15.00 - 15.20 Sessioni parallele 15.20 - 16.00 Flagship project 1 “SMART WEST” Flagship project 2 “SUMMER” Flagship project 3 “INTERFACE” Coffee break 16.00 - 16.15 Restituzione dei lavori 16.15 - 16.30 Programmazione evento di giugno 16.30 - 17.00 Chiusura dei lavori 17.00 La locandina è presente tra gli allegati

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Networking e Accelerazione sulla Montagna Digitale e Sostenibile
A Torino, il 16 gennaio 2025, dalle ore 15 alle ore 18, presso la sede di Fondazione LINKS, in via Boggio 61, avrà luogo l'incontro di Networking e Accelerazione sulla Montagna Digitale e Sostenibile, organizzato da “NODES” – Nord Ovest Digitale e Sostenibile – Spoke 4.   L’evento è un'importante occasione per le aziende e le startup del territorio per presentare le proprie attività, competenze e opportunità di mercato, e per confrontarsi con un pubblico variegato di aziende, startup, potenziali investitori e venture capital, creando spazi per nuove collaborazioni e opportunità di crescita. L’incontro avviene nella fase centrale di sviluppo dei progetti finanziati sui bandi a cascata di NODES sulla tematica dello SPOKE 4 dedicata alla Montagna Digitale e Sostenibile. Sarà quindi un'opportunità per le aziende coinvolte nei progetti di presentare i primi risultati raggiunti, i progressi in corso, nonché le competenze sviluppate e le potenziali aree di collaborazione con altri attori dell'ecosistema.

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25th Workshop "From Objects to Agents" (WOA 2024)
WOA “From Objects to Agents” is an international workshop in the IT field which, every year, serves as a forum for Italian and international researchers and professionals working on all aspects of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems (MAS). The conference has reached its 25th edition, which will be celebrated in 2024, at the Forte di Bard (AO) from 8 to 10 July 2024. It is an event typically appreciated by young researchers for its constructive and interactive environment. Multi-agent systems are computing structures composed of multiple autonomous agents that interact with each other and with their surroundings to achieve specific objectives.   Following the considerable interest that all aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are recently obtaining, and the specific relevance of the topic also within the “Smart West” flagship project, as part of the NODES – Spoke 4 project, the 2024 edition of the workshop will focus on the theme Smart and Agile Agent Technologies for a Sustainable Model of Distributed Working.   Specifically, the COVID-19 pandemic has acted as an accelerator in the digitalization process of small-medium enterprises and public administrations, promoting new forms of hybrid/remote work. This requires the design and implementation of new processes and adequate technological infrastructures to address new challenges, including, but not limited to, the transformation of leadership and control, the shift towards a goal-oriented work organization (due of a reduction in the difference between employed and self-employed workers), the reduction of informal in-person interactions, the need for support to find an adequate work/life balance, the worker's well-being, his safety, and his lifelong learning. The systems and technologies developed in the field of agents and multi-agent systems can provide fundamental support in creating a new and sustainable working model at multiple levels: economic, but also technological, environmental and social, with particular reference to the peculiarities of mountain territories.   During the workshop, thematic sessions will be organized (keynote talks, panel discussions) specifically focused on the challenges of remote/hybrid working in a mountain environment, and on the solutions made available by research on agents and multi-agent systems. There will also be a moment of discussion with local stakeholders, in order to involve them and identify which technological tools can best respond to their needs.   Among the topics of interest identified for this edition it is possible to highlight:      Agent-oriented software engineering      Agents and sensor networks      Agent-based modeling and simulation      Business process management      Compliance      Hardware and software infrastructures for agents and multi-agent systems      Industrial applications of agents and MAS      Next generation socio-technical systems      Agent-based enabling technologies      Intelligent tools and devices for smart collaboration      AI-supported models and tools for remote working      Digital and Sustainable Mountain      Multi-agent systems for remote working in mountainous territories