Events

The Spoke 3 of the NODES Innovation Ecosystem – Digital and Sustainable North West, coordinated for the University of Eastern Piedmont by Professor Stefania Cerutti, professor of the Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, has organized an important exhibition that explores the complex interrelationships between culture, imagination and environmental sustainability.   ''NODES on display. Images of sustainability'', the result of a collaboration between the Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition (DISSTE) and the Department of Humanistic Studies (DISUM), will be hosted from 1 to 20 December 2023 in the Spazio Gioin of the Municipality of Vercelli ( via Laviny, 67) with the opening hours: 10:00 - 16:30 from Monday to Friday and 10:00 - 17:00 Saturday and Sunday (closed every Monday and 8 December).   The exhibition, which enjoys the patronage of the Municipality and the Province of Vercelli, will address issues of great relevance and current affairs, contributing to enriching the cultural, educational and tourist offer of the area and will present 32 posters from the International Poster Biennial in Mexico, an important event which, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Environment (UNEP), deals with issues related to environmental sustainability and the conservation of biodiversity. These posters, created by artists and graphic designers from all over the world, will be used in an innovative way to promote a reflection on the relevance of culture in the transition towards a more sustainable society.   Exhibition and catalog are curated by Annalisa D'Orsi, NODES research fellow at the Department of Humanistic Studies of the UPO. The catalog will link the displayed posters to interdisciplinary scientific contributions written by teachers and researchers members of the Spoke 3 research group of the UPO and by other experts. This interdisciplinary approach is fundamental to addressing the climate and ecological challenges of the present.   As a corollary to the exhibition, 2 conferences will also be organized by the Province and the Ecomuseo delle Terre d'Acqua focused on tourism, landscape and biodiversity protection and agriculture.   The conferences will be held at the Gioin Space on 6 and 14 December 2023, from 5pm to 7.30pm, and will have the title respectively “Tourism, agriculture and biodiversity. Sustainable and complementary actions” and “Biodiversity in rice fields. Study and protection".  

From 9 November 2023 to 12 December 2023, Spoke 3 - Tourism and Culture Industry will hold a series of seminars entitled: " Sustainable tourism".   Specifically, 6 study meetings, which can also be followed online, on the topic of sustainability analyzed in its three dimensions: environmental, social and economic. In particular, the issues of sustainability in the tourism sector and for local development will be addressed.   Topics such as Lifestyle Tourism and Marketing used to encourage creativity, improve sustainability and digital content of companies operating in the tourism sector in a broad sense, taking into account new trends, lifestyles and consumer needs.   The mission of these meetings is to integrate the skills of students of the three-year and master's degree courses and to help stimulate interest and raise awareness among high school students, sector operators and citizens on the topic of sustainable development of the territory.   The event is organized by the professors of the Department of Law, Economics and Culture: Roberta Minazzi, Sebastiano Citroni and Valentina Albanese who will have the task of acting as discussants during the guest speeches; these include several managers and experts in the sector.   The second session of the seminar cycle will be held in April-May 2024. Clicca qui per partecipare online      

Edoardo Braccio, the Project Manager of Spoke 2 - Green Technologies and Sustainable Industry of the NODES Project, will participate with a speech entitled "Il PNRR per un Nord-Ovest Sostenibile" at the event "Io Sono Impresa Sostenibile". The event is scheduled for 1 December 2023 at Villa Nigra in Piazza Beltrami 5, Miasino (NO), as part of the Settimana del Sociale, a week of meetings organised by Confartigianato Imprese Piemonte Orientale and partners to discuss social welfare.

A round table to offer businesses the opportunities of open innovation Open Innovation strategies and practices for business success: this is the central theme of the event dedicated to businesses entitled Fostering the growth of SMEs of the future Open Innovation strategies and practices for business success  organised by Spoke 7 in collaboration with the University of Turin and the Piedmont International Foreign Centre.   The round table, introduced by Luisa Torri, scientific director of Spoke 7 of NODES, will begin at 2.30 pm and will see numerous guests discussing how open innovation can be an opportunity for the business world, in particular that linked to the issues of secondary agroindustry.   The event will be held on Thursday 30 November 2023, 2.30pm-5pm in the Blue Hall of the Rectorate of the University of Turin (Via Verdi 8 - Turin).    PROGRAM   2.30pm  Guest registration   2.45pm  Opening of works Luisa Torri, Scientific Director, Spoke 7 - NODES   2.50pm Introduction to Open Innovation strategies: Carlo Boccazzi Varotto, President, Hackability Francesca Montagna, Associate professor of Innovation Management, POLITO Luca Bolognini - Director of Digital Engineering and Innovation, AizoOn Technology Consulting   3.50pm Round Table: "Open horizons: success stories in open innovation from start-ups to SMEs Moderator: Omar Safi, Project Manager of Market Intelligence and Strategic Markets Development Area, Ceipiemont Giuseppe Pacotto, CEO, Tesi Square Lorenzo Picco, Founder, Vortex  Ibrahim Osmani, CEO, Origosat Felice Fulvio Faraci, President and CEO, Metroconsult   4.30pm Discussion and conclusions   To register click below:   SIGN UP HERE   

On 29 and 30 November 2023, Spoke 3 - Tourism and Culture Industry, will hold an event entitled: “Climate crisis and social movements: a meeting of perspectives” at the University of Insubria in Como Sant'Abbondio ” The NODES Ecosystem - Spoke 3 dialogues with COSMO Climate Change Observatory of Social MObilization. The event, organized by Valentina Albanese, Stefano Fanetti and Roberta Minazzi (part of the Spoke 3 research staff), will be divided into three moments.   The first session of the event will emphasize the theme of active citizenship and the ability to solicit political reflection on the sustainability of environmental heritage and natural conservation (archaeological and historical places, landscape) and will try to offer an idea on how active citizenship moves to improve educational, economic and cultural life enrichment processes. The works will be opened by the lectio magistralis of Prof. Farhana Sultana of Syracuse University in New York.   The second session will focus on social movements for environmental sustainability and will have the aim of promoting their knowledge and diffusion, also keeping track of their results and the critical issues that these movements face both in legal terms and as economic and environmental consequences following of their actions. This slot of the event will host, among others, the speech by Valentina Jacometti, researcher and contact person for WP3 Research activities for Spoke 3, entitled: "The financing of climate controversies".   The third session will see the succession of different work perspectives and will host, among other reports, that of Barbara Pozzo, Insubria teacher and ressearch & innovation project manager, entitled: "New Silk Road and decarbonisation: the role of NGOs in challenge of sustainability". Furthermore, the theme of digital space as a place for the analysis and diffusion of social movements for sustainability will be explored in depth. On the occasion of the event, enriched by the reports of academics and activists, the COSMO observatory will finally be launched which aims to collect bibliographic, visual and informative material on the link between social movements and climate change in Italy, monitoring the new cognitive territories in which the movements manifest themselves and tracing the way in which they face the challenges and problems that characterize environmental sustainability in Italy.  

Spoke 3 - Tourism and Culture Industry has organized an event entitled : "Sustainable and Circular Economy - The Case of the Textile Industry".   The day will be divided into two sessions (morning and afternoon).   In the first session, researchers from the University of Insubria will discuss together with researchers from other Italian (University of Milan) and foreign (University of Edinburgh - Scotland, Rutgers University - New Jersey-US) universities on various topics including: economics circularity, consumer ethics and ethical codes in the fashion sector.   During the morning, Prof. Barbara Pozzo, scientific director of Spoke 3, will give a speech entitled: "The challenges of sustainability for companies in the textile-fashion sector: the NODES Project"; while Prof. Valentina Jacometti, head of Nodes WP3, will talk about: "Circular Economy and the Fashion Industry: the case of waste".   During the conference, in addition to the NODES Project, two projects will also be presented: "Private international law and circular economy: the case of the fast fashion industry" and "Responsible contracting".   In the afternoon session, hosted at the Como Chamber of Commerce, stakeholders and local companies will present their experiences on sustainability, circular economy, traceability and gender equality in the textile sector.   Registrations must be received no later than November 24, 2023.   See the attached program Iscriviti all'evento    

Starting from 20 November 2023 until 11 December 2023, in Vercelli (VC) and Omegna (VB), there will be a series of meetings by Spoke 3 - Tourism and Culture Industry. The training event, entitled: Spoke3Young. Students meet enterprises and territories was designed with the aim of connecting third-year students of the Environmental Management and Sustainable Development degree course at the University of Eastern Piedmont with tourism companies, businesses, cultural and research institutions. The Spoke3Young training package is aimed at spreading direct knowledge of innovative and sustainable entrepreneurial realities in digital tourism and in the management of Piedmontese destinations, such as the case of Lake Orta. Through two seminars and a meeting in the field, some issues related to the focus of Spoke 3 will be addressed and declined in terms of promotion of historical memory, knowledge of material culture, environmental context favorable to business development, transfer of innovative skills for communicative sustainability and relational, mobility and sustainable tourism, as well as digital transition projects in the cultural and artistic spheres. The first seminar, scheduled in Vercelli on November 20, 2023, will be held by experts from the Ecomuseum of Lake Orta and Mottarone CUSIUS. Founded in 1997, the Ecomuseum aims to preserve and promote the historical memory of the traditions and material culture linked to the territory. Numerous projects have been proposed and supported which involve various targets (visits to museums, itineraries and walks, lessons and workshops, editorial activities, etc.). The Cusius Ecomuseum is the promoter of the Lake Contract, an important governance tool for local development processes which involves all interested parties in the management and/or use of the water resource and related basins, and which today has 120 members, both private and public (including UPO). Students will have the opportunity to interact with experts focusing on possible career orientations in the cultural and environmental sector.   The second appointment will be an "in the field" meeting to be held in Omegna (VB) on November 27, 2023, at the Fondazione Parco delle Arti e della Cultura. It will be structured in two parts. During the morning there will be a succession of speakers who will involve the students with interventions regarding their activities and experiences; the common thread will be creativity as a driver of development. In addition to the Mayor of Omegna and the President of the Pa.R.C.O. Foundation, the Director of the Foundation, the managers of the Navigazione Lago d'Orta company, the Alessi company and the Tormet company will speak. In the afternoon, the students will be accompanied on a narrative walk in the city of Omegna through which a "territorial mediator" will introduce them to some focal points of the history and geography of this territory.   In the spaces of the multipurpose structure of the Pa.R.C.O. foundation, they will also be guided to discover the Permanent Collection of household objects coming from companies that have made Italian and world history and that were born in the Cusio area - Alessi, Calderoni, Girmi, Lagostina, La Nuova Faro, Irmel, Tracanzan and Piazza, reliving the industrial history from the 19th century to the present day. The meeting with cultural realities and active entrepreneurs who have made environmental sustainability and digitalisation their strong point will allow students to explore internship, thesis and research opportunities, to develop ideas and receive advice for the development of entrepreneurial ideas, to apply to participate in future projects. The third seminar, which will be held in Vercelli on 11 December 2023, will see the participation of experts from the Joint Research Center of the European Commission. The JRC is the EC's science and knowledge service, providing scientific and technical support to the design, development, implementation and monitoring of European Union policies; in Italy it is located in Ispra (VA). Students will have the opportunity to listen and dialogue with the Head of Events, Outreach and Youth Program and the Leader of the Smart Mobility project. They will therefore have the opportunity to learn about the centre's activities, in which sustainability and digitalisation are expressed in many ways and with particular sensitivity to the repercussions of European policies. The seminar therefore presents itself as an opportunity to explore post-graduate internship opportunities and professional collaborations in the context of European science-based sustainability policies.   The two seminars scheduled for 20.11 and 11.12 are open to students of the Spoke 3 partner universities and can be followed by connecting  qui: