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2. Green technologies and sustainable industries
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6. Primary agroindustry
Spoke 6 presents the first student challenge!
Spoke 6 "Primary Agroindustry," has officially kicked-off the first student challenge, providing businesses with the unique opportunity to present innovation and digitalization challenges to digital marketing students of the University of Pavia.    This challenge, tailored for Business to Consumer (B2C) proposers within the primary agroindustry sector, will actively involve students in crafting digital marketing plans. The primary objective is to build brand awareness and engagement, with a focus on both national and international competitiveness.    Proposals should articulate how the firm is currently adopting or plans to leverage digital communication tools. This includes strategies for promoting the company's history, sustainability efforts, and product quality, emphasising cultural identity, innovation, and sustainability practices.   This initiative allows students to test their theoretical knowledge in practical, real-world contexts and fosters collaboration between academia and the entrepreneurial sphere. By encouraging innovation and developing creative solutions, the Challenge aims to deliver an enriching experience for all participants.    For further details, please click here below.    CHECK THE CALL HERE
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3. Culture and tourism industry
Spoke 3 Flagship Projects Meeting
The first Spoke 3 Flagship Projects Meeting was held on Thursday 1 February 2024 at the Department of Management of the University of Turin.   Researchers from the University of Insubria, University of Turin, University of Eastern Piedmont, University of Valle d'Aosta, Città Studi Biella and ComoNext Innovation Hub participated in the event. The objective of the meeting was to start a fruitful collaboration between researchers from the universities involved in the NODES project in reference to the research topics of the CIRIL - Cultural-Industry Regeneration Lab and TOEP - Tourism Open-ended Experimentation Platform flagship projects.   In the first phase of the meeting, Prof. Piercarlo Rossi of the University of Turin and Prof. Stefania Cerruti of the University of Eastern Piedmont presented the flagship projects, recalling their objectives and highlighting the current state of progress activities.   Specifically, Prof. Rossi, regarding the CIRIL flagships project, explained that we are currently proceeding with the reconnaissance of the technologies, the monitoring of the initiatives on the national territory (mixed reality device building kit), the acquisition of the instrumentation, and the activation of cultural cluster asset and digital textile hub activities.   Regarding the TOEP project, Prof. Cerutti clarified that the design of the middleware, the delivery architecture and the API standards are being defined. Furthermore, we are proceeding with the recognition of integrated solutions (public databases and federatable services), data sources and acquisition methods, the activation of the thematic cluster and the implementation of innovation initiatives in territorial branding.   Both flagship projects are proceeding in collaboration with partners from the South for the creation of startups.   Once the presentation was concluded, the main lines of research and their areas of relevance were then illustrated; these include: Fashion design, Management and sustainability, Intersection between Cultural Heritage and Natural Conservation (Museums, Archaeological and Historical Places, Landscape), Multimedia Narratives and Digital Creativity, Digital Tourism and Destination Management and Lifestyle tourism and marketing.  
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2. Green technologies and sustainable industries
Spotlight on corporate sanitation
The course, promoted by the University of Turin and Butterfly Area and implemented as part of the NODES - Nord Ovest Digitale E Sostenibile Project and the National Agritech Centre, financed by the MUR and the European Union, aims to train business figures and consultants in cutting-edge techniques for environmental sanitisation. With a focus on sustainable technologies, the course aims to promote the reduction of environmental impact through the conscious use of conventional sanitation and the introduction of new technologies to optimise sanitisation practices, in order to reduce the risk of residues in the environment and contamination of foodstuffs in the agro-food chain.
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2. Green technologies and sustainable industries
Students' Green Challenge - 1st edition
Spoke 2 - Green technologies and sustainable industries and the University of Turin present the first edition of the Students' Green Challenge, in collaboration with Edison.  Registration is open until 29 April 2024, subject to availability of 30 places.   SUBSCRIBE     Who is it addressed to? Students on master's or single-cycle degree courses at the University of Turin.   Edison and the sustainable re-use of reclaimed land and resolution of regulatory and management issues Edison is Europe's oldest energy company and among the leading energy companies in Italy and Europe. The Edison Group offers solutions and advanced technologies to its residential, industrial and public administration customers to optimise energy consumption and gradually reduce their carbon footprint, accompanying them in the transition towards greater environmental, social and economic sustainability. Edison, through its Edison Next Environment company, therefore works to support companies in understanding their impact on the territory and to manage in a ‘circular’ manner materials no longer used. This takes place in 3 areas of intervention: Environmental Services, Waste Management and Valorization, Biomethane. In the area of Environmental Services, thanks to NODES, the Company has chosen to launch a Challenge to UniTo's students in order to collaborate in solving related regulatory and management issues. Specifically, they are asked to highlight and find possible solutions for the following (compatibly with current legislation and possible access to PNRR incentives): the sustainable re-use of reclaimed land; the future uses of reclaimed sites. At the Challenge launch event on 9 May 2024, the Challenge will be explained to participants in detail by company representatives.   Application Instructions individual and/or pre-composed teams of minimum 3 - maximum 5 participants, preferably multidisciplinary. all team members must still register on the form, under penalty of exclusion from the initiative, specifying the name of their team in the ‘Note’ section Attendance at all activities and production of a final pitch to present to the company required. Why participate? In addition to putting their skills to the test, the students will be able to work closely with experts in the field and actively contribute to our country's energy transition. In addition to academic recognition, through the award of an Open Badge, the winning team will have the opportunity to see their idea become reality, with the direct support of Edison. By the end of June 2024, the winners will benefit from: a visit to the laboratories; opportunity to meet company managers with lunch provided on the premises; opportunity to access a talent acquisition session aimed at future job opportunities. How does it work? Kick-off event on 9 May 2024 Sala Principi D’Acaja - Palazzo del Rettorato, University of Turin Morning: presentation of the initiative and the actors involved Afternoon: team matchmaking and first work session   Mentoring speed-date event on 16 May 2024 Place: Aula 3D1 36 - 3rd floor - Campus Luigi Einaudi, University of Turin Afternoon: During the event, teams will benefit from the presence of mentors' operational tables to ask for support and opinions on the idea, pitch and innovative proposal. Final pitching and award ceremony event on 23 May 2024 Place: OGR Torino Afternoon: all teams will present their solution with a pitch to an evaluation committee composed of representatives of the organising bodies with a final award ceremony. More details and information on the programme of events will be provided in the coming days.
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6. Primary agroindustry
A great kick off for the Spoke 6 Assembly
Tuesday, January 23rd, the University of Pavia successfully hosted the Assembly of Spoke 6 in an online format. The event saw significant participation, with 66 researchers involved in the flagship projects Vino and Formidabilae.    The meeting kicked off with a general presentation that delved into the structure and progress of Spoke 6's work. Following this initial overview, participants actively engaged in two thematic working groups.    The first group, dedicated to Internationalization, involved 27 participants. Discussions covered crucial topics related to the international projection of the flagship projects, highlighting the importance of collaborations and synergies on a global scale.    The second group, focused on Industrial Development, gathered 34 participants, including the 5 Industrial PhD students associated with Spoke 6 and the awardees of academic POCs. Conversations focused on industrial development strategies, innovations, and synergies between the academic and industrial worlds.    The Spoke 6 Assembly proved to be a crucial opportunity to strengthen collaboration among researchers, promote internationalization, and foster industrial development. The enthusiasm generated during the event anticipates new advancements and successes for the flagship projects Vino and Formidabilae in the landscape of university research.                  
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3. Culture and tourism industry
Spoke 3 Assembly: researchers comparing entrepreneurship and internationalization
On Friday 19 January 2024, the Spoke 3 - Tourism and Culture Industry held its first Spoke 3 Assembly in Lomazzo (CO) at the ComoNext Innovation Hub.   The researchers and all the staff of the institutions involved in the spoke3 activities were present or connected remotely at the event: University of Insubria, University of Eastern Piedmont, University of Turin, University of Sannio- Benevento, University of Salento COmoNExt and Cittàstudi Biella. During the morning, the progress of the project activities of each project WP was illustrated and any critical issues and actions to be taken in the coming months were discussed.   In the afternoon, the work of Spoke 3 focused on transversal issues relating to the development of entrepreneurship and internationalization with the aim of identifying objectives and activities to be carried out within the project.   In relation to internationalisation, various initiatives have been identified which involve the involvement of foreign institutional partners to promote the activities of the Spoke and the ecosystem outside national borders.   With respect to the theme of entrepreneurship, the possible critical issues linked to the thematic nature of the spoke3 were explored and some actions aimed at overcoming these critical issues were hypothesized.   Lastly, the functional work process was defined to bring together the ideas of all the Spoke partners, identifying contact persons for both themes in all the project partners who will work to build a shared proposal of viable actions.  
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5. Industry for health and Silver Economy
Spoke 5 towards the NODES Ecosystem General Assembly
Spoke 5 - Industry of Health and Silver Economy - recently meet online on January 10, 2024 to take a crucial step in the analysis of the state of work for the upcoming General Assembly of the Ecosystem.  Bringing together the working groups and partner involved, the event provided a valuable opportunity to closely examine the progress made so far, starting from the point-by-point progress of the invidual Work Packages.   During the meeting, the creation of two new Working Group on the themes of internationalization and enterpreneurial development was announced. These groups will actively work to bring together ideas, experiences and good practice, promoting proposals that will be presented during the next General Assembly, scheduled to take place at the University of Pavia on February 13, 2024, providing fertile ground for shared growth and development among the various actors involved.     The online meeting of 10 January has not only highlighted the progress made until now, but also laid the foundations for an even closer collaboration and knowledge sharing, which promises to be fundamental for the future success of the Ecosystem. 
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1. Aerospace and sustainable mobility
Review of the goals and commitment to the area, Spoke 1 meeting adjourned
Spoke 1's 2024 begins with the assembly of Project Partners, an excellent opportunity to update priorities by looking at the needs of the ecosystem's industrial actors, relative to Aerospace and Sustainable mobility. During the meeting, the progress and state of the art of the project, the results of past business funding initiatives and upcoming and current opportunities were reported, but most importantly, the future goals of Spoke 1 were reviewed and defined, particularly in regard of internationalization and business development. The Spoke Partners defined a new schedule of activities useful for strengthening the fabric of the Ecosystem, with the link between research and innovation always at the center, for the resilience of existing supply chains, and support for the development of business potential. In the next the upcoming NODES General Assembly, all Spokes will have an opportunity to exchange views to identify critical issues and solutions to be put in place to continue to contribute to the growth of an ever increasingly Digital and Sustainable Northwest. The event was hosted by I3P on January 23, 2024
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4. Digital innovation toward sustainable mountain
Great success of Spoke 4 Assembly
The Spoke 4 Assembly was held yesterday at the Luigi Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin, which saw the participation of numerous researchers from all the Spoke 4 Nodes universities. During the day, the scholars discussed the progress of the project and the new initiatives to be launched for internationalization and entrepreneurial development, for which two new working groups were created. The next appointment will be the NODES General Assembly on February 13th.  
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5. Industry for health and Silver Economy
Medical examinations in Metaverse
The metaverse is a virtual space where multiple users can interact, including doctors and patients among them.      Today, there is a widespread adoption of digital therapies in home-based treatment, both for continuos monitoring and rehabilitation. In fact, digital therapies can reduce burdens on healthcare facilities by encouraging remote rehabilitation and follow-up visits through the adoption of the ''Augmented Humans'' paradigm, where immersive XR technologies and artificial intelligence assessment tools support the activities of physicians in patient care.    The Department of Human Anatomy at the University of Turin and the 3D Lab belonging to the Department of Management and Production Engineering of the Polytechnic of Turin have developed a preliminary shared Virtual Reality environment that enables interaction between two users, doctor and patient. This means having a tool for telerehabilitation and to support territorial assistance.  This type of assistance can be particularly useful, especially but not exclusively, for vulnerable individuals (e.g. the elderly) whose movements are limited. All of this falls within Research Module 7 of the Flagship Project TINCARE titled: Monitoring mood and cognitive status of patients in the Metaverse.  The goal of this environment is to make it possible to perform excercises that can lead to the assessment of the patient's cognitive state by the doctor within the Metaverse.    The test phase for the validation of the exercises and the optimization of the user experience will start soon.   
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Bandi imprese Linea A - Mezzogiorno: 60 imprese finanziate per 8,7 milioni di euro. Pubblicati gli esiti delle valutazioni.
Grazie ai fondi messi a disposizione dal MUR-PNRR NextGeneration EU, l'Ecosistema dell'innovazione NODES - Nord Ovest Digitale E Sostenibile - si appresta a finanziare con quasi 8,7 milioni di euro anche 60 imprese del Sud d'Italia che hanno presentato progetti di ricerca e innovazione nell'ambito dei Bandi a cascata per il mezzogiorno.     Come da tabella di marcia le commissioni hanno terminato le valutazioni per le molte domande pervenute e definito così le iniziative ammesse al finanziamento per ciascun Bando emanato dai 7 Spoke, portando ad esaurimento i fondi allocati.    L'importo totale dei contributi erogati da NODES ammonta esattamente a € 8.692.919,78, e saranno destinati a finanziare 32 progetti che vedono protagonisti i territori di Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicilia e Sardegna. Quasi 200 mila euro in più del previsto per riuscire così a coprire mediamente per oltre i due terzi il valore complessivo dei progetti, pari a quasi 12,9 milioni di euro.   Sul portale dell'Ecosistema sono disponibili le graduatorie delle proposte “Ammissibili e Finanziabili” e quelle “Ammissibili Senza Fondi” per esaurimento risorse disponibili.   Si invitano gli interessati a prendere visione della documentazione aggiornata disponibile ai link dei singoli Bandi.   LINEA A - MEZZOGIORNO Spoke 1 - Spoke 2 - Spoke 3 - Spoke 4 - Spoke 5 - Spoke 6 - Spoke 7   La finestra dei bandi, gestiti dall'Ecosistema grazie alla collaborazione con Unioncamere Piemonte, partner EEN - Enterprise Europe Network, si era chiusa lo scorso 30 settembre 2023 e aveva visto candidate 155 domande per progetti di innovazione e un totale complessivo di contributi richiesti pari a circa 31,5 milioni di euro. Leggi di più qui.  
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Avviso di consultazione pubblica sul Piano Triennale di Prevenzione della Corruzione e della Trasparenza
In vista dell’aggiornamento del Piano Triennale di Prevenzione della Corruzione e della Trasparenza (PTPCT) per il triennio 2024-2026, la Società avvia una consultazione pubblica aperta per raccogliere osservazioni e proposte sulla bozza di Piano, reperibile a seguire.    Tutti gli stakeholders sono pertanto invitati a far pervenire - entro le ore 12:00 del 21 gennaio 2024 - le rispettive proposte di modifiche ed integrazioni, delle quali si terrà conto nel percorso di predisposizione e adozione interna.   Per formulare le suddette proposte è possibile scrivere al RPCT della Società, all’indirizzo mail info@ecs-nodes.eu inserendo quale oggetto della e mail: "CONSULTAZIONE PUBBLICA - AGGIORNAMENTO PTPCT".    Link al Piano e suoi allegati:   Bozza del Piano Triennale per la Prevenzione della Corruzione e Trasparenza Allegato 1 - Gestione del rischio Allegato 2 - Obblighi di pubblicazione Allegato 3 - Riferimenti normativi e di prassi. Definizioni di corruzione e trasparenza    
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5. Industry for health and Silver Economy
The Researchers of the NODES project took part in the 84th Congress of the Italian Society of Cardiology
From 14 to 17 December last, the 84th Congress of the Italian Society of Cardiology was held in Roma, a prestigious event that brought together top Italian experts to discuss and share the latest scientific advances in cardiology.     Dr. Ines Basso, representing the group of Nurses Researchers of University of Piemonte Orientale, led by Prof. Dal Molin, presented the protocol of the study relating to the Research Module 1 of the Flagship Project TINCARE.   The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a new care model aimed at facilitating the transition from hospital to home for individual hospitalized following an episode of heart failure in reducing hospital readmissions. An experienced nurse will conduct a support intervention to help the patient and their family to improve their self-care and self-manage the disease, also thanks to the use of innovative technological devices to early detect any worsening conditions.  Given the progressive ageing of the population, it is important to design new treatment solutions that can ensure sustainability and effectiveness in responding to the health needs of a society that is changing the demographic structure of its population.   
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Bandi per le imprese NODES. Si chiude l'anno: i prossimi passi per il 2024.
Nel 2023 NODES non ha perso occasione per dare i numeri.  Stiamo parlando di quelli relativi alle imprese che hanno partecipato ai Bandi a cascata dell'Ecosistema dedicati ai finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca industriale, sviluppo sperimentale e percorsi di accesso a servizi di innovazione. Un veloce riepilogo per chi si fosse perso le puntate precedenti:    Linea A e B - I cut-off: 276 domande ricevute per un valore di 46,9 MLN di euro;  Linea A - Mezzogiorno: 155 domande per un valore di 31,5 MLN di euro; Linea A e B - II cut-off: 229 domande e un valore totale di 38,0 MLN di euro. La bellezza di 660 domande per ricerca e innovazione presentate dalle imprese del territorio dell'Ecosistema - dal "Nord-Ovest" al Sud del Paese - capaci di rappresentare 116 milioni di euro di investimenti. Progetti che NODES è chiamata a valutare uno a uno per attribuire i fondi messi a disposizione dal MUR in base al Programma PNRR-NextGenerationEU.   Gli esiti dei primi bandi sono già stati pubblicati con 83 proposte ammesse: 57 progetti per ricerca e sviluppo, 26 per i servizi di innovazione. Le prime 138 imprese - quelle ammesse al finanziamento per la I cut-off - hanno ormai avviato i lavori. Per loro l'Ecosistema ha previsto un ciclo di laboratori "Imprese@NODES" per incontrare le realtà, avviare con loro i progetti e supportarle in tutte le fasi: dopo il primo incontro "Boost your project" di dicembre, al rientro dalle feste, l'11 gennaio si terrà il secondo laboratorio "Smart buyers".  E per tutti gli altri? Le commissioni stanno lavorando senza sosta per portare a termine le valutazioni e stilare le graduatorie di attribuzione. I risultati dei Bandi Linea A - Mezzogiorno saranno disponibili a partire dalla terza settimana di gennaio.  A febbraio, sarà la volta dell'elenco delle imprese finanziabili a valere sulla seconda cut-off dei Bandi Linea A e B che si erano chiusi, per ultimi, lo scorso 31 ottobre.    A quel punto non saranno solo i numeri a parlare, ma anche i progetti. Rivedi tutti i bandi dell'Ecosistema NODES    
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1. Aerospace and sustainable mobility
National Energy Technology Cluster, NODES at the assembly for the Cluster's Innvoation Roadmap
The National Energy Technology Cluster organized a dynamic meeting aimed at promoting collaboration and innovation in the energy sector. The event, which brought together industry leaders, experts and stakeholders, focused on experience and knowledge sharing, highlighted by a presentation that outlined the Cluster's technology and development roadmap. The event also brought to light the role of different NRP-related activities related to the sector. The NODES Ecosystem had the opportunity to present the different actions, partners, and collaborations of actors in the Northwest of Italy. Miriam Pirra, coordinator of activities dedicated to Ecosystem Engagement and Development actions for Spoke 1, highlighted the importance of regional collaboration and the work of the different Ecosystem Spokes in achieving sustainable energy goals. As a platform for dialogue, networking, and exchange of ideas, the event not only facilitated meaningful connections but also created an environment conducive to promoting positive changes in the energy sector. This collective effort represents a step forward in the shared pursuit, at all geographic levels, of a more sustainable and resilient energy future.