Campania’s innovation system was held in Città della Scienza as part of the 4th edition of the Campania Digital Summit.
A moment of synthesis for the regional innovation system which, through the joint work of the Regional Executive, the Special Office for Growth and Digital Transition and the Regional Council, is implementing one of the pillars of the European Programming 2021-2027.
Through plenary sessions and thematic panels, many aspects of the ongoing transition have been addressed, from the completion of fibre connectivity throughout the region, to cybersecurity, to the commitment to make Campania an international hub for enabling technologies, up to the role of national leadership that the Region is conquering in the provision of digital services to citizens and businesses.
The creation of the information system was discussed. SYMPHONY through which digital health services were created (Citizen's Health Portal – Campania In health) which will soon also have a version dedicated to environmental protection, the creation of a Digital Services Catalogue through which it is possible to access the notices and public notices of the Region, such as, for example, the Campania Startup 2023 call (open until 31 July 2023) which has allocated €30 million of European resources for the development of innovative services and products in which you can participate fully digitally, in line with the Plan.Zero bureaucracyby the Giunta De Luca.
Transitions in place that aim to improve the lives of citizens and create development while also protecting environmental sustainability. The Vice-President of the Campania Region, with responsibility for the Environment, spoke on this point. Fulvio Bonavitacola, During the panel on sustainable development issues, he stressed the importance of supporting a paradigm shift, especially in the energy sector, to foster the emergence of sustainable and circular economies that can benefit from technological and digital innovation. The Campania Region is committed to supporting energy efficiency and the production of energy from renewable sources in the industrial sector, but also in the civil one by favoring the constitution of Energy communities.
“Among other digital-related projects, he said: Valeria Fascione, Campania Regional Councillor for Research, Innovation and Startup – update of the platform for Open Innovation of Campania Region, It also has very stimulating elements of artificial intelligence. Or, again financed by the Cohesion Policy of the Campania Region, measures for industrialisation, to increase the competitiveness of enterprises, to support research and innovation projects and training. Differentiated needs – concluded the assessor – to which we intend to provide a single access point to find solutions”.
A well-rounded strategy, the one that the Junta De Luca It has been implementing for 10 years and places the Campania Region at the top of regional administrations for digital use. To underline the result, the councilor of the regional president in the field of Digitalization and ICT, Mario Casillo, In addition to emphasising the idea of creating and strengthening a regional office dedicated to the development of digital services, he pointed out that the Region is working to consolidate the work done by the Sinfonia sulla Sanità to create new services and then also to influence the digitalisation of local and regional authorities.
The place where the summit was held for the second consecutive year is also symbolic. Città della Scienza is the example, as recalled by the President of the IDIS Foundation - Città della Scienza Riccardo Villari, of how the Campania Region believes in a development model that looks to the future and advanced technologies, allowing the relaunch of the structure and the opening of a Accompanying Businesses to Industry 4.0 Paradigms.
Here are the individual interviews:
Valeria Fascione, Research, Innovation and Start-up Councillor of the Campania Region
Fulvio Bonavitacola, Vice-President and Councillor for the Environment of the Campania Region
Mario Casillo, President's Advisor on Digitalization and ICT, Campania Regional Council
Massimo Bisogno, Director of the Special Office for Growth and Digital Transition, Campania Region
Alessandro Di Bello, General Manager, So.Re.Sa. S.p.A
Riccardo Villari, President, Fondazione Idis-Città della Scienza
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