Abstract
The Interconnected North-East Innovation Ecosystem (iNEST) project brings together the nine universities of north eastern Italy and a considerable number of public and private research institutes and clusters located in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino and South Tyrol.
The aim of the project is to extend the benefits of digital technologies to the main areas of specialisation in the north-east, promoting digital technologies in the industrial-manufacturing sector, agriculture, the sea, the mountains, construction, tourism, culture, healthcare and food.
Each of the above themes constitutes a Spoke of the iNEST project.The Free University of Bolzano leads Spoke 1 - Ecosystems for mountain innovation.
This publication contains descriptions (factsheets) of all 50 academic projects that were carried out under the aegis of iNEST-Spoke1, of 16 projects carried out by companies that had been funded by Cascade Funding Calls and further 16 project carried out by Young Researchers belonging to the North-East Universities.