EIT Digital: Achievements and Future OutlookDigital Transformation and the Future of Jobs
Trento, 29 Nov. 2018
Gian Mario MAGGIO
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How Digital is Italy?
Source: European Commission
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EIT Digital
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EIT DigitalEuropean digital innovation and
entrepreneurial education organisation driving Europe’s digital transformation
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Pan-European Ecosystem
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Education
EIT Digital – Strategy
EIT Digital – Achievements (2018)
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• 96 products & services commercially launched• 33+ scaleups supported by the EIT Digital
Accelerator• € 90M raised for scaleups• EIT Digital Accelerator ranked 8th worldwide in
Global Accelerator Report by Gust• 9 startups created
ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION
• 1,350+ Master students – 273 new students in 2017
• 156 PhD students in the Doctoral School in 5 countries
• 20 courses launched for professional learners• 70,000+ learners have taken EIT Digital’s 18
MOOCs
PAN-EUROPEAN ECOSYSTEM
• 9 Nodes plus Silicon Valley Hub• 14 European locations / New Satellite in Amsterdam• 184 partners / 15 new industrial partners
EIT Digital – Conference (2018)
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EIT Digital – Italy
• Physical locations:- Trento Co-Location Centre [FBK]- Milano Satellite [CEFRIEL] - New location!
• Common strategy, leveraging on complementarities and synergies: Trento
- innovation focus: Smart Cities, Cybersecurity and Fintech
- local government/stakeholders engagementMilano
- innovation focus: Industry 4.0, Internet of Things - large-scale events (e.g. EXPO)
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EIT Digital Italy – Organisation
Trento CLCMilano Satellite
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Ecosystem
Innovation& Entrepr.
Education
ECOSYSTEM
Italian Node
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EIT Digital Italy – Partnership (2018)
Business/SMEs Higher Education
Research Ecosystem
EIT Digital Italy – Partnership profile
21%
7%
47%
18%
7%
Breakdown per partner category
Higher Education
Research
Business
SMEs
Ecosystem
#28 partners:#6 Higher Education (21%)#2 Research (7%)#13 Business (47%)#5 SMEs (18%)#2 Ecosystem (7%)
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EIT Digital Italy – New partners (2018)
SIA
• European leader in technology and solutions for the banking and finance sector
Experientia
• International SME specializing in User Exexperience Design
Demetrix
• SME specializing in IoT and industrial automation
University of Genova
• Academic institution with strong expertise in computer science and cybersecurity
Electrolux
• Global leader in household appliances
TeamDev
• SME specializing in GIS solutions for smart cities
Partners
External Partners
EIT Digital Italy – Events (2018)
EIT DIGITAL Call 2019 – Launch workshops (13-14
March) Milan Satellite inauguration (23 May) Supervisory Board meeting (4 July) Summer School – Cybersecurity and
Privacy (1-14 July) Master School – Welcome Day (14/19
September) Italian Innovation Day (29 November)
EXTERNAL OUTREACH ICT Days (13 March) Trento Smart City Week (12-15 April) Festival dell’Economia (2 June) BIMU – Fiera Milano (9-13 October)
45+ events in 2018, involving 1500+ participants
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Ecosystem
Innovation& Entrepr.
Education
EDUCATION
• Two-year double degree Master programme with 8 technical Majors and a Minor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• New Master on Autonomous Systems, led by the U. of Trento – 2nd most popular among the 8 specialisations
• 72 Master students currently enrolled in Trento/Milano
• Near 100% employability of EIT Digital graduates
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EIT Digital Italy – Master School
• Industrial Doctoral School: PhD programme with projects aligned to specific industry innovation challenges
• Ph.D. co-funded by EIT Digital (50% partner, 25% non-partner) and Industry Partners
• 23 Doctoral students currently enrolled (Trento)
• Launch of Industrial Doctoral School in Milano, during 2018, in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano
• Thematic focus:- Trento: Digital Cities- Milano: Digital Industry
• Broader perspective gained in the context of EIT Digital environment international network
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EIT Digital Italy – Industrial Doctoral School
Partners
Non-Partner
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Ecosystem
Innovation& Entrepr.
Education
INNOVATION
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Funnel
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• 37 Innovation Activities involving Italian partners, including 2 High Impact Initiatives
• 16 Innovation Activities led by Italian partners (inc. Early Birds)
• Business champions: Amiko, Cefriel, Engineering, Expert System, Fluxedo, GFT, Olivetti, Poste Italiane, Santer Reply, SIA, TeamDev
• 25 new products/services launched in 2018
• 2 startups created in Italy in 2018
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EIT Digital Italy – Innovation Activities (2018)
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Innovation Activities – Portfolio (2018)
Digital Cities Digital Infrastructure
Digital Industry Digital Finance Digital Wellbeing
• Urban Mobility- MyCarLot• Information &
Data Analytics- CEDUS – City
Enabler for Digital Urban Services
- WELCOME• Safety- Drones112
• Networking- HII ACTIVE• Computing- Approxim@action• Security- STanD – Security
tools for app development
- Digital Chain of Trust
• Production- HII OEDIPUS- DigiFlow• Lifecycle
Management /Logistics
• Retail- PLET – Product life cycle management for e-toys
• Future of Retail Banking
• Digitalized Wealth Management
• ModernizedCorporate Banking and Insure-Tech
- Distributed ledger for invoice discounting
• Healthy Growing- CREEP- TWB• Occupational
Health• Independent
Living- DM Coach for T2
Diabetes- Prescription
service to improve astma control
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EIT Digital Italy – Accelerator
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Future Outlook
ECOSYSTEM• Italian partnership expected to grow further in 2019 with
strong industrial footprint
ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION• Expanding the Master on Data Science (U. di Trento)• New Summer School: Innovation & Industry 4.0 (U. di
Bologna)• Professional School: Digital Transformation and Social
Challenges
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP• Involvement in 39 Innovation Activities / 19 Innovation
Activities led by Italian partner• Target of 21 new products/services to be launched on
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Outlook (2019)