In the first three years of Federated Innovation, the companies and institutions of the network have created innovation and stimulated debate around the two pillars of the Future of Health and the Cities of the Future. The new mandate aims to continue to focus on these two areas in particular, through the President’s intention to create a fabric of high-profile events bringing together companies, institutions, and research centers to also confront themselves internationally.

Finally, the new presidency will focus on enhancing the over 100 innovation initiatives born in recent years within Federated Innovation and seeking funding opportunities for new projects proposed by companies through the network’s adopted model, collaborate to compete. For example, a model that goes beyond classical open innovation, aimed at generating research and innovation initiatives, promoting technology transfer, and idea contamination on a platform open to the collaboration of all companies, universities, and entities involved, and with a legal structure to protect intellectual property.

“I enthusiastically accept the position of President of Federated Innovation, an initiative in which I have believed from the beginning for its potential to become a true game changer in the field of innovation linked to companies,” commented Fabrizio Grillo. “I intend to act in continuity with the previous mandate to further build on the excellent results achieved in recent years. In particular, this triennium will be based on some clear directives: strengthening the awareness of Federated Innovation not only within MIND but also in the Italian innovation ecosystem and towards the international one; continue to expand the network of companies; create a small scientific committee; start a technology transfer process, and last but not least, create a program of high-profile events on the themes of the Future of Health and the Cities of the Future.”