{"id":4466,"date":"2025-01-28T13:57:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondazione-fair.it\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:34:54","slug":"italian-ai-from-north-to-south-the-fair-project-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondazione-fair.it\/en\/news\/italian-ai-from-north-to-south-the-fair-project-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian AI from North to South: the FAIR project workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"
A nationwide series of meetings between research and industry gets underway to take stock one year before the end of the PNRR<\/strong> (for agencies: AI, FAIR: 10 meetings across Italy connecting research and industry)<\/strong><\/h5>\n


\nJanuary 2025<\/em> \u2013 FAIR (Future AI Research), the largest artificial intelligence project in Italy funded by the PNRR, launches a series of 10 workshops<\/strong> across the country to review research results<\/strong> one year before the conclusion of the programme. The first stop will take place on January 30\u201331 in Trento<\/strong> at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler<\/em>, where the FAIR team working on \u201cIntegrative AI\u201d is based\u2014an approach to artificial intelligence that integrates multimodal models<\/strong> (capable of processing and generating data such as video, text, and images), enabling interaction with the environment and cooperation between human and artificial agents.<\/p>\n

The next event will be held on February 11\u201312 at the Politecnico di Milan<\/strong>, followed by Rome<\/strong> (La Sapienza University) on February 20\u201321; Naples<\/strong> (University Federico II) on March 6\u20137; Pisa<\/strong> (University of Pisa) on March 10\u201311; Turin<\/strong> (Politecnico) on March 20\u201321; Rende (Cosenza)<\/strong> (University of Calabria) on March 24\u201325; Bologna<\/strong> (Alma Mater Studiorum) on March 26\u201327; Catania<\/strong> (University of Catania) on April 3\u20134; and finally Bari<\/strong> (University of Bari \u201cAldo Moro\u201d) on April 7\u20138.<\/p>\n

Across the ten meetings\u2014hosted by leading universities and research institutions involved in artificial intelligence and forming the backbone of FAIR (the so-called \u201cspokes\u201d)\u2014the entire ecosystem built around the project over the past two years will come together. Alongside its 25 partners, FAIR now includes 35 universities and research centers and 61 companies, engaged through the so-called \u201ccascade calls\u201d, funding schemes designed to strengthen collaboration between academia and industry in this strategic research domain. These meetings will provide an opportunity to assess progress, define next steps, and further reinforce dialogue among all stakeholders involved.<\/p>\n

Each spoke coordinator will host a workshop, from Milan to Bologna, from Cosenza to Pisa, culminating in the final stop in Bari. At each stage, research projects developed within FAIR will be presented, alongside contributions from companies\u2014both large and small\u2014that have received funding and are actively working on high-impact innovation projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to the work carried out over the past two years and the cascade calls, FAIR has significantly expanded its reach,\u201d<\/em> comments Giuseppe De Pietro, President of the FAIR Foundation. \u201cA solid ecosystem has now taken shape around the project, combining research, technology transfer to industry, and education, also through the synergy with the National PhD Programme in AI. Our goal is not only to consolidate this network beyond the PNRR, but also to train highly skilled talent capable of driving innovation within Italian companies. These workshops will serve both to showcase these results and to outline future strategies for the Italian AI research ecosystem, building on the highly positive collaboration fostered by the PNRR.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Workshop calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n