Spoke 3, Tourism and Culture Industry presents itself to the territory
Presented the flagship projects and
the "cascade tenders" for companies
This afternoon, at the Città Studi Biella Congress Center, the Nodes Project "Digital And Sustainable North West" was presented, selected by the Ministry of University as part of the investments envisaged by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and the Spoke 3 – Tourism and Culture Industry. The press conference was attended by the President of Città Studi Biella Pier Ettore Pellerey, the Scientific Director of Spoke 3 Barbara Pozzo, the research and innovation manager of the NODES Hub Raffaella di Nardo, the pro-rector of the University of Turin Giulia Carluccio , Piercarlo Rossi from the University of Turin, Stefania Benetti from the University of Eastern Piedmont and Sara Lucca from ComoNext Innovation Hub.
Spoke 3 - Tourism and Culture Industry, led by the University of Insubria, plays a very important role within the PNRR Nodes project "Digital And Sustainable North West".
The partners involved in the project are: the University of Turin, the University of Eastern Piedmont, the University of Insubria, the University of Valle D'Aosta, Città Studi Biella and ComoNext Innovation Hub. Through its activities, Spoke3 intends to contribute to improving people's well-being through the use of all the material and immaterial forms in which culture and knowledge are expressed. The intent is to forge synergies between all the actors who work together to respond to these needs such as schools, universities, bookshops, cinemas, creative and cultural industries, museums, libraries, archives, the archaeological areas, the theatres.
Spoke3's mission is to develop the territory and local culture by linking them to historical, artistic and architectural factors, to its natural beauties, as well as to other aspects which, in one way or another, are linked to the concept of creativity at the in order to encourage an entrepreneurial culture dedicated to sustainability. The reference research areas of Spoke3 concern the legal and economic aspects of the creative industries, the digitization of tourism companies, the introduction of the culture of sustainability in companies, the success factors of museums and more generally of the creative industries for development of tourism, information technology connected to the development of tourism and the enhancement of Made in Italy.
During the day, two flagship projects were illustrated which represent the commitment of research on the reference territories of Spoke 3.
The CIRIL project (Immersive Laboratory of Cultural-Industrial Regeneration) aims to develop an open infrastructure for immersive virtual reality systems for research and educational purposes. The project is based on the architecture of a collaboration platform capable of integrating advanced technologies and human skills.
The TOEP (Open Tourist Experimentation Platform) project aims to synergistically assemble, in crowdsourcing mode, sustainable integrated tourism proposals integrated and sustainable tourist proposals, expressive of local excellence. The project will develop a SaaS infrastructure and on-site research activities for consulting and learning products based on the integration of different applications into a Collaboration Platform.
The press conference was also an opportunity to present the cascading calls for local companies. The cascading tender program involving Spoke 3 allocates 5.1 million euros to companies operating in the tourism and culture industry sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups will have the opportunity to take advantage of funding to support works of technological innovation, digitization and sustainability in the fields of tourism, fashion, culture and enhancement of Made in Italy. These are sectors of great importance for the economy of all the territories involved in the project, therefore, it is essential to start actions aimed at enhancing the territory and increasing employment.
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