House of Emerging Technologies “Infiniti Mondi – Napoli Innovation City”: Call for Open Innovation Solutions - INGENIA

The Call for Open Innovation Solutions, launched as part of the Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti “Infiniti Mondi – Napoli Innovation City” program, aims to select a company (SME/Startup/Spinoff) with solutions that address the Open Innovation challenge launched by azienda INGENIA srl, specialized in developing innovative technological solutions for the digitalization and enhancement of cultural heritage.

INGENIA is one of the 5 companies selected as part of the “Call for Open Innovation Challenges”, launched by CTE Napoli, interested in proposing open innovation challenges. The company selected as part of this Call will have the opportunity to actively participate in the program aimed at facilitating the match between the challenge launched by INGENIA and potential solutions that meet its innovation needs, in line with its corporate development plans.

THE CALL

This Call aims to select 1 SME/startup/spinoff capable of proposing an innovative solution, based on the use of Emerging Technologies, in response to the Challenge launched by the company INGENIA. The goal is to select companies interested in developing, importing, testing, validating, in collaboration with INGENIA, systems, products, processes, and innovative technologies capable of meeting the innovation needs of the latter.

Ingenia is a highly specialized consultancy company in improving the business, digital, and financial processes of its clients. Thanks to a solid combination of advanced skills in Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies, Ingenia is dedicated to offering innovative solutions in the Industry 5.0, Industry 4.0 sectors, and in the digitalization of production processes.

In this context, Ingenia aims to revolutionize access to Italian cultural heritage, continuously innovating the processes related to the museum experience. To this end, the challenge proposed by Ingenia SRL aims to contribute to revolutionizing the museum experience through the integration of innovative technologies that combine accessibility, engagement, and learning. The goal is for the developed solutions to use advanced artificial intelligence tools to create personalized interactions with visitors, improving access to cultural content even for the weakest and most vulnerable segments of the population.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The Call is aimed at SMEs, startups, and spinoffs from any sector, national or international, that intend to respond to the Challenge launched by INGENIA and start a collaboration with the company, through the support of the CTE Napoli team.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

The company that will be selected as part of this Call will access the Open Innovation program.

APPLICATION METHODS AND DEADLINE

SMEs/startups/spinoffs interested in applying for the Program must submit a specific application, by and no later than 10/03/2025, to the following PEC address: ctenapoli.spici@pec.it with the digital signature of the company's legal representative, or with the handwritten signature of the company's legal representative and an attached copy of a valid identity document.

THE OPEN INNOVATION PROGRAM

The Open Innovation Program of CTE Napoli aims to facilitate the meeting between the innovation demand expressed by SMEs and Large Enterprises from any sector and the supply of innovative solutions by SMEs/startups/spinoffs belonging to the Cultural and Creative Industries sector, capable of meeting these needs.

In practice, it involves the selection of 5 innovation challenges launched by SMEs and Large Enterprises to solve problems related to their products, services, production/organizational processes. (Phase Concluded)

Following the identification of the needs of the 5 selected companies, a scouting action will be initiated for startups, spinoffs, SMEs belonging to the Cultural and Creative Industries sector to find solutions to the needs expressed by the companies.

The final phase consists of a matchmaking action that involves a collaborative process between the companies that have launched the challenges and the selected SMEs/startups/spinoffs, aimed at refining/adapting the identified solutions to the specific needs of the proposing companies.

The Program also plans the organization of an Innovation Day for the presentation of the results.

THE CTE NAPOLI

The Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti “Infiniti Mondi – Napoli Innovation City” is a project of the Municipality of Naples, funded by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, aimed at providing companies with an innovation centre specialized in Metaverse, Web 3.0, Gaming/Gamification, Digital Storytelling, Quantum Computing, and 5G, to develop and test products, processes, services, startups, and new business models in the Cultural and Creative Industries sector.

For the CTE project, the Municipality of Naples leads a partnership that includes the Universities of Naples Federico II and L'Orientale, the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, the Cefriel Digital Innovation Centre of the Polytechnic of Milan, the research and innovation centres MedITech 4.0, Cnr – Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences and CeRICT Scarl, and innovative companies like Tim, Spicy, and One More Pictures.

All information related to this program is available on the website of the Municipality of Naples (www.comune.napoli.it), of CTE Napoli (www.casatecnologienapoli.it), as well as on the SPICI website (www.spici.eu). For further information and clarifications, you can send an email to the following address: startup@spici.eu .