The House of Emerging Technologies (CTE) is born in Naples

The Emerging Technologies House (CTE) is born in Naples, an advanced innovation centre in the field of Cultural and Creative Industries. The Municipality of Naples, leader of the “Infiniti Mondi” project, has indeed won the tender “Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti” (CTE) approved by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy. The project, lasting for two years, has a budget of about 15 million euros and plans the creation of an advanced innovation centre in the area of East Naples, dedicated to the sector of Cultural and Creative Industries.

A project that is inspired, by name, by the work of the philosopher Giordano Bruno, a modernity innovator and visionary, and indeed comes to life to realise in Naples a pivotal centre of technological, cultural and social innovation.

The "Infiniti Mondi" Project

Infiniti Mondi ranked second in Italy, after Bologna, among seven approved projects and about 40 presented. Proposed and coordinated by the Municipality of Naples, it has been supported in operational coordination by the MedITech Competence Centre, which will also develop the technological platform to support CTE management, alongside other important entrepreneurial realities present in the territory, such as SPICI, CNR – ISPC, CerICT, the University of Naples Federico II, the University of Naples L'Orientale, the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, TIM, One More Pictures and Cefriel.

Infiniti Mondi will support the development of products, processes, services, startups, and new business models for SMEs, relating to emerging technologies, creating a network of advanced laboratories on Metaverse, Web 3.0, Gaming, Storytelling, Quantum Computing and 5G.

The aim is to provide national enterprises with a technological centre equipped with the most advanced technological and connectivity tools to develop and test new products, solutions, and services.

The CTE Naples will indeed be able to provide support in the introduction and training on new productions and new genres, from videomapping to digital series, from live media theatre to live performing media art, from digital art and cinema to video gaming and software.

The structure and fields of activity of CTE Naples

INFINITI MONDI - NAPLES INNOVATION CITY will be structured as a vast aggregation of multidisciplinary competencies, state-of-the-art equipment and advanced laboratories serving:

• APPLIED RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER

The aim is to provide national enterprises with a technological centre equipped with the most advanced and connectivity systems, to develop and test new products, solutions, and services through creating a network of advanced laboratories.

• BUSINESS ACCELERATION

The goal is to support the creation of new enterprises and strengthen the competitiveness of existing ones, through acceleration programmes and mentoring for participants.

• ADVANCED TRAINING

The goal is to create new advanced professional figures for cultural and creative industries, such as technologists, creators, developers, designers, and to support the modernization of the national and international cultural ecosystem, also through pathways to upgrade digital skills, via the Academy programme.

• TECHNOLOGY BROKERAGE

The goal is to facilitate alignment between demand and supply of innovation through networking, brokerage, and technology transfer initiatives, through matchmaking activities.

• SOCIAL IMPACT

The goal is to promote social innovation in the city, enhancing the rich, articulated and dynamic entrepreneurial, professional, and third sector fabric present in the metropolitan area, through widespread events and initiatives.

Infiniti Mondi and the participation of Spici

In particular, SPICI will manage the activities of the Gaming laboratory, in collaboration with Meditech, and support the birth and development of innovative startups, through acceleration and incubation activities, in the field of Cultural and Creative Industries, particularly in the audiovisual and gaming sectors. For managing the activities scheduled in this function, the nascent Italian Innovation Factory incubator will be used.

CTE will therefore aim to guide and support creativity, entrepreneurial initiative, and professional growth in the era of the digital economy.

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