Network

CISE was founded in 1996 to promote and support innovation as a driver for the competitive development of the territory. It is the “special agency” of the Romagna Chamber of Commerce and an accredited center of the Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network.

The Contamination Lab is a physical site and a digital platform that promotes the bringing together and training of participants. It is an informal open space where participants can interact, find collaborators and work together in spaces that can be adapted to suit participants' needs.

The A.T.R. (former Sita) coach depot is a 20th-century industrial archaeology site in the historical centre of Forlì.

INCREDIBOL! — l’INnovazione CREativa DI BOLogna — is a project that supports the development of cultural and creative businesses in Emilia-Romagna. Established in 2010, it is coordinated by the City of Bologna and supported by the Emilia-Romagna region.

Upidea! is a startup program that selects entrepreneurial ideas and startups and supports their development through an acceleration path, using know-how, networking and business skills.

The project allows for the possibility for startuppers to access the system by entering their own data on the Training Offices site, the selection of the best ideas by the joint committee of Intesa Sanpaolo and Confindustria, access to the necessary training to transform them into a sustainable business and see them publicised along with Confindustria's SMEs and to be included in the "Best Ideas Showcase".

The initiatives it promotes are mainly concerned with training and it places students at the heart of everything it does, aiming to educate them, support them and get them personally involved with innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Centuria Agency for the Innovation of Romagna is part of the Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network and works to foster the contact and interaction between researchers, technicians and experts on topics of interest to companies in the area.