. SPOKE 5
Transfer of knowledge and technology
Spoke 5 stands at the intersection of research and market acting as a mediator between research and market, unleashing the potential of scientific discoveries and allowing companies to enhance technological progress, promoting collaboration, knowledge exchange and technology transfer.
Spoke 5 plays a fundamental role in promoting innovation and economic growth within the robotics and artificial intelligence ecosystem.
With this purpose Spoke 5 has built an acceleration journey program which provides a schematic representation of the technological road to market through five programs to create a seamless path to help researchers and SMEs to successfully bring their ideas and technologies to market, ultimately fostering a thriving innovation ecosystem.
. COORDINATION
IIT
The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private foundation established in 2003with the aim of stimulating the country’s technological development and high-level technological education in Italy, thereby fostering the development of the national production system.
IIT operates in four research domains: Robotics, Nanomaterials, Life Sciences Technologies and Computational Sciences, with a multidisciplinary approach aimed at attracting talent from all over the world and using AI in all research and its application.
. COORDINATOR
Miriam Molinari
Manager at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), within the Technology Transfer Directorate, she coordinates strategic industry collaboration initiatives and supports the creation of deep-tech startups.
Spoke Affiliation
News
RAISEmotion: when science meets art
A new episode of “Incontri con il Futuro – Storie di innovazione dall’ecosistema RAISE”, the video-podcast created in collaborati...
Transferring innovation: RAISE’s first story
The new video-podcast series dedicated to the RAISE ecosystem opens with an episode focused on one of the most crucial steps in research:...
Eight stories of innovation from the RAISE ecosystem
Eight episodes telling the story of research as it takes shape, engages with the territory, and becomes concrete innovation. This idea ha...
Engaging with research: RAISE laboratories thanks to Festival della Scienza
During the RAISE project, within the framework of Spoke 5, new experiences were developed in collaboration with the Festival della Scienz...
InspAIr ’25: winning projects announced
On 30 January 2026, the final award ceremony of the InspAIr ’25 Hackathon, titled “2050: the story begins now”, took place online. ...
Immersive technologies to engage the RAISE community and audience with research results
Immersive technologies today represent a strategic tool for engaging the public and project stakeholders in the enhancement and dissemina...
AI and Robotics for Smart and Sustainable Ports, within the RAISE Training Program, Spoke 5
On January 30, the seminar “AI and Robotics for Smart and Sustainable Ports” took place at Talent Garden Genova, at Giardini ...
RAISE and learning Ecosystems: the contribution of the Observatory and Training
On Thursday, December 4, an event dedicated to the role of artificial intelligence and robotics in innovation ecosystems, education, and ...
A wide range of training opportunities for digital citizenship thanks to the Spoke 5 Training Program
The RAISE Digital Citizenship Training Courses are free, online, and interactive courses that award 1 ECTS credit and 1 RAISE Open Badge ...
AI and Robotics: transforming perspectives
On Thursday, December 4, the Nautilus Hall of the Genoa Aquarium hosted the RAISE meeting Learning Ecosystems: the Contribution of the Ob...
Training and innovation: a Genova event dedicated to AI and robotics for professionals and SMEs
On 14 November, Talent Garden Genova Baltimora hosted the training event “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Implementation Strategi...
Negotiating with awareness: strategies and tools for researchers
The “Effective Negotiation Masterclass”, part of Module 3 of P1 – RAISE Knowledge Transfer & Entrepreneurship Academy (seco...