In this logic, two other sectors have been added to those already active linked to mechatronics and sustainability: “We want to invest more in life sciences – continues Spinelli – with a pole in Rovereto in connection with the recently opened medical faculty, with a focus on medical robotics which, as we have also seen in this period of emergency, becomes fundamental for the management of healthcare in areas with a highly distributed population like ours “.
To this is added a focus on information technology, in connection with the University of Trento: “This period has taught us that digital technology is crucial for development and in this logic it is technology that also attracts capital, it cannot be finance to command, ”concludes the commissioner.
Basically, as Salvatore Majorana, director of the Kilometro Rosso in Bergamo, points out, there must be a vision of sharing ideas and projects between companies and research: the Bergamo technology park, born on the impulse of a private entrepreneurial reality like Brembo, today puts together 75 between companies and research centers with over two thousand people.
“In addition to tenacity, perseverance and communication, what makes the difference is the ability to read the needs of the territory, which leads to the formation of skills and the attraction of resources”, says Majorana.
Among the more than two thousand parks worldwide, there is a great difference in models. And not all have produced positive results: «Often there is a confusion on terms and focus, but the basis is the construction of a healthy partnership between public and private, which leads to“ customized ”solutions based on the needs of the territory. The important thing is that it takes place in a climate of sharing, of “cross fertilization”, as indicated in technical jargon », concludes Luis Sanz, architect of the International Association of Technology Parks.