Federico Guerrini

28DIGITAL has entered into a strategic agreement with one of the most important insurance companies in Europe and Italy to provide dedicated innovation scouting services focused on solutions for reducing the risks and economic impacts of natural catastrophes.

The transition to a circular economy is one of the European Union's defining strategic priorities and 28DIGITAL is actively contributing to it. Through four EU-funded Horizon Europe projects, 28DIGITAL is working with partners across the continent to tackle some of the most pressing sustainability challenges: from wasteful healthcare supply chains to fragmented materials research, from underserved green tech startups to regional innovation divides. Together, these initiatives reflect a coherent commitment to turn circularity from a policy ambition into an operational reality.

The UNITE initiative, led by 28DIGITAL, has selected its first three joint interregional projects, marking a significant milestone in building a borderless European digital health ecosystem.

As part of its strategic expansion of international academic and industry collaborations, our Master School is introducing the Master of Business Excellence , a transatlantic double-degree programme designed to foster cross-border innovation, talent development, and institutional partnership.

The European Union's approach to artificial intelligence is distinctive. Where other major powers have prioritised raw capability or speed of deployment, Europe has insisted on a third dimension: trustworthiness.

28DIGITAL has opened applications for the new edition of SPIN: Explore , its introductory programme designed to help researchers and scientists take their first steps towards innovation and entrepreneurship.

Cybersecurity has become one of the defining strategic priorities of our era. Attacks on critical infrastructure, ransomware targeting hospitals, state-sponsored intrusions into government networks — the threat landscape grows more complex and consequential with every passing year. Europe has responded with an ambitious legislative and investment agenda: the

Free flagship programme returns after nearly 200 applications in 2025, with expanded focus on green innovation, dual-use technologies, aerospace and robotics, and health tech.

The European Innovation Scoreboard 2026 paints a mixed picture for Central and Eastern Europe countries. Since 2019, the group has made its strongest gains in Digitalisation and Investments in information technologies — Romania and Bulgaria for instance both improved over 47 points in Digitalisation since 2019, and cloud computing adoption roughly doubled across most of the group. But performance in the Innovators dimension has fallen across the group over the same period, and also when compared to last year's edition of the report.

Three innovation organisations from Slovenia, Portugal and Romania will build on the Venture Incubation Program's track record of helping technology startups attract investment, expand internationally and establish commercial partnerships.