Clusters Meet Regions Umbria

The Clusters Meet Regions event in Foligno (Umbria), on 24–25 June 2025, will explore how clusters contribute to regional industrial transformation, exploring how they can support the green and digital transitions, in the aerospace, e-mobility, and nautical sectors.

Organised by Sviluppumbria in collaboration with the Umbria Region, and the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) on behalf of the European Commission, the event will highlight how regional strategies support cluster-based innovation, decarbonisation, and competitiveness, in alignment with Umbria’s Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3).

The event will demonstrate how the Umbria Region and Sviluppumbria foster a strong innovation ecosystem by:

• Encouraging partnerships and building connections between startups, big companies, research institutions, and regional entities.

• Financing R&D projects and the creation of new enterprises to boost economic growth and competitiveness

• Boosting internazionalization, innovation and intersectorial technologies to support clusters

• Ensure Access to Markets facilitating connections between local innovators and international markets to help products and services scale.

• Invest in Talent Development working with universities and technical schools to develop skills

• Exploiting technology and digital infrastructure, promoting the use of data analytics

A key focus of the programme will be on hydrogen as a central technology for decarbonisation, within the broader context of EU energy and climate objectives. The event will serve as a platform to reflect on the European hydrogen strategy and showcase regional initiatives that contribute to its implementation.

More details can be found here.