Fincantieri joins the prestigious Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Through this membership agreement, the Group will be able to develop dialogues with researchers, faculty members and students to remain at the frontier of innovation. The collaboration is part of the route towards the implementation of the 2023-2027 Industrial Plan.
This agreement will become part of Fincantieri's commitment to innovate and be at the forefront in the development of new technologies on strategic themes, such as Digital Transformation – with a focus on Artificial Intelligence – and the Sustainable Energy and Maritime Transition.
The Industrial Liaison Program will also offer Fincantieri and its subsidiaries - among which Vard played a significant role in structuring the collaboration - the possibility of establishing solid relationships with the other companies that are part of the program and with the over 1.000 connected startups at MIT, as well as on-demand training opportunities for Group employees.
MIT's Industrial Liaison Program is a membership-based program for large organizations interested in long-term strategic relationships with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT collaborates with organizations around the world – in every sector – who are working on emerging, research- and education-driven outcomes that will be transformative.
Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO and general manager of Fincantieri, stated: “Joining the MIT Industrial Liaison Program will further contribute to increasing the leadership that Fincantieri already expresses in high-value-added naval engineering: the opening towards international centers of excellence enriches our wealth of knowledge and increases our competitive advantage at the world. Our goal is to make innovation viable, transforming it into concrete products that contribute to the creation of new job opportunities".
