S3 Strategy (Italy)

The Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) of Lombardy Region for the period 2021-2027 continues the path taken with the previous 2014-2020 of declination of an “integrated trajectory” of development of its territory. The objective is the identification of areas of competencies and innovative potential priorities in terms of industrial transformation and resilience of the Lombardy economic and productive system, as well as emerging technological areas to focus regional investment over the next seven years. In particular, the priorities of Lombardy identified on Advanced Manufacturing related to Smart Materials are:

• Developing production technologies and validating advanced materials/ smart materialsà SM flagship and related activities
• New tools and technologies for industrial design, co-design, and end customer interaction.