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Venice International University

17 Universities 11 Countries 3 Continents 1 Campus

A global experience Venice International University

Founded in 1995, VIU is something unique in the international academic panorama: a group of universities from all over the world sharing a common campus on the Island of San Servolo in the Venice lagoon. The member universities devise study programs to prepare their students to face today’s global challenges: Sustainable Development, Climate Change; Environmental Security, Ageing, Urban Growth, Innovation and Technology; Global Ethics and Human Rights; Cultural Heritage are central topics of VIU programs. VIU fulfils its role as a consortium by providing an innovative platform for transnational education, in which the interdisciplinary and comparative methods adopted enable students of all levels to consider multi-faceted problems through innovative approaches. VIU offers its support for research programs involving the various universities that form its network, and develops specific programs for advanced training. VIU Members

The Universities that form VIU range from the Far East (China and Japan) to the Far West (USA and Québec) passing through the Mediterranean and Europe (Israel, Russia, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Italy).

Université de Bordeaux KU Leuven Université de Lausanne

Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich

Università degli Studi di Padova

Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

Università Iuav di Venezia Consiglio Nazionale Duke University delle Ricerche - CNR Tsinghua University Durham, N.C. Università degli studi di Roma Beijing Boston College “Tor Vergata” Tongji University Boston, Mass European University Shanghai Institut Nationale de la Recherche at St. Petersburg - EUSP Waseda University Scientifique - INRS, Québec Tel Aviv University Tokyo The Globalization Program International PhD Academy | The program brings together talented, Global Challenges Series motivated students from the member Interdisciplinary workshops on major universities in a truly multicultural, societal challenges faced by humankind international and interdisciplinary today. PhD candidates will participate in environment. Each term 140+ students intensive programs at VIU. Increasingly, from the member universities come to it will be necessary for PhD students Venice to take part in VIU’s Globalization to possess, together with their area of Program. Students can attend one or two specialization, knowledge of these great semesters as part of their (Bachelor or challenges to complete and diversify their Master level) degree program in the home training and increase their adaptability university. They choose from a course during their future careers. The focus of offering of 20+ courses which are English- the series of Academies in 2017-2018 will taught by visiting professors from the be “Water”, “Sustainable Energies”, “Social member universities and are recognized for studies related to Indigenous Peoples”. credit. The program provides a powerful learning International PhD Academy | experience in which students develop their Interdisciplinary Training and Professional capacity for critical thinking and creative Skills series problem solving. Proactive research career development for A set of core courses is available each term, PhDs within academia or in the private focusing on three themes: sector. _ Italy During the intensive programs participants _ Cultures of the World take part in workshops that include _ Global Challenges Project management and financing; The Value of Networking; Science and Money; Two specialization tracks are offered, Communicating your Science; Ethics in providing courses focusing on: Science; Job Search Skills. _ Economics, Management and Digital Technologies applied to Cultural Heritage Graduate Seminars (Fall only) Thematic intensive seminars, on a focused _ Environmental Management and topic, approached from a multidisciplinary Sustainable Development (Spring only) perspective. The seminars are driven by interdepartmental cooperation, and it is Internships and Worldwide mobility expected that they will give rise to medium- Students of the Globalization Program and long-term projects involving the can apply for internships to gain work participating departments. experience in prestigious host institutions in Italy, or to pursue research for their Summer Schools master’s thesis at one of the member Intensive taught programs for graduate universities worldwide. The internships are students and post-doc researchers. supported by scholarships. Professors from at least two member universities participate in the development Graduate Activities and scientific coordination. The Summer The VIU Graduate Activities are a new area Schools are also open to students from non- recently developed by the partners at VIU member universities. and which support students in acquiring new knowledge, skills and transversal competences: TEDIS Program on Innovation Conferences and Seminars Research and higher education in the VIU offers its organizational support and fields of enterprise competitiveness and unique venue on the island of San Servolo local development within globalization to its Associated Members and other processes of world economy and enterprise Research Centers or Academic Institutions internationalization. TeDIS also promotes who wish to organize academic and and hosts initiatives which provide a scientific Conferences, Workshops and meeting platform for target groups of Seminars in cooperation with VIU. researchers, institutions, and policy- makers connected to the main research Campus focus areas: e-government, Creativity and The VIU Campus is located in San Servolo, Design, Transport and Logistics, Enterprise just a 10-minute boat ride away from Internationalization. St. Mark’s Square by public water-bus (Line n. 20 from San Zaccaria). TEN Program on Sustainability The facilities are generously provided by the Research and capacity-building activities owner of the island, the Metropolitan City to promote Sustainable Development at of Venice – a form of local government, a global level, with particular attention to and the entire island is managed by its emerging economies where target groups service company “San Servolo Servizi consist mainly of policy officers, professionals Metropolitani”. and experts. Green Economy, Environment Facilities on the island include a dozen Security, Urban Sustainability are the conference rooms and classrooms, wifi focus areas of the TEN program, while connection, a library, computer rooms, Capacity building, Knowledge sharing and offices, accommodation for over 300 guests, Dissemination are among the main activities. a park, a collection of works of art by The TEN Program promotes networking contemporary artists, a self-service cafeteria, among experts and stakeholders offering an a small café, sports courts, a barbecue grill, international platform for the exchange of and more... knowledge and information on Sustainability tools and policies developed at national and global level.

Ageing Program Research and capacity-building activities with the goal of furthering the understanding of the ageing process from an interdisciplinary perspective, referring to the various domains such as economics, health sciences and sociology, in order to identify critical areas that affect health and social care of older people and address the challenges of demographic and societal changes in Europe and in the rest of the World. Target groups include experts and stakeholders, including PhD candidates, university researchers and professors, medical and social care professionals. Venice lnternational University

Assembly Università Catherine Cornille François Bussy Boston College Ca’ Foscari Venezia Kebin He Université (Italy) de Lausanne (USA) Nouria Hernandez Université Pinjing He Città Metropolitana Bernd Huber di Venezia de Bordeaux Tongji University Oleg Kharkhordin (Italy) (France) Natalia Mazur Norimasa Morita Consiglio Nazionale Université European University delle Ricerche - de Lausanne Giuseppe Novelli at St. Petersburg National Research (Switzerland) Riccardo Pozzo Stephen Nowicki Council Università Yaron Oz Duke University (Italy) degli Studi di Padova Shouen Fang Gustavo Piga Duke University (Italy) Università di Roma Manuel Tunon (USA) Università “Tor Vergata” de Lara European University degli Studi di Roma Laurent Servant Margherita Turvani at St. Petersburg “Tor Vergata” (Italy) Université de (Russian Federation) Università Iuav Giuseppe Zaccaria Bordeaux Institut National di Venezia Giovanni Zanalda Toru Shinoda de la Recherche (Italy) Waseda University Scientifique Waseda University Maria Chiara Tosi (Canada) (Japan) Academic Council Università Iuav KU Leuven Carlo Giupponi di Venezia (Belgium) (Dean) Hans van Ess Ludwig Maximilians Board Shaul Bassi Ludwig Maximilians Universität Umberto Vattani Università Ca’ Foscari Universität (Germany) (President) Venezia Elisabeth Wallace Tel Aviv University Luigi Brugnaro Yves Bégin Boston College (Israel) (Vice President) Institut National Eyal Zisser Tongji University Carlo Giupponi de la Recherche Tel Aviv University Scientifique (China) (Dean) Jiane Zuo Tsinghua University Claude Arbour Franca Bimbi Tsinghua University Università di Padova (China) Michele Bugliesi

Isola di San Servolo 30100 Venezia Tel. +39 041-2719511 Fax. +39 041-2719510 [email protected] www.univiu.org

Venice International University

Founded in 1995, VIU is a private no profit Association, which members are:

Boston College,U.S.A; Duke University, U.S.A; Ludwig Maximilians Universiaet, Germany; Tel Aviv University, Israel; Tsinghua University, China; Tongji University, China; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy; IUAV University of Venice, Italy; Padua University, Italy ; European University at S. Petersburg, Russia; Waseda University, Japan; Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy; National Research Center (CNR), Italy; Lausanne University, Switzerland; Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Canada; Leuven University, Belgium; Bordeaux University, France; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.

VIU is something unique in the international academic panorama: a group of universities from all over the world sharing a common campus on the Island of San Servolo in the Venice lagoon. The member universities devise study programs to prepare their students to face today’s global challenges: Sustainable Development, Climate Change; Environmental Security, Ageing, Urban Growth, Innovation and Technology; Global Ethics and Human Rights; Cultural Heritage are central topics of VIU programs.

VIU fulfils its role as a consortium by providing an innovative platform for transnational education, in which the interdisciplinary and comparative methods adopted enable students of all levels to consider multi-faceted problems through innovative approaches.

VIU offers its support for research programs involving the various universities that form its network, and develops specific programs for advanced training.

VIU has three programs dedicated to specific thematic areas: - TeDIS program on innovation - TEN program on sustainability - Ageing program

For more information: www.univiu.org

TeDIS Program on Innovation

TeDIS carries out training and research in the field of Innovation and Competitiveness in the Global Economy with particular attention to globalization processes of world economy related to the following three focus areas: 1/4

- Transport and Logistics and Supply Chain Management; - Innovation in Public Administration - Creativity, design and innovation TeDIS is conceived as: - a research context, being an active partner with respect to specific requests received from firms and public and private institutions. - a cultural and training context, proposing events and meetings. Since its foundation in 1999 TeDIS has received funds from public institutions such as the local government, the Italian Ministry for Research, the Italian Ministry for Innovation, Formez, the European Commission. Private companies have also supported TeDIS research from the beginning. Among these firms, the main supporters were SAP, Sun Microsystems, Telecom Italia, HP, Lotus. Joint research projects were also developed with Duke University, Center on Globalization Governance and Competitiveness. In the first decade the core areas of study of TeDIS were: - Industrial districts, technologies and networks (1999-2009) studying Industrial Districts and SMEs embedded in local manufacturing contexts and their evolution process in relation to Network Technologies. The research analyzed the level of convergence between the development economic model and ICT opportunities. An annual Survey analyzed the diffusion of network technologies and the most challenging evolutionary trends within the Italian Industrial Districts according to a quantitative approach.

- SMEs, local clusters and internationalization (1999-2009) Studying the process of SME's internationalization in order to describe and to analyze the internationalization trends of Italian SMEs and local manufacturing systems within the global economy scenario.

Creativity Design and Innovation

Focus Creativity design and Innovation are key elements for sustaining the competitive advantages of firms in a global economy. The growing demand for innovative products that respond to the discerning consumer’s desire for aesthetics and quality has put creativity and design at the forefront as new drivers of innovative products and services. Italian companies that are able to create a new link between craftsmanship and industrial production are more innovative and competitive, especially those producing Made in Italy wares, such as the luxury sectors of fashion and design. The Italian know-how has become the cornerstone for Italian growth. Goals The research is analyzed from two main perspectives: - Territory and industrial Districts: point out the key factors that can sustain and foster the transformation of Italian industrial districts from manufacturing to creative clusters and how territory can guarantee a competitive advantage to firms - Firms and network of firms: processes and strategies that firms put in place in order to innovate their products by investing in design and creativity. Innovation is the result of complex activities taking place inside single firms as well as in firms’ networks. The research wants to outline how firms create value using design and creativity to sustain product innovation. 2/4

Creativity and "Made in Italy" sector Today there is a new link between craftsmanship and industrial production; it describes an important step for the knowledge economy. The theme of creativity was a classic research topic of the last decade and since the beginning of the 2000s has highlighted a new way to innovation, which cannot only be the technological research. The emphasis on craftsmanship and the new awareness that doing and thinking must be securely bound together is an economic advantages for the Made in Italy sector. For a long time we thought that the whole economy was immaterial as if innovation and creativity were a dimension of thought. Today we become increasingly aware that to be creative and innovative you have to do things. Do is a way to think. Italian companies more innovative and competitive, particularly in the area of Made in Italy production, are those where, in addition to a management capacity, there is an element of characterization that is a space where imagination and creation are key factors for the innovation. The real competitive advantage is a model that have in itself industrial capacity for customization. The Italian know-how is the heritage for the Italian growth.

Relevant projects carried out in Creativity, Innovation and Design First Draft (from 2004) A blog for discussions related to craftsmanship, design, globalization of SMEs, competitiveness.

Digital Artisan Lab (2015/2016) IFIS bank appointed TeDIS to implement a communication plan on digital workshops in order to show how traditional Italian companies of Made in Italy has had the capacity to transform theirselves in companies confronting the global economic challenges thanks to the new technologies of the digital manufacturing. the activities carried on were: -to develop a communication format and platform where to higlights the workshops case studies; -to identify the case studies to be part of the video platform. Digital Artisan Lab is the container committed to create a storytelling of this path and of this transformation. Maker Faire Rome (2014/2016) showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness of the "Makers Movement". TeDIS has been appointed by Innovacamera (Chamber of Commerce of Rome) to carry on dissemination and supporting activities within the framework of the Maker Faire 2016, 2015 and 2014, that were held in Rome annually in October. Activities developed: -Manufacturing hackathon: Planning and coordination of manufacturing hackathon held in locations identified by the Chamber of Commerce of Rome. - Makers school: creation of a national network of technical and vocational schools that participated in setting up prototypes and projects to be presented during the events that took place in the Innovation Week - Digital artisans: selection of a group of craftsmen who were able to transform their traditional business. - Call for school: Italian schools participated to the annual call for application. Digital Manufacturing (2015): Fondazione Make in Italy appointed TeDIS to carry on parts of its research on: - digital manufacturing for growth and productivity - companies strategies transformation 3/4

- digital manufacturing and innovation of Made in Italy - the evolution of Fab Lab business models The data analysis supported by questionnaires and case studies focused on the impact of technologies on digital manufacturing and on the evolution of companies strategies. Valore artigiano (2013/2014) The Artisans Federation of Entrepreneurs of Vicenza (FAIV) appointed TeDIS to design and implement a series of Workshops and Labs addressed to young designers coming from the main European Design Schools to promote the linkages between local artisans and contemporary designers in order to develop an innovative approach to the artisan world.

Main Publications related to this focus area Micelli. S.: "Fare è innovare: il nuovo lavoro artigiano"; Il Mulino ed., May 2016 Bettiol M., (2015), Raccontare il Made in Italy. Un nuovo legame tra cultura e manifattura, Venezia, Marsilio Bettiol M., Micelli S. (2014), “The hidden side of design: the relevance of artisanship”, Design Issues, Winter 2014, Vol. 30, No. 1: 7–18 Micelli, S.: "Futuro Artigiano: l'innovazione nelle mani degli italiani", Marsilio I Grilli ed., June 2011 Micelli, S; Mannino, I.(curators): "L'innovazione diventa sostenibile"; Giovani imprenditori Unindustria Treviso ed., April 2011 Bettiol M; Chiarvesio M; Micelli S.; "Innovazione, performance e design nelle imprese leader dei distretti industriali italiani"; in Baglieri E; Lojacono G; (curators), "Vincere con le idee", Egea ed., 2009 Bettiol M., Micelli S.: "Design e creatività nel made in Italy. Proposte per i distretti industriali", Bruno Mondadori ed., 2005

Contact [email protected] TeDIS People Scientific Director Stefano Micelli - [email protected] Executive Director Lucia Di Gioia - [email protected] EU Project Controller Matteo Cavalieri - [email protected] Creativity, Design and Innovation Stefano Micelli - [email protected] Sustainable Logistics: Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Management Marco Mazzarino - [email protected] Innovation in Public Administration Luca De Pietro - [email protected]

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