AIRI
Airi is a non-profit private organization, founded in 1974. Its mission is to promote industrial Research and Innovation and co-operation between the private and public sectors, to enhance the Italian competitive position. Airi’s members are large industrial enterprises and SMEs, universities, public research institutions, technology clusters and financial organizations. Due to its broad representative base, Airi is acknowledged as a key opinion leader in Technology forecasting and Research-policy design.
Since 1995, Airi publishes a reference foresight and technology assessment report on innovative, industrial technologies in Italy, based on the work of 250+ R&D professionals. The XI edition of Le Innovazioni del Prossimo Futuro has been published in May 2025 (free download available on our website).
Airi works in close collaboration with a wide network of national and EU R&I players covering several application sectors, such as materials and chemicals, construction, environment, energy, healthcare, ICT and microelectronics, transport, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. Over the past 20 years, Airi has been active in participating in EU, national and regional initiatives and cooperative projects, and organizing multi stakeholder dialogues and networking events.
Key areas of action include:
- Technology foresight on emerging and enabling technologies
- Advocacy on R&I policies, incentives, norms, and standards
- Innovation and project management
- Promoting STEM skills and education
- Co-creation and open innovation practices
- Responsible innovation, safety and sustainability by design
- Exploitation, dissemination, communication
Read about Airi members, projects, publications, events and initiatives on www.airi.it
