The importance of this theme has been underestimated in Italy by putting it in second place, with the evident risk of losing the opportunity to promote specific scientific R&D – despite important national projects are already in place – and moreover, losing the opportunity of being leaders at an international level of a project – slow but unstoppable – already in place as part of a shared sustainability program.
Thematic areas have been identified and a participatory experience was launched in which groups of experts from different public entities (universities and R&D centres across Italy) and private organisations committed to analyse current research and system state of the art, flaws and opportunities with the aim to propose effective research guides lines.