ART-ER Attractiveness Research Territory is the Emilia-Romagna Joint Stock Consortium born with the purpose of fostering the region’s sustainable growth by developing innovation and knowledge, attractiveness and internationalisation of the territory.

BI-REX is one of the 8 national Competence Centers established by the Ministry of Economic Development in the framework of  “INDUSTRIA 4.0” Italy’s national Plan for Industry, with specialized focus on Big Data. It supports companies' technological innovation processes, adoption of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies, exchange of "best practices" and Technology Transfer.

Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change. Scientific research foundation realises studies and climatic system models and interactions with the society to better understand the climatic system, to stimulate sustainable growth, to protect the environment and to develop policies of adaptation and mitigation.

National agency for new technology, energy and the development of a sustainable economy, public research body operating in the fields of energy, the environment and new technologies supporting competitiveness and sustainable development policies. ENEA has 9 research centres in Italy, one of the largest is located in Bologna, and owns an important GRID infrastructure for Supercomputing and Information and Communication Technology services.

International Foundation Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Human Development connects the world of academia with industry to stimulate innovation and the evolution of society towards sustainable development models. IFAB is able to outline the prospects of scientific and technology development, serving as an independent reference point, internationally esteemed for businesses interested in themes of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, HPC and Quantum Computing.

Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute is an institute of Research, Hospitalisation and Healthcare (IRCCS), a research hospital on prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. It represents an excellence in the healthcare sector at national and international level. It carries out industrial translational research, in particular in the application of general diagnostics, pharmacology and nutraceutics, material and computer science.

Founded in 2021, the Italiameteo agency unifies and coordinates Italian National Meteorological bodies. It is organised in four large areas: services such as meteorological forecasting and climatology assessments and sea conditions; observing data in real-time and its dissemination; research and development and management of meteorological monitoring networks, information networks and the administrative area.

The United Nations University (UNU), established on December 6,  1973, is the academic institution of the United Nations.  It focuses on education and research addressing global issues such as survival, development and welfare, topics that fall within the areas of interest of the United Nations and its member states.