Agile vertical industries through innovation in intelligent datacom
As AI and data-driven technologies reshape industries across Europe, intelligent datacom is emerging as the backbone enabling critical infrastructures and services to connect, adapt, and operate at scale, deployed in many vertical industries to realise the future Digital Society.
The Datacom Industry Association (DIA) brings together stakeholders from research, industry, and public sector to drive innovation in secure, resilient, and collaborative datacom technologies and their enabled infrastructures. For this, the DIA fosters cross-domain collaboration by bridging cutting-edge research with industrial deployment to accelerate the development of suitable solutions that address complex societal and industrial challenges.
The DIA Summit is a unique forum where innovation meets real-world impact. Centred on sector-specific innovation through intelligent datacom, the summit explores how next-generation, AI-enhanced communication systems enable industries to become more agile, adaptive, efficient, and interconnected. The backdrop of this event are the DIA working groups, from aerospace to railways, from healthcare to energy and education, which are actively investigating key aspects on how intelligent datacom transforms those critical sectors.
Through keynotes, panels, and interactive discussions, the summit offers a forward-looking platform for thought leaders, innovators, and decision-makers to exchange insights, showcase breakthroughs, and build meaningful partnerships. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how AI-driven datacom is contributing to a more connected and agile society.
Join the DIA Summit in Pisa, Italy and be part of a growing community that is not only envisioning the future of connectivity, but actively building it!
Preliminary Agenda
Venue: ISTI, National Research Council of Italy, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy
9.00-9.30: Opening remarks
Overview of DIA, why are we here, what can we expect
09.30 – 10.30
Session 1: Aerospace Group
Coffee break: 10.30-10.45
10.45 – 11.45
Session 2: Railway Group
11.45 – 12.45
Session 3: Healthcare Group
Lunch break: 12.45-14.00
14.00 – 15.00
Session 4: Education Group
Coffee break: 15.00-15.30
15.30 – 16.30
Session 5: Open Challenges as a DIA Innovation Instrument
16.30 – 17.30
Session 6: Role of the DIA
Closing remarks: 17.30
Venue Information
The event will be hosted at the Institute of Information Science and Technologies “Alessandro Faedo“.
The address is:
ISTI, National Research Council of Italy,
Area della ricerca,
Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 1, Pisa 56124, Italy
https://www.isti.cnr.it/en/
By air: to the airport in Pisa: International Airport Galileo Galilei, Piazzale Corradino D’Ascanio, 1, 56121 Pisa PI.
From the airport, you can reach the venue by bus (you can buy the ticket at the point of sale inside the airport station or by the app) or by taxi. Both of them are available in front of the airport station.
By train: to the Central Station of Pisa, Piazza della Stazione, 56125 Pisa. Trains from the biggest cities arrive in Pisa from: Florence Santa Maria
Novella Station (no stop/change 70 min), Milan Central Station (freccia rossa with one stop and change in Florence Santa Maria
Novella 3h), Turin Porta Nuova Station (no stop/change 4 h 30 min), Rome Termini Station (no stop/change 3 h).
Note that there are also solutions available from Turin and Rome with one stop and a change in Florence, Santa Maria Novella Station.
From the Central Station of Pisa, you can reach the venue by bus (you can buy the ticket at the point of sale inside the train station or by the app) or by taxi. Both of them are available in front of the train station.
