Angelo Riccaboni, Rector, University of Siena

1. ISCN 2016
Leadership for a Sustainable Future
University of Siena, June 13-15
Angelo Riccaboni
Rector University of Siena

2. USiena
• Founded in 1240
• One of 10 oldest Universities in the World
• 17.000 students
• 100 Teaching and Doctoral Programmes
• 15 Departments
• A Middle Ages city as a campus
• Promotion of Sustainability as one of its strategic priorities

3. The Effects of good government Implementation of Agenda 2030
The Allegory of the Effects of Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti,
1339
Palazzo Comunale – City Hall, Siena,

4. The Effects of bad government The Business as Usual trajectory

6. An ancient
University in a
Middle Ages city
Contributing to
manage global
change - new
challenges
Through Knowledge,
Research and
Innovation
Towards a sustainable and
inclusive future

7. U-Siena commitment to
Sustainable Development
• Fostering Knowledge: Open Courses, Mooc, Dissemination
• Research: Doctoral Programs, Research Projects
• Networking: ISCN, SDSN
• Open Innovation: SantaChiaraLab
• Agri-Food Sector
• EuroMed Joint Programming: PRIMA
• Siena Food Lab

8. PRIMA
• Research and Innovation in the Med-Area
• 3 Pillars:
1. Sustainable Management of Water for arid and semi-arid Med areas
2. Sustainable Farming Systems under Med environmental constraints
3. Mediterranean Food Value Chain for regional and local development
 RESEARCH
 PILOT STUDIES
 TRIALS
 SMEs ENGAGEMENT
 INNOVATIVE PLATFORMS
 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
 STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT

9. An innovation center for multidisciplinary dialogue
aimed at promoting:
1. employability of students through the acquisition of
soft skills and digital skills
2. open innovation through the contamination of ideas,
hybridisation of knowledge from different disciplines,
actors and sectors and a Fab Lab
Co-Funded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research

10. SIENA FOOD LAB
Aim:
To promote
the implementation of innovative technical and organisational solutions
and
greater competitiveness of farms and food firms
on the basis of/protecting
a unique social and natural environment/life style

11. 1. Nutrition education
2. Entrepreneurship and
business culture in farms
and food firms
3. Technological and
organizational innovation
Competitiveness Health
Protection of the
environment
SIENA FOOD LAB

12. Thank You
for Your Attention!