Innovation, the heart of Aeroporti di Roma

At Aeroporti di Roma, we are constantly committed to identifying the best innovative entities on an international level in order to bring to life projects that support the company in maintaining quality standards, becoming increasingly smart and efficient, and confirming its leadership on the international stage. ADR's strategic direction involves investments in advanced technologies and intelligent operations, aimed not only at reducing environmental impacts and managing large volumes of passengers smoothly, quickly, and safely but also at ensuring a seamless and hyper-personalized Travel Experience.
During the Runway to the Future program, startups will have the opportunity to test their solutions with the support of our team of experts directly at the airport. Our innovation model results in a center of excellence aimed at leveraging skills and expertise, attracting startups from all over the world who will have access to a unique opportunity to develop their projects directly in a dedicated air transportation hub.

 
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Environmental Impact

Environmental impact and optimization/reduction of energy consumption through: value chain, solutions that optimize energy management and electric mobility.


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Community & Sustainability

Solutions that create value for the local area, communities and the environment such as products that enable the transition of the aviation sector and carbon capture technologies.


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Commercial Opportunities

Defining additional sales channels, including automated ones, and audience engagement in the advertising field in order to obtain additional revenue streams.


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Innovation Hub: The Center of the projects

ADR Innovation: a 5-phase project


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Call for Ideas launch
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Selection of the best projects
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Access to the acceleration programme in the Innovation Hub
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Co-design with the Innovation Cabin Crew
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Projects grow

Our Partners

Plug and Play

We believe that the encounter between different worlds is a precious resource. This is why our challenges are open to all those who bring innovation and modernity with their ideas, from startups to large companies, from freelancers to the university world. For this reason we rely on Plug and Play Network, the first global innovation platform that brings together startups and companies ready to collaborate to innovate the airport and aviation sector and 17 other industries.

  • 40K

    Network startup

  • +1K

    Active portfolio startup

Amazon Web Services

Since 16 years, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform in the world. AWS offers more than 200 comprehensive services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment and management from 96 Availability Zones (AZs) in 30 geographic regions, with plans announced for 15 more Availability Zones and 5 more AWS regions Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, Thailand. Millions of customers - including the fastest-growing start-ups, the largest enterprises and major government agencies - rely on AWS to enhance their infrastructure, become more agile and reduce costs.

  • +200

    Services

  • +30

    Regions

ESA

ESA Space Solutions aims to show that space is open for business and has the power to improve our everyday lives on Earth. We do this by helping companies with financial, business and technical support to integrate space data and technology into commercial services. These services should use one (or more) of the following space assets.

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Intelak

Intelak is a technology and innovation hub, based in Dubai, that supports early and late-stage startups with the education, mentorship, tools and resources needed to address business challenges in global aviation and tourism.

Our Key Figures

2850
Employees involved in Idea Generation
310
Initiatives identified in the Innovation Plan
276
Projects submitted by start-ups
212
Start-up candidates for the Call for Ideas
12
Partner in our Innovation network

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