UDIT participates in AIOTI Days 2025 co-presenting ENACT project

The University of Design, Innovation and Technology (UDIT) participated in the international meeting AIOTI Days 2025, organised by the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation(AIOTI), through the Integral Regenerative Design research group (DESIRe). Under the slogan Cities 5.0, the event brought together researchers, companies and institutional leaders to discuss the future of smart cities through artificial intelligence, edge computing, digital twins and immersive technologies. The second edition of the Global Innovation Ecosystem for Cities and Sustainability (GIECS) was held in this framework, and strategic European projects such as ENACT, NebulOuS, SUNRISE-6G and Zero-SWARM were presented.

On behalf of UDIT, Carlos Lli presented the results of the metaresearch developed by the team, highlighting the conclusions obtained in the five case studies of the project and the relevance of the Internet of Things (IoT) to move towards a comprehensive exposomic approach. The presentation was made together with consortium partners: María Eugenia Beltrán (Bridge, Estonia), Santiago Budría (Nebrija University, Spain), Pietro Dionisio (Orthokey, Italy) and Dea Jancic (AIOTI, Belgium), who shared progress on the initial scope and objectives, innovation management, expected impact and the case study of the retrospective study applied to the case study for the city of Madrid, which is carried out with the Niño Jesús Hospital for non-communicable respiratory diseases in children.

The ENACT proposal aroused considerable interest by proposing a shift from population to individual analysis, incorporating both social data and medical history information in urban health studies. This approach aims to generate risk indices that allow health managers to act, managing available resources more efficiently. In addition, a common framework is generated that will allow European countries to share data and generate homogeneous information that allows for effective exchange of information and experiences.

The introduction of the exposomic approach is an innovative element, as it allows a more precise understanding of the relationship between pollution, social factors and the incidence of non-communicable diseases, providing useful scientific tools for decision-making in public health and urban sustainability. Along these lines, the ENACT[1] project, funded by the European Union within the framework of Horizon Europe, promotes collaboration between academic, technological and industrial institutions with the aim of developing advanced solutions that strengthen the resilience and sustainability of the cities of the future.