Fondazione Bruno Kessler - FBK Information

Top Research institute in Italy, ranked at the 1st place for scientific excellence within 3 different subject areas (ICT, History and Sociology) and for the economic and social impact according to the quality of research ANVUR evaluation for the period 2010-2014. Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) and its Center for Scientific and Technological Research count more than 400 researchers, conduct studies mainly in the areas of Information Technology and Materials and Microsystems. FBK shares technological competences with companies, stakeholders, public entities, national and international agencies. FBK offers technologies and know-how transfer services to satisfy the request of innovation of partners and clients. FBK, one of the major European centers of excellence in R&D, works with different entities: local and national companies, multinationals, public bodies, and venture capitals. FBK offers products, competences and services to anyone in need of innovative technological solutions. FIND OUT MORE ON: http://techtransfer.fbk.eu/ WHERE WE ARE: Fondazione Bruno Kessler is situated in Trentino, a province in north-east Italy governed under a special autonomy statute. HISTORY: FBK was created on 1 March 2007 and inherits the activities of the Istituto Trentino di Cultura (founded in 1962, based on the ideas of Bruno Kessler, a long-time member of the local government and founder of the University of Trento). Follow us also via Twitter @FBKcom and read our stories on http://magazine.fbk.eu/