Digital Innovation Hub

Poliani confirmed as Lombardy DIH leader

350 companies involved so far. President: 'Let's turn public opportunities into real value for companies'

by Luca Orlando

6 May 2026

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Translated by AI

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2' min read

Translated by AI

Versione italiana

Entrepreneur Stefano Poliani has been reconfirmed as head of the Digital Innovation Hub of Confindustria Lombardia for the three-year period 2026-28. The renewed Board of Directors, appointed by the DIH Lombardia Shareholders' Meeting on 14 April, yesterday re-elected Stefano Poliani to the presidency, confirming their confidence in the growth and consolidation path started in the last three years.

The term just ended was marked by transformation for DIH Lombardia, which evolved its role from cultural facilitator of digitisation to a central operational player in regional and national industrial policies, thanks also to its participation in the main projects financed by the PNRR, including M.I.A. Lombardia, Confindustria Innovation Hub and DAMAS.

Alla guida del Digital Innovation Hub Lombardia

Stefano Poliani

"The results achieved," Poliani explains, "show that the Digital Innovation Hub Lombardia, with the valuable coordination of Confindustria's DIH network, is able to transform public opportunities into real value for companies. Over the next three years we will work to consolidate what has been built and accompany Lombardy's companies on new paths of competitive growth. Three macro-areas will be at the centre of the new mandate: cybersecurity, adoption of artificial intelligence, and new opportunities from European programmes for the post-NRR period. Over the next three years, the DIH will aim to increasingly become a point of reference for companies and regional institutions in the digital and competitive transformation of Lombardy's manufacturing sector, in strong synergy with the Lombardy Region, and ever closer to the territories and production chains," said DIH Lombardy President Stefano Poliani.

Among the main results achieved by the Digital Innovation Hub Lombardia, in support of the Lombardy production system, are: approximately 2 million euro of services provided to companies; over 350 companies involved, mostly SMEs; more than 480 total services realised; more than 500,000 euro of public funds distributed throughout the territory for activities accompanying companies towards digitalisation paths.

"I am delighted," commented the Lombardy Region's Councillor for Universities, Research and Innovation, Alessandro Fermi, "that the DIH Lombardy Board of Directors has confirmed Poliani as its president. We have had the opportunity to work together on several occasions and we agree that digitalisation is no longer an option for Lombardy companies, but a fundamental objective for ensuring that our production system remains competitive. As the Lombardy Region, therefore, we can only be happy to know that over the next three years the Digital Innovation Hub intends to work increasingly alongside businesses in the field of cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. I have recently presented to the Council a Draft Law on AI, which should be approved by the Council before the summer, and which has a focus on companies as well as public administration. Therefore, having someone at my side to build this path can only give me greater strength and awareness that I am on the right path'.