The INFANT project (INFrastructure for a PediAtric ONcology NeTwork), developed by Innovaway under the scientific leadership of the University of Naples Federico II – DIETI, Astrea Lab, has received the Special Award in the Healthcare category at the Digital Innovation Forum – ComoLake Awards 2025. This recognition marks an important milestone for our ongoing commitment to innovation.

The award ceremony was held at Villa Erba (Cernobbio) during the Digital Innovation Forum – ComoLake Awards 2025. The event honored leading companies, startups, and institutions that successfully combined technological innovation, sustainability, and ethical responsibility, with projects built around AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and blockchain. A jury composed of members of the Scientific Committee of Fondazione Innovazione Digitale ETS selected the most deserving initiatives across four thematic areas:

• Networks and Infrastructure, Mobility and Transport, Energy and Sustainability
• Banking, Insurance and Fintech
• Public Sector
• Healthcare

About INFANT – The First Digital Network for Pediatric Oncology

Led by the University of Naples Federico II – DIETI, Astrea Lab, and supported by technology partners such as Kineton, Nexus, Lasting Dynamics, and Innovaway as project leader, INFANT aims to enhance the quality and efficiency of pediatric oncology services.

Funded by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), the initiative is designed to ensure continuity of care and optimize healthcare resources using advanced technologies, with a strong emphasis on Artificial Intelligence tools.

The project’s mission is simple yet powerful: move data, not children, during all phases of care and support.

Proposed Solution

INFANT builds an advanced digital network for pediatric oncology through an interoperable platform that connects all care actors. Its design includes:

• Secure Clinical Data Sharing - Enables rapid, protected exchange of clinical data between specialized hospitals, primary care pediatricians, and patients’ families.
• Distributed “Hub and Spoke” Model - Central centers of excellence coordinate with local facilities to provide widespread, high-quality care.
• Integration of Advanced Technologies - Uses Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence to support clinical decision-making, predict disease trajectories, and personalize treatments.

Key Strengths

• Improved Quality of Life for Patients and Families - Access to high-level care closer to home, less travel burden, and more consistent support.
• Optimized Healthcare Resources & Advanced Clinical Support - AI-powered tools allow more accurate diagnoses and personalized therapies, boosting healthcare capacity.
• Strengthened Regional Healthcare Systems - Reduces the number of patients forced to seek treatment out of region, enhancing local medical excellence.
• Innovation & Long-Term Sustainability - Promotes digital transformation aligned with national e-health strategies, ensuring scalable, efficient, and sustainable services.

Innovaway’s Contribution

As project leader, Innovaway coordinated the technical, administrative, and management aspects of INFANT, leveraging its deep expertise in ICT innovation and industrial research.

INFANT represents a successful collaboration model between academia and industry, aimed at producing high-impact, value-added initiatives.

“Our continuous investment in R&D, strengthened by the partnership with DIETI and ASTREA Lab of Federico II University, reflects Innovaway’s strategic vision of turning innovation into tangible benefits for the healthcare system and all stakeholders involved.”

On the technological front, Innovaway applied its AI expertise to areas such as:

• Data analytics
• Predictive systems
• Generative AI
• Retrieval Augmented Generation
• Knowledge representation
• e-health algorithms and standards
• Data security and governance

Activities included technology scouting, co-design, prototype development, and testing.

Looking ahead, Innovaway - together with its academic and technology partners - hopes to extend the INFANT model beyond Campania, enabling replication across other Italian regions.

INFANT is a Collaborative Research Project for industrial research activities under PNRR – Measure 4, Component 2, Investment 1.5, part of the research program “MUSA – Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action.”

Ecosystem ID: ECS00000037, SPOKE 2: “Big Data – Open Data in Life Sciences”, CUP G43C22001370007, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.