Raffaele Giaffreda
Chief IoT Scientist at FBK, Chief Innovation Officer at TESSA Agritech srl, AgrifoodTEF european project coordinator.
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October 29, 2025FBK participates in Synergy Days 2025 in RotterdamRotterdam hosted the fourth edition of Synergy Days, a major European event for digital innovators that brings together policymakers, researchers, farmers, and industry leaders to foster collaboration and drive innovation in the agri-food production sector through technology. The event, which brought together 33 EU projects and more than 300 participants, also featured FBK, whose goal was to share the results of the AgrifoodTEF project and represent CEADS, the initiative focused on data spaces for agriculture. -
October 16, 2025X-TEF: the annual meeting in MilanThe delegates involved in the Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) projects promoted by the European Commission, together with other stakeholders of the European Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem, met for the annual meeting, held for the first time in Italy on October 1. Together, they had the opportunity to discuss how the large-scale operation of TEFs accelerates the adoption of AI and robotics in Europe. -
July 9, 2024AgrifoodTEF among the European Commission’s DIGITAL success storiesThe European project - coordinated by FBK and involving 34 partners to develop service infrastructures for the validation of AI- and robotics-based products for agrifood - is among the success stories cited by the European Commission. -
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February 12, 2024European Testing and Experimentation Facilities, xTEF, are open for BusinessThe four European Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) announce their readiness for business. -
January 16, 2024AgrifoodTEF: the first field testsOne year after its launch, the European project coordinated by FBK is working for companies wishing to validate their innovative solutions under real-life conditions of use. -
June 27, 2023Europe launches four large-scale AI test facilitiesThe 220m€ investment provides permanent capacity to deliver responsible AI in Europe by testing AI solutions in practice before they hit the market and become a part of healthcare, manufacturing, agrifood and everyday life. One of those is the agrifoodTEF initiative: coordinated by Raffaele Giaffreda (FBK), it deals with the agricultural sector and food production. -
January 31, 2023The AgrifoodTEF european project is kicking offWith a total budget of 60 million euros and a time horizon of 5 years, AgrifoodTEF aims to develop testing and experimentation infrastructure to facilitate the adoption of services and products based on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the European agrifood sector. The project’s kick-off will take place in Trento on February 1 and 2, hosted by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, the project’s coordinator. -
May 26, 2020Raffaele Giaffreda (FBK) interviewed to identify core challenges related to water scarcitySAPIENCE project leader Raffaele Giaffreda (FBK) interviewed, within an EIT Cross KIC initiative, to identify core challenges related to water scarcity in Southern Europe