An historic milestone for public connectivity in Emilia-Romagna: the EmiliaRomagnaWiFi network, a free, public and open service promoted by the Region and run by Lepida, has reached and exceeded the threshold of 7 million unique users in just one year, with an increase of more than 55% in just 12 months. 

A surprising result, which far exceeded the initial expectations and that consolidates our Region as one of the most advanced territories at a national level on a free and widespread digital access point of view.

The 37th edition of the Porretta Soul Festival has just ended and, once again, Lepida was the technical partner of the event, broadcasting the concerts live streaming in 4K on the Lepida.tv website and on YouTube.

The second PADRION in-presence meeting was held in Elbasan on 29 and 30 May 2025.

This summit has been a key moment in consolidating the operational phase of the project.

The official signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) opened the event: this Memorandum enshrines the partners' commitment to share, develop and implement a common vision on effective digital policies and tools at a local level.

Lepida, as the frontrunner, coordinated the activities with a highly participatory and structured approach. 

In June 2025, the first Lepida's Sustainability Statement for the 2024 financial year was published on the Company’s institutional website and approved by the BOD on March 25th and subsequently by the Shareholders' Meeting on June 10th, in addition to the Annual Financial Statements and the Management Report.

Through this new sustainability statement, Lepida consolidates and expands the social reporting process that has been underway for more than twelve years. 

On 8 May, in the Emilia-Romagna Region, within the framework of the EmiliaRomagnaSmartWorking project, the in-person meeting “Conoscere e governare: Demografia e socializzazione organizzativa, le politiche del Personale” (Knowledge for governance: demography, socialization and staff policies) was held, and the Metropolitan City of Bologna has presented an intern research about organizing demography, a field of study that analyses the composition of the workforce within an organisation on the basis of demographic variables.

A success case for the territory in the use of MarghERita, the HPC machine of the Emilia-Romagna region made together with Lepida.

On March 12 and 13 the final seminar of the European project Data4Energy was held in Falun (Sweden).

It’s an Erasmus+ initiative that aims to strengthen the capacity of local governments in the collection, management and use of energy data to support more effective policies on environmental sustainability.

During the seminar, the results of interviews with medium-sized municipalities in Emilia-Romagna and Sweden were presented, together with the results of the online survey aimed at small municipalities.

From 1 to 3 of April 2025 the Transnational Meeting of the European project Digi-Inclusion was held in Bologna, an occasion for exchange and dialogue that put the focus on digital inclusion themes organized by Lepida together with every involved European partner.

During the last week of March, in Turin, 4 European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) have met the European Union to evaluate the upgrades and results obtained until now. 

Regione Emilia-Romagna supports since its beginning ER2Digit, since it represents a fundamental piece of the regional ecosystem of digital transformation.

The approach that also involves the Thematic Communities (COMTem) has underlined a specificity that has attracted interest in the team of the evaluators which focused on the engagement mechanism (involvement). 

EmiliaRomagnaWiFi has surpassed 6 million single users per year, confirming itself as an essential and appreciated service.

The network, active 24/7, offers free, fast and open connection, guaranteeing the privacy of users.

Counting more than 12.600 access points connected to the optic fiber, Lepida covers libraries, sports facilities, coasts, hospitals, public workplaces and squares, museums, schools, and universities, guaranteeing digital inclusion and access to online services.