In the City of Genoa, a technology journey started with the vision of becoming a true smart city - long before it was a global trend. Today, that dream has leaped forward: Genoa has joined 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗳𝗻𝗶𝗮, a groundbreaking initiative by Milestone Systems and NVIDIA, to shape the future of video AI.
From civil protection to smart transport, from license plate readers to AI-powered analytics, Genoa is building a city that learns, adapts and grows. Now, with Hafnia, Genoa steps into a new dimension, helping to build the next generation of visual AI tools - tools that won’t just serve cities but transform them.
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Genoa is the sixth largest city in Italy, with around 570,000 residents. It's the heart of a metropolitan area of more than one million people and home to one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean. It’s a city with unique geography, squeezed between the sea and the mountains, highly urbanized and densely populated.
Recent history has shown how fragile Genoa’s territory is, with hydrogeological issues and aging infrastructure. So a modern, smart city must be able to manage these complex challenges - with the help of technology.
The video management software (VMS) is owned by the City of Genoa and is the city's official video surveillance system.
Today, the cameras serve many purposes as they have become smart devices. These support urban and road safety, civil protection, urban mobility, public transport, facility management, environmental sustainability, city planning, and tourism.
This means stakeholders are not just local police and law enforcement, but also different areas of public administration and local institutions - like the Port Authority, universities, and the Chamber of Commerce.
The Hafnia Project has a goal of giving developers access to crucial video data - essential for training and developing new visual AI models. This data-driven approach is also a cornerstone of Italy’s Three-Year Plan for IT in Public Administration, which guides the country’s digital transformation.