FBK CREATE-NET (Center of REsearch And Telecommunication Experimentations for NETworked communities) was an international research center recognized as one of Europe’s leading institutions in Internet tecnologies and telecommunications. The Center was established in 2003 as a non-profit association with the support of the Autonomous Province of Trento. CREATE-NET association was merged with Bruno Kessler Foundation at the end of 2016 and contributed to the launch of 4 new Centers in different application domains: digital industry, digital society, digital health and cybersecurity. When active, CREATE-NET unique research expertise was on 5G networks, edge computing, IoT platforms and network security.