This Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) operates within the Computer Networks, NETMODE, Telecom and Ambient Intelligence Laboratories of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece (https://www.iccs.gr/). NTUA is the oldest and most prestigious educational institute in Greece in engineering and has contributed unceasingly to the country’s scientific, technical and economic development since its foundation in 1836. NTUA has obtained a leading role in EU research and innovation activities having undertaken more than 650 EU projects since the year 2000, acting as the coordinator for about 80 of these, having collaborated with more than 7000 organisations across Europe and globally, and having obtained EU funding higher than 200 MEuros. This DIH is also affiliated with the Institute of Communication and Computer Engineering (ICCS) a research institute that was founded by the Ministry of Education in 1989 in order to carry research and development activity in the fields on all diverse aspects of telecommunications systems and techniques, computer systems and their applications. More specifically, since the year 2000, ICCS has contributed to more than 400 European research and innovation projects, of which it has coordinated about 70, having collaborated with more than 6000 organisations in the framework of EU R&D projects. This DIH is a multidisciplinary scientific unit which carries out R&D activities along with consulting and mentoring services on software engineering for the following areas: Internet of Things; Smart Systems and Environments; Cloud, Fog, Edge computing; Future Internet; Advanced networking and communication solutions; Smart Agriculture and Precision Farming; FIRE; Sensor networks; Context management & inference; Data engineering; Semantic data modelling and Interoperability; Data analytics and knowledge extraction; Security, Privacy and Trust; Service engineering / mobile applications; Collaborative decision making, recommender systems, social intelligence, community-enhanced functionality; intelligent transportation; health, well-being and AAL; social media; multimedia; user-centric computing; etc. It comprises faculty members, senior experts, PhD and Master holders, PhD candidates and researchers offering scientific, technical, testing/validation, training/mentoring, dissemination and consulting services. It has participated in numerous national and international activities; it is growing constantly, expanding its spectrum of expertise, the geographical areas it targets and its partners’ base. Digital technologies.

The IAM 3D HUB is a networked organization without formal structure and non-profit purposes. It was created in 2015 with a mission and a vision:

Mission: to accelerate adoption and development of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing technologies in the EU manufacturing sectors as an alternative way to design, develop and manufacture new competitive products and services that strengthens their competitiveness.

Vision: As competence centre and DIH will provide to SMEs "one-stop"shop to assess, guide and address all their needs in AM.

The IAM 3D HUB is open to a wide range of entities that may share its mission and vision. Its members can be divided into Technological Players and Training, Business and Economical Players.

Within the technological players, software and material developers, technology or equipment providers, postprocessing and validating companies, certification laboratories and R&D organizationscan be found.

Within the second group industrial innovation advisors, venture capital investors, clusters and industry associations, universities, incubators, public administrations or trade shows organizations, among others can be found.

The founder members of the IAM 3D HUB are HP, Renishaw, Leitat, Coniex, Fira de Barcelona and In3Dustry. Besides, the IAM 3D HUB has signed different agreements with potential partners that will strength the relevance of AM in Europe.

In order to accomplish with its mission, the IAM 3D Hub provides five types of services:

1. Experimenting and testing: concentrating resources, capabilities and knowledge to offer high level competence in the technologies so to perform experimentation and testing in order to make the client gain confidence. These services are:

- Identifying proper AM solution

- Benchmarking of technologies

- Analysis of manufacturing capacities and cost estimation

- Hands-on workshop

2. End-to-end solutions: developing end to end solutions in a Living Lab environment where to design, explore, redefine new products in real scenarios, assess their feasibility and innovative impact before and after their production. The services are:

- Design/Redesign for AM production

- Applications incubator

- Floor planning layout

- Test bed/Pilot Plant

- Validation, testing and support for certification

3. Business and mentoring: both for start-ups and existing companies. IP protection, technology assessment, market studies or analysis of the adoption's potential are some examples. The services are:

- Access to finance

- Business development

- IP consulting

- Talent acquisition

- Detection of business opportunities for AM adoption

- AM implementation strategy

- Supply chain development

4. Access to R&D in AM/3DP technologies along all the value chain, oriented to face industrial challenges and unsolved needs.

5. Education and Training: focused on closing the digital skills gap and on promoting these skills at all levels, for re-skilling and for lifelong learning. The services are:

- Customized workshop training

- Standard programs

- Partner certifications Digital technologies.

Intelligent Urban Lab is part of a creative and innovative ecosystem characterised by its concentration of companies (more than 16 thousand companies and freelancers with a total turnover of more than 77.5 billion euros) which makes it a reference at a national and international level.

It is a non-profit initiative, resulting from a public-private collaboration that drives the economic and social development of the region by attracting investment and improving the competitiveness of the productive fabric of the city of Alcobendas and the northern region of Madrid.

The DIH offers different type of services such as: facilitating access to innovation and digital transformation for SMEs, promoting the use of new technologies (especially digital technologies such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, etc.), developing the capacity for inter-company collaboration, achieving alliances for participation in EU programmes and initiatives, providing continuous training and promoting business excellence in management processes, testing new products and services within the municipality.

The challenges of the Intelligent Urban Lab are to favour the digital transformation of the industry and to contribute to a more agile and flexible production; environmentally and socially sustainable. New skills and capabilities are created as well as quality jobs, attracting talent, for an innovation ecosystem in which companies, technological centres, universities and investors interact.

Intelligent Urban Lab is promoted and supported by Alcobendas City Council, through its Department of Innovation and Economic Development, the office for attraction of investment and promotion of the city of Alcobendas (Alcobendas Hub as part as Fundación Ciudad de Alcobendas), the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Alcobendas Business Association (AICA), InNorMadrid, as well as leading private companies such as INDRA, MásMóvil, MKD Automotive, Keytron and technology centre Tecnalia. Digital technologies.

The Internet of Things is increasingly pervading industrial and personal applications, including, for example, smart meters and smart grids, industrial and process automation, Car-to-Car and Car-to-X communication, home and building automation, telehealth and telecare applications. Wired and wireless networks of embedded systems, as well as their interconnection in “cyber-physical systems” (CPS) are playing an increasingly important role in this context. As more and more systems perform functionally critical tasks autonomously, their reliability and security are also continuing to gain in importance. Consequently, data security and privacy aspects need to be addressed.
The Institute of Reliable Embedded Systems and Communication Electronics (ivESK) at Hochschule Offenburg was formed to focus on these issues. Digital technologies.

At PTW, we believe that excellence in production is achieved by optimally combining technology and organization. This requires in-depth expertise in the respective technical subjects, a wide basic qualification in the entire topic of production as well as interdisciplinary collaboration between the scientists at PTW. The main areas of research are machining of metals, the design and engineering of machine tools and their components as well as the optimization of manufacturing processes, production organization and energy efficiency in manufacturing. The industry as a whole and the small and medium enterprises (SME) gain from our expertise through various services provided in the form of consulting, project support and training modules related to production technology.
The test bed at the PTW offers the possibility for testing and development of innovative products, services and software relating to the digitization of production systems in three unique production environments. The process learning factory CiP, which has been digitalized in an integrated brownfield approach, focuses on the conflict area between Lean and Industry 4.0, whereas the machine park offers a broad range of machine tools, additive manufacturing technologies and robot technology. The third production environment provides a holistic networked energy efficiency model factory (ETA) developed in a greenfield approach. Moreover, the test bed offers workshops and consultation in technological and organizational topics, e.g. in the field of potential analyses or retrofitting strategies. Digital technologies.

Institute of Electron Technology (ITE) is a public, Polish, non-profit research organization, located in Warsaw, Poland, carrying out applied research and close-to-market innovation (TRL 3 to 8) in microelectronics, photonics and microsystem domain. The mis­sion of the Insti­tute is to con­duct the basic and applied rese­arch in the field of semi­con­duc­tor elec­tro­nics and phy­sics in order to deve­lop and com­mer­cia­lise inno­va­tive micro- and nano­tech­no­lo­gies and their appli­ca­tions in semi­con­duc­tor micro­elec­tro­nics, opto­elec­tro­nics, pho­to­nics and micro­me­cha­nics. 

The Institute is one of the few Polish research institution that develops semiconductor devices and systems using various semiconductor materials (silicon, gallium arsenide, indium phosphide, gallium nitride, silicon carbide). The institute consist of 8 research departments concentrating on AIIIBV photonics (lasers), Silicon detectors, microelectronic components, sensors and MEMS, wide bandgap (e.g. GaN) devices, hybrid (ceramic) technologies, electronic system design, material and device characterization and diagnostics. Three of the departments include also fully equipped technological lines, enabling both scientific research and development of technologies for new devices. Unique facilities and competent staff allow the Institute to create the conditions necessary for the implementation of research results. This task is usually conducted in cooperation with the industry and the scientific community.

The largest, division of Silicon Microsystem and Nanostructure Technology maintains a research infrastructure with a well-equipped over 1000 sq.m. micro/nanoelectronics clean room. Currently it is the only centre in Poland, where fabrication of fully functional microsystems and IC’s based on CMOS/MEMS technology is performed. In parallel to research, the department undertakes a small scale, pilot production of specialized semiconductor devices for Polish and foreign customers.

The goal of the research and development activities carried out at the ITE is to provide industry and scientific communities (with special emphasize on the SME’s ) with access to advanced technology of silicon and III/V based and heterogeneous micro- and nano-devices. Thus, scope of the R&D covers broad range of technologies, from silicon photo- and radiation detectors through integrated circuits up to sensor and microsystem (MEMS and MOEMS), lasers and power devices, including integration of different technologies and devices for interdisciplinary applications. Due to the fact, that sensor technologies and sensor networks have been defined as one of the National Smart Specialization, ITE puts a strong emphasize on research in this domain, developing collaboration with national and international multidisciplinary partners, to provide Polish economy with access to advanced sensor technologies required e.g. for IoT applications.

ITE collaborate  with industrial entities, LE and SME focusing on consulting on development and application of tailored microelectronic, nanophotonic and microsystem solutions (including sensors), allowing for digitization of products and their manufacturing. In most cases the service is combined with a joint preparation of national, international or European projects. ITE, acting as a KET Technology Center and Digital Innovation Hub supports SMEs to go from lab to market to develop and produce new KETs-based products, helping companies reduce the time-to-market for new innovation ideas:

Dissemination of knowledge on innovative solutions leading to digitization of products and manufacturing; creation of awareness, building of ecosystem;
Finding partners and elaboration of project proposals; 
Access to technology expertise and facilities for validation;
Collaborative research
Demonstration;
Proof of concept / lab testing
Prototype development and testing;
Pilot production and demonstration
Product validation / certification
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Insomnia is a Business Accelerator, Incubator and Digital Hub located in Valencia, Spain, working to improve innovation in the region of Valencia and support SMEs, and in particular industrial SMEs, to uptake the use of ICT and face the challenges of digitisation.

We are located in the business and startup ecosystem of Valencia “La Marina” and have our own collaborative space (+4.000 m2) where we work to increase innovation and access to finance capacities of SMEs, mid-caps, start-ups and other agents; to conduct a permanent scouting worldwide to identify the most innovative solutions and companies (start ups, spin offs, scale ups, etc.) to attract talent to the city of Valencia and Spain; and run Digitisation Programmes and Training for Entrepreneurs and High Executives to make them know the last innovation advances and make the appropriate decisions to grow in the new economy.

Since 2017, we are “Digital Innovation Hub” in the frame of an approved project within H2020-FoF-12 Call (Factories of the Future) and the I4MS initiative called CloudiFacturing, coordinated by Fraunhofer Institute.

Main sectors: industry, metalurgy, ceramics, agroindustry, agro-food, automotive, tourism, logistics, fintech, legalteh, insurtech, proptech, publictech.

Main technologies: artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, big data, IoT, Cloud, HPC, 5G, 3D printing, robotics, blockchain, etc.

Main services for SMEs

Digital Innovation Hub (DIH): support for manufacturing SMEs to promote their uptake of ICTs. Open call promotion for the selection of experiments to be funded under the I4MS H2020 cascade mechanism. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/insomnia-digital-innovation-hub
Fintech Digital Program: support for SMEs and startups developing technologies and innovative in the Fintech field. Open call promotion for the selection of the best startups to be accelerated by Insomnia DIH during a 4-7 month program. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/iv-convocatoria-fintech
Insurtech Digital Program: support for SMEs and startups developing technologies and innovative in the Insurtech field. Open call promotion for the selection of the best startups to be accelerated by Insomnia DIH during a 4-7 month program. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/i-convocatoria-insurtech
Industry 4.0 Digital Program: support for SMEs and startups developing technologies and innovative projects in the Industry 4.0 field. Open call promotion for the selection of the best startups to be accelerated by Insomnia DIH during a 2-4 month program. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/convocatoria-startups-pymes-reto-industrial-gsk…
Digital Immersion Program: Training Program addressed at CEO and Executives from SMEs to help them face the challenges of the digitisation and industrialization. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/programa-inmersion-digital-empresarial
Digital Training School: Digital assessment for companies learning code. More information: http://www.innsomnia.es/digital-training-school
Tufinanziacion: support for SMEs to access finance to carry put innovative and tech projects. More information: https://www.tufinanziacion.com/

 

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Our mission - At Insight we undertake high impact research in data analytics that has significant benefits for the individual, industry and society by enabling better decision making.
Our vision - Empowering Citizens. Smarter Societies. Digital technologies.

Our mission is to take a step towards more sophisticated interaction design and excel in human-centered innovation in the industry. We are certain that now is the time to put human values and needs in the heart of Industrial Internet research and design for the Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems, in order to enable breakthroughs in intelligent, empathic technologies that would lead to Factories of Future. We believe this is the key to fourth revolution industry success. With these thoughts in mind, we develop a IHUB like an approach to the regional industry that starts with a deep understanding of human values, goes through a sequence of technological levels, and results in a new industry transformation. Scope. We expand research and use the best practices of EU projects in Manufacturing to support further industry-centered development of the Internet of Things. Simultaneous focus on the core values, evolving needs, and emerging technologies will makes it possible to reach the balance between the benefits of autonomously controlled environment and pleasure of personal decision making. Our vision is that enhanced cyber physical systems, exponential growth of data, and increased complexity of algorithms, will allow technology to become simpler and more valuable for people and industries. Connected devices will naturally adjust the manufacturing processes according to unspoken wishes, without any personal effort. Thoughtful technologies will increase the feeling of safety, improve health at work, advance personal productivity, and finally bring industry to new business models. I4MSouth engages different actors and stakeholders around technologies to be implemented in the manufacturing industry, focusing in the Industry 4.0 revolution and/or Industrial Internet. I4MSouth supports a four sides approach or strategy around: - Innovation support and Knowledge transfer. - Infrastructure and services. - Business incubation and entrepreneurism. - Funding opportunities. Strategy is performed also in four basic steps. 1. Technical Introduction of results and benefits to integrators ( ICT SME´s) and End Customers manufacturing Industries. 2. Assessment of promotion to fostering agencies (clusters, Technology centers and incubators). 3. Identification of funding opportunities for technology introduction (regionally, nationally and internationally). 4. Consolidation of the HUB, services and self-funding. Digital technologies.

innovation experience HUB (in the following: innexHUB) is a non profit organisation founded in July 2017 and aimed at spreading the digital culture among regional SMEs, making SMEs aware of:

what being digital means;
what are the key enabling technologies;
how the digital is rapidly transforming business models;
the current and future opportunities / threats linked to digital techologies;

innexHUB has two additional purposes:

Help enterprises to understand their digital maturity level and the actions needed to digitally evolve;
Guide enterprises in their digital transformation paths, ensuring they can rely on trustworthy solution providers.
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