EnergyDataDK is a digital innovation hub for testing and development of innovative and sustainable energy solutions based on data and digital technologies to support and accelerate the development of an intelligent and sustainable energy system.

The specific focus of EnergyDataDK is digitalization of the energy system, including IoT, AI, real-time data management, energy data analytics, and real-time energy system simulation, in order to make the energy sector more sustainable, cost-effective and able to operate with a large penetration of renewable energy.

 

A non-profit organization

EnergyDataDK is a non-profit national hub for digital innovation with the aim of pushing the digital agenda in the green transition. The hub is based on a real-time data platform for collecting, storing, analyzing and sharing time series and event-based data from a wide variety of living labs and testbeds across Denmark. It is the aim of the hub to help startups, SMEs, and other organizations within both research and industry to develop and explore new services and technologies in the smart energy area for the benefit of society.

 

Digital services

Data is the source of intelligence when it comes to developing a future smart energy system ready to undertake 100% renewable energy, and solid enough to run cost-effective on market terms. Therefore, EnergyDataDK is based on a data management platform collecting nationwide real life energy data and making it assessable as open data.

 

Data management:

EnergyDataDK can provide access to real-time data from serval different living labs and testbeds. Real-time and historic energy data can be exchanged via website APIs and provided as open data.

 

Data analytics and Energy system simulations:

EnergyDataDK offers the possibility of connecting datasets to both real-time simulator, high-performance computing and advanced optimization and control algorithms based on machine learning and AI.

EnergyDataDK provides a combination of data management, data simulation and data analytics in such quality and quantity that the hub is a unique test facility – currently not available anywhere else in the world. 

 

Digital transformation of SMEs and Midcaps:

The EnergyDataDK hub provides a number of novel and innovative services to its users. These services will enable test and verification of digital energy solutions as well as lowering the technical and economic barriers of the industry in their development of these solutions – and thereby facilitate an accelerated development.

The availability of the services are especially important for startup and SME’s, who may not have the financial or technical capabilities to develop the data and analytics facilities needed for developing digital applications. Digital technologies.

ESDALAB DIH is part of Embedded System Design and Application Laboratory (https://www.esdalab.ece.uop.gr) of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (https://www.ece.uop.gr) of the University of Peloponnese (https://www.uop.gr) in Greece. As part of a public Greek University, ESDALAB DIH is a non-profit organization.

The main goal of the hub is to provide local and European SMEs & Slightly Bigger Companies support towards their digital transformation and innovation by:

Enhancing their Digital Skills
Providing know-how on state-of-the-art technologies related to Internet-of-Things and Cyberphysical systems
Technology transfer, that will allow them to enter the digital era through novel services and coaching that will strengthen their position, both in the regional and the global market
Identifying and supporting cross domain business opportunities

ESDALAB DIH is part of the European Network of DIHs. Digital technologies.

Eliko is an embedded electronics and software development company. We design and develop intelligent and future-proof control systems for different industries including industrial manufacturing and healthcare.

Eliko custom develops solutions based on novel algorithms and communication models for devices that continuously need new functionalities in the Internet of Things (IoT).

Eliko's engineers have broad experience in embedded product development and IoT/M2M communication. We focus on inertial motion capture, machine vision and Ultra Wideband technology.

For the past decade, Eliko has been one of the main sources of industrial R&D competence for the Estonian IT and electronics industry. Eliko has been involved in developing government digital standards and public services. Digital technologies.

 

The EGI Digital Innovation Hub (EGI DIH) is a non-profit virtual space where companies and technical service providers meet to test solutions before investing. EGI DIH offers different services on advanced computing to help companies in digitalization improving their productivity.
 

EGI DIH is managed by the EGI Foundation, a non-for-profit organization that coordinates a federation of 350 resource providers offering compute, storage and data infrastructure. The main goal of EGI is to empower data and compute-intensive research and innovation. 

 

Services

 

Test before invest: Technical facilities to support companies and SMEs test before investing or to validate services or solutions. The technical focus of the EGI DIH is:

HPC 
Cloud 
Data management 
Research datasets 
Big Data, Data analytics 
Modelling, Simulations
AI /ML /DL

Skills and training: Provide knowledge on the technical offer through webinars or consultancy services. FitSM certification: Learn IT service management according to a lightweight standard
Support to find investment: Facilitate the access to funding opportunities and investment mechanisms to sustainable support the innovation.
Networking and community building: Bring SMEs and communities together with the EGI community and facilitate the interaction and open new market opportunities.
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Leipzig is home to many well-known SMEs, big corporates, startups and research institutes in the fields of energy, smart city and ehealth. Therefore, the German government acknowledged that this region will shape the digitalization of these sectors as Smart Infrastructure Hub Leipzig. There are many good reasons for innovators in these sectors to come and stay in Leipzig, e.g.: A likeminded community of established innovators from SMEs, big corporates, dynamic startups and recognized researchers (find examples below) A comprehensive innovation strategy with numerous different projects supported by the EU, the German State, the Free State of Saxony as well as the City of Leipzig A vibrant, affordable and lovely city that belongs to the fastest growing regions in Europe only one hour south of Berlin   The Smart Infrastructure Hub is a brand that links many players and projects in the fields of energy, smart city, ehealth and cross-sectional technologies. A regional hub agency links and moderates between those actors, building a strong network that is open for new partners and projects as well. The Hub includes cluster organizations, an accelerator, investors, corporates, different events and many more The hub is located in the 1700 m² space of SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator at Leipzigs Old Cotton Mill. Digital technologies.

EDI is the Digital Innovation Hub of Confcommercio Imprese per l'Italia, a non-profit organization founded in 1945 which is the largest national trade association with more than 690.000 SMEs member companies, 6000 employees and a broad network of offices spread throughout Italy.
 

EDI is part of the Digital Innovation Hub national strategy launched by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development within the "Piano Nazionale Impresa 4.0" (the national “Enterprises Strategy 4.0”) which specifically provided for the creation of Digital Innovation Hubs of national strategic interest promoted by the most representative national trade associations. 

 

The main purpose of EDI is to carry out a structured program of activities with a not-for-profit objectives to help the broad adoption of advanced digital technologies by businesses - especially start-ups, SMEs and mid-caps - and serve as access points to innovative technologies and latest digital capacities (e.g. artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, blockchain, internet of things, etc.) through raise-awareness, specialized training and innovative services which are needed for a successful digital transformation.

 

In order to better intercept SMEs and maximize the impact at local level, EDI has a network of local structures throughout the national territory - the so called Spin - and develops an innovation ecosystem at national and local level with universities, research centre, large companies businesses, public administrations and other innovation actors. The nature of EDI let it operate as a Digital Innovation Hub at a national and local level, also being a point of contact for innovation-oriented actions from other European regions.

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EDI in Riga, Latvia is a non-profit public research institute founded in 1960. Currently, EDI is specializing in the development of Smart Embedded Cooperative Systems in fields of: health, mobility, space, production, social challenges, safety and security. EDI has more than 80 researchers working on innovative technologies in electronics and computer science. At the moment, main fields of competence includes signal and image processing (incl. AI), development of cyber-physical and embedded systems, intelligent transport systems (incl. connected and automated driving), hardware and software prototyping, system integration, wireless sensor networks (incl. IoT), intelligent devices, development of sensors, radars, biometrics, wearables, precise timing, robotics, etc.

EDI has an unique state-of-the-art infrastructure to support local and international SMEs. For example, EDI has a 100+ node heterogeneous sensor network and wireless network testbed distributed around 7-floor building for validation and research in sensor network protocols & wireless network protocols. Additionally 50 mobile nodes are available on site for on site deplyments (e.g. in customers factory). Besides, EDI has WSN hardware prototyping test bench EDImote developed with flexibility of prototyping, performance monitoring and hardware and software debug assistance in mind (enabling fast prototyping for virtually any hardware). Also, high performance workstations for computation, signal processing, visualization and design (Matlab, Simulink, Labview, Quartus, Tanner Tools Pro, etc.) are available for use. PCB designing and simulation tools Altium Designer and fast prototyping systems (LPKF ProtoMat-S62, LPKF MiniContac-RS, Xytronic-IR620 Preheater, Unox thermal equipment) for multilayer PCB design. Laboratory equipment: Spectrum analyzers up to 20GHz (e.g. ROHDE&SCHWARZ-FSU8), Arbitrary waveform signal generators (e.g. Agilent-N6031A), Digital oscilloscopes up to 50GHz (e.g. 25GSPS Tektronix DPO70604). Mixed signal oscilloscopes (e.g. Tektronix MSO4104, Tektronix MSO4032). Portable spectrum analyzers and oscilloscopes, etc. Last but not least, EDI has High Performance Computer (HPC) with dozens of Nvidia GPUs; Vibration and shock test platform, climate test chamber, Professional IR/Thermal camera, Professional 3D printer, automated-driving car platform, etc.

EDI has implemented several national projects with local industries (incl. SMEs) thus supporting companies (e.g. KEPP EU, HansaMatrix, Square Audio, Squalio, Lattelecom, etc.) to digitaize their industry. 

On January 1st, 2019 EDI started H2020 IA project called TRINITY which aim to create a network of multidisciplinary and synergistic local digital innovation hubs (DIHs) composed of research centers, companies, and university groups that cover a wide range of topics that can contribute to agile production: advanced robotics as the driving force and digital tools, data privacy and cyber security technologies to support the introduction of advanced robotic systems in the production processes. Digital technologies.

The Digital Innovation Hub Veneto is managed by Ecipa Scarl- a non profit organisation - on behalf of CNA (Confederazione Nazionale Artigiani e piccole e medie imprese) Veneto.

Ecipa, as a service provider of CNA for the North East regions in Italy has been designated in October 2017 as the Management organisation (with a specific department: Ecipa Nordest Hub) that provides support to SMEs in their digital transformation acting as a spider in the ecosystem that facilitate the digital innovation od SMES.

Ecipa Nordest Hub services are addressed to companies (mainly small and micro enterprises) of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Trentino Alto Adige.

Mainly focused on IoT, cloud computing, 3D printing, the Hub deals with:

Awareness workshop about the potential of the digital transformation
Demonstration activities to practically approach digital technologies (eg: prototyping),
Education, trainings for SMEs who want to approach digital transformation,
Consulting services on how to introduce digital optimization or innovation (support to move from TRL1 to TRL6)
Support in funding opportunities for digital innovation
Networking among relevant stakeholders

It is part of the DIH.net community (Funding box community) with the S3HUbsinCE project, which connects different DIH in Central Europe in order to enhance S3 strategies in order to keep them as closest to the market as possible.

Ecipa Nordest Hub supports companies following three steps:

First contact: we meet companies, providers and experts during events or workshops and they ask for a support or further details about our skilled services
Interviews and plans: we carry out a “company screening” (digital assessment included) and then we define together the strategies and the main changes to be adopted, in cooperation with the experts needed for the specific case
“On air” transformation: we start to implement the changes through tailored actions in cooperation with actors of our eco-systems in order to achieve the best performances.

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A cluster that supports digital innovation

Normandy's Digital Competitive Cluster was created in 2005. Its aim is to become the reference in terms of innovation concerning high digital technology in the fields of Health, Tourism, Administration and Agriculture.

The mission of TES is to imagine and co-conceive the future ways of using technology in these fields. It identifies the needs and key challenges in order to develop innovation programmes that lead to improvements in terms of use, turnover, employment and region promotion.

Security and reliability

Drawing on its network of members and partners, the TES Cluster supports innovative and collaborative projects from the idea stage to product launch. Its priority is the security, interoperability and reliability of its innovations, thus rallying the New Industrial France programme for Data economy, Smart objects and Digital Trust.

The TES Cluster adapts to its markets, its environment and its members. It reveals technological innovations in fast-growing industries with strong national significance. Digital technologies.

Dinapsis DIH Mision:

New technological space to operate, develop and show the most advanced solutions for sustainable territorial management, with the main objective of offering digital solutions that improve the quality of life of people and cities.

Dinapsis DIH vision:

To develop the digital economy, technology and knowledge-based industries of the future, helping to develop digital solutions at companies that improve the quality of life of the people who live and visit the cities in the province of Alicante.

Dinapsis DIH focus:

Digital transformation SMEs in the province of Alicante (99% of all companies), with the aim of improving the quality of life of cities and allow the growth of SMEs. To this end, Dinapsis DIH will establish a work plan with all the territorial stakeholders that are already part of DIH (Competence Centers, Business Associations, Chamber of Commerce, Regional Entities, Reference Companies)

Three areas of activity:

• An operational Hub capable of managing, in real time, services and assets of the integrated water cycle managed by Hidraqua;

• An open and collaborative 'Lab' of innovation, an space where universities, start-ups and entrepreneurs can test their products in collaboration with institutions (mainly Cities), citizens and the private sector.

• Resulting in all this being a technological showcase of the city and the province where to project all the innovative initiatives.

These areas are focused on three main fields of action: 'Smart water' for the development of solutions with real-time response capability of service management; 'Smart environment' to provide security, continuity and quality in supply; And 'Smart Cities' for the promotion of cities that develop innovative initiatives.

We promote artificial intelligence solutions for cities, the first programme in Europe devoted to AI for Cities (AI4Cities).

We are a non-for-profit organization. Digital technologies.