With 380 members, NextMove is a non-profit Mobility and Automotive R&D competitiveness cluster (association, law of 1901) based in Paris, France, which since 2006 has been mobilizing its energies at the service of its members to meet the objectives assigned by the State to competitiveness clusters: to foster the development of collaborative projects between members, to contribute to development in the regions of companies, in particular SMES, and to promote innovation in the sector. Our objective: Build the “Mobility Valley”, a European and International reference of innovative and responsible mobility for the future. NextMove support its members in their process, toward disruptive digitalization, human machine interfaces, context embedding vehicle technologies, factories of the future etc. NextMove is a non-for-profit organisation, providing free of charge tailored support to SMEs. We are backed by the State, the Regions and contributions from our members. NextMove strategic goals:

Stimulate and expend our ecosystem (for all the mobility value chain)
Generate innovation projects (5G, digital services, HMI, etc.)
Boost company’s growth (dedicated services for SMEs like business development, digitalisation, funding)
Deploy sustainably in Europe and abroad (more than 20 international partners)
Provide solutions for territorial development (smart specialisation, new mobility services etc.)
Support industrial excellence and innovation (factories of the future, digitalisation of processes)
Enlighten skills evolution through innovation (anticipate the skills needs of tomorrow)

Those strategic goals are translated into services we provide to our members, especially SMEs:

Partners identification
R&D projects support and expertise
Networking activities and links to the ecosystem
Business support (Mov’eo Business Accelerator, IMPACT Connected Car acceleration program, Collaborative business within SME thematic groups, etc.)

All the services we provide to SMEs are detailed on our website : https://pole-moveo.org/en/services-booster-croissance/sme-smi-startups/

 

 

NextMove sectoral and industrial focus:

Sectoral Industries : Automotive ; Transportation and Logistics
Technology fields : clean mobility (energy management, materials, manufacturing, system, electromobility, energy storage), smart mobility (intelligent mobility solution, automated and connected mobility, digitalization, HMI, road user safety, 5G…)
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EKT/NHRF (National Documentation Centre) is a national infrastructure which collects, organises and preserves Greek scientific, research and cultural output (content and data) making it available for dissemination nationally and internationally. EKT provides wide-ranging information on the various research and innovation sectors, supports participation in national and European programmes, promotes innovative entrepreneurship and the exploitation of research findings, provides Technology Transfer services and produces statistics & indicators for research, development and innovation in Greece.

The National Documentation Centre of Greece (EKT) is located at the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) and operates under the supervision of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Education and Religion.

The e-infrastructure that EKT/NHRF develops, serves a national role, it provides advanced electronic services in organizations, public & private bodies and SMEs related to research & innovation and culture, fosters open access to knowledge and ensures access to users regardless of time and location (see the section of the catalogue related to “services”).

Founded in 1980, the organization serves the country’s research, education, business communities and the wider public, enabling access to knowledge and facilitating research and innovation (R&I) and the Knowledge Triangle Integration. The organization plays an active role in the national innovation ecosystem and has provided specialized services (International Partnerships, Innovation Management, Technology Transfer, Business Coaching, "Data Opening" and other) to the business community, through the Enterprise Europe Network- Hellas (Coordinator for 2008-2010 & 2013-2014 & 2017-2018) and the Hellenic Innovation Relay Centre (Coordinator for 1993-2008). The organization is a strong supporter of open access as a means for social and economic development and is at the forefront of national and international open access initiatives that support the development and implementation of relevant policies for scientific and cultural data, including repositories, peer-reviewed electronic journals and CRIS. The organization also provides the official RDI indicators to Eurostat and publishes reports on R&D performance in Greece thus guiding industrialisation policies in Greece. EKT/NHRF combines the institutional role of gathering-organizing-providing access to the research output of the country and business expertise. It brings together Research, Innovation and Business. Based on highly qualified staff and cutting-edge technology.

EKT/NHRF invistigates new ways that SMEs & the public can benefit from gaining access to the vast amount of the cultural and scientific data, content and media that it manages, like the generation of new algorithms for data verification, methodologies for testing data veracity and secondary content generation, cross sectorial data integration and other.

EKT/NHRF can be the link between SMEs, the ecosystem and the  research infrastracture that is part of, which is the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF). NHRF consists of 3 additional institutes: the Institute of Theoretical and Physical Chemistry (TPCI/NHRF) | the Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology (IBMCB/NHRF) | and the Institute of Historical Research (IHR/NHRF).

EKT/NHRF empowers access to, and the growth of, knowledge through open content and facilities, digital resources, software, collaboration tools and related user-oriented services for Research, Technology & Innovation. Furthermore EKT/NHRF is the NCP for 11 thematic areas (including ICT and Research Infrastructures) in H2020 (also, a partner in most NCP networks, e.g. Ideal-ist& RICH) and the EIT Health HUB Coordinator for Greece. EKT also participates in various EU and national funded projects. Digital technologies.

POLO is an ecosystem of promotion of the sector of digital content, led and supported by Promalaga, that manages the facilities and laboratories, located in the Tabacalera of Malaga, where Promalaga support companies and startups of the sector of digital contents, oriented to boost the talent, through training and education, entrepreneurship, growth, scaling up and internationalization of the Digital Content industry. MISSION Promote the hypersector of digital content in Spanish society through innovative and vertebrating initiatives in a global environment of collaboration with public and private partners. SCOPE To be a national and international reference, in the hyper-sector of digital contents for the improvement of employability, the quality of living for the society and the competitiveness of companies. SERVICES POLO provides Innovation, Business Development and digital training services as one-stop-shop, helping startups and companies to become more competitive, improving their products and services through digitalization. It has laboratories of Virtual Reality and Augmented, Motion Capture, Video Recording, Photography, Sound Recording, Graphic Design and 3D Printing to facilitate access to cutting-edge technologies to the company, reducing entry barriers for the adoption of these Innovations. Digital technologies.

NASK is National Research Institute supervised by the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs. The key activities of the institute are related to research and development especially in the area of cybersecurity, biometrics, ICT, ICS, IoT, AI, Big Data technologies, social networks as well to awareness rising and delivering innovative solutions to the government.

Ensuring the security of cyberspace on the national level is one of the main activities of NASK.  Cybersecurity Center and CERT Polska operating within the structure of NASK are tasked with responding to cyber security threats and incidents in the countrywide networks as well as reporting illegal and harmfull content on the internet especially for youngsters (Dyzurnet.pl). Functioning in the field of ICT and network security for 25 years working jointly with academia, we have vast experience and highly qualified R&D staff as well as access to the state of the art of telecommunication technologies. We introduced the Internet to Poland back in 1991 and now we are a driven force of digital revolution.

We create and actively participate in the work on standarization and certification of ICT security and on development of biometric technologies.

Cybersecurity Center and CERT Polska – one of the three CSIRTs on national level is responsible for essential services operators and digital services providers. CERT Polska is active since 1996 in the response teams community, it has become a recognized and experienced entity in the field of computer security and research. Since its launch, the core of the team’s activity has been handling security incidents and cooperation with similar units worldwide. CERT Polska also conducts extensive security-related R&D. Cybersecurity Center runs the ppp network called Partnership for Cybersecurity. Within the network we cooperate with near 50 most important industry entities, (mainly essential services sectors and SMEs), public administration and academia, so that to build the vibrant and secure digital single market in Poland.

As a result of CERT Polska successful activity, NASK has also became a pioneer in Poland introducing awareness raising activities in the field of internet safety for children and youth. Since 2005, NASK has been a leader in operating Polish Safer Internet Centre working jointly with partners and participating in joint European Insafe/INHOPE network.  We also participate in the European-wide projects connected with internet safety like Safer Internet Day or SafeInternet4EU.

As the Polish national registry of internet .pl domains we cooperate within Registry-Registrar-Registrant model with 212 partners (Registrars) from 24 countries and over 2,64mln. registered domains.

Using our unique knowledge and experience in the field of security, reliability and efficiency of the ICT network we deliver training, mentoring, consulting  and access to professional expertise in the field of cybersecurity as well as building and increasing digital technologies awareness.

NASK cooperates closely with Polish academia such as Warsaw University of Technology, Częstochowa University of Technology, Lodz University of Technology and Wroclaw University of Technology as well as Polish Research Institutes: National Institute of Telecommunication and Institute of Innovative Technologies, Military Institute of telecommunications and others. Cooperation is built on concrete projects in areas of cybersecurity, AI, ICS, electronic document processing, biometrics, etc.

NASK has been currently involved in many European and national projects supported by government - in particular 5FR, 6FR, 7FR, Horizon 2020, NATO Panels. NASK has been also actively participating in many Research and Development projects as part of international consortia eg. SISSDEN (Secure Information Sharing Sensor) where NASK operates as leader of the consortia as well as domestic projects co-financed by the National Centre for Research and Development  eg. NPC National Cybersecurity Platform - the goal of this project is to develop monitoring, detecting and warning system of for threats and incidents as well as supporting coordination of incident response on a national level, KS03 – national certification system based on Common Criteria, BIOmobi – remote mobile system for biometric authentication exploiting non-specialized mobile devices, OSE - National wide Telco Network for Education that will provide the secure internet network for all schools in Poland. We actively participate in the work on standarization of ICT security and on development of biometric technologies.

As an answer for EU Cybersecurity Act, NASK is also involved in a process of building ecosystem for cybersecurity certification (CertiSecPL initiative) -  which is based among others on mentioned above KSO3 project experience.

NASK carries out strategic projects for Polish public institutions in cooperation with central administration, research institutes and companies. For example we provide support and currently work on many innovative systems for public administration eg. EZD RP- electronic management of documents for government administration, mDokumenty - document verifying system stored on mobile phone.

Among others, the Internet of Things as well as Artificial Intelligence are the emerging issues undertaken by NASK. NASK for last two years conducted the project dedicated to safety and security challenges coming together with IoT technology with a special focus on smart connected toys. NASK Social Research Laboratory applies two simultaneous approaches toward the issue. First, by analyzing AI-related trends in the Polish economy and among business communities secondly, by studying general public’s attitude towards the AI revolution.

One of the top initiatives of NASK as the Centre of Competences in fields of the digital technologies is the SECURE Conference– with the longest tradition in Poland (launched in 1997)  and the broadest approach to the ICT security issues.

In 2016 NASK together with Ministry of Digital Affairs and two other national research institutes: National Institute of Telecommunication and Institute of Innovative Technologies created Scientific and Industrial ICT Center (CNPT). The aim of the CNPT is to coordinate the activities and building cooperation in area of R&D result implementation, development of research infrastructure, implementation of internship programs for employees, as well as joint acquisition and service of domestic and European research projects.

According to the Action Plan of the Ministry of Digitalization for Artificial Intelligence, the group of NASK research institute  has been indicated as the Digital Hub of Innovation for AI in Poland. Together with Ministry for Digital Affairs and daughter companies (eg. NASK4Innovation), we are  facilitating the uptake of  Artificial Intelligence in Poland,, which we believe will be equally revolutionary with the potential to change the world, improve the quality of life and bring economic profits. We intend to create strong synergy between academia, industry and government to build and support open, more competitive and resilient cyberspace to develop and expand Single Digital Market and Digital Europe. Digital technologies.

The Nanotechnology Lab LTFN, of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is an internationally acknowledged specialist in Organic Electronics–OEs (OPVs, OLEDs, OTFTs, biosensors, etc.), Thin Films & Nanomaterials Technology, vacuum, printing (roll-to-roll, inkjet), OVPD & CVD Pilot Lines, Nanometrology, in-line optical sensing & Nanomedicine.
Nanotechnology Lab LTFN has established the Center of Organic & Printed Electronics (COPE-H) for Research & Manufacturing of OE Devices for Applications in Energy, Displays, Lighting, Electronics, NanoBiomedicine, Smart Textiles, Smart Food Packaging, Greenhouses, etc. The Center acquires an area of 1500 m2 with clean room facilities of 600 m2 and includes state-of-the-art infrastructure and pilot lines (R2R printing, OVPD, CVD, S2S) for the manufacturing of large area OE devices. COPE-H is located in the area of Thermi, in Thessaloniki, close to the airport of the city.

Nanotechnology Lab LTFN coordinates several EU and National Projects, the Hellenic Organic & Printed Electronics Association HOPE-A (www.hope-a.com), and organizes annually the NANOTEXNOLOGY multi-event (www.nanotexnology.com), which combines International Conferences, Summer Schools and Exhibitions on Nanotechnology - Organic Electronics and Nanomedicine. Digital technologies.

The Munich Innovation HUB for applied AI integrates the applied AI activities of the Munich Metropolitan Region and in particular of the institutions fortiss, the appliedAI initiative of UnternehmerTUM  and of the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence  (MSRM) in one place. The target is to support established companies and especially SMEs on their AI journey to transform their business. Following a comprehensive maturity logic, interested companies are supported from starting with AI and digital activities until becoming professional in using AI technologies. This typically happens in the form of initial workshops, the assessment of their AI maturity followed by expert sessions and provision of supporting documents. A broad set of individual offerings as well as a large network of over 500 startups complements the support. 

appliedAI is part of the UnternehmerTUM, a large non-for-profit institution with the goal to "support innovation and entrepreneurship in Germany". appliedAI's goal as a department of UnternehmerTUM is to "lift Germany to the AI age by accelerating the adoption of AI technology". fortiss is a state-funded research institution with a focus to support the transformation of SMEs. Therefore, both institutions in the DIH follow the non-for-profit approach as an ecosystem for innovation. 

The support is based on a maturity assessment tool and selected measures consisting of engineering support, education and upskilling opportunities as well as strategic and operational support. The Munich Innovation HUB for applied AI serves as a central hub to connect our partners with startups and other partners to become part of an ecosystem for applying AI. This is supported by a diverse range of activities like conferences, meetups, workshops, best practice sharing. 

The coordination within the appliedAI Initiative of UnternehmerTUM provides a central contact point for the following activities of the involved cooperation partners:

Innovation Lab for AI: Bringing together companies, researchers and students in order to work at innovative AI based solutions and (software) prototypes
Qualification for AI: Training and qualification actions for AI technologies and methods adapted to the needs of industry professionals
Research on AI: Application-oriented research, together with partners from practice and based on practice-relevant and future-oriented questions.
Entrepreneurship: Supportive activities for establishing professional and entrepreneurial knowledge and the creation of start-ups, including access to finance.
Network of Partners in AI: Bringing together research, established companies and startups to work together and solve current challenges in an industrial context as well as to solve practical questions in the application of AI in the industry.
Access to infrastructure for AI: Tech partners support our ecosystem with latest technologies and expertise.

As part of the CPSE Labs initiative, the HUB also supports businesses by funding experiments. At present the Lab funded a number of research experiments designed by businesses (and other organisations) working in a variety of technology and engineering domains. The funding of experiments are focused and fast-track. They have explicit objectives to clearly improve the business's ability to innovate, with specific criteria in terms of technology use and overall objective.

The HUB has experience of a variety of projects. Read some short case studies and funded experiments of previous work below: 

The AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) case study examined the use of the 4DIAC platform in a smart grid laboratory  (see http://www.cpse-labs.eu/gs_smartgridcasestudy.php).
The ACIN case study allowed the Vienna Institute of Technology's Automation and Control Institute to demonstrate the real time capability of the 4DIAC platform (see http://www.cpse-labs.eu/gs_invertedpendulumcasestudy.php)
Festo case study. In this case study the world's leading supplier of pneumatic and electrical automation technology worked with fortiss to develop a prototype adaptable factory (see https://www.fortiss.org/en/research/projects/fortiss_future_factory_f/)
Integration of Co-Simulation Methods into a real-time Platform for CPS (see http://www.cpse-labs.eu/experiment.php?id=c1_gs_cosim)
AI Use Case Families 1.0 (see https://appliedai.de/use-case-library-v1/)
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Move2Digital (DIH)

The Move2Digital Digital Innovation Hub is a non-profit organisation based on existing Digital House created and coordinated by the international SCS Cluster. Move2Digital DIH is targeting to be the first European ecosystem on its "Smart Specialisation Areas": AI & Big data, IoT & CPS, Digital Security and Microelectronics:

The one stop-shop for SME of various applicative sectors present in the SUD region in France.

The services offered by Move2Digital to all its members can be classified in 3 categories:

·       Activities linked to innovation and to the digital introduction;

·       Creation of skills needed for the digital transformation;

·       Support to business development.

First of all, the innovation network in place is the key element of the SMEs evolution to success. It is based on intense exchanges between technological specialists (large groups, SMEs and researchers) from the digital sector and those from the specific applicative sectors. The aim of Move2Digital is to structure this networking for better efficiency. Move2Digital facilitates the innovation process, the access to technology for an efficient industrialization thanks to digital solutions.

Therefore, on top of the services and products offered by the SCS cluster which are the main resource center of this digital initiative, Move2Digital is offering thanks to its members, additional services (both to SCS members, to sectorial clusters members) such as but not limited to: education and skills development, digital maturity assessment, business competencies and coaching, finance, mentoring, accelerator support.

Thanks to the digitalization expertise provided to companies, the goal is also to:

·       to enable our ecosystem in generating "industry first" technological advances through collaborative projects;

·       to accelerate SMEs growth in helping them to be prepared, to improve their competitiveness and products on dominant positions in their markets;
to develop a network of international partners (DIH, clusters, industries) by boosting the adoption of digital solutions in industrial sectors. Digital technologies.

We support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the digitisation of their production and business processes with practical offers. The spectrum ranges from orientation, analysis and qualificaton to individual support in the implementation of concrete solutions. We bundle expert knowledge in the five subject areas "Work", "Efficiency", "Energy", "Ideas" and "IT-Security". The focus is on questions that are of particular interest to SMEs in the context of digitisation. The “CiP” and “ETA” learning factories are central components of our knowledge transfer. The focus here is on the approach of action-oriented, work-related learning. In combination with proven training formats, this enables a fundamental understanding of methods and their practical application.

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The Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Bremen is a non-profit entity that supports and promotes small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their digital transformation. The aim is to increase the level of digitalisation of SMEs through individual support measures. As one of 26 nationwide SME 4.0-Competence Centres, the Bremen centre bundles target group-specific offers, especially for SMEs, and provides expert contact persons. Due to funding from the Ministry of Economics, all offers are free of charge for SMEs. The aim is to increase digitalisation skills, especially for specialists and managers in the fields of digital platforms, new work, digital business models, assistance systems, artificial intelligence and sustainability.

The Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Bremen is part of Mittelstand-Digital. With Mittelstand-Digital, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) supports digitalisation in small and medium-sized enterprises and the skilled trades.

Mittelstand-Digital informs small and medium-sized enterprises about the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation. The funded competence centres help with expert knowledge, demonstration centres, best practice examples as well as networks that serve to exchange experiences. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy makes it possible to use all the services offered by Mittelstand-Digital free of charge. Digital technologies.

To smartly connect the strengths of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region for mutual benefit, the focus of the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Centre is on the interactive networking of employees, machines and processes. Especially cooperation between smaller companies to digitize business processes is supported. The aim is to set up these companies future-proof for the digital economy. In five model factories of the competence center, businessmen from medium-sized companies can familiarize with digital production solutions and try them out. In addition, the competence center supports companies through a variety of information events, workshops, projects and expert contacts. The entire offer of the competence center is free and supplier neutral. Digital technologies.