The partners of the Interreg Europe project SMARTY have identified Good Practices related to Digital Innovation Hubs initiatives and their role in supporting digital transformation in SMEs. If you are interested in learning about them, join us for the fully online 2nd SMARTY Interregional Policy Brokerage.

Agenda

Official Welcome to Catalonia

David Ferrer, General Secretary of Digital Policies, Generalitat of Catalonia

Josep Paradells, Director, i2CAT Foundation-Internet and Digital Innovation Research Centre of Catalonia

Besnik Mehmeti, SMARTY Lead Partner, Municipality of Prato.

Digital Innovation Hubs in Digital Europe Programme-current status.

Anna Puig, Programme Officer, DG CNECT A2-Tecnologies and Systems for Digitasing Industry, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, Europan Commission.

The Catalan Digital Innovation Hub (DIH4CAT) as strategic tool for implementing advanced digital technologies and the industry 4.0 approch in SMEs and public services.

Àurea Rodriguez, Innovation Director, Agency for Business Competitiveness, ACCIÓ, Generalitat of Catalonia.

Brokerage Round Table I: Digital Innovation Hubs and business models: structures, services and cooperation activities to support SMEs and public services

Facilitator: Sergi Figuerola, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, i2CAT.

• DIH Slovenia - experiences and lessons learnt, Simona Knezevic, Head of the Industrial Association, TECOS-Slovenian Tool and Die Development Centre, Slovenia

• The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre & Digital Innovation Hubs in the UK, Rab Scott, Head of Digital, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, UK

• The Digital Innovation Hub and Competence Centre in Tuscany – a network for deploying Innovation 4.0 in the Region, Jacopo Catani, Coordinator, ARTES 4.0, Italy

• 3M Buckley Innovation Centre, Sue Cooke, CEO, 3M Buckley Innovation Centre, UK

CASE STUDY-Basque Digital Innovation Hub, Susana Larrea, Strategic Initiatives Officer, SPRI, Basque Country, Spain

CASE STUDY-Amaisys technologies SLU and Nechi group. From industrial needs to digital solutions. Héctor Colado, CEO, Amaisys Technologies and Technical Director, Nechi Group, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Main question to discuss is “What kind of structures and services are appropriated to support SME’s adoption of digital and Industry 4.0 technologies?“

SMARTY partners and stakeholders are invited to participate in dialogue in order to maximize the interregional learning.

Break

Brokerage Round Table II: Instruments to support DIH economic sustainability and adoption of technologies by the SMEs

Facilitator: Sergio Martinez, Economic Promotion Officer, Generalitat of Catalonia

• Building the Catalan EDIH for the future: from isolated nodes to an integrated service approach, Sandra Pérez, European Research, Development and Innovation Officer, Agency for Business Competitiveness, Generalitat of Catalonia, Catalonia

• Strategic Research & Innovation Partnership for Factory of the Future, Rudi Panjtar, Director, SRIP TOP, Slovenia

• European networks for digitization and advanced manufacturing,, Krzysztof Lipiec, Director, Łukasiewicz - PIAP, Poland

• Incentives for supporting the cooperation between companies, innovation hub and competence centers in Italy, Leonardo Marchetti, Project Manager, Next Technology Tecnotessile SRL, Italy

CASE STUDY-Cashkeepers SL. Digitalisation as tool for industry competitiveness. Alexandra Cols, CEO, Girona, Catalonia.

Main Question to discuss is: “What kind of instruments are appropriated to guaratantee DIH sustainability and support to SMEs and public services proof-of-concept?”

SMARTY partners and stakeholders are invited to participate in dialogue in order to maximize the interregional learning.

Conclusions from the Thematic Sessions and Closing the 2nd SMARTY IPB event

Besnik Mehmeti, SMARTY Lead Partner, Municipality of Prato (Italy)

Tatiana Fernández, Head of Economic Promotion, Generalitat of Catalonia (Catalonia)

Kristiina Jokelainen, External Expert, SmartNorth (Finland)

Ger van den Kerkhof, Senior Account Manager EU Affairs, Flanders Make (Belgium).

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