DIHs as accelerators of the green and digital transition (in Portuguese: DIHs como aceleradores da transição verde e digital)
The digital transformation of manufacturing enables decarbonisation and resource efficiency. Disruptive digital technologies are helping traditional manufacturing companies become safer, more productive, more accurate, more sustainable, and more cost-effective.
This webinar aims at showing strategies and use-cases of digital and green transition processes in the Portuguese manufacturing sector. It comprises a brief presentation of the services offered by the digital innovation hubs SIH – Smart Islands Hub, CONNECT5 and Azores DIH. In addition, it will inform about an interdisciplinary network of DIHs and solution providers developed under the DIH4CPS project, which aims to help European enterprises overcome innovation hurdles.
The event is scheduled for May 5th, between 10 am and 12:40 pm
| 10:00 | Opening session
Rui Caldeira, President of ARDITI |
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| 10:10 | Presentation of the DIH-World project
José Ferreira |
| 10:20 | Digital manufacturing transition paradigm applied to the Cutlery and Machine Tool sectors
João Pedro Mendonça |
| 10:45 | Q&A |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:10 | Presentation of the DIH services: Smart Islands Hubs
David Aveiro |
| 11:20 | Presentation of the DIH4CPS
José Ferreira |
| 11:30 | Presentation of the DIH services: CONNECT5
Vasco Lagarto |
| 11:40 | Presentation of the DIH services: Azores DIH
Tomás Ferreira |
| 11:50 | Presentation of the use-case Factory of the future
Rita Santiago |
| 11:55 | Presentation of the use-case BioReboot
Thiago Gomes |
| 12:10 | Q&A |
| 12:25 | Closing statement
Ricardo Jardim Gonçalves, President of Uninova |
Organiser
SIH – Smart Islands Hub
Edif. Madeira Tecnopolo, Piso 2
Caminho da Penteada
9020-105 Funchal
SIH is based on the island of Madeira, an Autonomous Region on the Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of Europe. Taking advantage of being on Madeira Island, SIH wants to develop solutions to help the local businesses and that may be valuable for other isolated territories, to address the major challenges that they may face due to their remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, ageing, outmigration of young people, and economic dependence on a reduced number of products. The competitive advantages brought in by the SIH will aid companies from these regions to have a more competitive participation in the Digital Single Market.
SIH aims to become Madeira’s one-stop-shop for digital transformation and, in partnership with other island-based entities and DIHs, offer services to contribute to the proliferation of smart islands.
Services
- Awareness creation
- Ecosystem building, scouting, brokerage, networking
- Collaborative Research
- Concept validation and prototyping
- Testing and validation
- Digital Maturity Assessment
- Incubator/accelerator support
- Market intelligence
- Access to Funding and Investor Readiness Services
- Mentoring
- Education and skills development
- Development of new digital solutions and business models
- Generation and provision of datasets
Additional information
The SIH consortium is led by Madeira’s Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation (ARDITI). ARDITI is a private non-profit agency that has, as founding shareholders, Madeira’s Regional Government, the University of Madeira and local companies interested in R&D, technology and innovation. Besides the leading regional R&D, innovation, and technology entities, the SIH consortium builds on the competences of nationwide R&D institutions (FCT-UNL, Uninova, Circular Economy Colab, and the Colab Smart Energy Lab), and other actors of Madeira’s innovation ecosystem, like the chamber of commerce – ACIF-CCIM – and Startup Madeira, the local incubator, to further the connection between the SIH and the local companies.
Focus sectors:
- Energy
- Circular economy, environment, and sustainability
- Public administration
- Mobility and logistics
- Health and biotechnology
- Commerce and services.
Focus technologies:
- Data science & big data
- Artificial intelligence
- Cybersecurity
- Digital solutions/interoperability for the public sector
- High-performance computing
CONNECT5
Edifício Central, PCI · Creative Science Park Aveiro Region, Via do
Conhecimento, 3830-352 Ílhavo – Portugal
CONNECT5 is a Portuguese DIH focused on providing services that contribute to the digital transformation of SMEs and public organizations. By leveraging the partners’ knowledge and experience using diversified technological solutions, such as 5G, cloud systems, IoT, Big Data capabilities, AI, they aim to promote the digital transition of the Portuguese and international industrial sector. Additionally, the consortium is committed to establish a solid national network and become a reference in Europe.
Services
Technological solutions, such as 5G, cloud systems, IoT, Big Data capabilities, AI
Additional information
CONNECT5 aims to become a national and European reference DIH, by providing advanced services in the areas of integrated connectivity systems and CPS through the combination of 5G, cloud systems, IoT, Big Data capabilities, to SMEs and public organizations, enabling them to access the latest knowledge, expertise and technology for testing and experimenting with digital innovations relevant to their activity, products, processes or business models. CONNECT5 believes that, by leveraging digital transformation processes in its beneficiaries, it will impact the economy and society by improving productivity and quality of life and boosting access to knowledge and public services.