Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation and Smart Specialisation

Find out more about digital transformation and smart specialisation priorities of the ERNACT regions

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Digital Support SMEs

Digital Foundations

Advanced Broadband

Upper Franconia : Promote broadband expansion politically and in practice

Digital Skills

West Romania : Upgrade of Tier 1 & 2 (Automotive) + vocational training in emerging industries; DIH, EEN - upskiling to exploit ICT technologies in all smart specialisation sectors and boost digital transformation of SMEs;

San Sebastián : Digital training programmes (wide range of webinars on digital marketing, blockchain, ecommerce, artificial intelligence)

Digital Research

West Romania : E-Austria Research & Development (ICT Center of excelence); Vest University of Timisoara, Polytechnic Univeristy, regional mutinationals, ETA2U innovation and Technology Transfer Center

San Sebastián : Facilitation for the local growth with the local innovation ecosystem

Upper Franconia : Knowledge transfer, training, and research with regional business and stakeholders within the fields of: AI VR AR Robotics Interaction design Hypertext (information & knowledge management) Market research Product testing Use of digitalisation tech

Smart City & Region

Smart Energy

Upper Franconia : Energy supply Energy efficiency Hydrogen applications Air-conditioning and cooling applications Municipal heat planning

Mobility as a Service

Ljubljana : Mobility in smart cities and smart villages concepts.

Public Services

Ljubljana : All kind of digital public services

Intelligent Infrastructure

Upper Franconia : Public services

Spatial Planning

Digital Innovation

Open Data

West Romania : ICT Cluster. RDA West, public-private partnerships

Open Innovation Test Beds

West Romania : Development of centers of competences at county level covering entire West Region; Support the development of regional test beds of stakeholders (i.e Nokia Garage)

Digital Innovation Hubs

West Romania : Start-up Hubs (Digital - Large Tech); CIT Cluster, Competence Centers, Innovation Agency

Ljubljana : Continue the development of 4PDIH

San Sebastián : PIA, ENERTIC, Talent House 2

Upper Franconia : Establishment and support of an AI user centre Use, strenghthen existing setups

Stimulate Digital Startups

Upper Franconia : Give incentives and help potential founders in the academic environment to implement their ideas

Industry 4.0

West Romania : Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) cooperation (test before invest, good practices, case studies)

Ljubljana : Special focus to automotive industry due to distruptions in EU.

Research Procurement

West Romania : ICT Cluster

University in Innovation

West Romania : Digital Innovation Hub, Regional Innovation Agency

Grow Existing ICT SME Cluster

San Sebastián : Smart Kalea, Urban transformation, Digital Dendak

West Romania : Support SMEs explore new business mdoels, new applications of latest technologies (ie.AI)

Upper Franconia : Strengthen and exchange between existing networks in the areas: *IT managers *Local and district heating *Refrigeration technology

Transform Traditional SMEs

Upper Franconia : Glass industry Ceramics industry Artistry Pottery Textiles Bakeries

Circular Economy

West Romania : Pilot projects and test beds for ICT technologies that enable circular economy business models

Remote Working

Innovation ecosystems

West Romania : Networks, open innovation, challenges, technology transfers; good practices in build capacity of regional ecosystem to enable innovation

Upper Franconia : Sponge region & Smart cities AI centres connect existing clusters

Digital Transformation Technologies

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Ljubljana : Applicative use of AI in smart cities and smart villages - AI ethics research, new digital skills to broaden economic inclusivity (Mapping approaches, needs of regions, industry sectors, society), AI in health, education, public services,...

Data Analytics

Ljubljana : Data analytics for better desicion making. Also in the public sector: health, education, energy, environment, transportation...

Upper Franconia : Promote alternatives to conventional commuter traffic in rural regions Avoiding waste in production processes derive analyses from health and disease data and help rare diseases both migraine and headache patients

Robotics

Blockchain

West Romania : Research & Development (Automotive), Fintech (Digital - Large Tech)

Cybersecurity

Ljubljana : - Cybersecurity for the companies and municipalities - public services. - 5G private testbed infrastructure for experimentation, measurements, testing and verification of large-scale communications systems as well as services, security capabilities

Upper Franconia : Phishing attacks Software security DDoS Amplification, secure distributed systems Anonymisation services Vulnerability assessment Privacy

3D Printing

Virtual Reality (VR)

Internet of Things (IoT)