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Digital Innovation Hubs Day on May 14th 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany (city center) from 9-17h organised by the SmartAnythingEverywhere Initiative.
Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) are one of the key elements of the Digitising European Industry Strategy (DEI) strategy of the European Commission with the aim to support companies – notably SMEs, start-ups and mid-caps – to become more competitive through the adoption of latest digital technologies. Every company in Europe should have a DIH at a working distance, and the aim is to have at least one in every region in Europe. DIHs will bring user companies (with a need to invest in digital technologies) in contact with supply companies that have suitable ICT products that address the needs of the users. The DIHs act as a one-stop-shop, offering access to digital technologies and competences, infrastructure to test digital innovations, training to develop digital skills, financing advice, market intelligence as well as networking opportunities.
The Digital Innovation Hubs Day will bring together European digitisation initiatives and Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) with the ones situated in Baden-Wuerttemberg (south-western Germany) and its neighbouring countries Austria, Switzerland and France. Participants will learn about the different concepts of the DIHs and initiatives, share their experiences and can explore possible collaborations.
A special focus will be on interactive discussion sessions addressing questions such as:
- How to support many small projects
- Cascade Funding – an instrument fitting the needs of SMEs
- Experiences and lessons learnt (by DIHs and SMEs)
- Re-use of technological building blocks in new projects
- How to create a leverage effect of public funding
- Collaboration of initiatives and hubs on regional, national and EU levels
Join this event chaired by Dr. Max Lemke from the European Commission (Head of Unit for "Technologies and Systems for Digitising Industry in DG CONNECT) and get in contact with key-players from Regions, Regional Clusters, Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) and industry/ SMEs to exchange views on existing and future DIHs
Participation is free of charge.
AGENDA
09:00–09:30 - Welcome coffee & registration
09:30–09:40 - Welcome an setting the scene
09:40–10:00 - Digitizing European Industry Initiative and DIHs in Digital Europe Programme
10:00–10:15 - European Digitization: Smart Anything Everywhere & I4MS Initiatives
10:15–10:30 - The Digital Hubs of Germany - de:hub Initiative
10:30–10:45 - The Digital Hub Network of Baden-Württemberg
10:45–11:15 - Coffee break
11:15–12:30 - European DIHs in practice
12:30–13:30 - Networking lunch
13:30–14:00 - The role of regional DIH to support companies in their digital transformation
14:00–15:30 - Discussion sessions in parallel & Brokerage
15:30–16:00 - Coffee break
16:00–16:15 - Brief reports on group discussions
16:15–16:30 - Conclusions & Closing
Organizer:
Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e.V.
Wilhelm-Schickard-Straße 10
78052 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Rainer Günzler
Rainer.Guenzler@Hahn-Schickard.de
Contact for the event:
Steinbeis 2i GmbH
Kienestraße 35
70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Olga Marschalek
marschalek@steinbeis-europa.de
Smart Anything Everywhere (SAE Initiative, smartanythingeverywhere.eu) of the European Commission.
Notes
theo.2.meet
Theodor-Heuss-Straße 2
70174 Stuttgart, Germany
https://www.theo-2.de/city-location.html
theo.2.meet has an ideal city center location and is very easy to reach by public transport.
For train travelers: The central station central station is in the immediate vicinity (about 650 m, 5 minutes walk).
- All S-Bahns S1 to S6 go to the stop Stadtmitte (exit Büchsenstraße).
- The underground train U1, go to the stop Börsenplatz.
- The underground trains U9, U11, U14 stop at Friedrichsbau (Stock Exchange).
- The underground trains U5, U6, U7, U12 and U15 go to the stop Schlossplatz.
If you arrive by car, always drive in the direction of Stuttgart Zentrum / Hauptbahnhof.
You can park in the nearby parking garage Friedrichsbau / Stuttgarter Volksbank (access via Huberstraße 2, 70174 Stuttgart).