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SMART-SPACE –Deliverable D.C.4.4 “Newsletter”

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Project Acronym: SMART-SPACE

Project title: ASP478

D.C.4.4 “Newsletter”

WP n°: C: “Communication”

Task n°: A.C.4 Digital Activities

Author(s): Eleonora Pantò, Gian Luca Matteucci, Ferdinando Ricchiuti, Stefania Sella, Carola Grossi

Contributors: All PPs

Type: R - Report

Dissemination level: <PU = public>

Revision: FINAL 01

Due Date: 30.01.2020

Date of submission: 31.01.2020


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Executive Summary

Within the SMART SPACE project, the activity A.C.4 is aimed to promote digital

dissemination, contacting stakeholders and beneficiaries and pursuing interaction through

newsletters and social media campaign.

The Deliverable D.C.4.4 “Newsletter” collects all the sent newsletters.

List of contents

Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 2

List of contents .................................................................................................................................................... 2

1. Campaigns ............................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Annexes .................................................................................................................................................... 4


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1. Campaigns

Number Delivery date Subject line

1 Wed, Apr 04, 2018 SMART-SPACE Platform, First Study Visit in Milan

2 Thu, Apr 05, 2018

(Revised)

SMART-SPACE Platform, First Study Visit in Milan

3 Mon, May 21, 2018 Analyzing the Alpine Space, DEI Stakeholder Forum 2018

4 Tue, Jul 24, 2018 6:29 Smart Space: The digital roundtables for policymakers

and the 2nd Study Visit

5 Tue, Dec 18, 2018 Season's Greeting 2018 | Smart-Space Hub, a

collaborative platform

6 Tue, Feb 05, 2019 Transnational Call for Expert | Industrial Days 2019 Lyon |

A&T Faire

7 Tue, Apr 30, 2019 Smart Digital Camp, Events in Vienna, Salzburg and Turin,

"How to satisfy clients in 2030?", Digitalization&Digital

Innovation Hub and other news

8 Fri, Jun 28, 2019 Operator Training Course, Digital Marketing Bootcamp, IEEE ICE Conference, Digital Transformation for SMEs,

Smart Digital Camp, materials and more

9 Mon, Dec 09, 2019 SMART SPACE @ European Week of Regions&Cities,

Smart Manifacturing, Digital Transformer, Transnational Digital Roadmap, BE 4.0 Fair

10 Thu, Jan 30, 2020 SMART SPACE @ European Week of Regions&Cities, 3D

Print, AI, CreaInnovation, Professionalizing Degree,

DIHs/S3


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2. Annexes

The contents of all the newsletters are attached to this document.

Welcome to the April 2018 Edition Issue of SMART SPACE Newsletter

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SMART-SPACE Platform, a collaborative environment

The SMART-SPACE Project promotes an integrated IT platform for Alpine Space users, conceived as a one-stop-shopto enhance the cooperation of the Alpine Space manufacturing innovation ecosystem, strengthen and support SMEs inthe Digital Innovation Processes in order to increase their competitiveness.

The objective of the SMART-SPACE platform is to establish a powerful and strategic innovation environment to gatherand optimize local and European initiatives on topics of common interest, increasing their impact and effectiveness,and to provide stakeholders (SMEs, Intermediariesand Policy Makers) with a set of common instruments and tools notavailable at a local level, building transnational networks for Alpine Space growth and eco-innovationThe Platform will represent the entry point to a powerful interregional network of innovation stakeholders, that willbenefit from a set of tools and services conceived to support Policy Makers, Intermediaries and SMEs in undertakingthe digitization path and increase the competitiveness of the Alpine Space area, building up the so-called “AlpineSpace Digital Hub”.

What will you find in the Platform?The platform is a collaborative environment where SMEs, Intermediaries and Policy Makers can cooperate and

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leverage on services specifically developed by SMART-SPACE project.In particular, the SMART-SPACE Hub will give you the access to:

Dedicated COMMUNITIES, where stakeholders can interact and have access to events, training courses, toolsand other interesting material according to their needs.PROPOSAL OF COLLABORATION shared among innovation stakeholders according to their common topic ofinterests.EVENTS to increase awareness, skills and competencies, targeted according to the type of stakeholders andfield of interest.DISCUSSIONS where users can share ideas, provide their feedback and opinions.Specific SERVICES addressed to SMEs willing to succeed digital transformation of their business,INTERMEDIARIES and POLICY MAKERS willing to support this digitalization journey.

Do you want to be a key innovator in the Alpine Space DIH? Join the SMART-SPACE Platform atwww.smartspacehub.eu

First SMART-SPACE Study Visit Milan, 10-11 April 2018

Several are the incentives that have been put in place to boost the adoption of digital solutions, but companies, andSMEs in particular, still strive in succeeding the so-called Industry 4.0 revolution. In this framework, the role ofintermediary organizations (clusters, industrial associations, business support organization, universities and researchcentres, …) becomes fundamental.

The Study Visit, organized in Milan on the 10th and 11th of April, aims at introducing the ongoing activities andinitiatives in the framework of digital innovation of the key innovation actors in Lombardy.

In particular, the focus will be on local Intermediaries Best Practices to support companies in undertaking thedigitalization journey. Some of the main players in this context, as the Lombardy Digital Innovation Hub, Osservatorio

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Industry 4.0 of the Politecnico of Milan, AFIL Cluster, Intellimech Consortium and Innovhub, will introduce theirstrategies and ongoing activities to support companies in the digitalization of their business.

Smart Space project is co-financed by the European Union via Interreg Alpine Space

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Welcome to the April 2018 Edition Issue of SMART SPACE Newsletter


The SMART-SPACE Project promotes an integrated IT platform for Alpine Space users, conceived as a one-stop-shop to enhancethe cooperation of the Alpine Space manufacturing innovation ecosystem, strengthen and support SMEs in the Digital InnovationProcesses in order to increase their competitiveness.

The objective of the SMART-SPACE platform is to establish a powerful and strategic innovation environment to gather andoptimize local and European initiatives on topics of common interest, increasing their impact and effectiveness, and to providestakeholders (SMEs, Intermediariesand Policy Makers) with a set of common instruments and tools not available at a local level,building transnational networks for Alpine Space growth and eco-innovationThe Platform will represent the entry point to a powerful interregional network of innovation stakeholders, that will benefit from aset of tools and services conceived to support Policy Makers, Intermediaries and SMEs in undertaking the digitization path andincrease the competitiveness of the Alpine Space area, building up the so-called “Alpine Space Digital Hub”.

What will you find in the Platform?The platform is a collaborative environment where SMEs, Intermediaries and Policy Makers can cooperate and leverage onservices specifically developed by SMART-SPACE project.In particular, the SMART-SPACE Hub will give you the access to:

Dedicated COMMUNITIES, where stakeholders can interact and have access to events, training courses, tools and otherinteresting material according to their needs.PROPOSAL OF COLLABORATION shared among innovation stakeholders according to their common topic of interests.

SMART-SPACE Platform, a collaborative environment


EVENTS to increase awareness, skills and competencies, targeted according to the type of stakeholders and field ofinterest.DISCUSSIONS where users can share ideas, provide their feedback and opinions.Specific SERVICES addressed to SMEs willing to succeed digital transformation of their business, INTERMEDIARIES andPOLICY MAKERS willing to support this digitalization journey.

Do you want to be a key innovator in the Alpine Space DIH? Join the SMART-SPACE Platform at www.smartspacehub.eu

First SMART-SPACE Study Visit Milan, 10-11 April 2018

Several are the incentives that have been put in place to boost the adoption of digital solutions, but companies, and SMEs inparticular, still strive in succeeding the so-called Industry 4.0 revolution. In this framework, the role of intermediaryorganizations (clusters, industrial associations, business support organization, universities and research centres, …) becomesfundamental.

The Study Visit, organized in Milan on the 10th and 11th of April, aims at introducing the ongoing activities and initiatives in theframework of digital innovation of the key innovation actors in Lombardy.

In particular, the focus will be on local Intermediaries Best Practices to support companies in undertaking the digitalizationjourney. Some of the main players in this context, as the Lombardy Digital Innovation Hub, Osservatorio Industry 4.0 of thePolitecnico of Milan, AFIL Cluster, Intellimech Consortium and Innovhub, will introduce their strategies and ongoing activities tosupport companies in the digitalization of their business.







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Welcome to the May 2018 Edition Issue of SMART SPACE Newsletter


The SMART-SPACE backbone Analyzing the Alpine Space

The first step to a successful project is to work on the needs and current level of knowledge of the targetgroups, in our case they are SME’s, intermediaries and policymakers. To do so, Smart Space has spentresources on spreading awareness about the implementation of technologies as well as identify and verifythe needs of alpine SME’s, intermediaries and policymakers.

What actions have been taken?Actions were spread in four fields and contained local events, surveys and back desk analysis. We specificallydid cover generic Digital Innovation to meet alpine challenges, Smart Technologies to improve SME’s,knowledge of intermediaries and the Digital Single Market to support policymakers and innovationstakeholders.

What results have been discovered?The currently main challenges faced to all actors in Alpine Space we identified and elaborated were theeconomic globalisation, demographic trends, a change of alpine climate, meeting energy demands, an up to


date mobility and transport challenge as well as the continuing digital divide.Though, the Alpine SME’s did create a sustainable impression. Our Survey covering companies of mostrelevant fields in production already had an idea about the content of technologies relevant to Industrie 4.0.Also, most of them are currently trying to find suitable partners to implement technologies or get furtherinformation if they are not already in place.Alpine Intermediaries were offering varying content for each region, yet with the same structure and similarquality of measures. Their main tasks are still awareness campaigns, providing a platform for SME’s as wellas to exchange Ideas and network. To help improve intermediaries, Smart Space aims to support theinternational network and help connect generalists with digital specialists.Regarding the Policy Makers and Innovation Stakeholders, a lot of initiatives are currently carried out on aregional, national and European level. The main EU initiatives to support Smart Space Ideas are the SmartSpecialisation, aiming to support competitive innovations for all areas as well as the Digital SingleMarket Strategy. Smart Space aims at supporting those as well as other strategies and help to carry outideas by supporting local and national authorities.

Digitising European Industry Stakeholder Forum2018

The Stakeholder Forum on digitization of European industry has been held in Paris on March 27 & 28, 2018.This second edition has been co-organized by the European Commission and the French Ministry ofEconomy, during the Global Industrie exhibition. It gathered more than 350 people over the 2 days. Thisevent took place in the context of the Digitising European Industry Initiative (DEI).

Regarding the challenges faced by Europe on digitization, in 2016 the EC launched the DEI initiative. Themain goal is to improve the European competitiveness through the development of digital technologies andthe digital transformation of the companies.

One pillar of the DEI initiative is to facilitate the access of the SMEs to digital innovations through dedicatedhub of resources called Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH). The EC defines DIH as one-stop-shops wherecompanies – especially SMEs – can get support with regards to their business, production processes,products and services by the use of digital technologies. Here is the panel of services that a DIH shouldprovide to the companies: awareness creation on digital technologies, innovation scouting, digital maturityassessment, visioning and strategy development for business, brokering/matching, access to specialists andinfrastructures, mentoring and training, access to funding and investor readiness services, collaborativeprojects.

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There are already some European Digital Innovation Hubs referred under Smart Specialization StrategyPlatform. One big priority for the EC is to support the networking of the local/regional DIHs to allow everySME to get access to the best available expertise, abroad if not available locally. European calls for projectson digital innovation hubs and industrial platforms or European programs such as the I4MS, Innovation formanufacturing SME in Europe are European initiatives contributing directly to the implementation of thisstrategy with the objective to set up pan-European networks of DIHs.

During the second day of the Forum, a specific session was dedicated to share experiences and exchangebest practices on DIH, presenting different regional, national or transnational initiatives. Many other relevanttopics have been presented and discussed such as the digital industrial platforms, the challenges to face thelack of investments in digitization in Europe or to overcome the digital skills gap.All the presentations of the workshops are available and a complete report of the forum with all theconclusions will be published soon.

The objective of the Smart Space project to support SMEs from traditional sectors in their challenges ofdigital transformations directly in line with the DEI initiative and will contribute to the EU strategy to supportthe setting up of transnational networks of DIHs. Indeed, Smart Space project aims to set up a DIH atAlpine Space area level and to put in place an Alpine Space strategic partnership for digitalizationof the SMEs. Through the services provided through the Smart Space digital platform and pilot actions in11 regions, the Smart Space project partners can support you as an SME, intermediaries and policymakersto be informed on the latest developments on digitalization and to get the best benefits to supportdigitization of industry.

Smart-Space 1st Study VisitLombardy – 10-11 April 2018

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The first SMART-SPACE Study Visit was organized by AFIL, the Lombardy Cluster focus on AdvancedManufacturing, in Milan on the 10th and 11th of April 2018, involving more than 30 intermediaries from theinvolved regions.During the 2-days event, the ongoing activities and initiatives in the framework of digital innovation of thekey innovation actors in Lombardy were presented. The focus was on local Intermediaries Best Practices tosupport companies in undertaking the digitalization journey. Some of the main Lombard players unveiledtheir strategies and activities in order to be a key accelerator for digital transformation.The involved actors were:

Lombardy Digital Innovation hubAFIL – Lombardy Intelligent Factory AssociationVanguard InitiativesKilometro Rosso innovation districtIntellimech ConsortiumInnovhub, the special company of the Chamber of Commerce of MilanIndustry 4.0 Observatory, Politecnico of Milan

The study visit included also the visit to the Industry 4.0 Lab at Politecnico of Milan.

Smart-Space 2nd Study VisitStuttgart – 17-20 June 2018

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This study visit is part of the Train the Trainer Course for Intermediaries of the Smart-Space project,allowing partners to connect with leading researchers and practitioners from all over the world. In total, atleast 250 participants are expected. In the last two decades, the ICE/IEEE ITMC Conference has brought together leading academics,researchers and practitioners, contributing to the global debate on research, science and innovation. ICEConference is one of the premier conferences associated with the IEEE Technology and EngineeringManagement Society (IEEE TEMS). This year, we would like to invite our growing community of researchers,innovators, industrialists, engineers and practitioners to share their insights, practices, projects and casestudies that address the conference theme: “Era of connectedness: The future of Technology,Engineering & Innovation in a digital society” The 24th ICE/IEEE International Technology Management Conference will take place on the 17th,18th, 19th and 20th June 2018, in Stuttgart (Germany) and is organized by Baden-Württemberg Connected(bwcon), the leading technology Network in the South of Germany, together with the IST Innovationinstitute from the Lake Konstanz University. The 24th ICE/IEEE ITMC is a place where research, science andinnovation are called for original ideas, papers, debates, initiatives and projects. Authors, workshop/tutorialorganizers, and participants are invited to contribute to the shaping of the perspective on engineering,technology and innovation solutions for industry and societal challenges. Link: http://www.ice-conference.org/https://www.bwcon.de/



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Welcome to the July 2018 Edition Issue of SMART SPACE Newsletter


The roundtables for the policymakers in ItalyIn the months of May and June, the three Italian regions participating to Smart Space – Piedmont, Lombardy and Veneto - organized each aroundtable in order to analyze the regional situation and the opinions of the most relevant local stakeholders in order to support a realtransformation towards the smart manufacturing. These workshops were the first steps of a path addressed to create a common strategy in theAlpine Space to support the smart manufacturing. Some common points emerged like the need for a new cultural approach for betterunderstanding the importance of the right technology for their company, the need to work together as a network/cluster. Moreover, the possibilityof a transregional collaboration was welcomed.In the month of September and October, other meetings will be organized in order to compare the regional strategies and start in drafting acommon roadmap for the next period.

Venice, 17 May 2018


On May, the 17th 2018 Venice hosted the workshop “Is there an Italian Digital Manufacturing ? Indications and suggestions for new supportpolicies” organized by Veneto Innovazione. Representatives from Veneto Region, universities, entrepreneur associations and chambers of commerce discussed the relationship between digitalmanufacturing and companies.It emerged that in general companies acquire digital technologies from their usual providers and they usually do not know the range ofpossibilities that offer their machines. The adoption of new technologies does not mean an increase in the number of employees.Businesses lack personnel trained for new technologies. Yet companies are quite reluctant to be assisted by universities or research centres.There is a strategic and cultural problem: it is hard to understand how much important digital technologies are for those that do not use them.Companies receive too many information and they are not able to distinguish which are more important. It is necessary for companies to find



desks where they can ask which technology is better for their organization, or production, or market.All participants agreed in working for the provision of assistance to companies in the digitalization of production, training courses for employeesand desks to give complete information on which are the best technology for their need.

Turin, 21 June 2018

In Piedmont, the roundtable organized by CSP took place on 21 June 2018 at the Circolo dei Lettori di Torino.The workshop had a twofold objective: to share the image of the regional SME system among the interested parties in order to harmonize thedifferent actions and to present the goals and actions of the SMART-SPACE project, with particular reference to the launch of the Regional Pilotintended to policymakers.Representatives of the University of Turin and the Polytechnic, Chambers of Commerce, Innovation Poles and the Piedmont Region were invited tothe table.The DIH Piedmont presented some qualitative data of the survey carried out by them on more than 300 SMEs from Piedmont and has highlightedsome critical aspects for the transition to manufacturing 4.0, which are mainly of an organizational and cultural nature, as well as registering thedifficulty of these companies to work online.The discussion continued among the participants at the table along two paths: in the first, stakeholders were asked to witness the transformationunderway according to their point of observation and in the second they were asked for an opinion on the needs of the system, to try to draw -even if charcoal - the characteristics of the activities that the Smart Space project is organizing.

Milan, 29 June 2018

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The Lombardy Digitalizing Round Table has been organized on the 29th of June in Palazzo Pirelli (Milan) by AFIL and STIIMA-CNR, in theframework of the Interreg Alpine Space Projects SMART-SPACE and BifocAlps. The aim of the workshop, moderated by Alessandro Marini (AFILCluster Manager) was to discuss with policymakers and intermediary organization the state of the art of support actions addressed to companies,especially SMEs, undertaking the digitalization process and to highlight the main gaps to be overcome with the next regional measures.The meeting was attended by Lombardy Region and Friuli-Venezia Giulia Regions.A first section was addressed to the discussion of available regional measures to support companies within the digitalization of their processes. Asecond section was dedicated to the ever-increasing importance of intermediaries, as trustful organizations that can support companies in findingthe right measures and supporting them. The interaction with the participating companies was important to underline gaps and their needs.The feedback the participants was positive, and everybody realized and agreed on the preliminary goal of this first, that is only the springboard forfurther collaborations.

Second SMART-SPACE Study Visit, Stuttgart 19-21 June

The Smart Space study visit in Stuttgart was organized in frame of the international ICE/IEEE Conference, the innovation technologyconference with a special focus on digitalization.The Smart Space participants could get in touch with representatives from all over the world and got trends and state of the art ininnovation, digitalization and industry 4.0.

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Next to plenary session and dedicated workshops 4 site visits have been organized to let the stakeholders understanding better thesituation in Baden-Württemberg.The proposed site visits were: the Stock Exchange from Stuttgart, a Co-working space active in social innovation, a construction site(of the main station of Stuttgart were concrete digitalization pilot projects are implemented) and one company visit (Nokia).

Finally, as the Alpine Space Project BIFOCAlps organized in the frame of the conference a dedicated workshop (topic: introducing adigital twin in manufacturing industries), the representative of SMART SPACE have been invited to join it, in order to foster thecollaboration and the transfer of knowledge between the two projects.

Visit of the German Secretary of State at aws, Vienna

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Austria

On the 25th of June 2018, Thomas Wünsch, the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Economy, Science and Digitization of Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, visited aws to learn more about current funding programs in Austria. The delegation consisted of around 25 people,who were mostly representatives in the field of healthcare management and medical engineering.To give the participants an overview of what is happening in the field of digitalisation in Austria, the SMART SPACE project waspresented. Kathrin Schelbaum, project manager at aws, talked about the common goals of the project and made a short introductionto the Digital Innovation Hub platform. Furthermore, she gave an overview of the pilot actions planned for the next semesters. Afterthe presentation, there was time for questions concerning the project.

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Welcome to the December 2018 Edition of SMART-SPACE Newsletter


Season's Greetings 2018What an amazing and busy year we have behind us! Thank you for thinking together with us for better digital

innovation to meet Alpine social and economic challenge!Let us take this opportunity to wish you a happy and playful time with your beloved ones in the coming festive

season and for 2019.

The Smart-Space Partners

TheSMART-SPACE Platform

SMART-SPACE is glad to announce the opening of the SMART-SPACE Platform, a collaborative environment where SMEs,Intermediaries and Policy Makers can cooperate and leverage on services specifically developed by SMART-SPACE project.The platform is conceived as a one-stop-shop to enhance the cooperation of the Alpine Space manufacturing innovationecosystem, strengthen and support SMEs in the Digital Innovation Processes in order to increase their competitiveness.It represents the entry point to a powerful interregional network of innovation stakeholders, that will benefit from a set oftools and services conceived to support Policy Makers, Intermediaries and SMEs in undertaking the digitization path andincrease the competitiveness of the Alpine Space area, building up the “Alpine Space Digital Innovation Hub”.In particular, the SMART-SPACE Platform will give you access to:

Dedicated COMMUNITIES, where stakeholders can interact and have access to events, training courses, tools andother interesting material according to their needs.EVENTS to increase awareness, skills and competencies, targeted according to the type of stakeholders and field ofinterest.DISCUSSIONS where users can share ideas, provide their feedback and opinions.Specific TOOLKITS addressed to SMEs, INTERMEDIARIES and POLICY MAKERS willing to support the digitalizationjourney. In the toolkits, strategic information, as well as training courses presentations and reference to local experts,can be found.

Do you want to be a key innovator in the “Alpine Space Digital Innovation Hub”? Join us and register to the SMART-SPACEPlatform at www.smartspacehub.eu

Operator Training courses for Alpine intermediaries


In the Smart Space project, specific attention is devoted to learning actions addressed to Intermediary organizations, in orderto prepare Digital Support Operators and promote cross-fertilization actions addressed to managers from traditional anddigital clusters for better cooperation, exchange of knowledge and preparation of joint ideas and project. This process ignitedwith the Study Visits and Train the Trainer (see our previous newletter) that lead to a harmonized design of the trainingcourse that is involving all the partners in the different Alpine regions.The main goal of the whole training process is to provide Alpine intermediaries with the needed competencies andinformation to deal with the changes of the new industry 4.0 paradigm, enabling them to provide a first response to thedemand of companies willing to embark the digitalisation process. Partners are providing 11 training course of the durationof 40 hours each, with a suggested structure including six modules as follows:

Industry 4.0 and organizational changes - the impact of business and new scenarios,available tools and instruments for companies and intermediary network,enabling technologieschange management and business model innovations,case studies,tools for need analysis and assessment for the companies.

The training process is ongoing and if you are interested you can still join the training in your Alpine region.

Operator Training in Baden-Württemberg

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The first part of the operator training course for intermediaries was conducted during the “DeepTech4Good” event inStuttgart. In the frame of this event, bwcon organized a session for intermediaries to introduce the topic “industry 4.0: newbusinesses and new scenarios”. Therefore, Daniel Burkhardt, a researcher at Ferdinand-Steinbei-Institut presented their“capability-based approach “ to create value-added ecosystems in the context of digitalization. After this theoretical part,Veneta Buchegger, project manager at Silicon Alps Cluster, Villach (Austria), showed the audience their activities andapproaches to support their member companies in digital transformation processes. Their event format “Digitaldialog” existssince 2011. Different experts give insights into their area of expertise to foster knowledge transfer and building networksbetween the participants.

Operator Training in Piedmont

The training is started in Piedmont in the Politecnico premises in late November 2018 and it involves about 15representatives from all Chambers of Commerce of the regions and managers of the local clusters about green energy, foodand mechatronics.The first two lessons were devoted to analyzing the definition of industry 4.0 and phygital (physical plus digital) approach. Inthe following meeting, organized in collaboration with the local universities, change management and new business modelwill be discussed along with technologies like additive manufacturing, robotics and IoT.

Pilot actions addressed to SMEs and Policy Makers

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The Pilot actions addressed to SMEs within the Smart Space project aim to strengthen their innovation processes promotingSME's knowledge on a specific digital subject, such as IoT, Clouds, Big Data, Robotics, 3D Printing. etc. These actionsare followed by matching and pitching events with digital SMEs. We plan to involve 300 SMEs in 11 regional pilots. TheSmart Space platform is the tool devoted to supporting the transnational cooperation to generate new ideas and jointcooperation.

Today there are several different topics and actions when it comes to the different area's approach for the digital innovationprocess: Smart Space project aim is to find a common approach for the Alpine region. The national pilot actions aim to testthe toolset provided by Smart Space and create a common understanding, as well as identifying resources and topics ofreference for the Alpine areas from different approaches and industrial traditions, and contribute to overall EUSALP and S3strategies outcomes and follow-up actions.

Pilot actions in Baden-Württemberg for SME

Project partner bwcon who is responsible for pilot action workshops in Baden-Württemberg offered a broad spectrum of

topics in several workshops for the target groups SME and Intermediaries. In the first workshop on 11th of September 2018Martin Köppe, funding expert at bwcon gave an overview about funding possibilities for digital projects to SME in the Freiburgarea. He introduced different instruments on a regional and national level and explained the application process for SME aswell as the topics, which are eligible.

The second workshop for SME took place on 6th of November 2018 and focused the emerging technology “Blockchain”.Wilfried Kopp from KI decentralized explained the pillars of what Blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum currently are andwalks you through the components of a Blockchain.12 guests gathered with bwcon staff and expert speaker Wilfried Kopp to discuss the technology behind blockchain and usecases, such as ZCash, Ethereum, Polkadot, smart contracts and other uses.

Pilot Actions for Policy Makers and Innovation Stakeholders inAustria

On November 21st 2018, the first Austrian pilot action for policymakers and innovation stakeholders took place in Graz at theStyrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG). The workshop was organized to exchange knowledge and strengthen cooperationbetween different stakeholders. The participants talked about the SMART SPACE project and the performance of the SMARTSPACE HUB and tried to find solutions how traditional and digital SMEs can be connected. Furthermore, the participants wereasked for their input on how to create a strategic partnership within the Alpine Space area.

The 2nd edition of Global Industrie will be held in Lyon, from 5th to 8th March 2019 at the EurexpoExhibition CentreThe event brings together 4 major shows that are leaders in their respective fields :

Industrie: manufacturing technologies and equipment event

https://www.global-industrie.com/en

Smart Industrie: smart, efficient and digital industry know-howMidest: for all industrial subcontracting know-howTolexpo: for sheet metal, tube and section working

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Welcome to the February 2019 Edition of SMART-SPACE Newsletter


Transnational collaboration call supportingDigital Transformation in SMEs

SMART-SPACE is an Interreg Alpine space funded project aiming at fostering digitalization processes in Alpine Space SMEs thustackling economic, social and environmental challenges in Alpine Space SMEs and societies. The goal of the SMART-SPACE projectis to promote an innovative environment in the processes of Smart factories, Industry 4.0, and digitalization as well as to stimulateintroduction of these processes. The most important part of SMART-SPACE is to implement and test developed approaches in reallife environments stimulating digitalization processes and transnational approaches.

The main purpose of the pilot activities related to the introduction of digital transformation is using the developed toolset tosupport digitalization processes and promote the knowledge on specific digital matters (IoT, Clouds, Big Data, Robotics, 3DPrinting, etc), with the focus on overall change in business models, processes, productivity, logistics and improved customerrelationship in companies.

Thus, this transnational call is aimed at involving a large pool of experts interested in fostering collaboration to supportdigitalization processes in SMEs in all involved regions. The experts will benefit from mentoring and collaboration opportunities withthe Alpine space SMEs based also on available partners’ renumeration capabilities.

Please send your applications by 1.4.2019 at the latest but as early as possible, in order to be involved from the verystart. Please note that the call is restricted to Alpine space and Baden-Württemberg region and that the preference isgiven to the institutions with an academic focus.

Link to the online form

Industry 4.0 International Days 2019 - Global Industrie

https://www.alpine-space.eu/project-news-details/en/5435

https://www.alpine-space.eu/about/the-programme/which-area-is-covered-

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Smart Space invites you to join the Industry 4.0 International Days 2019 and take part to the brokerage event, that is alreadyopen for registration. Global Industrie is the only fair that covers the whole of industry and enables you to discover your partners and all the solutions,technologies, services and know-how you need for the industry of today and tomorrow. It brings together 4 major shows leader intheir respective field. 2 250 exhibitors and 45 000 visitors are expected. Several activites will take place: conferences, businessmeetings, a connected factory, awards, international delegations...

On 6th March, you can join to the conference that will be addressed to discuss virtual reality, additive manufacturing, artificialintelligence, big data, IoT and how these technologies affect business models, internal organisation and human resourcesmanagement. During the conference, regional/international companies and experts will share information and good practices thathave emerged in industrial companies all over the world, from a technological, economical and human point of view.

About 12 companies, SMEs, intermediate-sized enterprise, and international companies such as Siemens, Staübli, Gravotech andGeprom, will share their experience with the participants and dicuss about :

the importance of rethinking business strategies and business models impacted by these new technologies, the need to train employees in these new technologies,and the need to recruit new competences and profiles (e.g.: data scientists…)

Note: Industry 4.0 International days 2019 take place within Global Industrie. To access the event, interested participants have toregister for the fair Global Industrie as well.

Participation in the Industry 4.0 International Days 2019 and Global Industries is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

A&T Fair: Industry 4.0, Testing and Measurements,Robotics, Innovative Technologies

https://industry-days-2019.b2match.io/

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Smart Space will be present at the A&T Event in Torino on 13th-15th February 2019.

The EXPO includes 20,000 square meters of exhibition hall, thousands of innovative technologies, solutions, events, case studiesand influential experts made available to visitors. Two maxi screens are dedicated to the most completed Conferencing Program forIndustry 4.0 organized in collaboration with authoritative partners.

The visitor can get in touch with various start-ups that will present innovative products and services.

The Formative path will take place within the four Competence point, located inside the pavilion to complete thespecialist exhibition, each focused on a specific theme: Design and product development, Production, Reliability, Integratedlogistics. SMART SPACE project will bepresented on 14th February at 15.50. by CSP - Innovazione nelle ICT.

Operator Training Course in Austria

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Trainings for Intermediaries in Vienna A very important part of the SMART SPACE project are the training activities for intermediary organizations organized by theconsortium. The main goal is to enable intermediaries to assist SMEs with their digitalisation processes as efficiently as possible.Therefore, employees of intermediary organizations were invited to join workshops at aws in Vienna, that focused on specific topicslinked to digitalisation such as new business models in industry 4.0, digital transformation, and agile project managementmethods. Moreover, the participants had the opportunity to visit an exhibition at the Vienna Technical Museum, that focused onnew methods of production and work.

Operator Training in SalzburgStrengthening the competencies and promoting cross-fertilization actions to intermediary organizations is one of the key goalswithin in the Smart Space project. Providing knowledge and skills to support traditional and digital clusters as well as promotingbetter cooperation and knowledge exchange among them is paramount.The workshop organized by ITG Salzburg, which involved representatives from 6 Austrian and Bavarian intermediary organizations,focused on the possibilities to improve efficiency, problem solving and the achievement of specific goals through dedicated changeprocesses within a company.The workshop started with a general overview of change and process management. In a later step, by actively participating invarious exercises during the workshops, the intermediaries were made aware of the effects that change- and process managementcan exert on SMEs and their performance. An understanding of how important it is to facilitate, direct, and shape change processeswithin a company as well as their implications could be developed and reinforced.












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Welcome to the April 2019 Edition of SMART-SPACE Newsletter


The SMART SPACE project

The SMART SPACE project intends to strengthen the eco-system of innovation and promote anoriginal model of Smart Manufacturing addressed to traditional industrial sectors according to S3 ofthe Partners’ areas.SMART-SPACE intends to identify an Alpine Space Smart Manufacturing model, able to combine social,economic and environmental sustainability with competitiveness and digital innovation of technologies.

SMART SPACE news:

Smart Digital CampThe Chamber of Commerce of Venice Rovigo within the Alpine Space Interreg Project - Smart Space,identified and is now developing a path consisting of 3 phases to facilitate the digitalisation of businessprocesses in SMEs, through the introduction of one or more technologies enabling 4.0 revolution,able to enhance the competitiveness of the business.

(PHASE 1)Workshop Smart Digital Camp (20th March 2019) - 15 companies from Veneto region participated inindividual and group guided activities, making it possible to clearly define and identify needs and newbusiness ideas of individual companies.

(PHASE 2 – April 2019)Call for selection of Innovative and Creative Digital ProvidersIn response to the needs identified during the workshop (PHASE 1), a Call for selection will be launch toselect experts in (services in the field of) digital and creative technology to support Veneto companies in thedevelopment of their projects.

(PHASE 3 – May 2019)Final Workshop Smart Digital CampB2B meeting will be organized between Veneto companies identified in PHASE 1 and Innovative and CreativeDigital Provider selected in PHASE 2.

SMART SPACE Matching Event in Vienna,Austria:

“Digital Change and HR”

Skills shortage is a huge problem for SMEs today. Companies fight to sustainably fill positions withqualified employees. But what can be done against this problem and how can digitalisation help tofind employees with the necessary skills or to train them accordingly?One the 26th of February 2019, in the framework of the SMART SPACE Pilot Actions for SMEs, awsorganized a panel discussion focusing on the problem of skills shortage.Top class speakers such as Fritz Pesendorfer (INOCON Technologie GmbH), Stefan Steinberger (NewAustrian Coding School) and Marina Wladar (talentify GmbH) as well as around 40 participants discussedabout digital tools and methods that can be used to find the right employees, and to train and upskillthem sustainably.The keynote was given by Bettina Kiesewetter (consultant for digitalisation, Talent 4.0, HR processes &LinkedIn), who also joined the panel.

Activities launch for SMEsCSP announces the start of the pilot action workshop of SMART SPACE project addressed to SMEs tostrengthen their innovation processes.CSP organizes two free workshops on digital technologies: 2 thematic events focused on Industrial IoT(IIoT) and on Cloud Computing. Events address both traditional SMEs and digitized companies: SMEs oftraditional industrial sectors to increase their knowledge and the second one to improve further theirbusiness.The pilot action workshop took place on 12 March and 11 April 2019 in Turin at Torino Incontra CongressCenter: Chamber of Commerce Industry Craft and Agriculture of Turin has promoting events on itsinstitutional website.Lessons were divided into two sections: after an introduction of the SMART SPACE project and its aims, inthe first section, tutors talked about a specific technology (Industrial Internet of Things/CloudComputing in a production context); in the second part digitized companies exposed their innovativesolutions and the advantages gained in their adoption, with a final "question time" session.

National event addressed to policy makersand innovation stakeholders in Salzburg

At the beginning of April ITG organized as part of the SMART SPACE Project a national event in Salzburg,Austria, addressed to policy makers and innovation stakeholders.

The main goal of the event was to promote the Smart Space project, as well as the strategic partnership andthe main outputs.Furthermore, the Digital Innovation HUB platform (https://smartspacehub.eu/) was presented. Membersof the Chamber of Commerce as well as representatives of regional clusters and R&D institutions took partin the event.

All participants expressed great interest in the project outputs and a future strategic partnership in

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Alpine Space.

How to satisfy clients in 2030?The consumer and the intangible

at the heart of innovation strategiesOn March 15, the Alsace Textile Cluster organized a day-long event at the Mulhouse Textile Campus,dedicated to innovation and foresight. The theme of the day: "How to satisfy clients in 2030? The consumerand the intangible at the heart of innovation strategies".In Mulhouse, three higher textile schools (ENSISA - UHA, HEAR and ISTA Business School) are setting uptogether to work on industrial development projects. This approach is supported by the Alsace TextileCluster, the Grand Est Region and coanimated by the R3iLab national innovation agency and the regionalinnovation agency Grand E-Nov.

During this day, 85 engineering students, designers and marketers were able to benefit from aprospective on market developments up to 2030. They used those knowledge to work with textilecompanies on real cases related to digitalisation. Real innovations have been proposed, some of

which will be implemented in companies.

It was a real opportunity for students to meet the teams of the textiles’ companies, and future meetingshave already been planned to continue the collaborations initiated on this occasion.The agency Grand E-Nov, co-facilitator of this day, is already thinking of replicating this original experienceto other sectors.

Before the event intermediaries co-invented and were trained (R3iLab, competitiveness clusters, GrandE nov, etc.) to a new method of accompanying innovation. R3ilab identified challenges that companiesin the industrial sector (textile) will face in the medium/long-term ("horizon 2030"). Depending on the weaksignals identified, universities have been identifed as experts able to shed light on possible solutions. During the event, a workshop has been organized per company to assist them in the creation of newproducts, processes or services taking into account digital issues (IoT and customer relationship,productivity, new business models related to data, etc.).Results: 10 SMEs (textile sector) reinvent themselves to meet customer expectations by 2030. Issuesrelated to their digital transformation (servicization, etc.) have been at the heart of the debate.

Training action for intermediary organizations

Training action for intermediary organizations ended in March: ten meetings were held, divided intoeight lectures and two study visits in manufacturing companies for an amount of 40 hours.The course has provided knowledge and skills on the topic of Industry 4.0 and course started with anoverview of the nine enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 and about the advantages that could resultfrom the adoption of new technologies.In the following steps the intermediaries were made aware on how to help SMEs to tackle the digitaltranformation and on how to improve the capacity of promoting digital innovation.MESAP (Innovation Cluster), Digital Innovation Hub Piemonte, Faculty of Economics and Commerceof the University of Turin and Chamber of Commerce Industry Craft and Agriculture of Turinintroduced their assessments tools to evaluate the digital readiness of a SME.

The study visits were organized in collaboration with MESAP: the first one took place in Turin at PrimaIndustrie, with the focus on Additive Manufacturing and a tour inside the factory. The second one tookplace at a fully automated pasta factory, Pastifico Rey, in San Damiano di Asti. The factory is stillfamily-run and the owner presented the whole chain, from the storage of the grain in silos, itstransformation into product and packaging.A special thanks to all the participants for taking part in the course and for their positive feedbacks, to thecoaches and to MESAP.At the end of the course a certificate of attendance was provided to all participants.

Lessons materials are available on the Alpine Digital Innovation Hub, section "OPERATOR TRAINING

COURSE FOR INTERMEDIARIES": https://smartspacehub.eu/searchModule/category/index?widget=1#w31-collapse1

Grand Est Region and its DIHGrand E nov are missioned to elaborate a road map to structure the digital sector (under way –January to May 2019). As a first step it will concentrate on artificial intelligence to identify expectations,themes to be included in the roadmap. Then identify artificial intelligence actors to reinforce actions 4 and 5of the regional digitization plan:

Adapt skills to digital challenges (initial and continuous training)Support the digital transition of companies.

The result will be used as a component of the future regional DIH to serve industry but also bioeconomy andhealth sectors. This corresponds to task 4.5.1 and 4.5.2. as the outputs of the SmartSpace project will beproposed to a larger group of users/other industrial sectors. Developed according to principles of co-construction, different events will strengthen the impact of the project results.

Digitalization and Digital Innovation Hub

On June 27, 2019 the innovation agency of the Grand Est Region is organizing the “360 Possibles”event with the aim to explore how innovation good practices and existing solutions could be re-used by SMEs, and what role regions and DIHs could take in this around 4 major topics:

Digital transformation / artificial intelligenceEnergy and environmental transitionManagerial transformationStart-up/ Scale up.

The event welcomes regional policy makers from France and Germany, the European innovation-ecosystemsuch as companies, investors, intermediaries of innovation and DIH-related European projects that havedeveloped relevant platforms or marketplaces, as well as Digital Innovation Hubs themselves to see whatadditional solutions they may be able to add to their service offerings.

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In this context, we are organizing a panel discussion on the topic of future digital innovationhubs. The European Commission, DG Regio, DG GROW, DG Connect, the cluster Paris-Saclay and the ItalianDIH I4MS from Milan are invited.

This event (special order from the Region Grand Est – our policy maker) is a "toolbox" where eachparticipant comes to draw what he needs, within his own organization, to make a success of histransformation. Business models, organizations, technologies are in full mutation, and all companies areconcerned: Innovation is a solution. Thus the 360 Possible will be used to :

Provide individual and collective support to adapt skills to digital challenges (organization oftrainings and information meetings for SMEs and intermediaries – WP3).

Within the event inspirational conferences, workshops, masterclasses and panel discussionswill bring keys to support transformation related to the 4 main topics (WP3):

A reboot camp will notably be organized in parallel to the event (WP3 pilot action under tasks 3.3and 3.4). Before the event we will train intermediaries (Chamber of Commerce, competitivenessclusters, etc.) to a new method of accompanying innovation. We will identify the challenges that 3companies in the industrial sector (BtoC) will face in the medium- long-term. Depending on theweak signals identified, we will identify for them experts able to shed light on possible solutions.During the event, two workshops will be organized per company to assist them in thecreation of new products taking into account digital issues (IoT and customer relationship,productivity, new business models related to data, etc.). Present the skills of regional actors on the theme of digitalization (industrial sector and others)

A BtoB will be organised (WP3)An innovation village with exhibition and demonstration stands for technology providers

Organize transnational cooperation (Saarland, BadenWürtenberg, Rheinland Pfalz, Luxembourg,Canton de bâle are invited) : The event should launch a political movement on the basis of a Franco-German engine with the ambition to facilitate the transformation of blue banana into blue banana4.0.

A european convention - BtoB eventThe presentation of the regional roadmap on artificial intelligence and the followingpanel discussion on DIH.

Some other news:

Veneto Region organized 2 events to SMAU -Padua

Social Design PA WorkshopWith the Social Design PA event Veneto Region intends to present the participation methodology forthe continuous improvement of digital services to citizens and businesses.The Social Design PA model aims to "put citizens at the center" not only in the realization of the servicesbut by activating a comparison with the communities of the territory to guarantee an improvement of digitalservices and a constant attention to the digital needs of regional communities.In order to contribute to this purpose, Veneto Region wants to make this event a fixed appointment withwhich, year by year, it will realize stable and continuous progress of digital development. Veneto eLeadership 2019 WorkshopThe Veneto eLeadership event has opened the 2019/2020 campaign for the development of digital skillsin the Veneto PA.The program aims to facilitate the PA's digital Innovation process through the Veneto 2020 DigitalAgenda, through occasions for sharing knowledge (Deepening Meetings), defining good practices(Deepening Groups), collaboration services among operators (Network of tutors & mentors), makingavailable a database of common knowledge (WikiVenetoPA).

Call for Bids ROP –ERDF 2014-2020

Promoting the innovation in the territories is a challenge for Veneto Region (VR). For this reason VRhas approved a call for bids to implement the Veneto Digital Agenda 2020. It makes available 7million euros, with resources coming from Axis 2 of the ROP-ERDF 2014-2020. The provision was adoptedupon proposal of the regional Ministry of European Funds Federico Caner and the Vice-president GianlucaForcolin.Veneto Region will finance all the projects that will aggregate municipal administrations able to manageplaces of Open Innovation ("Innovation Lab") and Digital Learning Spaces ("Digital gyms") with theaim of co-designing and developing new services, starting from the public administration's opendata to initiatives related with digital skills and competences.The call intends to support "places" where innovation can be made with the aim of creating easy, usable andhigh-impact digital services and applications.Read more here: https://bur.regione.veneto.it/BurvServices/pubblica/DettaglioDgr.aspx?id=391112



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The SMART SPACE project intends to strengthen the eco-system of innovation and promote an originalmodel of Smart Manufacturing addressed to traditional industrial sectors according to S3 of the Partners’areas.SMART-SPACE intends to identify an Alpine Space Smart Manufacturing model, able to combine social,economic and environmental sustainability with competitiveness and digital innovation of technologies.

SMART SPACE news:

SMART SPACE Operator Training Coursein Baden-Württemberg by bwcon

During the last six months several workshops, which belong to the Smart Space Operator Training Course,took place in Baden-Württemberg.

The main goal was to be present in the whole region to address different innovation stakeholders andintermediaries.Topics like data based business models, design thinking as an innovation method, digital innovation inmanufacturing industries, developing business cases with VR, AR and MR technology, technology transfer:additive manufacturing and insights in industry 4.0 were the headlines of theses workshops.Almost every workshop includes a theoretical part which explains the new approach followed by a practical insight.

For more information, visit the Smart Space DIH to have access to the presentation and further information.

SMART SPACE Digital Marketing Bootcamp at aws

https://www.smartspacehub.eu/

On the 17th of May 2019 aws organized a “Digital Marketing Bootcamp” within the context of the pilot actionsfor SMEs.In this one-day workshop participants from selected SMEs had the opportunity to work intensively on theirdigital marketing plans and strategies.In the morning the participants were provided with basic knowledge on digital marketing as well as currenttrends and new methods to attract customers. Moreover, there was input on agile project management,and best practices and case studies were presented.In the afternoon the participants were supported by digital experts, who gave them one-on-one feedback ontheir ideas.

SMART SPACE presentation at this year’s IEEE ICEConference

in Sophia Antipolis, France

How can innovation take placed in companies? This was the main question of the research of Marc König,Member of the Management Board at bwcon.With the presentation of his results, he informed the European research community as well as companies andinnovation stakeholders about the importance of a business strategy and value added networks for digitalinnovation and new business models.To be successful in a digital era companies need strong connections to their stakeholders.

Event for SMEs to promote Digital Transformationin Turin, Italy

On the 7th of May the SmartData@PoliTO, center focuses on Big Data technologies and Data Scienceapproaches, in collaboration with CSP innovazione nelle ICT and Smart-Space Project, organized a workshopon Amazon AWS Cloud Services.The event took place in Turin at Polytechnic and was addressed to SMEs, researchers, PhD students and ITexperts willing to get a focus on Amazon cloud solutions.The project and the opportunities of the SmartSpace project and the SmartSpaceHub was presented at thebeginning during the welcome introduction: participants were provided with information material and instructionsfor registration on the platform. Then speakers exposed the opportunities offered by cloud solutions andAWS: the technical details about the infrastructure, virtualization services, storage solutions and finallydeep dive on Machine Learning/Deep Learning accelerating infrastructure on Amazon cloud solutions.At the end, participants espressed positive feedbacks and interest in the project the during personal conversationswith the speakers and organizers.

Smart Digital CampThe Chamber of Commerce of Venice Rovigo within the Alpine Space Interreg Project - Smart Space, identified andis now developing a path consisting of 3 phases to facilitate the digitalisation of business processes in

SMEs, through the introduction of one or more technologies enabling 4.0 revolution, able to enhance thecompetitiveness of the business.

(PHASE 1)Workshop Smart Digital Camp (20th March 2019) - 15 companies from Veneto region participated in individualand group guided activities, making it possible to clearly define and identify needs and new business ideas ofindividual companies. (PHASE 2 – May 2019)Call for selection of Innovative and Creative Digital ProvidersIn response to the needs identified during the workshop (PHASE 1), the Chamber of Commerce of VeneziaRovigo launched a Call for selection the experts in digital and creative technology to support Venetocompanies in the development of their projects. 9 Innovative and Creative Digital Provider responded to thecall by presenting some proposals.

(PHASE 3)Smart Digital Camp Final WorkshopOn 26th June the Chamber of Commerce of Venezia Rovigo organized the Smart Digital Camp FinalWorkshop, 28 B2B between 12 SMEs identified in PHASE 1 and 9 Innovative Creative Digital Providerselected in PHASE 2. The aim was to create the best conditions to start successful collaborations to help andsupport veneto SMEs in their digitalization path.

New material on transnational level availableon the SMART SPACE DIH

The European interreg project “BIFOCAlps” produced several outputs focusing on digital transformationespecially in manufacturing industries. For example a tool to measure the impact and readiness for newtechnology.You can find the tool as an excel document as well as the video with an explanation on the DIH.Furthermore, addressing the innovation stakeholders and intermediaries you can find a map of competences inthe Alpine Space Region.For more information, visit the Smart Space DIH.

Some other news:

European Advanced Manufacturing SupportCentre:

Helping SMEs becoming Factories of the Future

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AFIL and TPLJ became Advisors of the European ADMA Support Centre!

The European Commission has launched a project to establish aEuropean Advanced Manufacturing Support Centre to helpSMEs assess the possibility of adopting advanced manufacturingsolutions and transforming their organisation towards next-generation factories with more competitive, modern andsustainable production.The European ADMA Support Centre will focus on facilitatingthe access of SMEs to technological, organisational,financial as well as business model expertise availablewithin the consortium and their broader ecosystem.As the technological expertise of a downstream SME is oftenquite limited, they often do not exactly know what knowledge,services and equipment is required for their demand.ADMA will therefore centralize the SMEs´ request and offer apersonal contact with Factories of the Future advisors.The study started in June 2018 and will be conducted in a 36month period.The consortium, including both technological and non-technological partners, welcome organizations willing to becomeAdvisor or Coaches adopting ADMA methodology to support SMEsaiming to become “Factories of the Future”.Advisor and Coaches are key partners in the development ofthe Transformation and Implementation Plan of theselected SMEs.ADMA consortium supports these organizations with specifictrainings to introduce the methodology.AFIL and TPLJ attended the 1st ADMA Training in Eindhoven, last23-24-25 April 2019. A second Training will be held in Darmstadt(Germany) on the 21-22-23 of May 2019.Organizations willing to become Advisors or Coaches for theEuropean ADMA Support Centre are invited to contact thenational contact point or the ADMA organizations.If you want to know more about the ADMA Project, visitwww.adma.ec



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The SMART SPACE project intends to strengthen the eco-system of innovation and promote an originalmodel of Smart Manufacturing addressed to traditional industrial sectors according to S3 of the Partners’areas.SMART-SPACE intends to identify an Alpine Space Smart Manufacturing model, able to combine social,economic and environmental sustainability with competitiveness and digital innovation of technologies.

SMART SPACE news:

SMART SPACE at European Week of Regions andCities in Bruxelles

On the 8th of October there was a presentation of Smart Space project on the side event of European Week ofRegions and Cities in Bruxelles.Jean-Jacques BERNARDINI from Grand E-nov presented the Digital Innovation (HUB) and Support ofDigital Transformation for SMEs in Alpine space. Aleš Pevc from Technology Park Ljubljana was one ofthe speakers on the roundtable address to discussion on good practices, challenges and opportunities in field ofcreativity, innovation and sustainability for SMEs with experts and entrepreneurs.

Training session and workshop to identify astrategic development and innovation axis

On March 28 and 29 + June 28 Grand E-nov organized 3 day-long training in Strasbourg dedicated toinnovation and foresight.The main focus was to built support methods and train intermediaries to use them with us and helpcompanies:

identify the challenges that the company must meetidentify experts who will be able to provide them with knowledge related to these challengesbuild with these experts a possible answerdevelop a strategy and prioritise actions and define an action plan to achieve the identified objectives.

The topics covered were numerous and the problems of digitization were omnipresent: new value proposition,de-intermediation and implementation of new communication channels, data enhancement,cybersecurity, mobility, digital uses, workflow digitalization, stock tracking, robotization, etc.

Smart Manifacturing for Alpine Space SMEs -Alpine Forum on Smart Industry EUSALP

On September 12th in Rovereto Chamber of Commerce of Venice Rovigo presented the Smart Space Projectin the section "EUSALP and Digital Europe: opportunities for digital development in the Alpine region"within the Alpine Forum on Smart Industry in an event dedicated to discuss trends and advantages of thedigital transformation.

The Digital Transformer: a coordinated action tosupport SMEs in digital transformation

Technologies and digital culture are changing the way work is organised, management practices andstandards, the way people relate to work and the ways in which they collaborate. These multiple evolutions areparticularly ambivalent, and extremely rapid.They offer opportunities for employees to work with greater flexibility, autonomy and cooperation, but can alsoresult in new constraints, intensification and hyper-rationalisation that generate risks for the individual(alteration of physical and mental health, career breaks) and reduced performance for the company.New work models are to be built; new solutions are to be invented in order to integrate the issue of quality oflife at work into digital transformation projects. Tools and digital culture must also promote it.

The Digital Transformer is a collaborative innovation action is that aims to support at the same timedigitalisation and quality of life at work.The 11th edition has been carried out by the Aract Grand Est, in partnership with Grand E-nov, the DireccteGrand Est, the INRS, with the financial support of the Conseil Régional Grand Est, the Direccte Grand Est andthe ESF.

Step 1 - Call for applications to identify companies that:

offer digital and/or technological solutions in response to companies' needs to improve their productionprocesses, work organization, marketing, etc.integrate a digital solution and/or new technology into their work environmentwanted to challenge their project by digital and innovation experts.

Step 2 - Accelerating projects. Pitch and brainstorm cessions to identify the main obstacles to be removedto mature their project. Several techniques and tools were used:

mind mapping, to identify the locks and guide the discussion in the QVT field (quality of working life)

individual coaching, to lead candidates to imagine innovative implementation paths, and reciprocal coachingbetween peerscontributions of experts.

Step 3 - post Accelerator, support actions.Support offer from the different partners adapted to the identified remaining needs of the projects.

Partners have helped companies to achieve a state of the art of existing technical solutions in relation totheir objectives, put them in contact with various solution providers and assisted the project owner so that themission could be carried out successfully (change management notably).Since SMEs rarely have the internal skills to coordinate such projects, our actions have been very well received.This action was carried out beyond the Alsatian territory on the basis of the services developed thanks to theSmartSpace project as part of the transferability actions. The value proposition as well as the profiles of thepeople we have recruited to carry out this type of digital transformation support seem to be adequate for a DIH inthe global Grand Est Region digital strategy.

Grand E Nov: a coordinator in the elaboration of atransnational digital roadmap

The present Regional digitalization plan is composed of 5 actions:

1. A collaborative and agile community2. A smart and connected territory3. A public service for e-citizens4. Adapt skills to digital challenges5. Accompany the digital transition of companies.

To maximize impact, resources are concentrated around Smart Specialisation domains:

Industry of the futur and industrial processesNumeric/digitalHealthAgriculture, agri-food sector, forestEnergyMobility, smart transport sytemsAudiovisual and creative indutriesTourism.

The creation of a DIH seemed to be one of the major keys, structuring a global system. Gran E Nov werecommissioned to coordinate the elaboration of the artificial intelligence regional Roadmap as a basis for otherscientific and technical fields, as a first block of a regional Digital Innovation Hub.The elaboration of the roadmap to structure the digital sector was conducted by interviewing morethan 200 regional stakeholders to identify:

Expectations, themes to be included in the roadmapActors to reinforce actions 4 and 5 of the regional plan.

The results were presented during two workshops.The first one involved 100+ private and public actors specialised in AI. They design and prioritize theproposals that will constitute the heart of the Artificial Intelligence strategy for the Grand Est:

creation of an identitydefinition of governance.

The second one brought together 130+ participants from the academic and economic worlds able to exchange onthe subject and share their contributions.The final roadmap described the concrete aims and actions according to 5 pillars:

1. Boost business competitiveness through AI2. Support scientific excellence3. Energise AI Start-up4. Develop skills5. Guarantee ethical, transparent and inclusive AI.

Innovation and Business Meetings during BE 4.0Fair : Boost your transformation towards Industry

of the Future!

This year's edition BE 4.0, Industry of the future Fair has been focused on the "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEand ENERGY".The event has brought together more than 200 4.0 Key industry leaders and experts of the Great Eastarea of France, Germany and Switzerland including international leaders, Start-up, SMEs to exchange ideasand expertise on trends, challenges and opportunities.Grand Est Region, Grand E-nov (the Innovation agency of Grand Est) and Entreprise Europe Network (EEN)organised B2B meetings during the whole 2 days of 19th and 20th of November.These pre-organised meetings aimed to:

1. Meet future partners, clients and key actors2. Give visibility to its company and know-how3. Initiate cross-borders contacts and collaborations4. Share new technologies5. Optimize its participation

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Welcome to the January 2020 Edition of SMART-SPACE Newsletter



The SMART SPACE project intends to strengthen the eco-system of innovation and promote an original model of SmartManufacturing addressed to traditional industrial sectors according to S3 of the Partners’ areas.SMART-SPACE intends to identify an Alpine Space Smart Manufacturing model, able to combine social, economic andenvironmental sustainability with competitiveness and digital innovation of technologies.

SMART SPACE news:

Event “3D-Print and additive manufacturing" in Salzburg,Austria

Focusing on the technology behind the different manufacturing methods, during the event on November 14th 2019 SMEslearned about the benefits and challenges of using different materials such as wood, polymers and metals. One of the main goalsof the events was to bring the possibilities and opportunities of 3D printing and additive manufacturing to the attention ofSMEs. Additive printing is a market quickly rising in popularity and size. With the help of academic experts, specialized in thevarious 3D printing fields, SMEs were given practical information about how additive manufacturing can help their businesses.

Tripartite agreement to support digital transformation inthe Grand Est

Syntec Numérique, the Grand Est Region and Grand E-nov announce the signing of a tripartite agreement to support digitaltransformation in the Grand Est. This partnership must meet several objectives: strengthening the regional digital ecosystem,developing training and employment and facilitating the digital transformation of the territory (companies and public services).

SmartSpace and the creation of a Grand Est 4AI Institute

As part of the SmartSpace project, in 2019 Grand E-nov carried out a consultation on the territory's needs in terms of digitaltransformation. Grand E-nov was then commissioned by the policy makers of the Grand Est region to develop a digital plan. A

first component focused on the key technologies related to AI. In a spirit of co-design with the territory's stakeholders, a planhas been drawn up with the aim of supporting companies through territorial restructuring and direct innovation aidAt the December standing committee meeting, the region validated this detailed AI action plan below. It should be noted thatthis effort has made Grand E-nov legitimate to become the operator of the AI Institute of the "Grand Est region", whose missionwill be to lead this plan.

Digital transformation and creativity-driven innovationDuring the EU Week of Regions and Cities, the Smart-Space project organised a public event in Brussels to build bridgesand relationships with similar initiatives and projects. One such project is CreaInnovation, which focuses on using creativemethods and processes to create sustainable innovations in SMEs. The aim of the joint event was to highlight the intertwining ofcreativity, digital transformation, innovation and sustainability and to provide answers to the challenges SMEs face during theircreativity-driven innovative development and how digital opportunities can be used to meet these challenges.

The event took place on 8 October 2019 in the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the EU in Brussels andwas organised with the support of Slovenian Business and Research Association.

The Employers' Association of Turin and Politecnico ofTurin present the three-year professionalizing degree in

Technologies for Manufacturing IndustryPolitecnico of Turin has developed a new study path to respond to the needs of businesses: a three-year professionalizingdegree in "Technologies for the Manufacturing Industry", which allows students to: complete their studies early; buildsolid theoretical bases on fundamental productive knowledge; integrate knowledge with many hours of laboratory and companyinternships. All of that for early insertion of young people into the reality of work.The possibilities of collaboration offered to companies are very wide in order to get to know and contribute to the training of ayoung person who could join the company:Laboratories (make available the technologies of company for the specialized: Technological Laboratories); Project Work(suggest the Project Work expected in the last year and perform the role of tutor); Curricular internships. In all three years,internships (compulsory) with an increasingly longer duration are foreseen: 200 hours in the first year; 400 in the second; 800 inthe third. Curricular internships are free.The course started for the first time this year (academic year 2019/2020) with 50 students, after a specific selection.The new study path will be presented to associated companies during the meeting "Technologies for the Manufacturing Industry:Professionalized Three-year Degree" on Monday 3 February at the Congress Center of the Industrial Union in Turin.

Digital Europe and Future Role of DIHs/S3

On 8 November 2019 the Smart-Space project organised in Brussels the conference Digital Europe and Future Role ofDIHs/S3. The event was addressed to stakeholders and policymakers and aimed to highlight some relevant future issuesand challenges of digital transformation in Europe, to present the state of the art and stakeholders of Alpine Space DIHs, topresent best practises of DIHs and their future role in the digital transformation of entrepreneurship and industry, to showpossibilities of interaction between SMEs and policy instruments, to strengthen the exchange of innovative practises andsuccessful policies of digital transformation between Alpine Space regions and countries.

The event was attended by 40 people from EU Member States and candidate countries, from regional representations anddelegations and regional EU offices in Brussels, as well as from professional associations and Smart-Space partners. The eventtook place in the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the EU in Brussels and was organised with thesupport of Slovenian Business and Research Association.













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