SMART-Plant D9
V1.0 –August 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 690323
Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
Project: No 690323 SMART-Plant
Full project title:
Scale-up of low-carbon footprint material recovery techniques in existing wastewater treatment plants (SMART-Plant)
Deliverable: D9
Relative Number in WP D6.1
Dissemination and Communication plan
Version 1.0
Due date of deliverable: 30 September 2016
Actual submission date: 30 September 2016
Ref. Ares(2016)5699862 - 30/09/2016
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DOCUMENT INFORMATION
Deliverable Number D9 Title: Dissemination and Communication plan
Work Package Number WP6 Title: Communication and dissemination
Due date of deliverable Contractual M4 Actual M4
Version number 1.0
Format MS Office Word document
Creation date 15 June 2016
Version date 30 September 2016
Type R DEM DEC OTHER ETHICS
Dissemination Level PU Public CO Confidential
Rights
Copyright “SMART-Plant Consortium”.
During the drafting process, access is generally limited to the SMART-Plant Partners.
Responsible author Name: Simos Malamis E-mail: [email protected]
Partner: NTUA Phone: +30 210 7722797
Brief Description This document provides a description of the Dissemination and Communication Plan for the SMART-Plant project. An overview of all dissemination opportunities identified such as event attendance, publications and presentations is described, complemented also by communication activities developed around the project’s website, and through the main social platforms. These activities have been designed and are addressed to target the key audiences and stakeholders including potential customers in order to maximize awareness of SMART-Plant’s objectives and achievements.
Keywords Dissemination and Communication strategy, Dissemination activities, Communication activities, Monitoring progress
Version log Revision history
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Document Information ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 3
List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................................ 4
List of Figures ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 8
2. Dissemination and Communication Strategy ............................................................................................ 10
2.1 Objectives .......................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Identification and specification of target groups within SMART-Plant ............................................. 11
2.3 The Message-Determination of the information to be provided...................................................... 13
2.4 Identification of the Dissemination and Communication activities .................................................. 15
3. Stakeholders panel .................................................................................................................................... 17
3.1 Formulation, function and meetings ................................................................................................. 17
3.2 Activities ............................................................................................................................................ 17
3.3 Synthesis of stakeholder panel .......................................................................................................... 17
3.4 Output ............................................................................................................................................... 18
4. Communication activities .......................................................................................................................... 19
4.1 SMART-Plant logo .............................................................................................................................. 19
4.2 SMART-Plant slogan .......................................................................................................................... 19
4.3 Project website .................................................................................................................................. 20
4.4 Use of online communication tools................................................................................................... 21
Facebook .................................................................................................................................... 22
Twitter ....................................................................................................................................... 22
LinkedIn ...................................................................................................................................... 23
YouTube ..................................................................................................................................... 23
Instagram .................................................................................................................................. 23
4.5 Printed promotional material ............................................................................................................ 24
4.6 Electronic promotional material ....................................................................................................... 25
4.7 Printed Press releases and internet articles ...................................................................................... 25
4.8 Creative arts ...................................................................................................................................... 26
5. Dissemination activities ............................................................................................................................. 27
5.1 Publications in scientific journals and presentations in International Conferences and in industry related events ................................................................................................................................................ 27
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5.2 Notice Boards .................................................................................................................................... 28
5.1 Development of short demonstration films ...................................................................................... 29
5.1 Roll-up banners ................................................................................................................................. 29
5.2 Dissemination kit ............................................................................................................................... 29
5.3 Catalogues (SMARTechs and products) ............................................................................................. 30
6. SMART-Plant project Events ...................................................................................................................... 31
6.1 Open day demonstration events ....................................................................................................... 31
6.2 Seminars ............................................................................................................................................ 31
6.3 Liaison activities ................................................................................................................................. 32
6.4 SMART-Plant Conference .................................................................................................................. 33
7. Marketing Campaigns and Show Cases for end users ............................................................................... 35
7.1 Linking dissemination/communication activities with exploitation .................................................. 35
7.2 Marketing campaigns ........................................................................................................................ 35
7.3 Show cases......................................................................................................................................... 36
8. Monitoring Progress of SMART-Plant Dissemination and Communication Activities .............................. 38
8.1 Internal tools ..................................................................................................................................... 38
Mailing lists ................................................................................................................................ 38
Content repository ..................................................................................................................... 38
General Rules on activities reporting ......................................................................................... 39
8.2 Event log ............................................................................................................................................ 40
8.3 Indicators of progress ........................................................................................................................ 41
9. Indicative Plan of consortium activities ..................................................................................................... 42
10. Activities performed .............................................................................................................................. 43
11. TOP-TIPS ................................................................................................................................................ 49
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2-1: The initial key stakeholder list of SMART-Plant enabling dissemination and communication activities ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Table 2-2: Dissemination and Communication activities implemented in the SMART-Plant project. ............. 15 Table 2-3: Specifying target groups for the dissemination/communication activities ..................................... 16 Table 5-1: Location of notice boards ................................................................................................................. 28 Table 6-1: The open day demonstration events ............................................................................................... 31 Table 6-2: The seminars of SMART-Plant .......................................................................................................... 32 Table 6-3: List with the related H2020 and FP7 projects will be invited to participate .................................... 32 Table 7-1: Targeted customers ......................................................................................................................... 37 Table 8-1: The table is an example of the event log of database ..................................................................... 41 Table 8-2: Key performance indicators (KPIs) for measuring the dissemination results .................................. 41 Table 9-1: Indicative Plan of activities within SMART-Plant ............................................................................. 42
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1-1: Organisation Chart of the SMART-Plant project – The role of the Dissemination and Communication Manager (DCM) ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2-1: The four processes involved in the dissemination and communication strategy of the SMART-Plant Innovation Action .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Figure 2-2: The distinctive levels of the target groups ...................................................................................... 12 Figure 2-3: Examples of communication paths ................................................................................................. 14 Figure 4-1: The SMART-Plant logo ..................................................................................................................... 19 Figure 4-2: The demo websites of the SMART-Plant project ............................................................................ 21 Figure 4-3: The page from Facebook of SMART-Plant ...................................................................................... 22 Figure 4-4: The page from Twitter of SMART-Plant. ......................................................................................... 23 Figure 4-5: The page from YouTube of SMART-Plant ....................................................................................... 24 Figure 4-6: SMART-Plant flyer ........................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 5-1: SMART-Plant demonstration sites ................................................................................................. 29 Figure 6-1: Schematic view of the SMART-Plant overall Concept and products portfolio ............................... 34 Figure 8-1: Structure of WP6 document folder ................................................................................................. 39 Figure 8-2: The Google forms for the SMART-Plant dissemination activities reporting ................................... 40 Figure 8-3: Schematic view of the SMART-Plant monitoring process ............................................................... 40 Figure 11-1: An example of a word graph containing the relevant keywords of the project used in the project’s flyer. ................................................................................................................................................................... 50
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This document provides a description of the Dissemination and Communication Plan (DCP) for the SMART-Plant project. An overview of all dissemination opportunities identified through communication tools such as event attendance (e.g. conferences, seminars, workshops, etc.), project publications (e.g. leaflets, press releases as well as conference papers, articles in professional journals etc.) and project presentations (e.g. to local stakeholders, etc.) is presented, complemented also by online communication activities based around the project’s website, and through the main social platforms (e.g. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc.). The dissemination activities have been designed and are addressed to target the key audiences and stakeholders including potential customers of the envisaged technologies and aim to maximize awareness of SMART-Plant’s objectives and achievements. The Stakeholders panel serves as an important means towards dissemination and exploitation of new markets and potential customers. The panel will also provide feedback on the progress of the dissemination and communication activities, in order to maximize their impact and the visibility of the project.
The aim of SMART-Plant’s dissemination and communication activities is to effectively disseminate information of the activities of the project and to communicate its outcomes to multiple audience including the media and the public. The objectives of the DCP are the following:
To develop an effective dissemination and communication strategy
To communicate and disseminate the SMART-Plant results and products/systems during and after the lifetime of the project
To promote the SMART-Plant technologies and maintain a technology transfer program
To ensure widespread use and awareness raising of the developed project‘s technologies
To identify the main stakeholder types/categories with emphasis to identify and prioritize dissemination tools.
To specify important exploitation and marketing activities which will take place in order to attract potential customers for the SMART-Plant technologies
To specify how the stakeholder panel will function
Different means for communicating and disseminating the project are foreseen that include traditional methods, such as printed and electronic promotional material, press releases, website, scientific journals and more innovative and interactive approaches such as demonstration films, online communication tools, which will be supplemented by events directly related to the project (demonstration events, seminars, SMART-Plant Conference) and events of wider scope (liaison activities, participation to exhibitions, conferences, etc.).
A stakeholder panel is foreseen in order to strengthen the communication strategy of SMART-Plant, which shall provide feedback to the consortium regarding the effectiveness and impact of the dissemination, communication and exploitation activities of SMART-Plant and its technologies.
In addition to demonstrating technological feasibility of SMART technologies in industrial scale, the project will develop targeted marketing campaigns to facilitate the access of SMART technologies into the market and promote fast uptake of the innovations in the wastewater sector. Selected show cases will be set up which are tailored to the specific needs of end users. By linking dissemination and communication activities of the consortium with effective exploitation wherever possible, the economic impact of SMART-Plant will be maximised to allow partners to fully exploit the outcomes of demonstration for their commercial success, ensuring a future for SMARTechs beyond the project end and into the market.
All communication and dissemination actions will be monitored by the Dissemination and Communication DCM (Dr Simos Malamis), frequent feedback from the consortium will be requested and specific key progress indicators at frequent intervals shall be monitored.
SMART-Plant has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 690323.
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ABBREVIATIONS
AdM Aiguas de Manresa S.A.
AGRB AGROBICS Ltd
AKTOR Aktor SA
ATS Alto Trevigiano Servizi S.r.l.
BIOTR Biotrend S.A.
BWA BWA B.V.
BYK BYK Additives Ltd
CO Coordinator
CU Cranfield University
DCP Dissemination and Communication Plan
DCM Dissemination and Communication Manager
EB Executive Board
EU European Union
EYDAP Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company
IBET Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica
IEXC InnoEXC GmbH
IP Intellectual Property
KWB Berlin Centre of Competence for Water
MEKOROT Mekorot Water Company Ltd
NTUA National Technical University of Athens
SALSNES Salsnes Filter A.S.
SBPL Specialist Building Product Limited
SCAE SCAE srl
SM Social Media
SOC Socamex S.A.
STW SEVERN TRENT WATER Ltd
UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
UBRUN Brunel University
UNIVR Università degli Studi di Verona
UR Università di Roma La Sapienza
UVIC-UCC Universitat de Vic
WP Work Package
WRRF Water Resource Recovery Facilities
WSC WELLNESS SMART CITIES
WWTP Wastewater treatment plant
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1. INTRODUCTION
This document is the detailed Dissemination and Communication Plan (DCP) for the SMART-Plant project. The
SMART-Plant DCP (Deliverable 9) constitutes one of the key outputs of WP6. The present deliverable is
prepared at an early stage of the project (Month 4), in order for SMART-Plant to commence on a clear
dissemination and communication strategy from the onset and follow the guidance of the H2020
“Communicating EU research and innovation guidance for project participants”, version 1, 25/9/2014. The
DCP explains in detail the dissemination and communication activities that will take place and to which target
group each one will be addressed to. In addition, the DCP describes a plan for organising all additional actions
necessary to efficiently promote the project’s objectives, outcomes and results. The plan specifies quantitative
indicators that will be used to evaluate how successful each dissemination/communication activity is.
Fundamentally, the aim of SMART-Plant’s dissemination and communication activities is to effectively
disseminate information about the results of the project to targeted audience and to communicate the project
and its results to multiple audience including the media and the public. The objectives of the DCP are the
following:
To develop an effective dissemination and communication strategy
To communicate and disseminate the SMART-Plant results and products/systems during and after the
lifetime of the project
To promote the SMART-Plant technologies and maintain a technology transfer program
To ensure widespread use and awareness raising of the developed project‘s technologies
To identify the main stakeholder types/categories with emphasis to identify and prioritize
dissemination tools.
To specify important exploitation and marketing activities which will take place in order to attract
potential customers for the SMART-Plant technologies
To specify how the stakeholder panel will function
The Dissemination and Communication Manager (DCM) (Dr Simos Malamis) is included in the strategic level
of the project’s organisation chart (Figure 1-1) and is responsible for developing and monitoring the
dissemination and communication plan, for coordinating the dissemination activities of the project and for
engaging all the beneficiaries to promote the action and its results as provided by the Article 38 of the Grant
Agreement.
Furthermore, the DCM will be reporting the activities in the relevant deliverables following the deliverables
plan of the Grant Agreement. There will be a close coordination with exploitation activities, while the
dissemination and communication plan will be updated with progresses along the commercialization
roadmap.
According to Article 38 of the Grant Agreement, the SMART-Plant logo and EU emblem will always appear on
all presentations and posters, whereas any dissemination and communication activities and publications in
the project shall acknowledge the European Community’s Horizon2020 funding. More specifically for all the
dissemination and communication activities the following quote shall be mentioned:
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“This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 690323”.
Figure 1-1: Organisation Chart of the SMART-Plant project – The role of the Dissemination and Communication Manager (DCM)
The DCP consists of eleven chapters, which apart from the present introductory chapter, present the communication and dissemination strategy (Chapter 2), the role and activities of the stakeholder panel (Chapter 3), the analysis of the communication (Chapter 4) and dissemination activities (Chapter 5), the specific events organised within SMART-Plant (Chapter 6), the foreseen marketing activities (Chapter 7), the monitoring protocols related to the progress of communication and dissemination (Chapter 8), an indicative plan of the activities foreseen (Chapter 9) and performed (Chapter 10) and a summary of what has been described in the form of Top-Tips (Chapter 11).
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2. DISSEMINATION AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
The Dissemination and Communication strategy of the SMART-Plant project deploys in four subsequent
processes which are progressively taking place (Figure 2-1). The aim of the first process is to specify the key
objectives of dissemination and communication. The identification of target groups results from the second
process of the strategy. In particular, all groups who are ultimately affected or potentially interested in the
results and technologies of the SMART-Plant project are identified. During the third step of the strategy, the
key messages conveyed from the project are designated. Finally, as the last step the dissemination and
communication activities are specified. These processes will be continuously implemented and refined in
order to increase the impact of the activities and the visibility of the project.
Figure 2-1: The four processes involved in the dissemination and communication strategy of the SMART-Plant
Innovation Action
2.1 Objectives
The overall aim of the dissemination and communication strategy is (a) to identify the purpose of the project’s
dissemination and communication during and following its lifecycle, (b) to promote the SMART-Plant
technologies and maintain a technology transfer program, and (c) to ensure widespread use and awareness
of the developed project’s technologies.
The key objectives of the dissemination and communication strategy are the following:
To ensure that the vision, objectives, activities and results of the project become as widely known and
understood as possible both from a scientific and a technical point of view;
To deliver clear, concise messages to high-level stakeholders and decision-makers;
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To ensure that the project keeps its focus on the actual needs of stakeholders by establishing a live
mechanism of interactions between the project and interested parties in the field;
To provide platforms and channels (physical and web-based) for networking and cooperation among
the partners and the stakeholders and
To develop an effective channel for the exploitation of the project’s findings and technologies.
2.2 Identification and specification of target groups within SMART-Plant
The dissemination and communication strategy defines a consistent approach to key target groups and will be
based on a target group analysis with support of key stakeholders, including also language adaptation and
content translation by the respective local partners. In this strategy, one of the major steps is to identify the
groups which are ultimately affected or potentially interested in the results and technologies of the SMART-
Plant project. The definition of the target groups will help to assess the appropriate type of participation of
different stakeholders at successive stages of the strategy. For the SMART-Plant project, twelve (12) target
groups have been identified. The target groups to be addressed are listed below:
European Commission
Customers/Water Utilities
Academic community
Other H2020 and FP7 related projects
Relevant Water Groups
Industrial sector
Business network
Strategic partners
Decision makers and water authorities
Potential end-users and supporters
NGOs
Public
Figure 2-2 presents a diagram of ellipses containing the various stakeholders. This diagram can be useful for
categorising and sometimes narrowing the field of stakeholders. The target groups are categorized in four
classes according to the interest and influence of the stakeholders. The classes are: a wide range of potentially
interested stakeholders (e.g. the public, NGOs or relevant water groups; dark blue ellipse), the scientific
community (light blue ellipse), the policy makers (red ellipse) and potential end-users or customers (green
ellipse). In this diagram, the smaller ellipse (i.e. the green ellipse) includes the most important target group of
the dissemination and communication strategy of the SMART-Plant project to which particular focus is placed.
Table 2-1 presents an indicative list of stakeholders which will be continuously supplemented throughout the
project’s duration since the process of stakeholders’ involvement in SMART-Plant is considered dynamic.
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Figure 2-2: The distinctive levels of the target groups
Table 2-1: The initial key stakeholder list of SMART-Plant enabling dissemination and communication activities
Stakeholder Country Type Role / Tasks
European Technology Platform for Water (WssTP)
EU Strategic partner Maximize interaction with wastewater
stakeholders
ESPP (European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform)
EU Strategic partner Maximize interaction with phosphorus
management stakeholders
EEN (European Enterprise Network)
EU Strategic partner Maximize interaction with SMEs
UTILITALIA Italy Relevant water
group Facilitate the network with water utilities and
bridging with EurEau
Ministry of Environment Italy Decision maker Advise concerning the water regulation and the barriers for use of recovered resources
from wastewater
Thames 21 UK NGO Facilitate network to citizens’ groups
ASAGUA (Asociación Española de Empresas de
Tecnologías del Agua) Spain
Relevant water group
Facilitate contact to water industries
PTEA (Plataforma Tecnológica Española del
Agua) Spain
Relevant water group
Facilitate contact to water industries
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Stakeholder Country Type Role / Tasks
Aguas de Portugal Portugal Water authority Facilitate contact to water utilities
IQAP Masterbacth Spain Industrial sector Advice and provide specifications for PHA
end-use
Israel Water Authority Israel Water Authority Maximize interaction with water reuse
stakeholders
Agencia Catalana de l’Aigua Spain Water Authority Maximize interaction with water regulators
XAUAT, Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource,
Environment and Ecology China
Strategic partner Maximize impact of the SMART-Plant
outcomes for extra-EU water scarce areas
UCI Water-Energy Nexus Center
USA Strategic partner Advice on water-energy nexus and extra-EU
impact
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Greece Decision maker Advise concerning the water regulation and the barriers for use of recovered resources
from wastewater
Hellenic Union of Municipal Enterprises for Water Supply
and Sewerage (EDEYA) Greece Strategic partner Facilitate contact to water utilities
MESOGEIOS SA Greece Industrial sector Potential end user of SMARTechnologies
SABESP Brazil Water Utility Evaluate replicability in Brazil and South
America
HAYA Water Sultanate of
Oman Water Utility Evaluate replicability in Middle East
ECOMONDO Italy Major Fair and
Exhibition Platform Facilitate interaction with customers
2.3 The Message-Determination of the information to be provided
Developing concise, key messages is crucial for successful communication. Messages are the essence of what
we want to communicate; they are the key points that we want to get across to the target groups who will
better understand the issue if key messages are tailored specifically for their interests and motivations.
Consequently, they will be identified and customized according to the classification of these groups: simple,
clear, straightforward text for the public, more scientific for academic community, more technical and
marketing oriented for companies and potential end-users (Figure 2-3).
The messages will explain why we need to know about wastewater treatment plants, what will change with
the SMART-Plant project and what solutions and benefits (economic, environmental, social, technological)
SMARTechs are offering. The answers to these questions highlight the main overall target of the project, which
is “to validate and to address to the market a portfolio of SMARTechnologies that, singularly or combined, can
renovate and upgrade existing wastewater treatment plants and give the added value of instigating the
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paradigm change towards efficient wastewater-based biorefineries.” Through SMART-Plant we are
transforming the wastewater treatment plants into Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF).
Figure 2-3: Examples of communication paths
Examples of key messages could be:
SMART-Plant project will address to the market a portfolio of SMARTechnologies for the renovation and upgrade of existing wastewater treatment plants.
SMART-Plant project combines state of the art innovative technology and access to new business opportunities for recovered resources.
SMART-Plant recovers valuable materials from sewage which are otherwise lost for the benefit of societies and its people (non-technical)
We are converting Wastewater Treatment Plants into Water Resource Recovery Facilities
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• Info graphics
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We turn to Golden the Brown Side of Water (our slogan)
2.4 Identification of the Dissemination and Communication activities
The SMART-Plant Dissemination and Communication activities can be grouped into three clusters of actions:
1. SMART-Plant identity: Communications will develop visual identity and website. Dissemination will identify
key innovation for publication, coordinating with IP protection.
2. SMART-Plant support material: Dissemination and communication streams will develop content for web
site, online communication tools, brochures, in different versions to address key target groups, and
presentations for participation to conferences and forums/ round tables. They will take care of preparing
publications for key technical magazines and presentations at relevant technical conferences and workshops.
3. Marketing Campaigns and Show Cases for end users: In the phase preceding the Commercial Roll-out
activities will be focused on reaching out to target end users with marketing campaigns, including brochures,
commercial presentations at trade shows to support discussions.
Dissemination makes results and deliverables of a project available to the wider audience which can make use
of the results; it is therefore crucial for the successful uptake of the project and for the sustainability of outputs
in the long term. The communication activities are supplemented by the dissemination activities (Table 2-2)
and include specific actions targeted to mobilize particular target groups. Another set of activities is related to
specific events that are foreseen and which will allow for diffusion of the project’s outputs and its scientific
results to the scientific and research community.
Table 2-2: Dissemination and Communication activities implemented in the SMART-Plant project.
Communication activities Dissemination activities SMART-Plant project
events
SMART-Plant logo
SMART-Plant slogan
Project website
Use of online communication tools (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram)
Creative arts
Printed promotional material (flyer, brochures, leaflets)
Electronic promotional material (e-newsletters)
Printed Press releases and internet articles
Publications in peer reviewed scientific journals, presentations in scientific Conferences and in industry related events
Printed Press releases and internet articles
Notice Boards
Catalogue of the SMART-Plant recovered products
Catalogue of the SMARTechs
Roll-up banners
Development of short demonstration films of SMART-Plant technologies
Open day demonstration events
Seminars/training events
Liaison activities with other H2020 & FP7 projects
SMART-Plant Conference
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Table 2-3 provides an overview of how dissemination and communication activities will be used to reach and penetrate to the various target audiences / stakeholders.
Table 2-3: Specifying target groups for the dissemination/communication activities
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Press releases * * * * * * * * * * *
Catalogues (SMARTechs and products) * * * * *
Roll-up banners * * * * *
Demonstration events * * * * * * * * *
Seminars/training events * * * * *
Liaison activities * * *
SMART-Plant Conference * * * * * * * *
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3. STAKEHOLDERS PANEL
3.1 Formulation, function and meetings
The stakeholder panel is expected to be a dynamic and continuously forming panel which shall provide
feedback to the consortium regarding the effectiveness and impact of the dissemination, communication and
exploitation activities of SMART-Plant and its technologies. The panel will meet at regular time intervals,
usually once every six months in order to discuss the progress of the dissemination, communication and
exploitation activities and to suggest measures on how to ameliorate these in the future in order to increase
the impact of the project and to facilitate the smoother adoption of SMART-Plant technologies. The
stakeholder panel shall consist of one representative from each consortium partner which has already been
assigned during the kick-off meeting. Furthermore, the panel shall consist of targeted stakeholders from the
implementation countries and potentially other countries. As resources are not allocated for the travelling of
individuals for the stakeholder meetings, these will take place back to back with other events such as the
management meetings, workshops, trade fares (e.g. FENASAN2016, Ecomondo2016, Aquatec2017,
IFAT2018), etc. In each place where the stakeholder panel takes place, the local/regional/national
stakeholders will be invited to participate together with the consortium partners. Therefore, the synthesis of
the stakeholder panel shall vary in each meeting. However, all stakeholder members will be informed about
the meetings as well as of upcoming events. The coordinator in consultation with the dissemination manager
may call for more or less frequent meetings depending on the needs of the project.
3.2 Activities
The stakeholder panel shall have no decision power over the project and the consortium. It will make
suggestions in order to improve the visibility and impact of the project. Then the Executive Board, the
Technical Director, the Dissemination and Communication Manager and ultimately the coordinator will decide
which of the stakeholder panel’s suggestions to implement. During a typical meeting of the stakeholder panel,
the project and its on-going activities will be briefly described and then the impact of the project and the up
to date dissemination and communication activities will be explained. Discussions, brainstorming events and
round table discussions shall follow among the members of the panel on how to improve the visibility and
impact of the project and how to better combine dissemination with exploitation.
3.3 Synthesis of stakeholder panel
As it has already been mentioned, the stakeholder’s panel will consist of one member from each partner of
the consortium plus representatives of targeted groups. The decision on which target groups to include shall
be based on the following:
The whole supply chain of sewage will be considered represented, including organizations involved in
sewage collection/transportation and treatment to organizations involved in reclaimed water reuse
and in the down-processing of the recovered products and organizations which are going to use the
SMART-Plant end products (chemicals, biopolymers, etc.).
Customer representation. Several of the stakeholder panel members will be organizations which have
an interest in purchasing the SMART-Plant technologies and/or its developed products including water
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utilities, constructors of wastewater treatment plants, environmental companies, chemical and
plastics industries.
Geographical variation: the stakeholder should cover a sufficiently wide geographical area with
emphasis on stakeholders from the places of the demonstration sites.
Stakeholders who have significant responsibilities in the field of sewage management and
downstream processes will be preferred as well as target groups that are willing to actively engage
within the panel.
3.4 Output
The aim is to build a strong network which will promote the SMART-Plant findings as well as the SMART-plant
technologies. The main benefit from the function of the Stakeholders panel is related to the feedback it will
provide to the Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation activities in order to increase their
effectiveness and thus the impact of the project.
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4. COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
Science communication generally refers to public communication presenting science-related topics to non-experts (Wikipedia). A variety of communication activities will be implemented in a format which is designed for and understandable by our intended audience. The communication activities include:
4.1 SMART-Plant logo
The SMART-Plant project logo (Figure 4-1) was developed and was launched and it will be included in all the
documents produced during the lifetime and afterlife of the project, in the website and in other electronic
material.
Figure 4-1: The SMART-Plant logo
4.2 SMART-Plant slogan
An important step for the preliminary communication activities is the definition of a project slogan, as an
additional element to increase the awareness of the project and to make it more recognizable. Starting from
the same keywords used for the logo, different slogans have been proposed and presented in the kick-off
meeting:
From waste to market
Material recovery is SMART
Be SMART- Don't waste
Don’t waste, recover
Think of the future – Be SMART
SMART urban mining
The slogan currently adopted is “WE TURN TO GOLDEN THE BROWN SIDE OF WATER”, which recalls even
the Pink Floyd popular song.
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4.3 Project website
The project’s website (www.smart-plant.eu) is an important dissemination tool, playing a key role when
communicating the SMART-Plant vision to the various stakeholders and target groups. The website will collect
all the information, news and other communication and technical activities about the project and will advertise
events which are going to take place within the framework of the project (e.g. workshops, seminars, etc.), as
well as important breakthroughs during the project’s implementation.
The SMART-Plant website will go live at M5 and will serve as the main communication platform to introduce
the project and its progress, the Consortium, the SMART-Plant innovative technologies. The website will allow
the public to consult non-confidential information about the project (description, benefits, cost- effectiveness,
technologies, etc.), while a separate members area will be available with a login and password that will be
provided to each partner in order to access confidential information. Within the members area all the project
documents shall be stored and will be accessible to all partners.
The website features general project information, including a project summary, overview of the work
packages, information on products and services, and links to each partner website. It includes a specific column
for News features. Within the website, a section will be devoted to networking with other H2020 and with on-
going FP7 projects (links to these projects, short description, advertising of liaison activities, etc.).
The website will be regularly updated (at least once per month) by the DCM to feature continuous updates on
project progress and events, including, for example, news on project partner participation in conferences, the
project flyer, as well as links and information about the SMART-Plant products and services. The DCM will
supervise its regular updates with information provided by all partners. The partners’ role in the project as
well as a link to their respective websites will also be incorporated.
Three candidate layouts of the project’s website have been developed (Figure 4-2) and have been
communicated to the partners and the coordinator. A poll voting took place for the selection of the most
popular layout and following the coordinator’s approval the website of the SMART-Plant project will be
launched.
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Figure 4-2: The demo websites of the SMART-Plant project
4.4 Use of online communication tools
Social Media (SM) can provide higher immediacy to the information in the online world and enable users to
build social networks, to easily share resources, to collaborate in an interactive and user-friendly way, and to
produce and consume online content simultaneously. For the scientific community, the SM are crucial tools in
the societal value of research, and specifically provide the ability to disseminate the research results and
outcomes of the project and to communicate with the non-academic community. In this context, the presence
of the project on major social networking platforms has been established from the early stages. YouTube,
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn will serve as SM for the project. The key factor concerning all social
media channels is that they are effective only if they are regularly and frequently updated with new contents,
advertising upcoming events and the main findings of the project following its progress. The SM accounts have
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been developed. It is crucial to use popular hashtags in all Facebook posts, tweets, Instagram photos and
LinkedIn. Hashtags is a type of label or metadata tag used on social media which makes it easier for users to
find messages with a specific theme or content. Some hashtags, which can be used for the SMART-plant
project, are the following: #H2020, #H2020EE2017, #EU, #research, #ecology, #innovation, #SMARTPlant.
Facebook is the social site that counts the greatest number of users and gives very good potential of diffusion
the research results to the general public. The project’s account in Facebook is @smartplant2020 (Figure 4-3).
Figure 4-3: The page from Facebook of SMART-Plant
Twitter is as a microblogging platform and provides the opportunity for a faster mode of communication. By
encouraging shorter posts, it reduces requirement of time and the content creation. The project’s account on
Twitter is @smart_plant_eu (Figure 4-4).
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Figure 4-4: The page from Twitter of SMART-Plant.
LinkedIn is connecting people in the world of business and sharing updates of the project on the company
page of the partners; this can be useful to spread contents through the relationship web of each company.
YouTube
Finally, YouTube will be used to upload the demonstrating films of each developed technology and other
relevant material. The channel created in YouTube is named "SMART-Plant" (Figure 4-5).
Instagram is an online photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service which allows its users to
take pictures and videos, and share them either publicly or privately. It is an innovative way to connect through
photos. An Instagram account of SMART-Plant will be developed.
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Figure 4-5: The page from YouTube of SMART-Plant
4.5 Printed promotional material
Printed promotional material comprises leaflets, brochures and flyers, which will be designed by the DCM and
will be approved by the Coordinator. A flyer offers a small amount of information for a limited time. Leaflets,
on the other hand, can provide basic factual information and the location where further information can be
found (such as a mailing address or a website). Brochures can go into greater detail, highlighting the context,
including interviews with stakeholders, beneficiaries, and so on. The DCM will be the main producer of the
materials format, while each beneficiary will have the responsibility to refine and distribute the printed
materials.
In principle all printed material will be produced in English, however, there will be flexibility to produce
different versions in the key languages of the demonstration sites. These printed materials will be handed out
at key events, such as conferences, workshops, seminars or they will be displayed in key locations including
relevant offices or universities. In addition, they can be disseminated in electronic format via the project
website and social media. Figure 4-6 shows an example of a SMART-Plant flyer which was developed and
distributed to more than 370 Conference delegates.
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Figure 4-6: SMART-Plant flyer
4.6 Electronic promotional material
Periodically, electronic newsletters (e-newsletters) will be developed and sent to the email addresses of the
identified stakeholders and the different target groups. The e-newsletters are an excellent means of
communicating information regarding SMART-Plant project and keeping in touch with the target groups, both
during and after the project’s actions. E-newsletters are characterized by their regularity, and, fundamentally,
they are issued to inform on the progress of an action. This is useful for the results of research projects, where
the impact of an action can be appreciated over time.
The e-newsletters of SMART-Plant will be short (3-4 pages) and will have specific format and layout; the project
logos and the EU emblem will be included. All e-newsletters will in principle be produced in the English
language and will be also available in the SMART-Plant web-site. Nevertheless, the possibility will be given to
the consortium partners to develop e-newsletters to their native languages and distribute them locally. Texts
will be brief and simple, and figures will be used where possible to illustrate the action and its context. The
DCM will monitor the preparation and distribution of the e-newsletter.
4.7 Printed Press releases and internet articles
SMART-Plant technologies and findings will be communicated through press releases of both printed and
electronic nature. Information about the project will be distributed in the press releases and news will be sent
to national, European and other international media. Messages delivered from media channels should be
concise, avoiding technical details and scientific terms, as they are intended to large, but not specialized
audiences.
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The use of media (daily newspapers, magazines, radio and TV) is a key instrument to increase awareness
regarding the SMART-Plant project in local, national and international scale. All partners are responsible for
national press releases continually during the project’s duration. They may send some press releases to
periodicals and magazines and mention the URL of the website. It is critical to identify and approach media
people that are relevant to the issues addressed by the project (environmental, research, technological) and
they can be distributed via press releases. Through these press releases, local stakeholders and societies will
be informed about the outcomes of the project concerning their regions.
Finally, the website of Horizon2020 newsroom section will be used in order to distribute the press releases
and to announce forthcoming events (e.g. seminars, conferences, etc.).
4.8 Creative arts
The recovered cellulose and biopolymers will be used to produce 3D logos of SMART-Plant which will be
distributed to the beneficiaries and displayed in all relevant events.
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5. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
A series of dissemination activities will be implemented in order to diffuse the objectives and outcomes of
SMART-Plant to the public and to the scientific community. These include actions that build the SMART-Plant
identity:
5.1 Publications in scientific journals and presentations in International Conferences and in
industry related events
The SMART-Plant scientific achievements will be published at international peer reviewed journals with
significant (>2) impact factor, such as Environmental Science and Technology; Water Research; Bioresource
Technology; Chemosphere; Desalination; Chemical Engineering Journal; Process Biochemistry; Journal of
Hazardous Materials. Furthermore, presentations of the SMART-Plant results will take place at international
Conferences and in industrial fairs and exhibitions such as Ecomondo and IFAT. Selected international
conferences such as the EIP Water Conference, WEFTEC, IWA conferences (e.g. Resource Recovery; Nutrient
Removal and Recovery; World Water Congress), European Symposium on Biopolymers will be preferred
because the SMART-Plant will benefit to have continuous updates about the market and prepare the best
exploitation plan and commercialization roll-up.
All publications will include the following text:
“This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 690323”.
Before publishing any scientific advance resulting from the SMART-Plant project, the author(s) are obliged to
inform to the DCM (with CO as cc) at least 45 days in advance for review, unless agreed otherwise. Both the
Consortium and the Grant Agreement stipulate how to deal with this process.
Based on Article 29 on Grant Agreement, each beneficiary must ensure open access (free of charge online
access for any user) to all peer-reviewed scientific publications relating to its results, after the approval by the
EB (Executive Board).
Moreover, the bibliographic metadata must be in a standard format and must include all of the following:
the terms “European Union (EU)” and “Horizon 2020”;
the name of the action, acronym and grant number;
the publication date, and length of embargo period if applicable, and
a persistent identifier.
Every participation in national and international conferences should be beneficial for the SMART-Plant project
and for the whole SMART-Plant consortium and it will be followed within a month by a brief report on the
outcomes relevant for the SMART-Plant actions.
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5.2 Notice Boards
On-site notice boards are large, highly visible boards situated on or by the project’s pilot and demonstration
sites that will provide key information about the project including the beneficiaries and will explain the
importance and benefits of the SMART-Plant technology. Using notice boards is an excellent way of letting
local people and visitors know about the activities of the SMART-Plant project in their area.
In the SMART-Plant project 7 notice boards will be created, one at each demonstration site (Table 5-1 and
Figure 5-1). The DCM will be responsible for the design of the notice boards, which will be placed at each
demonstration site:
Table 5-1: Location of notice boards
Notice boards
Uithuizermeeden (Netherlands)
Karmiel (Israel)
Manresa (Spain)
Cranfield (UK)
Carbonera (Italy) (2 sites)
Psyttalia (Greece)
Each notice board will provide basic information of the project including the beneficiaries and will explain the
importance and benefits of the SMART-Plant technology. The notice boards can focus on different
demonstration sites of the project’s work, but will typically include a presentation of the situation that the
project addresses, an explanation of the work carried out, its objectives and the expected results of these
actions.
The construction of the notice boards will be harmonised with the natural environment, the architecture will
be consistent with the local style in order not to alter the topography of the environment. The print will be
clear and colourful, while the size of the boards will attract attention and be visible from a certain distance.
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Figure 5-1: SMART-Plant demonstration sites
5.1 Development of short demonstration films
To demonstrate the SMART-Plant technologies, a short (3-5 min) film of each technology will be produced.
The films will be uploaded on the YouTube channel of SMART-Plant and released on the project’s website and
communication tools (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn). Additionally, they will be used during the training
sessions which will be delivered to young scientists, water utilities, WWTP operators and others. Each partner
leading a specific technology will contribute to the development of a film of the respective technology.
Guidelines will be prepared in order to facilitate the preparation of the short films.
5.1 Roll-up banners
Roll-up banners will be designed and will be used for conferences, seminars and demonstration events. Roll-up banners are a way to communicate the brand message to an audience in a professional and creative way. The standard format will be 200 x 80 cm, though the width can go up to 120 cm.
5.2 Dissemination kit
A dissemination kit is being prepared and will be available for download from the project’s website. Its content
is developed for multipliers to support their efforts to contribute to the project’s aims and activities.
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The dissemination kit will therefore contain:
Logo in different resolutions to print or use in electronic media
Leaflet/Brochure for download
Project presentation to be adapted (general project overview, background information, timeline)
Template for Roll-up to be used in seminars or other events
5.3 Catalogues (SMARTechs and products)
Technical catalogues will be developed at the later stages of the project that will include all types of recovered
products and SMARTechs, consisting SMART-Plant portfolio addressed to the market.
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6. SMART-PLANT PROJECT EVENTS
The project events (including seminars, conferences etc.) are crucial in the dissemination and communication
activities. SMART-Plant events will provide the opportunity to (a) share technical results and the case scenarios
for the implementation of SMARTechs in all target groups, (b) exchange information with other projects, and
(c) to increase the social impact. The results from the SMART-Plant project will be communicated and
disseminated in different events organised within the project that bring together water utilities, industries,
professionals and scientists together with green and circular chemical industries that are interested in the
SMART product portfolio. During the SMART-Plant project the following will be organized: two open day
demonstration events in each SMART-Plant technology, five seminars and two networking events. In addition,
a final project Conference will take place in Verona towards the end of the project.
6.1 Open day demonstration events
Two open day demonstration events will take place in each SMART-Plant technology (Table 6-1). The first
demonstration event will target potential customers, such as water utilities, environmental companies and
industries. Focus will be given on how SMARTechs could be adopted and applied in different cases and
SMEs/Water utilities from the consortium will lead these events. The second demonstration event will be
addressed to researchers and students, where Universities and research institutes or SMEs with strong
technical and research background will give insight to the threefold “Research - Innovation –
Entrepreneurship”. The demonstration events will be organised and hosted by the respective beneficiaries. In
order to ensure consistency of what is discussed and communicated to target groups, the D&C team shall
prepare guidelines that should be followed in each event as well as tips on how to better engage the invited
stakeholders.
Table 6-1: The open day demonstration events
a/a Open day demonstration
events
Open day addressed to water utilities, companies and
industries
Open day addressed to researchers and students
1 SMARTech1 BWA SALSNES
2 SMARTech2a MEKOROT AGRB
3 SMARTech2b AdM UAB
4 SMARTech3 STW CU
5 SMARTech4a ATS UNIVR
6 SMARTech4b EYDAP NTUA
7 SMARTech5 ATS UNIVR
6.2 Seminars
Five seminars will take place in Italy (UNIVR), Spain (UVIC-UCC), UK (UBRUN), Germany (KWB) and Greece
(NTUA). The seminars will explain the economic, environmental, social and technical benefits arising by
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upgrading the WWTPs through the SMART-Plant technologies. Each seminar will be divided into two sections.
In the first section decision makers will participate (water authorities, ministries, regional authorities,
municipalities). In the second section, the targeted audience will be industries, environmental companies,
waste and wastewater treatment plant operators, water utilities of each country.
Table 6-2: The seminars of SMART-Plant
Seminars Beneficiary
Greece NTUA
Italy UNIVR
Spain UVIC-UCC
UK UBRUN
Germany KWB
6.3 Liaison activities
Networking events with relevant and on-going H2020 and FP7 projects is important and can benefit the project
by avoiding overlaps and exploiting already existing information. For this reason, two H2020 networking
events will be organized in the framework of SMART-Plant. Partners from related H2020 and FP7 projects will
be invited to participate and talk about their projects, while interaction with other projects will be facilitated
by the fact that SMART-Plant partners are participating in other projects.
In order to explore synergies and network with other projects and initiatives of interest, SMART-Plant
partner(s) will participate in relevant events and meetings organized by the European Commission. Such an
event is foreseen with the participation of all H2020 projects funded in the framework of the Topic: WATER-
1b-2015. The participant partner will then report to the SMART-Plant consortium so as to evaluate possible
inter-links and joint events with synergic Horizon2020 actions. An indicative list of relevant projects is
presented in Table 6-3. Synergies with other partners will be facilitated by the fact that the several of the
SMART-Plant members of the consortium are also participating in other H2020 and FP7 projects.
Table 6-3: List with the related H2020 and FP7 projects will be invited to participate
Project, website and dates
Extended title Relevance for SMART-Plant
H2020 ENERWATER (www.enerwater.eu) From 2015 to 2017
Standard method and online tool for assessing and improving the energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plants
The ENERWATER on-line measures of energy consumptions in conventional WWTPs will be adapted to the innovative SMARTechs
H2020 POWERSTEP (www.powerstep.eu)
From 2015 to 2018
Full scale demonstration of energy positive sewage treatment plant concepts towards market penetration
The full scale platform of 6 full scale case studies for energy positive WWTPs will be considered as complementary solutions to the material recovery SMARTechs
H2020 C-FOOT-CTRL From 2015 to 2019
Developing online tools to monitor, control and mitigate GHG emissions in WWTPs
The C-FOOT-CTRL online measures of carbon footprint will be adapted to the SMARTechs
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Project, website and dates
Extended title Relevance for SMART-Plant
FP7 DEMOWARE (www.demoware.eu)
From 2013 to 2017
Innovation Demonstration for a Competitive and Innovative European Water Reuse Sector
The platform on water reuse technologies will be complemented by the SMART-Plant platform for resource recovery
FP7 Water PIPP (www.waterpipp.eu) From 2014 to 2016
Ensuring the integration of water and innovation demonstration projects and support to transnational networks of procurers
Water PIPP will test new approaches to stimulate the uptake of innovation in the water sector which will be considered for the road-to-market of SMART-Plant
EcoInnovation SCREENCAP
(www.screencap.eu) From 2014 to 2017
Demonstration and market replication of an adapted fine screen technology to improve the treatment and recover suspended solids from raw waste water on the basis of particle size
The upstream wastewater concentration will be applied and tested before conventional activated sludge process to be a reference baseline for the SMARTechs tested in the WP2
CelluCycle (http://cellucycle.nl/en/)
To recover toilet paper from municipal wastewater, the so called screenings. This valuable cellulosic material should be upgraded to use it for the production of bioplastics.
The project will recover cellulosic sludge to produce PLA
FP7 ReWoBioRef (www.rewobioref.eu)
From 2014 to 2017
Mobilisation of biomass in Europe for value added products
Surface chemistry and properties of the recovered cellulosic materials for the production of biocomposites
Eco-Innovation RubWPC (www.rubwpc.eu) From 2013 to 2016
Develop new generation of biocomposites by using recovered plastics and fibrous materials
Formulation of mixtures of the recovered materials for production of SPC in SMART-Plant
6.4 SMART-Plant Conference
SMART-Plant will conclude activities with a final conference serving as a public launch of project findings and
outcomes and focusing on the promotion of exploitation capabilities and potential impact of its results. The
SMART-Plant Conference will be organized by UNIVR in Verona (Italy), where the outcomes of SMART-Plant
will be communicated to the key target groups in a broad audience of more than 100 participants.
The Conference will provide a summary of the technical results and the case scenarios for the implementation
of SMARTechs at water utilities users. Interactive sections will also take place, allowing target users to receive
feedback on suitability of SMARTechs for their specific needs. Moreover, a session on SMART-products
portfolio (Figure 6-1) will be part of the conference in order to enhance awareness of the users of recovered
resources with the scope to enhance visibility of SMART-Plant at key target groups of water utilities and
chemicals/ downstream processing industry.
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Figure 6-1: Schematic view of the SMART-Plant overall Concept and products portfolio
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7. MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND SHOW CASES FOR END USERS
In addition to demonstrating technological feasibility of SMART technologies in industrial scale, the project
will develop targeted marketing campaigns to facilitate the access of SMART technologies into the market and
promote fast uptake of the innovations in the wastewater sector. Selected show cases will be set up which are
tailored to the specific needs of end users (i.e. water utilities, operators, licensors) in the sector. By linking
dissemination and communication activities of the consortium with effective exploitation wherever possible,
the economic impact of SMART-Plant will be maximised to allow partners to fully exploit the outcomes of
demonstration for their commercial success, ensuring a future for SMARTechs beyond the project end and
into the market.
7.1 Linking dissemination/communication activities with exploitation The following activities are planned to link dissemination and communication activities directly with
exploitation:
Invite relevant water professionals from potential end users to site visits of SMART tech
demonstration plants
Schedule business meetings at industrial fairs (e.g. Ecomondo 2016, IFAT2018 and 2020) where
SMART-Plant is represented to establish direct contacts with potential end users and licensors
Demonstrate properties and end use performances of SMART-Plant portfolio of recovered resources
The Coordinator and the Exploitation Manager propose to bring forward the formation of SMART-
Plant JV in order dissemination activities for SMART-Plant projects to contain the commercial
perspective already and to avoid creation of “perception barriers”.
7.2 Marketing campaigns The project will produce specific material to support marketing activities of the partners who are entering into
the market with SMART technologies for the commercial roll-out. The challenge here is to transfer scientific
results and demonstrated benefits of the processes into tangible arguments for the end user to raise their
interest in SMART technologies and portfolio of recovered resources. This will be facilitated by providing sound
but easy-to-understand argumentation of (i) the features of SMART techs and their advantage over
conventional processes and treatment schemes; (ii) of the properties and end use perspective of SMART-Plant
portfolio of recovered resources.
Technical approach of the technology
Performances of recovered products for selected end use
Demonstrated process efficiency in relation to local conditions (i.e. wastewater composition)
Product quality and potential impurities
Process reliability in long-term operation
Expected cost ranges (i.e. investment and operating costs) related to plant size
Revenue models for product valorisation
Information on market access and organisation for products
Personnel efforts and skill level required from an operators perspective
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Supporting data from the environmental assessment to prove an added “green” value for the portfolio
of the end user
Future challenges for process optimisation.
Marketing campaigns will be based upon the following promotion material:
1) Presentation slides of the technologies (pptx format) and portfolio of revered resources with
professional graphical layout, summarizing important aspects as listed above with clear messages,
sound data and illustrative graphics and pictures. This material can directly be used at larger events
or bilateral business meetings to promote SMART technologies and provide a basis for market entry.
2) Marketing brochures (pdf format) that are self-explaining, describing the basics of the technology and
the main outcomes of the demonstration phase. This material can be distributed via newsletters or as
printed material at conferences or business events to a broader audience, raising interest for the
SMART techs to facilitate direct contact between interested end users and the SMART-Plant partners.
This material can be directly exploited by project partners during site visits of demonstration plants, or within
business meetings with potential licensors or end users of the technologies.
7.3 Show cases Show cases will be prepared to be shown at key consortium partner locations as UNIVR and UBRUN, in which
the advantages of SMARTechs will be demonstrated by means of advanced technologies, combining video and
audio tools and based on the material produced by streams 6.2 and 6.3.
In the phase preceding the Commercial Roll-out communication activities will be focused on reaching out to
target end users with marketing campaigns, including brochures, commercial presentations to support
discussions. Moreover, show cases will be produced to demonstrate SMART-Plant in the specific areas of
interest for target end users. The results from SMART-Plant project will be communicated and disseminated
in international events that bring together water utilities, industries, professionals and scientists together with
green and circular chemical industries that are interested in the SMART product portfolio as recycled raw
material. Preferred locations will therefore be the major international fairs and exhibitions such as
ECOMONDO (www.ecomondo.com), IFAT (www.ifat.de), WATEC (www.watech-israel.com), WEFTEC
(www.weftec.org) and others. Further benefits to increase the common knowledge of the SMART-Plant
consortium will come from the reporting of each partner that participate at national or international
conference or exhibition by allocating the travel and lodging expenses on the SMART-Plant project. Each
participation in national and international exhibition will be followed within a month by a brief report on the
outcomes relevant for the SMART-Plant actions. In parallel broader activities to engage citizens and increase
public acceptance will continue.
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Table 7-1: Targeted customers
Target Group Type Country Planned activities
Relation to SMART-Plant
Basic Utilities Not yet compliant
Greece (priority), Italy (priority), Poland, Bulgaria,
Interviews, Surveys through water utilities contacts,
Potential adopters of SMART-Plant type Scenario 1.0
Intermediate Water Utilities
Willing to improve efficiency
Spain (priority), Italy (priority), France
Interviews, Surveys through water utilities contacts
Potential adopters of SMART-Plant type Scenario 2.0
Advanced Water Utilities
Seeking to maximize profitability (private mostly)
UK (priority), Germany, Netherlands,
Interviews, Surveys through water utilities contacts
Potential adopters of SMART-Plant type Scenario 3.0
Chemicals and downstream applications
Potential targets to combine with water utilities group 1 and 2
EU 28, all with priority on UK, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
Market analysis, expert interviews
User / market entries for SMART-products portfolio
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8. MONITORING PROGRESS OF SMART-PLANT DISSEMINATION AND
COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
8.1 Internal tools
Mailing lists
In order to facilitate the dissemination actions among the members of the consortium, the following types of
mailing lists will be used:
Internal Lists, which have already been established, aiming at providing a mechanism for internal project
communications. Currently, this includes members of the project team from each individual partner site.
External Lists, which will be created based on stakeholder groups. A non-exhaustive contact list will be
compiled by each individual partner, to be integrated in a database.
Skype Lists, which are intended for teleconferencing purposes, will be structured and distributed to
facilitate group communication.
Content repository
The Google Drive is already being used to store, edit, share and synchronize files. A member area will also be
created in the project website (Deliverable 6.2, M5). The project coordinator will send to all the partners the
usernames and passwords for gaining access to the repository of the website. The following information can
be shared among the partners, in the Google drive or the website:
Contractual documents: Consortium Agreement, Grant Agreement, Description of Work.
Administrative documents: financial reports, progress reports, Consolidated Review Reports.
Technical documents: deliverables, internal reports.
Other documents: dissemination material, templates, meeting minutes, contact details of all the
participants.
Workspace: a common space for those activities in which different partners work simultaneously.
This is useful to share draft documents, references, images and any type of information of interest.
The structure of the WP6 document folder is presented in Figure 8.1.
Cloud systems such as Google Drive or Dropbox cannot be used by all the beneficiaries for own security
policies. Therefore, Google Drive will be used as a temporary solution, until the SMART-Plant website
(www.smart-plant.eu) will be completed and fully operational. Then, the domain www.smart-plant.eu will
contain an own cloud (reserved area) that will be accessible (after authentication) by the beneficiaries. The
Task Leaders will be responsible for data uploading, while the WP leaders will supervise and coordinate the
correct uploading and availability of the data concerning their WP. CO is the data manager.
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Figure 8-1: Structure of WP6 document folder
General Rules on activities reporting
Reporting dissemination activities (such as publications, presentations, articles etc.) from all SMART-Plant
partners is crucial for the monitoring of dissemination and communication activities. A form/table will be
developed for the publications and the dissemination activities. Reporting information for the dissemination
activities will comprise the name and the location of the event, the date of activity, the type of the
presentation (Oral presentation, poster, organisation of workshop, videos, films, media, etc.), the type of
audience (academic community, European community, potential end–user and supporters, policy makers,
public) and number of the attending audience. In addition, reporting information for the publications will
include the title of the publication, its authors, the title of the periodical or series to be published, the
publisher, the place of publication, the relevant pages and date. This form (Figure 8-2) will be distributed
quarterly and filled by the partners and will be sent by e-mail to the DCM with notification to the CO (Figure
8-2).
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Figure 8-2: The Google forms for the SMART-Plant dissemination activities reporting
Figure 8-3: Schematic view of the SMART-Plant monitoring process
8.2 Event log
A database will be established with all dissemination and communication activities of each partner. This event
log is vital for the management of the dissemination and communication monitoring. A template is presented
in Table 8-1. This log will be regularly updated and communicated to the partners.
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Table 8-1: The table is an example of the event log of database
Date Activity Type of Activity Number
attending Place Countries Responsible Community
8.3 Indicators of progress
This task has a two-fold purpose, i.e. to ensure the efficient coordination and the monitoring of all
dissemination and communication actions. The monitoring results are utilized to steer, improve and adapt
activities. Although sufficient flexibility is required to allow activities to adapt to project developments,
potential problems will be detected as early as possible in order to create effective adaptation measures.
Success or failure of communication actions will be measured through quantified indicators, which allow
monitoring and evaluation. A list with the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) used to evaluate the success of
SMART-Plant through periodic measurement is presented in Table 8-2. The KPIs will be measured every six
months and the results will be reported to the coordinator.
Table 8-2: Key performance indicators (KPIs) for measuring the dissemination results
QI id Dissemination-
communication activity
QI Description Target value
QI-1 SMART-Plant Logo Appear in all SMART-Plant documents n/a
QI-2 SMART-Plant website Visits per month >300
QI-3 SMART-Plant website Updates per month 1
QI-4 Facebook Likes >1000
QI-5 Twitter Tweets per month 10
QI-6 YouTube movie Views of each movie of the SMARTechs >100
QI-7 LinkedIn profile Updates per week >1
QI-8 Notice boards Notice boards at each demo site 1
QI-9 Brochures, Leaflets Different versions 3
QI-10 Brochures, Leaflets Recipients >1000
QI-11 e-newsletters Recipients (Email addresses) >100
QI-12 Demo films 3-5 min film of each SMART-Plant Demo 7
QI-13 Published scientific articles Publications at international peer reviewed journals
>15
QI-14 Presentations Presentations at international conferences >20
QI-15 Seminars Seminars >5
QI-16 Press releases Frequency of release every 6 months
QI-17 SMART-Plant Conference Participants >100
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9. INDICATIVE PLAN OF CONSORTIUM ACTIVITIES
Table 9-1, presents an indicative plan of the activities, occasionally grouped, that are foreseen within SMART-
Plant project. The group of activities that will be carried out in the first quarter of the project is related to the
preparation of the web-page and the social media accounts and also the brochures, leaflets and flyers.
Needless to say, that the web-page and the social media accounts will be continuously updated and active
throughout the duration of the project. In order to maximise the impact of SMART-Plant the activities that are
related to the pilot sites (films, demonstration events, seminars, etc.) are foreseen at the mid-term phase of
the project in order to be more substantial. The presentation of SMART-Plant at several occasions and
exhibitions has already started at the early stages of the project and will continue until the end of the project.
The final SMART-Plant conference will be the concluding major event of the project, scheduled at the last
semester of the project.
Table 9-1: Indicative Plan of activities within SMART-Plant
M1
-M4
M5
-M8
M8
-M1
2
M1
3-M
16
M1
7-M
20
M2
1-M
24
M2
5-M
28
M2
9-M
32
M3
3-3
6
M3
7-M
40
M4
1-M
44
M4
5-M
48
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12
Web site, social media
Notice boards
Brochures, Leaflets, flyers
Demo films
Open Days
Seminars
Network event 1
Network event 2
SMART-Plant Conference
Marketing campaigns
Show cases
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10. ACTIVITIES PERFORMED
Activities that have been performed are listed in chronological order (reference date 31.8.2016).
Date Activity Details Type of Activity
Number attending
Place Countries Responsible Community
11/3/2016
Article: "ECONOMIA CIRCOLARE, IL PROGETTO SMART-PLANT PER LA GESTIONE DEI DEPURATORI URBANI", (http://www.canaleenergia.com/archivio-rubriche/47-think-tech/4234-economia-circolare-il-progetto-smart-plant-per-la-gestione-dei-depuratori-urbani.html)
Online Press Release
- www.canaleenergia.com Italy UNIVR
Public, Industrial sector, Business network, Customers, NGOs,
Potential end-users and supporters, Decision
makers
16/3/2016 Article: Plastica dagli scarichi della rete fognaria decolla il progetto
Print press release
- Newspaper:
Corriere del Veneto Italy UNIVR
Public, Industrial sector, Academic community,
Industrial sector, Business network, Customers,
NGOs, Potential end-users and supporters
16/3/2016
Article: Acque, Veneto capofila dell’ innovazion eeuropea, (http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/impresa-e-territori/2016-03-16/acque-veneto-capofila-dell-innovazione-europea-164413.shtml?uuid=ACX60IpC)
Press Release - Il Sole 24
www.ilsole24ore.com Italy UNIVR
Public, Industrial sector, Academic community,
Industrial sector, Business network, Customers,
NGOs, Potential end-users and supporters
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Date Activity Details Type of Activity
Number attending
Place Countries Responsible Community
16/3/2016
Article: ECONOMIA CIRCOLARE NELLA GESTIONE DEI DEPURATORI: IN VENETO IL COORDINAMENTO DELL’INNOVAZIONE EUROPEA, (http://www.veronaeconomia.it/2016/03/16/leggi-notizia/argomenti/economia-veronese/articolo/economia-circolare-nella-gestione-dei-depuratori-in-veneto-il-coordinamento-dellinnovazione-euro.html),
Online Press Release
- www.veronaeconomia.it Italy UNIVR
Public, Industrial sector, Business network, Customers, NGOs,
Potential end-users and supporters, Decision
makers
17/3/2016 Article: "Gli scarti dei depuratori diventato bio-plastica"
Press Release - Newspaper:
IL GIORNALE DI VIGENZA Italy UNIVR
Public, Industrial sector, Academic community,
Industrial sector, Business network, Customers,
NGOs, Potential end-users and supporters
17/3/2016 Article: " Allagamenti: tre quartieri in salvo"
Press Release - Newspaper:
Il Gazzettino di Treviso Italy UNIVR
Public, Industrial sector, Academic community,
Industrial sector, Business network, Customers,
NGOs, Potential end-users and supporters
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Date Activity Details Type of Activity
Number attending
Place Countries Responsible Community
16/3/2016
Article: Progetto SMART-Plant: in Italia il sito di innovazione sarà il depuratore di Carbonera, (http://www.trevisotoday.it/green/life/smarty-plant-depuratore-carbonera-marzo-2016.html)
Online Press Release
- www.trevisotoday.it Italy UNIVR
Public, Industrial sector, Academic community,
Industrial sector, Business network, Customers,
NGOs, Potential end-users and supporters
17/03/2016
Article: Plastica dai fanghi, l’Europa finanzia Ats, (http://tribunatreviso.gelocal.it/treviso/cronaca/2016/03/17/news/plastica-dai-fanghi-l-europa-finanzia-ats-1.13146861)
Press Release - La Tribuna di Treviso,
www.tribunatreviso.gelocal.it
Italy UNIVR
Public, Industrial sector, Academic community,
Industrial sector, Business network, Customers,
NGOs, Potential end-users and supporters
24/5/2016
Oral Presentation: Municipal wastewater as a Feedstock for Valuable Resources, Dr.Fatone & Dr. La Corte, Oman Waste and Environmental Services (OWES)
Oral Presentation
-
1st INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION &
CONFERENCE ON WASTE MANAGEMENT,
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT-RELATED PRODUCTS, SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY, Muscat,
Oman
Oman UNIVR
Academic community, Industrial sector, Business
network, Customers, Public
11/5/2016 Stakeholders Event Networking
with stakeholders
40 Veneto, Italy IT UNIVR Regional stakeholders,
Water utilities
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Date Activity Details Type of Activity
Number attending
Place Countries Responsible Community
6/2016
SMART - Plant mentioned in KWB newsletter, we communicated the start of SMART-Plant in the KWB newsletter, which is distributed to >5000 email contacts in the German water sector.
Newsletter 500
http://www.kompetenzwasser.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/newsletter/english/NL-KWB-2016_ed45-E_WEB.pdf
Germany KWB Relevant Water Groups, Academic community,
Business network
6/2016 SMART - Plant mentioned on website Website http://bwa-water.nl/news/ NL BWA Business network
14/06/2016 SMART -Plant mentioned on news about the KOM in the GENOCOV webpage
-
http://www.genocov.com/who-we-are/news/genocov-in-the-kick-off-of-the-h2020-smart-plant-project
UAB Business network
30/06/2016 Actosium (Active Symposium), SMART - Plant mentioned in Presentations
Presentations 70 http://actosium.nl/actosium-bijvangst/
NL BWA Water professionals of
academia, regulators and business
24/7/2016 Presentation of project Presentation
Science Communication Event, Manchester
(http://ec.europa.eu/research/conferences/2016/scicomm2016/index.cfm?pg=h
ome)
UK UNIVR European Commission, Other H2020 projects
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Date Activity Details Type of Activity
Number attending
Place Countries Responsible Community
28/7/2016
Article: Gerenciamento circular das águas de esgoto é tema de palestra na 27ª Fenasan http://rmai.com.br/gerenciamento-circular-das-aguas-de-esgoto-e-tema-de-palestra/http://rmai.com.br/gerenciamento-circular-das-aguas-de-esgoto-e-tema-de-palestra/
Internet articles
- http://rmai.com.br Italy UNIVR Industrial sector, Business
network, Customers, Public
31/7/2016 Article: SMART-Plant: circolarità nei depuratori esistenti
Press article Servizi a Rete Italy UNIVR Water utilities and
industries
3/8/2016
Article: Smart-Plant al "Science communication event" di Manchester http://www.univrmagazine.it/sito/vedi_articolo.php?id=4155http://www.univrmagazine.it/sito/vedi_articolo.php?id=4155
Internet articles
- http://www.univrmagazine.it
Italy UNIVR Academic community
6/2016 SMART-Plant mentioned in KWB newsletter
Newsletter -
http://www.kompetenzwasser.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/newsletter/english/NL-KWB-2016_ed45-E_WEB.pdf
Germany KWB Water professionals of
academia, regulators and business
30/6/2016 Actosium (Active Symposium), SMART plant mentioned in presentations
Presentation 70 http://www.actosium.nl/actosium-bijvangst/
NL BWA Board industrial and
communal sector
6/2016 SMART-Plant mentioned on website website http://bwa-water.nl/news/ NL BWA Business network
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Date Activity Details Type of Activity
Number attending
Place Countries Responsible Community
6/2016 SMART-Plant described on website website - https://www.eydap.gr/en/Development/researchDevelopment/
GR EYDAP Business network
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11. TOP-TIPS
THINK, PLAN, ACT - STRATEGICALLY
The dissemination and communication strategy aims to (a) ensure that the vision, objectives, activities and
results of the project become widely known and understood from a scientific and a technical point of view,
(b) deliver clear, concise messages to high-level stakeholders, decision-makers, and end-users, and (c) develop
an effective channel for the exploitation of the project’s findings and technologies.
In order to effectively deliver the messages to the targeted audience it is important to communicate the
activities of the project from day one. In SMART-Plant we follow this principle and communication activities
started before the official day of the beginning of the project. Printed and online articles in the Italian press
have been published on March 2016 and an oral presentation regarding the project has been given on the 1st
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE ON WASTE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT-RELATED PRODUCTS, SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY, in Muscat, Oman. The accounts of the
communication tools already have been created and are ready to be launched. Furthermore, the process of
think-plan-act will be continuously revised and fine-tuned in order to maximize stakeholder engagement and
the project’s impact.
YOU CAN’T REACH EVERYONE
Specific target groups have been identified, as different audiences may view the project under different
contexts. Target group identification was based on who is ultimately affected or potentially interested in the
results and the technologies of the SMART-Plant project and potential customers. Four classes of target groups
were created according to the interest and influence of the stakeholders. The classes, which comprise a total
of twelve (12) target groups, are the following:
A wide spectrum of partners is involved in the project, which ultimately provides the opportunity to create
and establish a proportionally wide framework for the efficient exploitation of the project’s outcomes.
THINK ISSUE – NOT PROJECT
The SMART-Plant addresses a portfolio of technologies, which meet the contemporary demands of the water
sector for environmental protection and resource recovery in wastewater management. The SMART-Plant
project aspires to promote the concept of energy efficient wastewater resource recovery. This will ultimately
reflect to the water and sewerage bills of people since the SMART-Plant will increase the profits from resource
recovery and will decrease the operating expenses. So the issue that we will focus is that the SMART-Plant
technologies increase profitability of the users which will then be reflected to the public.
1. a wide range of potentially interested stakeholders (e.g. the public, NGOs or relevant water groups),
2. the scientific community, 3. the policy makers, and 4. potential end-users or customers, which are the most important target group of the
dissemination and communication strategy of the SMART-Plant project.
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MAKE IT RELEVANT TO EVERYDAY LIFE
The messages conveyed through the dissemination activities will explain what will change with the SMART-
Plant project and what solutions and benefits (economic, environmental, social, technological)
SMARTechnologies are offering. The core message of the dissemination strategy will highlight the main overall
target of the project, which is to validate and address to the market a portfolio of SMARTechnologies that,
singularly or combined, can renovate and upgrade existing wastewater treatment plants and give the added
value of instigating the paradigm change towards efficient wastewater-based bio-refineries. Nevertheless, this
message will be properly adjusted to meet the specific needs and characteristics of each target group.
Messages will be positive, persuasive, clear, simple and focused and will be expressed in scientific, technical,
non-technical, political, or explanatory language, depending on the type of audience to which it is addressed.
Extending this message to everyday people, SMART-Plant aims to decrease the water and sewerage
bills that people receive. How this will be done? Through the integration of the SMART-Technologies.
BE CREATIVE
The dissemination activities will overcome the traditional communication paradigms and make use of
visualization tools, such as photos, graphs, info-graphics and animations. For example, a short (3-5 min) film
of each technology will be produced for the SMART-Plant project.
What is more, dissemination strategies should shift towards the increasing usage of Internet-based social
media, such as YouTube, Facebook or Instagram, and take advantage of the popularity of social networking.
Furthermore, the leaflets and flyers will contain illustrations and visual representations which are catchy in
order to trigger attention.
Figure 11-1: An example of a word graph containing the relevant keywords of the project used in the
project’s flyer.
GET INTO THE MINDSET OF THE MEDIA
The use of traditional media (daily newspapers, magazines, radio and TV) is a key instrument to increase
awareness regarding the SMART-Plant project in local, national or international scale. Hence, it is critical to
identify and approach media people that are relevant to the issues addressed by the project. Messages
delivered from traditional media channels will be concise, avoiding technical details and scientific terms, as
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they are intended to large, but not specialized audiences. For examples, expressions such as “SMART-Tech
means lower water utility bills for people”, “We can produce valuable materials from waste” etc. will be used
in the media to attract attention, rather than complicated expressions which are of no interest to the public.
THINK GLOBAL – ACT LOCAL
Staying relevant at an international level requires keeping local audiences well informed regarding the project.
Hence, informing local and regional audiences is a significant communication goal for the project. To this end,
all partners are encouraged to disseminate the relevance of the project to their regional contacts. In addition,
local traditional media channels, such as local newspapers or radios, would be in service. Local communities
in every demonstration site will also be informed about the importance and benefits of the SMART-Plant
technology with on-site notice boards. Moreover, as it has already been explained, in each meeting of the
stakeholder’s panel local target groups shall be invited to participate in order to increase the impact at a local
level. Finally, during the SMART-Plant project two open-day demonstration events in each SMART-Plant
technology, five seminars in five countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, UK and Germany), two networking events and
one conference will be organised. Local, regional, national and international stakeholders will be invited to
participate in the events.
BUILD YOUR ‘BRAND’ AND REPUTATION
Design of comprehensive branding for the SMART – Plant project
(including logo) and targeted activities and actions ensure a wide visibility
and identification of the project for marketing-driven dissemination. The
project will produce specific material to support marketing activities of
the partners who are entering into the market with SMART technologies
for the commercial roll-out.
In the SMART-Plant project, essential steps, online and not, have been included in the DCP to build a brand reputation.
Website
Facebook Page, Twitter profile, Instagram profile, LinkedIn profile, YouTube channel.
Press release
SMART-Plant project Events
Electronic promotional material
Presentations