Web Portal for IMT Providers Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos - URENIO Research Unit

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Portal a definition Portals provide a secure, single point of interaction with diverse information, business processes, and people, personalized to a user's needs and responsibilities.

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Portal examples Horizontal portals Yahoo ( Excite ( MSN ( Vertical portals Business ( Businesshttp:// Expedia ( Travelhttp:// Wine ( Foodhttp:// elance ( Serviceshttp://

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Innovation portal of Central Macedonia Information about all the organisations involved in or contribute to the development of innovation in the Region of Central Macedonia Information are organized on a sector base. Limited search capabilities On-line applications Lack of personalisation features

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Web Portal for IMT Providers Main Objective The activation of European companies in Innovation applications through the facilitation in reaching international expertise. The promotion of local institutes that provide IMT services in the VERITE partner and other IRE network regions.

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Content Companies or institutions that provide IMT services: –Private companies –University Labs –Public Research Institutes –Public and private institutions and authorities which are related to such activities –Etc. News - Events

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Source of information The VERITE partner institutes according to the obligations arise from the local dissemination plan. Relevant companies and institutes who would like to be promoted. The portal will be fully open to the public and any interested company or institution will be able to apply being listed through the internet.

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Type of information (required) Each entry will be described with a minimum amount of information: Name Organization type (Company, Institute etc) Thematic Area Region Contact Details

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Type of information (optional) Short description Services Expertise Other contact details Keywords Official website address etc.

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Audience Local administration authorities. Manufacturing and other companies (potential clients of the registered institutions). Research institutes who search for potential partners for National and European Projects. People who search for a relevant job.

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Relation to other VERITE activities Technology Clinics Searching technology providers Benchmarking Search for companies for one to one benchmarking Supply Chain Management and MRP Search for relevant software apps providers New product development

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Classification scheme / user interface Two types of classification –per region/country –per thematic area Advance search using –keywords –regional data –categories –Etc. The users would be able to seek what they want using integrated searching and browsing interfaces that are both powerful and flexible.

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Content map IMT Providers Spain Benchmarking Italy MRP Technology Clinics Supply Chain Management IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers Greece IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers IMT Providers

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Personalisation Personalized content to a user's needs. Portal’s home page will be constructed from various modules according to the user’s profile (myportal). notification system. Use of cookies in order to the system “remember” the user.

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Common design issues The need for common design rises from the fact that IMT’s Portal, Discussion Forum and Knowledge Base will have approximately the same audience. Close cooperation between URENIO Research Unit and GIB GmbH

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit After the end of the project Financial Support Private or public funding Advertising Subscribed users Listed companies will be able to pay for extra information / visibility The expansion of the portal is essential in order the above model to be successful.

Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos – URENIO Research Unit Next steps 1st October 2002 Draft application 15 November 2002 Fully operational version Continuous upgrade throughout the project