1. Innovation hubs / eco-systems
Heidi Moens Bart Van Caenegem
Policy Officer Programme Officer
DG GROW DG CONNECT
ERRIN workshop, 14 December 2015

2. Why: Disparities in Europe in digitisation readiness
Underinvestment in digital technologies by smaller companies and in some sectors
Includes
degree of automation,
workforce skills
innovation intensity
high value added,
Networked industry

3. Diversity of efforts across Europe to support uptake of digital technologies
Finland
FIMECC PPP Programmes (MANU, S-STEP, SIMP, S4FLeet)
Industrial Internet Business Revolution
EU-level Initiatives
Application PPPs: FoF, SPIRE
I4MS
Smart Anything Everywhere
ICT PPPs
Multi-region Initiatives
Vanguard
Sweden
Produktion 2030
Poland
INNOMED
INNOLOT
CuBR
BIOSTRATEG
Denmark
MADE - National Initiative
United Kingdom
High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Innovate UK
EPSRC Manufacturing the Future
Action Plan for Manufacturing (Scotland)
Netherlands
Smart Industry
Latvia
Riga IT Demo Centre
Germany
Plattform Industrie 4.0
Smart Service World
Autonomik fur Industrie 4.0
Allianz Industrie 4.0 BW
It's OWL (Ostwestfalen-Lippe)
Allianz Industrie 4.0 (Baden-Württemberg)
Belgium
Made Different
Flanders Make/iMinds (Flanders)
France
Industrie du Futur
FoF Ile-de-France
Austria
Produktion der Zukunft
Italy
Fabbrica Intelligente
Ass. Fabbr. Intell. Lombardia
Portugal
PRODUTECH
European initiatives are in red
National initiatives are in blue
Regional initiatives are in green
Spain
Industria Conectada 4.0
Basque Industry 4.0
MDI TECNALIA
Greece
Operational Programme in Region Western Greece
European Commission
DG CONNECT, Unit A3

4. Innovation hubs / eco-systems
At least a "digital innovation hub" in every region
A one stop shop for any industry to get support in understanding digital technologies and support on how to finance/nurture the necessary investments
Networking to ensure specialisation and excellence
Competence centre 1
Innovation agency
CC 2
CC3
One-stop-shop
Innovation nurturing
Access to digital
technology
Chamber of Commerce
Competence centre 1
R&D/Innovation agency
CC 2
CC3
One-stop-shop
access to finance
access to digital
technology
Competence centre 1
R&D/Innovation agency
CC 2
CC3
One-stop-shop
access to finance
access to digital
technology

5. Shared facilities for pilot production
Shared facilities help to
reduce the costs of pilot production
increase probability of success (expertise)
reduce market uncertainty (clients)
Mapping of KETs technology infrastructures providing services in pilot production
SMEs have difficulties to access (limited human resources, financial capacities or lack of awareness)

6. Mapping of European KETs Technology Infrastructures providing services to SMEs (Sept 2015)
Webtool online at
Example - Warwick Manufacturing Group
Example – Acreo PEA
Example – Biobase Europe Pilot Plant
For each infrastructure:
competences, TRLs, market sectors, services, trainings, SME contact…
Total of 187 KETs Technology Infrastructures
60% in only 4 countries (DE, ES, FR, UK)
Need for networking and pan-European access to SMEs

7. Warwick Manufacturing Group: good practice of how universities and business can successfully work together to develop new products & processes

8. - Promoting cross-border networks of technology infrastructures - e. g
- Promoting cross-border networks of technology infrastructures - e.g. FP7 project ACTPHAST in Photonics
Photonics

9. ACTPHAST: one-stop-shop

10. Possible synergies for innovation hubs
Regional level
Building competence centre capacity at regional level in terms of technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, financing
Building shared technology infrastructure at regional level
Provide incentives to industry/SMEs to access the knowledge and infrastructure in the competence centres (e.g. via innovation vouchers)
EU level - H COSME
Cross-border networking to share best practises
Cross-border networking to access complementary competencies