The DANTE project aims to improve regional policies for innovation and the role of information society in tourism economies of rural, mountain, and remote areas. It does this through collecting and analyzing good practices of ICT services for tourism, exchange of experiences through workshops and study visits, and developing implementation plans to apply lessons learned. The document outlines 34 good practices collected in 6 workshops, which are categorized as improving promotion, developing new customer experiences, or building tourism operator capacities. Key project components include guidelines on good practices, study visits, and regional implementation plans.
The document discusses the DANTE project, which aims to improve regional policies around innovation and the role of information society technologies in tourism. It does this through collecting and analyzing good practices, hosting workshops to share these practices, and developing implementation plans and pilot projects. The document outlines the goals of practice collection, provides examples of practices in different categories, and describes the various components of the DANTE project including guidelines, study visits, implementation plans, and a light pilot project.
This document discusses living labs and their role in regional smart specialization strategies. It defines living labs and provides examples of how they can function as vertical tools for specific sectors, as orchestrators between users and other stakeholders, and as models for territorial innovation. The document argues that living labs can help implement smart specialization strategies by involving users in research and development and strengthening regional strengths. Examples of projects involving cross-border, thematic, and whole-region living labs are provided.
The document discusses strategies for collecting and analyzing tourist flow statistical data in the Piedmont region of Italy. It describes an online tool called TUAP that allows accommodation structures to submit monthly tourist arrival and departure data electronically, improving timeliness and reducing errors compared to paper forms. It also outlines efforts to promote Piedmont tourism through social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, including engaging bloggers and food/wine influencers to share content and increase viral reach. The strategies aim to provide more timely tourist data for planning while better marketing Piedmont's food, wine and cultural assets online.
This document summarizes a project that aims to establish a transnational Central European Living Lab network. The project involves 10 partners from 8 EU countries and seeks to transfer the methodology of living labs to promote open innovation through user-driven R&D projects focused on topics like eco-tourism, energy, and eHealth. The goals are to integrate living labs into regional policies, coordinate transnational pilot projects, and develop governance models to support territorial innovation across Central Europe.
The document discusses trends in sustainable tourism and ICT, including how new tourists use technology in different phases of travel from dreaming and planning to experiencing destinations and sharing experiences. It also addresses how small and medium enterprises can leverage social media and what support public sectors can provide. FUNDECYT-PCTEX aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and innovation to support socio-economic development in Extremadura through various initiatives including managing research projects and attracting talent.
This document discusses opportunities for mountain and rural areas in European tourism and digital policies. It summarizes the key points of the European Union's tourism and digital agendas, including their goals of increasing competitiveness through innovation and skills development. It also outlines EU funding programs that support tourism and ICT projects. The document argues that tourism has great potential for rural and mountain development if done sustainably and that ICT can help promote destinations, increase visitation, and better coordinate tourism offerings for these areas that often lag in internet access and visibility.
Eastern Europe Partnership Event - 001 kostas glinosTERENA
The document discusses policies and developments related to e-infrastructures in Eastern Europe. It outlines the EU's vision for empowering research communities through access to services for data, computation, communication, and collaboration. It provides updates on the EU's policy framework, including the Horizon 2020 program and Connecting Europe Facility. It also discusses recommendations from the GÉANT Experts Group on the future of research networking in Europe and the concept of a "GÉANT 2020" communications commons to enable collaboration and access to resources for knowledge creation. Challenges related to cloud computing interoperability, privacy, governance, security, and dependability are also noted.
The document discusses the DANTE project, which aims to improve regional policies around innovation and the role of information society technologies in tourism. It does this through collecting and analyzing good practices, hosting workshops to share these practices, and developing implementation plans and pilot projects. The document outlines the goals of practice collection, provides examples of practices in different categories, and describes the various components of the DANTE project including guidelines, study visits, implementation plans, and a light pilot project.
This document discusses living labs and their role in regional smart specialization strategies. It defines living labs and provides examples of how they can function as vertical tools for specific sectors, as orchestrators between users and other stakeholders, and as models for territorial innovation. The document argues that living labs can help implement smart specialization strategies by involving users in research and development and strengthening regional strengths. Examples of projects involving cross-border, thematic, and whole-region living labs are provided.
The document discusses strategies for collecting and analyzing tourist flow statistical data in the Piedmont region of Italy. It describes an online tool called TUAP that allows accommodation structures to submit monthly tourist arrival and departure data electronically, improving timeliness and reducing errors compared to paper forms. It also outlines efforts to promote Piedmont tourism through social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, including engaging bloggers and food/wine influencers to share content and increase viral reach. The strategies aim to provide more timely tourist data for planning while better marketing Piedmont's food, wine and cultural assets online.
This document summarizes a project that aims to establish a transnational Central European Living Lab network. The project involves 10 partners from 8 EU countries and seeks to transfer the methodology of living labs to promote open innovation through user-driven R&D projects focused on topics like eco-tourism, energy, and eHealth. The goals are to integrate living labs into regional policies, coordinate transnational pilot projects, and develop governance models to support territorial innovation across Central Europe.
The document discusses trends in sustainable tourism and ICT, including how new tourists use technology in different phases of travel from dreaming and planning to experiencing destinations and sharing experiences. It also addresses how small and medium enterprises can leverage social media and what support public sectors can provide. FUNDECYT-PCTEX aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and innovation to support socio-economic development in Extremadura through various initiatives including managing research projects and attracting talent.
This document discusses opportunities for mountain and rural areas in European tourism and digital policies. It summarizes the key points of the European Union's tourism and digital agendas, including their goals of increasing competitiveness through innovation and skills development. It also outlines EU funding programs that support tourism and ICT projects. The document argues that tourism has great potential for rural and mountain development if done sustainably and that ICT can help promote destinations, increase visitation, and better coordinate tourism offerings for these areas that often lag in internet access and visibility.
Eastern Europe Partnership Event - 001 kostas glinosTERENA
The document discusses policies and developments related to e-infrastructures in Eastern Europe. It outlines the EU's vision for empowering research communities through access to services for data, computation, communication, and collaboration. It provides updates on the EU's policy framework, including the Horizon 2020 program and Connecting Europe Facility. It also discusses recommendations from the GÉANT Experts Group on the future of research networking in Europe and the concept of a "GÉANT 2020" communications commons to enable collaboration and access to resources for knowledge creation. Challenges related to cloud computing interoperability, privacy, governance, security, and dependability are also noted.
This document discusses Audinate's Dante technology for digital media networking. It summarizes that Dante is a complete plug-and-play audio-over-IP solution that works on existing network infrastructure using open standards. Over 90 manufacturers have adopted Dante, and it is deployed in over 100 products as the new market leader in digital media networking.
High dynamic range (HDR) provides brighter highlights and more detail in darker and shadow areas compared to standard dynamic range (SDR). HDR offers a more realistic representation of the wide range of brightness levels found in real scenes. Current efforts are focused on standardizing HDR formats, metadata, and compatibility with existing standards like HEVC to support delivery and playback of HDR content on Ultra HD televisions and other devices. Wider adoption of HDR is expected to significantly improve the visual experience for consumers beyond what is possible with SDR.
9.) audio video ethernet (avb cobra net dante)Jeff Green
Replacing a crossbar switch with ‘virtual’ IP packet switching - The ability to expand video-over-IP systems ‘one piece at a time’ and the decentralized nature of the matrix makes the technology very compelling for any size or scope of AV project.. AV-over-IP is the transport of AV signals over a standard Ethernet network, including…
HD Video (e.g. HDMI, DVI)
Audio
Control Signals (e.g. IR)
Peripheral Signals (e.g. USB)
Does Dante require special switches? No. We strongly recommend that Gigabit switches be used due to the clear advantages in performance and scalability.
Does Dante require a dedicated network infrastructure? No, a dedicated network infrastructure is not required. Dante-enabled devices can happily coexist with other equipment making use of the network, such as general purpose PCs sending and receiving email and other data.
Does Dante require any special network infrastructure? No, special network infrastructure is not required. Since Dante is based upon universally accepted networking standards, Dante-enabled devices can be connected using inexpensive off-the-shelf Ethernet switches and cabling.
What features are important when purchasing a switch? Dante makes use of standard Voice over IP (VoIP) Quality of Service (QoS) switch features, to prioritize clock sync and audio traffic over other network traffic. VoIP QoS features are available in a variety of inexpensive and enterprise Ethernet switches. Any switches with the following features should be appropriate for use with Dante:
Gigabit ports for inter-switch connections
Quality of Service (QoS) with 4 queues
Diffserv (DSCP) QoS, with strict priority
Totally new to AV over IT? This may help. If you have worked with any of the popular protocols, your time is better spent in other sessions. AV over IT methods vary in application of OSI model. Audio Networking - One RJ45 and CAT5 cable for dozens of signal paths. Switches can provide hardware time stamping which allows synchronization, offsets, and corrections. All covered in IEEE 1588.
Ethernet Timing & Priority Standards - All audio over Ethernet protocols require Priority, Sequence, & Sync
Differentiated Services / Quality of Service (DiffServ, QoS)
Priority by data type (Clock Sync and Audio Packets over Email)
Traffic prioritized based upon tags in IP Header (Layer 3)
Priority number assigned by manage switch to each packet
Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
Keeps data sequenced in the right order
Time stamp on UDP header
Works with RTCP (Real Time Control Protocol) for QoS and Sync
Variation: RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) works on TCP and not UDP
Does not reserve resources or provide for quality of service
Precision Timing Protocol (PTP)
IEEE 1588
Sub-microsecond accuracy to synchronize subnets
Layer 2 - Switches provide hardware-based time stamping
Practical Applications of Digital Audio NetworkingBob Vanden Burgt
There are dozens of audio networking protocols, most of which are not interoperable, meaning you need specific brands or lots of interfaces to connect them together. Bob Vanden Burgt of Link USA discusses the evolution of networking in the live audio industry including the transport protocol "wars", remote control and monitoring, and the challenges facing the audio industry today and tomorrow from a networking standpoint.
This document provides an overview of IP addressing concepts including:
- The structure of IP addresses including classes, subnet masking, and CIDR
- Techniques for subnetting networks and creating more subnets and hosts including VLSM
- The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 to address the limited address space of IPv4
The document discusses policies around ICT and rural tourism in Extremadura, Spain. It outlines Extremadura's existing ICT infrastructure and broadband plans. It also describes the development of a digital agenda through stakeholder workshops to identify priority sectors and technologies. The digital agenda aims to increase productivity and e-commerce in rural tourism through measures like ICT vouchers and tourist product packages.
This document discusses a mid-term conference on linking tourism and ICT. The conference will focus on how ICT can drive tourism development, especially in rural and mountain areas. It will aim to create a network for sharing innovative ICT experiences between local governments. The project's goals are to promote ICT adoption for tourism through learning, showcasing benefits, and encouraging dedicated digital policies. The project will produce a good practices catalogue, implementation plans for integrating ICT and tourism policies, and a pilot online platform. The conference seeks to develop new strategies for using open, inclusive and low-cost ICT tools to improve communication between tourists and local communities.
This document summarizes a presentation on interregional cooperation programs. It discusses the current INTERREG IVC program which supports cooperation between European regions on issues like innovation, the environment, and rural development. 204 projects with over 2,000 partners have been approved so far. The presentation then outlines plans for future interregional programs under the EU's 2020 strategy, including selecting four thematic objectives and funding both policy learning platforms and interregional cooperation projects starting in 2014.
The document discusses the development of a prototype portal that collects good practices from an EU-funded project and applies them to a limited area in the Province of Turin. The prototype portal would integrate functionalities from 9 identified good practices, including a mobile tag system, booking systems, webcams, and training for operators. It would provide multilingual content, integrate open data, and include a community for tourists and operators. The goal is to take the lessons learned from the funded project and apply them through a prototype portal for a specific region.
This document describes the Tourist on the Move project which aims to develop a mobile app to provide tourists with localized information about outdoor and natural activities across Italy and France. The project involves technology partners, institutions, and end user associations from both countries. It will build upon existing mobile apps to aggregate localized information from different regions and include new communities over time. Public supporters and end user associations will test the effectiveness of the new services in a living lab environment. The goal is to match tourist needs and wishes with local offerings in a sustainable model accessible through mobile devices.
The document provides an overview of the DISTRICT+ project which aimed to promote knowledge transfer and innovation between research institutions and businesses in European regions. It summarizes 6 sub-projects that were part of DISTRICT+: EAST INNO Transfer, KNOW-ECO, NGSP, NICER, SPWW, and STEP. Each sub-project identified and shared good practices from their work. In total 43 good practices are summarized related to topics like science parks, clusters, funding for innovation, and knowledge transfer partnerships. The document concludes by discussing future opportunities for regional innovation under Horizon 2020 and smart specialization strategies.
This document summarizes an ICT project to promote tourism in municipalities in Crete, Greece. The project developed an interactive website and mobile apps to provide information on cultural heritage sites and events. It aims to promote local tourism and small businesses. Key features include user-generated reviews and photos, personalized alerts by SMS/email, and an integrated map with points of interest. The system was built with open-source technologies following a multi-tier architecture model to make it transferable. Future work could expand coverage, add social networking and wiki capabilities, and develop dedicated mobile apps.
The project “Competitiveness and knowledge in the tourist sector. TOUREG” has as objective achieve the competitiveness and knowledge in the tourist sector improving the competitiveness and strategic position through the establishment of a platform for the generation and transmission of knowledge.
The 12 TOUREG partners come from six different countries: Spain, Portugal,
Greece, Sweden, Romania and Bulgaria.
TOUREG starts in January 2008 and will finish in June 2010.
The document discusses how technology can help innovate tourism and cultural heritage by listening to user needs through various online sources of information. It proposes setting up a "Listening Platform" to collect and analyze data from informal online sources like blogs, forums, and social networks on a regular basis to obtain useful feedback for improving or developing new services. An example is given of analyzing online conversations and bookings related to an exhibition of the Holy Shroud in Turin to identify topics of interest and timing of discussions to better promote cultural events.
The document outlines the IFITT Knowledge Bank, which aims to enlarge the global e-Tourism community and knowledge network. It discusses three main parts of the Knowledge Bank: the IFITT e-Tourism Curriculum, which provides over 800 PowerPoint slides on topics related to ICT and tourism; the IFITT e-Tourism Wikipedia, where scholars contribute wiki entries on 40 e-Tourism topics; and the IFITT e-Tourism Digital Library, which allows parameterized searches of research publications. The goal is to continuously develop these open educational resources to benefit the global e-Tourism community.
Opportunities For Cooperation In National And InternationalOriol Miralbell
The document discusses opportunities for cooperation in national and international research programs related to tourism and ICT. It provides an overview of the European Research Council and European Research Area, which aim to support excellent research and enable seamless collaboration across Europe. It also describes several Spanish and European programs that fund projects in areas like ICT, tourism, and technology development for businesses. Examples of potential projects are mentioned, focusing on topics like mobility, customer relationships, and multimedia information platforms.
Part 3: Roger Carter, Director, Team Tourism ConsultingInner Ear
The document summarizes a presentation given by Roger Carter of Team Tourism Consulting at a technology conference for the Edinburgh tourism sector. It outlines three key dimensions for using technology in tourism: improving visitor access to information, enhancing experiences, and helping businesses. It then presents a nine-point action plan developed in 2010 and updated in 2012-2013 to guide collaborative efforts between tourism stakeholders in Edinburgh to better utilize technology. The plan focuses on areas like integrated online presentation, e-marketing, providing WiFi access, and using technology to enhance experiences. Carter seeks input from attendees on the proposed actions.
Darko Fercej: Central European Living Lab for Territorial Innovation - Open d...Apulian ICT Living Labs
This document summarizes a Central Europe project that implemented 10 pilot living lab projects across 8 European countries focused on innovation and public policy. The pilots addressed issues like energy efficiency, tourism services, disability access, education, and rural development. They tested living lab methodologies of user-driven innovation through public-private-citizen partnerships to collaboratively develop solutions in real-world environments. The goal was to bridge the gap between technology development and new product/service adoption.
This document describes features of a tourism website for the Piedmont region of Italy. The website was created as part of an INTERREG IVC programme and is co-financed by the ERDF. It allows users to find information on cities, events, museums, and accommodations in Piedmont through personalized search and interactive maps. Content is managed through Joomla, a content management system that supports photos, articles and regional groupings.
The presentation will give and overview of the DRDSI platform developed by EC
-
JRC together with
the DanubeNET expert group. The DRDSI represents a three year long project which has been a key
aspect of the JRC's scientific support to the European Strategy
for Danube Region (EUSDR). The
purpose of the presentation is also to give the Attractive Danube project partners the re
-
usable
source of data, information, services. Final part will provide examples of DRDSI impact within the
region, including the main o
utcomes from the DanubeHack 2.0 community event.
EOSC-Pillar organised a webinar in cooperation with ERA-Learn to launch a consultation towards National initiatives and Member States on synergies and complementarities between Horizon 2020 and European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF).
This document discusses Audinate's Dante technology for digital media networking. It summarizes that Dante is a complete plug-and-play audio-over-IP solution that works on existing network infrastructure using open standards. Over 90 manufacturers have adopted Dante, and it is deployed in over 100 products as the new market leader in digital media networking.
High dynamic range (HDR) provides brighter highlights and more detail in darker and shadow areas compared to standard dynamic range (SDR). HDR offers a more realistic representation of the wide range of brightness levels found in real scenes. Current efforts are focused on standardizing HDR formats, metadata, and compatibility with existing standards like HEVC to support delivery and playback of HDR content on Ultra HD televisions and other devices. Wider adoption of HDR is expected to significantly improve the visual experience for consumers beyond what is possible with SDR.
9.) audio video ethernet (avb cobra net dante)Jeff Green
Replacing a crossbar switch with ‘virtual’ IP packet switching - The ability to expand video-over-IP systems ‘one piece at a time’ and the decentralized nature of the matrix makes the technology very compelling for any size or scope of AV project.. AV-over-IP is the transport of AV signals over a standard Ethernet network, including…
HD Video (e.g. HDMI, DVI)
Audio
Control Signals (e.g. IR)
Peripheral Signals (e.g. USB)
Does Dante require special switches? No. We strongly recommend that Gigabit switches be used due to the clear advantages in performance and scalability.
Does Dante require a dedicated network infrastructure? No, a dedicated network infrastructure is not required. Dante-enabled devices can happily coexist with other equipment making use of the network, such as general purpose PCs sending and receiving email and other data.
Does Dante require any special network infrastructure? No, special network infrastructure is not required. Since Dante is based upon universally accepted networking standards, Dante-enabled devices can be connected using inexpensive off-the-shelf Ethernet switches and cabling.
What features are important when purchasing a switch? Dante makes use of standard Voice over IP (VoIP) Quality of Service (QoS) switch features, to prioritize clock sync and audio traffic over other network traffic. VoIP QoS features are available in a variety of inexpensive and enterprise Ethernet switches. Any switches with the following features should be appropriate for use with Dante:
Gigabit ports for inter-switch connections
Quality of Service (QoS) with 4 queues
Diffserv (DSCP) QoS, with strict priority
Totally new to AV over IT? This may help. If you have worked with any of the popular protocols, your time is better spent in other sessions. AV over IT methods vary in application of OSI model. Audio Networking - One RJ45 and CAT5 cable for dozens of signal paths. Switches can provide hardware time stamping which allows synchronization, offsets, and corrections. All covered in IEEE 1588.
Ethernet Timing & Priority Standards - All audio over Ethernet protocols require Priority, Sequence, & Sync
Differentiated Services / Quality of Service (DiffServ, QoS)
Priority by data type (Clock Sync and Audio Packets over Email)
Traffic prioritized based upon tags in IP Header (Layer 3)
Priority number assigned by manage switch to each packet
Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
Keeps data sequenced in the right order
Time stamp on UDP header
Works with RTCP (Real Time Control Protocol) for QoS and Sync
Variation: RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) works on TCP and not UDP
Does not reserve resources or provide for quality of service
Precision Timing Protocol (PTP)
IEEE 1588
Sub-microsecond accuracy to synchronize subnets
Layer 2 - Switches provide hardware-based time stamping
Practical Applications of Digital Audio NetworkingBob Vanden Burgt
There are dozens of audio networking protocols, most of which are not interoperable, meaning you need specific brands or lots of interfaces to connect them together. Bob Vanden Burgt of Link USA discusses the evolution of networking in the live audio industry including the transport protocol "wars", remote control and monitoring, and the challenges facing the audio industry today and tomorrow from a networking standpoint.
This document provides an overview of IP addressing concepts including:
- The structure of IP addresses including classes, subnet masking, and CIDR
- Techniques for subnetting networks and creating more subnets and hosts including VLSM
- The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 to address the limited address space of IPv4
The document discusses policies around ICT and rural tourism in Extremadura, Spain. It outlines Extremadura's existing ICT infrastructure and broadband plans. It also describes the development of a digital agenda through stakeholder workshops to identify priority sectors and technologies. The digital agenda aims to increase productivity and e-commerce in rural tourism through measures like ICT vouchers and tourist product packages.
This document discusses a mid-term conference on linking tourism and ICT. The conference will focus on how ICT can drive tourism development, especially in rural and mountain areas. It will aim to create a network for sharing innovative ICT experiences between local governments. The project's goals are to promote ICT adoption for tourism through learning, showcasing benefits, and encouraging dedicated digital policies. The project will produce a good practices catalogue, implementation plans for integrating ICT and tourism policies, and a pilot online platform. The conference seeks to develop new strategies for using open, inclusive and low-cost ICT tools to improve communication between tourists and local communities.
This document summarizes a presentation on interregional cooperation programs. It discusses the current INTERREG IVC program which supports cooperation between European regions on issues like innovation, the environment, and rural development. 204 projects with over 2,000 partners have been approved so far. The presentation then outlines plans for future interregional programs under the EU's 2020 strategy, including selecting four thematic objectives and funding both policy learning platforms and interregional cooperation projects starting in 2014.
The document discusses the development of a prototype portal that collects good practices from an EU-funded project and applies them to a limited area in the Province of Turin. The prototype portal would integrate functionalities from 9 identified good practices, including a mobile tag system, booking systems, webcams, and training for operators. It would provide multilingual content, integrate open data, and include a community for tourists and operators. The goal is to take the lessons learned from the funded project and apply them through a prototype portal for a specific region.
This document describes the Tourist on the Move project which aims to develop a mobile app to provide tourists with localized information about outdoor and natural activities across Italy and France. The project involves technology partners, institutions, and end user associations from both countries. It will build upon existing mobile apps to aggregate localized information from different regions and include new communities over time. Public supporters and end user associations will test the effectiveness of the new services in a living lab environment. The goal is to match tourist needs and wishes with local offerings in a sustainable model accessible through mobile devices.
The document provides an overview of the DISTRICT+ project which aimed to promote knowledge transfer and innovation between research institutions and businesses in European regions. It summarizes 6 sub-projects that were part of DISTRICT+: EAST INNO Transfer, KNOW-ECO, NGSP, NICER, SPWW, and STEP. Each sub-project identified and shared good practices from their work. In total 43 good practices are summarized related to topics like science parks, clusters, funding for innovation, and knowledge transfer partnerships. The document concludes by discussing future opportunities for regional innovation under Horizon 2020 and smart specialization strategies.
This document summarizes an ICT project to promote tourism in municipalities in Crete, Greece. The project developed an interactive website and mobile apps to provide information on cultural heritage sites and events. It aims to promote local tourism and small businesses. Key features include user-generated reviews and photos, personalized alerts by SMS/email, and an integrated map with points of interest. The system was built with open-source technologies following a multi-tier architecture model to make it transferable. Future work could expand coverage, add social networking and wiki capabilities, and develop dedicated mobile apps.
The project “Competitiveness and knowledge in the tourist sector. TOUREG” has as objective achieve the competitiveness and knowledge in the tourist sector improving the competitiveness and strategic position through the establishment of a platform for the generation and transmission of knowledge.
The 12 TOUREG partners come from six different countries: Spain, Portugal,
Greece, Sweden, Romania and Bulgaria.
TOUREG starts in January 2008 and will finish in June 2010.
The document discusses how technology can help innovate tourism and cultural heritage by listening to user needs through various online sources of information. It proposes setting up a "Listening Platform" to collect and analyze data from informal online sources like blogs, forums, and social networks on a regular basis to obtain useful feedback for improving or developing new services. An example is given of analyzing online conversations and bookings related to an exhibition of the Holy Shroud in Turin to identify topics of interest and timing of discussions to better promote cultural events.
The document outlines the IFITT Knowledge Bank, which aims to enlarge the global e-Tourism community and knowledge network. It discusses three main parts of the Knowledge Bank: the IFITT e-Tourism Curriculum, which provides over 800 PowerPoint slides on topics related to ICT and tourism; the IFITT e-Tourism Wikipedia, where scholars contribute wiki entries on 40 e-Tourism topics; and the IFITT e-Tourism Digital Library, which allows parameterized searches of research publications. The goal is to continuously develop these open educational resources to benefit the global e-Tourism community.
Opportunities For Cooperation In National And InternationalOriol Miralbell
The document discusses opportunities for cooperation in national and international research programs related to tourism and ICT. It provides an overview of the European Research Council and European Research Area, which aim to support excellent research and enable seamless collaboration across Europe. It also describes several Spanish and European programs that fund projects in areas like ICT, tourism, and technology development for businesses. Examples of potential projects are mentioned, focusing on topics like mobility, customer relationships, and multimedia information platforms.
Part 3: Roger Carter, Director, Team Tourism ConsultingInner Ear
The document summarizes a presentation given by Roger Carter of Team Tourism Consulting at a technology conference for the Edinburgh tourism sector. It outlines three key dimensions for using technology in tourism: improving visitor access to information, enhancing experiences, and helping businesses. It then presents a nine-point action plan developed in 2010 and updated in 2012-2013 to guide collaborative efforts between tourism stakeholders in Edinburgh to better utilize technology. The plan focuses on areas like integrated online presentation, e-marketing, providing WiFi access, and using technology to enhance experiences. Carter seeks input from attendees on the proposed actions.
Darko Fercej: Central European Living Lab for Territorial Innovation - Open d...Apulian ICT Living Labs
This document summarizes a Central Europe project that implemented 10 pilot living lab projects across 8 European countries focused on innovation and public policy. The pilots addressed issues like energy efficiency, tourism services, disability access, education, and rural development. They tested living lab methodologies of user-driven innovation through public-private-citizen partnerships to collaboratively develop solutions in real-world environments. The goal was to bridge the gap between technology development and new product/service adoption.
This document describes features of a tourism website for the Piedmont region of Italy. The website was created as part of an INTERREG IVC programme and is co-financed by the ERDF. It allows users to find information on cities, events, museums, and accommodations in Piedmont through personalized search and interactive maps. Content is managed through Joomla, a content management system that supports photos, articles and regional groupings.
The presentation will give and overview of the DRDSI platform developed by EC
-
JRC together with
the DanubeNET expert group. The DRDSI represents a three year long project which has been a key
aspect of the JRC's scientific support to the European Strategy
for Danube Region (EUSDR). The
purpose of the presentation is also to give the Attractive Danube project partners the re
-
usable
source of data, information, services. Final part will provide examples of DRDSI impact within the
region, including the main o
utcomes from the DanubeHack 2.0 community event.
EOSC-Pillar organised a webinar in cooperation with ERA-Learn to launch a consultation towards National initiatives and Member States on synergies and complementarities between Horizon 2020 and European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF).
This document summarizes a workshop on refining digitized newspaper collections. It discusses analyzing newspaper collections from project partners to identify subsets suitable for refinement. The objectives are to coordinate processing 10 million digitized newspaper pages using refinement technologies and provide recommendations on best practices. Challenges include balancing processing quality and speed given the large volumes of diverse content. The refinement workflow involves binarization, file renaming, analysis, optical character recognition to extract text, optical layout recognition to separate articles and columns, and named entity recognition to identify people, locations and organizations.
Presentación de Marta Conde (CDTI) sobre EIP-AGRI y Multi-Actor Approach.
Jornada informativa organizada el 10 de octubre de 2019 sobre las convocatorias 2020 del Reto 2 en el marco de Horizonte 2020. El evento, celebrado en la Universidad de Córdoba, fue organizado por la Agencia Andaluza del Conocimiento en colaboración con CDTI, Red OTRI Andalucía, la UCO, el CeiA3
The Connected Smart Cities Network and Living Labs - Towards Horizon 2020 - K...imec.archive
The document discusses how EU Cohesion Policy supports innovation, particularly through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It provides an overview of how over €86 billion was spent on research and innovation during 2007-2013 to build research capacity and infrastructure in all regions. For 2014-2020, there will be a thematic focus on research and innovation, ICT, and SME competitiveness to maximize impact. Regions will develop research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation to concentrate resources on competitive advantages. Synergies between Cohesion Policy and Horizon 2020 are aimed at supporting research and innovation from the idea stage to market.
The document summarizes key aspects of EU Cohesion Policy, which invests €347 billion in 2007-2013 to support less well-off regions and citizens. It discusses how over 25% of the budget (€86 billion) supported research and innovation. It provides examples of ICT-related projects funded by Cohesion Policy. It outlines changes for 2014-2020, including thematic concentration on R&I, SME competitiveness, and low-carbon economy to maximize impact. It also discusses ensuring strategies for smart specialization and coherence across funds through a Common Strategic Framework.
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1. The contents reflect the author's views. The Managing Authority is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein
This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made possible by the
INTERREG IVC programme
Digital Agenda for New Tourism Approach in European Rural and
Mountain Areas – DANTE [http://danteproject.eu/]
Overview of Good Practices & strategies built from projects findings
Manasakis Constantine PhD, University of Crete
DANTE mid-term conference
Torino, 2 October 2013
2. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
2
What is the focus of DANTE project?
To improve the effectiveness of the regional policies in the area of
innovation, by enhancing the key enabling role that Information
Society can play in the tourism economy in…
1. Rural and Mountain areas
2. Remote areas
3. Disadvantaged areas
3. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
Learning through Good Practices plays a fundamental
role:
– Project - Component 3.1: Thematic Guidelines
– Project - Component 3.2: Study Visits
– Project - Component 3.3: Implementation Plans
– Project - Component 4: Light Pilot
3
Why collecting good practices?
4. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
Goal: Exchange of experiences and learning dedicated to the
identification and analysis of good practices
Expected results: Good practices regarding ICT services for
tourism in rural/mountainous areas to be exchanged and
implemented in partners’ Implementation Plans.
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Goals and expected results of GP exchange
5. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
6 workshops, 3 objectives:
Interface for communication and transfer of good practices
Share current policy initiatives among stakeholders.
Share existing innovative ICT experiences on tourism
services in mountain and rural areas.
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34 practices collected in 6 workshops
6. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
General Objectives
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WORKSHOPS: Presenting and Communicating Good
Practices regarding tourism in mountain and rural areas
Stakeholders
Policies and
Initiatives
Objectives per Day; Session
Highlights per Day; Session
Corporate
Products and
Services
Knowledge transfer approach
7. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
1. Motivation of the GP:
2. Issues Tackled in the GP:
3. Objectives of the GP:
4. Innovation of the GP
5. Categorization of the GP:
5.1 “Front Office”
5.2 “Consumer”
5.3 “Back Office”
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Defining a Good Practice (GP)
8. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Motivation
Promote culture; history; nature of a region
Understand needs and provide personalized information to visitors
Understand and change the perceived image of a city’s visitors
Transform local tourism business in a knowledge based economy
Exploit smartphone and social networking technologies
Investigate regional tourism flow data
Ability to book a complete trip (transport, accommodation, …)
Overview of Good Practices
9. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Issues Tackled
Collect and analyze information related to tourists
Provide a unified platform for historic, cultural reserves and tourism services
Advance the creation of digital and virtual content
Development of new products and new consumer-producer relationships
Integrate tools allowing for direct exchange between providers and
consumers of tourism services
Use and management of the hiking heritage network
Integration of social networks into an existing single portal Web platform
Overview of Good Practices
10. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Objectives
Improve competitiveness of cultural tourism via digital technologies
Improve a region’s visibility as a brand on social media
Identify innovative elements for mountain destination development and
promotion
Create virtual visits and a new image of a region-destination through social
media
Create an active listening platform upon the tourists’ experiences via social
networks
Allow tourists to create personal routes and get information for natural
activities on-the-move
Overview of Good Practices
11. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Innovation
Virtual tours; audio-visual content; location-based information through
smartphones
Wide-scale camera installation for real-time views of tourism-related sites
Booking systems integration / Interface unification
Semantic interpretation of data
On-board services during a taxi ride
Use of High Dynamic Range (HDR) images and HTML5
Social media marketing
Use of geometric-based systems to store hiking-related information
Online access to detailed meteorological information
Overview of Good Practices
12. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Categorization of the GP:
5.1 “Front Office”: Promotion of
tourism with innovative tools but
traditional methodology.
5.2 “Consumer”: Innovative
methodology for a customer
“actor” of tourism.
5.3 “Back Office”: Networking /
training of local tourism
operators.
3 groups of Good Practices
13. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Project’s 1st result: GP Guide
14. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
1./ Promotion of local tourism using traditional technology in
an innovative way
– The mobile Tag system for promoting and networking alpine skiing
stations (Province of Turin, Italy)
– Extremadura Vista: Axis Network Cameras to promote Historic,
Natural and Cultural Heritage of Extremadura (Spain)
– Boosting the cultural sector by Cultural Tourism Development
Plans (Podbeskidzie Region, Poland)
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What types of GP have been collected?
15. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
2./ Developing innovative methodology & new software for
customers
– Listening Platform of the tourist users’ needs (CSI Piemonte,
Piedmont Region)
– Arcipelago Campano project by Lauro Group (Napoli, Italy) and
Forthcrs (University of Crete, Greece)
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What types of GP have been collected?
16. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
3./ Improving the capacities of the tourism operators
– Innovation acceleration for new business and service
development by peer learning and idea creation in an uncertain
world (Inknowcom, The Netherlands)
– New product and service development for rural tourism on farms
(Bauernhofferien, Germany)
– Tourisma’TIC Suivez le guide — Tourism’ICT Follow the guide
(Cybermassif, France)
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What types of GP have been collected?
17. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
Mobile Tag System for alpine skiing stations – Province of Turin
(Italy)
Motivation: Promote and connect Turin mountain area destinations
Issues Tackled: Lack of promotion for minor alpine skiing stations
Objectives: Promote alpine skiing stations through mobile tags
Innovation: Location-specific content using mobile tags; Rich audio-
visual content through smartphones
Categorization: “front office”
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An example
18. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
Arcipelago Campano Project – Lauro Group (Italy) /
FORTHcrs (Greece)
Motivation: Ability to book a complete trip (transport,
accommodation, …)
Issues Tackled: Combined promotion of tourism services
Objectives:
• Multimodal travel planning for tour operators/ individual tourists
• Integrated marketing strategy for all tourism services
Innovation: Booking systems integration; Interface unification
Categorization: “consumer”; “back office”
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Another example
19. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Why collecting good practices?
Good
Practices
(Component 3.1)
Thematic Guidelines
(Component 3.2)
Study Visits
(Component 3.3)
Implementation Plans
20. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Component 3.1: Thematic Guidelines
Contains an in depth meta-analysis of the collected GPs, with
respect to their Motivation, Issues Tackled, Objectives, Innovations
and Categorization.
Identify opportunities for new policy initiatives among relevant
stakeholders for the development of their tourism local and
regional policies in remote areas.
Identify opportunities for innovative ICT products and services on
tourism in mountain and rural areas.
21. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Component 3.2: Study Visits
Workshops will be followed by 5 (grouped) Study Visits.
Partners having a special interest for specific GP will organize a
Study Visit in the relevant region.
Study Visits aim at:
I. Analyzing in depth some of the GPs (it is foreseen that 5 GPs could
be transferred).
II. Supporting the drafting of the 8 Implementation Plans
(Component 3.3).
22. This project is co-financed by the ERDF and made
possible by the INTERREG IVC programme
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Component 3.3: Implementation Plans
Describe how each DANTE Region commits itself to define and
mobilize the potential of ICT into tourism policies dedicated to rural
and mountain areas, within the regional Digital Agenda.
… attained through identifying strategies to:
I. Raise the awareness of stakeholders on how ICT can effectively
improve the tourism offering/services in rural and mountain
areas.
II. Unlock the ICT potential for EU entrepreneurship in these areas,
as the vast majority of tourism businesses are SMEs.