Moderator: Maurits Butter, TNO, NL Speakers: VTT: Riikka Virkkunen, FI IJS: Ales Ude, SI AFIL, Marzia Morgantini, IT CIDIHub, Jorge Galván, ES ManuHubWG, Stavropoulos Panagiotis, EL IS4PROD, John Cosgrove, IR

1. 22ND OF SEPTEMBER 2017
MADRID

2. 1. VTT – Riika Virkkunen
2. IJS – Ales Ude
3. AFIL – Marzia Morgantini
4. CIDIHub – Jorge Galván
5. ManuHubWg – Panagiotis Stavropoulos
6. IS4PROD – John Cosgrove

3. Finnish DIH’s and VTT’s approach
DIH’s based on strong national domains:
• Communication and high-tech (5G, IoT, II, AI)
• Smart manufacturing, Printed electronics,
Process industry
• Transport (mobility, marine)
• Smart energy
• Health and care
VTT approach:
• National DIH strategy with TEM (ministry)
• Ecosystem building in all domains
• Provide services and infrastructure
• Building European networks of hubs
EXAMPLES OF FINNISH DIH’s:
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MANU-
FACTURING
Service examples
• access to European networks
• co-creation and ecosystem
building for companies
• testing & piloting of solutions
for SME`s;
• small series fabrication for
microelectronics

4. Finnish Platform policy and DIH’s – strongly connected to
European initiatives and counterparts

5. ReconCell Digital Innovation Hubs: Robotics
• ReconCell Digital Innovation Hubs:
- JSI: FS4SMIH – Feasibility study for Serbian
Manufacturing Innovation Hub
- SDU: Digital Innovation Hub IAsturias 4.0
- MMI: IndustryBrains – Digital Manufacturing
InnovationHub in Aalborg, North Denmark
- UGOE: SmartIC Robotics – a new robotics Digital
Innovation Hub in Estonia
- BOR: Digital Innovation Hub for Robotics in
Lithuania (DIHRL).
- Significant differences between hubs in different
regions.
FS4SMIH workshop at the Serbian
chamber of commerce
Panel participants during DIHRL
workshop in Vilnius

6. Establishment of Digital Innovation Hubs in Robotics
• A relatively large investment necessary if
the robotics digital innovation hub is to
offer also experimental facilities
- Cross-border cooperation very welcome
- Continuous upgrades necessary
- Support for related technologies:
3D printing, IoT, sensing, …
• Finding the balance between the services offered by the DIH and enabling
companies to do the research & development by themselves
- The hub should not be just another system integrator
- Training services on existing and upcoming robot technologies
- Business development support

7. AFIL
the Lombardy Cluster for the Advanced Manufacturing
5 Thematics Working Groups
7 Ongoing European Project
Lombardy Regional
Manufacturing DIHAFIL Ecosystem
Vanguard Initiative

8. Canary Islands Digital Innovation Hub - CIDIHub
Region: Canary Islands (Spain)
Technology: Cloud-based HPC Simulation
Vision: Acting as the cornerstone of Digital Manufacturing in the Canary Islands by connecting digital
technology providers with manufacturing entrepreneurs, SMEs and mid-caps; strengthening their
competitiveness and opening up new business areas in the context of digitalization and Industry 4.0
Mission: Placing value on and offer a set of regionally customized services that enhances the effective
participation of every stakeholder in Manufacturing and Cloud Computing and increasing the number of
digital manufacturing users and therefore beneficiaries of HPC and Cloud based Technologies
Core partners:
Avantalia Soluciones – Hub leader, coordinator and consultancy expert
Institute of Technology and Renewable Energy – Competence Center
FEMEPA and FEMETE - Manufacturing industry representatives
Canary Government – Strategic and institutional support
Main target sectors:
Manufacturing in the maritime and offshore industries
Additive manufacturing in the automotive industry
Audio-visual and creative industry

9. How to share best practices and further collaborate
• Promote the potential interest of competence centers to provide resources and services in other
regions
• Encourage innovation actors and industry to analyze opportunities with competence centers in
other regions
• Monitor the number of innovation actors and companies applying and/or making use of services
from competence centers in other regions
• Foster actions oriented to the collaboration and transfer of resources and technology between
competence centers of both regions
• Offer up-to-date information and outreach materials to the innovation actors and industry,
responding to a dissemination/collaboration request from parties in other regions
MoU

10. Region
PROFILE
Partners
Mission
Create Added Value for the services
and products of the LOCAL
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES via
Innovative Technologies and Research
Activities performed by CCs
Services
• Technical
• Training
• Consulting
3 Membership Tiers
Region

11. VIEWS ON BEST PRACTISES AND FURTHER COLLABORATION
Networking:
• Networking channels of HUB members
• EU (inter) Regional programs
• Events organized for local entrepreneurship
and RIS3 priorities
• Professional Institutes / Associations
• CCs customers and partners pool
Inter - Regional Business Plan:
• Interconnection of entrepreneurship through
web platforms
• Forward inquiries to Regional HUBS
• Visibility of the cases to HUB network
• Bilateral or trilateral regional agreements
• Joint ventures between public and private
sectors
RDMI Hubs and risk mitigation:
• Secure long-term funding
• Technology benchmarking (risk free)
• Supported entrance to new markets
• Match Making
Further funding:
• Sustainable Funding Resources

14. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION