Formerly ADISIF Interface, SynHERA is the network of 19 University Colleges (UC) and their associated research centres in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. It supports the University Colleges and their associated research centres in order to valorise their research projects and to match skills between the University Colleges and the Walloon, Brussels and international research stakeholders. In addition, SynHERA is willing to offer University Colleges’ researchers a space for sharing and reflexion. Digital technologies.

SuperIoT and Analytics+ alliances are non-profit organisations that cater world class innovative IoT and AI companies and research institutes to build end-to-end solutions. The alliances give fast access to integrated solutions enabling ascension in value chain, improving work efficiency and bringing new possibilities for monetizing gathered data. With comprehensive digitalization, we deliver complete solutions from sensors to data analytics seamlessly and cyber secured with latest technology innovations, integrated into existing processes, tools and platforms. The alliances utilize deep network and platform economies in crafting new solutions from multi-party efforts (research & companies). We invest systematically to technologies that form the key technical building blocks of solutions: - Multi-radio networks - Wireless and wired IoT devices & sensors - Edge computing on networks of IoT systems - Ultra secure systems & data management tools - Service analytics from AI to Big Data - Mobile applications, systems, and services that scale - Complete testing cycles of products Digital technologies.

Sunrise Valley Digital Innovation Hub (SV DIH) is a non-profit association that aims to become a leading industry digitalization service center in Lithuania. With a mission to bridge ICT sector related R&D, big industries, and SMEs in traditional sectors, SV DIH seeks to reinforce the biggest integrated science, studies, and business campus in Lithuania, Sunrise Valley. SV DIH focuses on ICT, physical sciences & mechatronics, civil engineering, laser & nanotechnologies, life sciences and biotechnology, energy, and clean technologies. These sectors comply with R&D priorities on the national level as laid out in Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3), the implementation of which is supported by a number of EU Structural Funds measures. SV DIH activities are aligned with these priority sectors of Lithuanian RIS3 strategy:

ICT;
Transport and logistics;
Health technologies and biotechnologies;
New production processes, materials, and technologies;
Energy and sustainable environment.

SV DIH provides a one-stop service as well as access to competencies and infrastructure available at Sunrise Valley campus. The coordinating organization, non-profit institution Sunrise Valley Science and Technology Park, is also active in developing and implementing national and EU funded projects, to support the activities of SV DIH. SV DIH is a lead-partner and coordinator of the Interreg BSR project “Industry 4: transforming innovation ecosystem through a better capacity of pubic enablers” (InnoCAPE). The project aims to build DIHs’ digitalization competences in the Baltic Sea Region, to raise awareness about digitalization and to build a pan-Baltic-Scandinavian network of DIHs. SV DIH participated in the Horizon2020 funded project as “Smart factories in the new EU member states.” Currently, SV DIH is participating in EU funded project “Smart InnoTech” (SV DIH is providing technological and digital audits as well as recommendations for industrial companies); “InoSpurtas” (SV DIH performs technology transfer and provide other innovation support services). Since 2019 SV DIH is implementing EU funded project dedicated to digital sills creation in traditional industry sector “Digitalization competences development for manpower working in the Lithuanian manufacturing industry.” Members of SV DIH are active participants of different EU programs: Horizon2020, Interreg Europe, Interreg BSR and other (e.g.: https://www.vgtu.lt/research-and-innovation/-projects/65786?lang=2).

SV DIH is located in Sunrise Valley (campus), which is the biggest knowledge triangle (integrated science, studies, and business center) and talent pool in Baltic countries. Sunrise Valley consists of 2 major universities of Lithuania, five open-access R&D centers, Science and Technology Park, business incubator, more than 50 knowledge-driven companies, over 20k students, and 5k scientists & researchers. SV DIH is coordinated by a non-profit organization - Sunrise Valley, Science and Technology Park - that was established back in 2003 with an in-depth orientation for entrepreneurship development, science and business cooperation, creation of knowledge-driven startups and spinoffs, providing innovation infrastructure and consulting services. Digital technologies.

Sunderland Software City is inspiring and enabling the growth of the software sector in the North East of England, establishing the region as one of the world’s leading destinations for technology innovation and enterprise.
Established in 2008, the private sector initiated, publicly backed organisation brings together the best of the public, private and educational sectors to generate a sustainable software industry in the region and drive the development of world-class software businesses. Digital technologies.

STP - Styrian Technology Park is managing two main scopes of activities:

1) STP acting as the Regional Centre for Technology Development (RCTR), pursuing technology transfer, technological & innovative research and development sphere  among / with  different target groups and topics. Within RCTR, a Technology Hub of North Slovenia is being set up at the moment. STP Techno Living Lab is a focal point of open innovation R&D&I projects and is to be  upgraded / strengthened  within own  cross regional   Technology Hub and supported by the subsidiary  Orbitala  (open innovation) Living Lab. STP TehnoLL priority fields of activity are Advanced (Smart) Technologies, together with KET, ICT, Creativity and SMEs Inno support.

2) STP, being the Business Support Centre and Accelerator, is focused on provision of comprehensive support for SMEs (more than 200 SMEs supported) in Podravje region (41 municipalities), in different stages of their lifecycle – from the “setting up the business” stage, to the stages of growth, development, internationalization, restructuring activities, etc… With other words, STP operates as a nationally certified business incubator for development of dynamic, innovative business ideas of micro and small enterprises, with substantial input of knowledge in their products and/or services. As a founding member of Technology Parks and Incubators Network Slovenia, founding member Coworking Network Maribor, one of initiative members of Smart City Maribor initiative, STP represent an important component of the national support environment for innovative SMEs in the North East of Slovenia, supported by the national Ministry of Economic Development and Technology. Digital technologies.

Stena Industry Innovation Hub at Chalmers  (SII-Hub) is a Digital Innovation Hub – a Swedish testbed for acceleration of industrial digitalisation, part of the two Governmental initiatives for indutrial digitalisation, Produktion2030 and the Smart Industry. SII-Hub consists of the physical infrastructure SII-Lab and its supporting organisational infrastructure.

The mission of Stena Industry Innovation Hub at Chalmers is to provide a platform for research, innovation, demonstration, education, and training in the area of industrial digitalisation. SII-Hub is an open platform for large industries, SMEs, and society. In addition to industry you will also find collaboration between researchers, entrepreneurs, and educators. Teachers may come from kindergartens as well as high schools or universities.

The SII-hub provides access to a full range of competencies at Chalmers University of Technology. This includes Chalmers' entrepreneurship, incubator, and venture capital organisation - Chalmers Ventures. SII-hub also collaborates with national government funding agencies, regional government, industry associations, and unions. Chalmers Smart Industry Hub provides services for:

Research, Innovation, and Demonstration
Education and training 
Small end Medium-sized Enterprises (SME)
Testbed for industrial digitalisation
5G digital infrastructure
Makerspace
Entrepreneurship support

  Digital technologies.

Speedhub is a no profit entity performing networking, matchmaking, brokerage and dissemination activities.

The aim of Speedhub is to help companies to become more competitive by improving their business/production processes as well as products and services by means of digital technology.

It works with a consolidated network of local, national and international partners in the field of research, logistics, technology transfer that allows the creation of “tailored made” services.

Among others areas of intervention, Speedhub has its own specialization on industrial logistics and supply chain.

Main activities can be grouped as follows:

1. Business development
•     business mentoring
•     envisioning and strategy development
•     Legal and Fiscal Support
•     access to finance

•     matchmaking and brokering

2. Skills and digital culture creation
•     Training and awareness

•     business cases
•     visits, seminars, events 

3. Innovation activities
•     access to specialist expertise and infrastructure

•     innovation scouting
•     collaborative R&D, Prototyping

•     digital Maturity Assessment Digital technologies.

SpectroNet is a digital solution provider for the organization of regional, national and international collaborations between companies and / or research institutions and their customers in the field of Photonic Measurement Engineering for Quality Assurance (PMQ). The SpectroNet partner develop and/or apply photonic measurement engineering for quality assurance. The purpose of SpectroNet is to support the economic, scientific and technical interests of its partners for their sustainable growth. The non-profit goal of SpectroNet is the sustainable growth of our partners, to transport research results from the universities into the companies, to further network the local players in the field of optics and to make the business location Thuringia interesting for the industry worldwide. Digital technologies.

Space53 is a public-private partnership – a digital innovation hub for national and international organizations. With an airport in the immediate vicinity, a safety campus and a large number of special indoor and outdoor areas for research and testing with unmanned systems of all sizes, Space53 is unique in Western Europe. In addition, it collaborates closely with research and education institutes such as the University of Twente, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, ROC van Twente, NLR and reknown industrial parties like Clear Flight Solutions, Demcon, Robor and Drone Flight Company.

Space53 facilitates the complete innovation process of unmanned systems by providing access to everything that is needed: 

Technological, economical, societal and legal expertise
Office space and technical facilities
Indoor and outdoor testing and experimenting areas
Educational and training facilities
All emergency services
Possibility to simulate lifelike situations 
Necessary permits that are optimally aligned with the existing and future legislation
‘Launching customers’, such as the Province of Overijssel, Veiligheidsregio Twente and the Municipality of Enschede as living labs to try out smart ideas in real life
Digital technologies.

The Southeast Digital Innovation Hub, or DigIhub, is a non-for-profit organization established by representatives of the public, private, non-governmental and the educational sectors in the South East Region of Bulgaria (BG34). The SouthEast Digital Innovation Hub provides business enterprises with up-to-date information, expert assistance and access to technology for testing digital innovations. It also helps to carry out and conduct experiments with products, processes or business models.
Our mission is to facilitate the effective transition to digitalisation of the working processes, to support the representatives of tahe business in the region for the introducing and/or implementation of digital technologies and intelligent systems, and for offering of services with higher quality. 

DigIhub seeks significant changes in the field of digitizing industry in Bulgarian companies with focus on the South-East Region based businesses, thus increasing their competitiveness and added value. DigIhub has the ambition to become the heart of the innovation ecosystem of the SouthEast Region by providing the following services to SMEs:

Awareness creation

Ecosystem building, networking, brokerage

Visioning and strategy development for businesses

Collaborative research

Concept validation and prototyping

Testing and validation

Pre-competitive series production

Incubator/accelerator support

Market intelligence

Access to the centers of competences

Mediation services

Aid for funding

Mentoring

Education and skills development

DigIhub enables the trans-sectoral joint initiatives, workshops, and innovative start-ups. It contributes to the realization of joint projects for digital transformation of the business, which boosts the technological and innovative potential of the region for providing of a wide range of services in the area of tourism, cultural identity, logistic and mobility.

Objectives:

To support the implementation of the European Digital single market strategy at local and regional levels;

To create a service portfolio connected with the digitalization, that will be provided through the established partnership networks;

To perform assessment of the stakeholders’ digitalisation potential; 

To offer affordable solutions and a digital platform for small and medium business management with free access to optional modules to facilitate the digital transition;

To advise on individual solutions and support the innovation or transformation of existing processes through digital technologies;

To support the knowledge and technology transfer for effective technological development; 

To enable an opportunity for creation and enhancement of the digital potential of the business in a specialized Certification Centre.

Capabilities:

Sensors, actuators, MEMS, NEMS, RF

Photonics, electronic and optical functional materials

Robotics and autonomous systems

Internet of Things

Artificial Intelligence and cognitive systems

Location based technologies

Cyber security

Data mining, big data, database management

Augmented and virtual reality, visualization

Simulation and modelling

Software as a service and service architectures

Cloud computing

Additive manufacturing

ICT management, logistics and business systems

Internet services (e.g. web development, web production, design, networking, and e-commerce)

Management board:

Ina Agafonova - Board member
Ina Agafonova is Executive Director of Digitalization and Integration of New Technologies Foundation (DINT). She is an experienced executive officer with a demonstrated history of working in the renewables & environmental industry. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a master degree in International Economic Relations and second master in Ecology. Skilled in negotiation, business planning, strategic planning and business development.

Prof. Sotir Sotirov PhD - Board member
Councilor in the Municipal Council – Burgas and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Science, Innovation and Operational Programs, Vice Rector for International Relations, Head of Intelligent Systems Laboratory Prof. Assen Zlatarov University.

Petko Georgiev - Chairman
Petko Georgiev is the initiator and chairman of the ICT Cluster – Burgas. He has been working in the field of information technology for nearly 10 years. Part of Cluster’s successful initiatives are providing free training for students and IT talents and attracting some of the largest IT companies in the city of Burgas. He is responsible for the creation of startup ecosystem and modern business and conference conditions in the region.

Founders:

Burgas Municipality

Burgas is located in southeastern Bulgaria. It has a modern telecommunications network and offers service at the lowest salaries throughout the European Union. The port city with a population of about 207 thousands residents is very attractive for firms engaged in information technology. Burgas Municipality is co-organizer of several Hackathons, free Summer IT Academies for schoolboys/schoolgirls and students and other educational formats and in all the major events related to promoting and development of the ICT sector in Burgas. Thanks to it's active and successful work supporting of Digital and entrepreneurial ecosystem the City of Burgas has received the award of the Bulgarian Outsourcing Association for a Technological City of the year 2018. 

More information: https://burgas.bg/

 

 

ICT Cluster Burgas - The digital ecosystem of Burgas.

Cooperation of 30+ Burgas ICT companies and organisations with mission to develop the ICT industry, new business opportunities through cross-border, cross-industry and cross-cluster collaboration.

ICT Cluster is actively working to promote, support and develop cooperation between all businesses, universities, schools and government institutions in the field of information and communication technologies to create favorable conditions for their development, enhance their competitiveness at national and international level.

More information: http://ictc-burgas.org/en

 

Industrial and Logistic Park - Burgas

The main idea of creating the company is the construction of an internal technical infrastructure of distinct industrial sites located on the territory of the "PZ SEVER" of Burgas for the purpose of improvement the business climate and attracting local and foreign investments in the municipality.

More information: https://www.industrialpark-burgas.bg/en

 

Digitalization and integration of new technologies Foundation (DINT Foundation) 

The foundation was created in public benefit in the beginning of 2018 with the aim to support and develop digital ecosystems and entrepreneurship in Bulgaria. With mission to carry out a total digital transformation in Bulgaria in the forthcoming decade.
More information: http://www.dint.digital/en

 

University - “Prof. D-r. Assen Zlatarov” 

Is the only state university in Southeast Bulgaria. It was founded on 6th October 1963 by Decree № 162 of the Council of Ministers as a Higher Chemico-technological institute “Prof. D-r. Assen Zlatarov” which connected forever it with the name of its patron.  “Prof. D-r. Assen Zlatarov” University was ratified as such by a resolution of the National Assembly in 1995.

“Prof. D-r. Assen Zlatarov” University was institutionally accredited by resolution №16 of 17.05. 2007 of the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency  for the term of 6 years.

More information: https://www.btu.bg/index.php/en/ 

 

Burgas Free University 

Was established with an Act of The Great National Assembly on 18 September 1991, and is one of the first non-state universities in the country.

The University is accredited by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency and is certified under the International Quality Standard ISO 9001:2008.

More information: https://www.bfu.bg/en 

 

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the leading scientific, spiritual and expert center of Bulgaria. It conducts research, training and activities of national and international importance and solves problems related to the development of Bulgarian society and state. The Academy has a consistent policy for the development of science and innovation as a condition for economic progress in the country. It is an active participant in the European Research Area. The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences conducts scientific research in accordance with universal values, national traditions and interests. It participates in the development of world science and helps to multiply the spiritual and material wealth of the nation.

More information: http://www.bas.bg/

Governmental bodies:

Governorship of Burgas - https://www.bs.government.bg/en  
Municipality of Burgas – https://www.burgas.bg/en/index/index
Bulgarian Small and Medium Entreprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA) - https://www.sme.government.bg/en/?page_id=2001
Industrial park - https://www.industrialpark-burgas.bg/en
Regional Development Agency Burgas Digital technologies.