Silvia de la Maza (Innovalia Association - ES)

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Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs

22nd of MayBrussels

2015

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INDEX1. The I4MS initiative

3. I4MS Time-Line

2. The Methodology

4. Facts and Figures

5. Future activities

6. Next Steps

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The I4MS Initiative

I4MS 2015: Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs · 22nd of May · Brussels

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The Methodology

I4MS 2015: Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs · 22nd of May · Brussels

• COMPETENCE CENTERS• SMEs:

– Application experiments– Assesment experiments

• OPEN CALLS• SMES´ BENEFITS

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I4MS Time-Line

I4MS 2015: Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs · 22nd of May · Brussels

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Facts and Figures

I4MS 2015: Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs · 22nd of May · Brussels

• +20M € in funding (9 open calls)• 300 proposals submited, 500 industrial partners• Sucess rate 25%• 77M € funding – 35% for SMEs and Mid Caps• 60 experiments at the beginning + 70 + 10• 75% of the industrial partners are SMEs and mid-caps (210)• 50% of the industrial participants are end users• Diverse industrial sectors: food, printing, health, machine

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Future activities

I4MS 2015: Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs · 22nd of May · Brussels

• Cloudflow open call launch– 30th of June• Cloudflow workshop- Slovenia – 29th of May• Appolo workshop – Finland – 5th of June• Cloudsme workshop – Spain – 24th of June• Lashare workshop- Germany – 25th of June

• Brokerage area/portal• Social media• Newsletter• Webinars

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Next steps

I4MS 2015: Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs · 22nd of May · Brussels

I4MS Phase 2:– Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things in manufacturing– HPC cloud-based advanced modelling, simulation and data analytics– Near autonomous robotics systems

• 85 application experiments (mostly newcomers)• 8.8M€ for open calls• Alignment with the European strategy for digitising industry.

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Digital innovation hubs I4MS Phase 2

I4MS 2015: Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs · 22nd of May · Brussels

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THANK YOUFOR YOUR ATTENTION

smaza@innovalia.org