CEF Digital Building Blocks discussion seminar

The seminar had two main objectives:

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1) Call for action - What is CEF and CEF Digital BBs? What are the funding opportunities?

2) Describe the challenges on implementing the CEF BBs and find possible solutions - What are the legal and technical challenges related to implementation of CEF BB and how can they be solved? What should public (or private) sector do to promote the uptake of CEF BBs?

The CEF programme (Connecting Europe Facility) is launched by the European Commission (EC) to support development of a digital infrastructure in both public or private sector by ensuring interoperability between IT systems across borders. CEF Digital Building Blocks (BBs)

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• eInvoicing and eDelivery

• eID and eSignature

• eTranslation and eArchiving

are based on interoperability agreements between EU member states and implemented through common technical solutions (e.g PEPPOL). EC is encouraging public and private sector in the member states to implement CEF BBs in the way they find it useful.

The seminar participants were from the Baltic States as well as from the Nordic countries. Discussion seminar was about both public and private interests and thus, represented were:

• policy makers;

• service providers (ERP providers, e-invoicing operators, banks, etc)

• development companies

• other interested parties

Seminar was organised by Aalborg University (Denmark) and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication (Estonia) together with DIGINNO project partners.

More information:

https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/CEF+Digital+Home

https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/cef/newsletter-specific-archive-issue.cfm?newsletter_service_id=627&lang=default

International Conference "Making Industry 4.0 real"

The German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce AHK, the Lithuanian engineering industries association LINPRA and the Information and Communication Technologies Association INFOBALT hosted the 4th international Industry 4.0 Conference under the motto Making Industry 4.0 real. Aiming to meet the industry’s need to deepen and share the best business practices and experiences related to transformation, the conference focused on the practical side. Most of the presentations introduced real examples from companies’ activities and business solutions.

The event was finalized with "Lithuanian Industry 4.0 Star 2019" awards. TOP nominated companies will be presented and awarded in three categories: 1) Small or medium company selected by the expert board of the contest; 2) Large company selected by the expert board of the contest; 3) And a company selected by public on an open poll.

Full program available on the conference web-page: www.industrie40.lt.

DIGINNO workshop as part of 11th TIME Economic Forum in Poland

Session focused on innovation creation and implementation at companies from the management side of things. Digital industrial transformation requires new management methods. How to effectively develop new solutions and processes in organisations, how to effectively bring them to life? How to collaborate, both internally and with entities external to organisations to achieve the best results for the business. Various methods, best practices, discussion. 

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Main topic covered:

·         Effectively implementing innovations and managing change in organisations – presentation

·         Design Thinking as the innovation generation method – presentation, case studies

·         How to collaborate effectively – discussion in groups

·         Implementing innovation in teams, best practices – an expert panel

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For more information about the event, please check here.

3rd Borderless Real-Time Economy (RTE) Round Table

Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications together with DIMECC Ltd. (Finland) and project DIGINNO invites all Real-Time Economy colleagues and interested parties to 3rd Borderless Real-Time Economy (RTE) Round Table near Tallinn, Estonia.

3rd round table will address the following topics:

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• Update on RTE projects findings, outcomes and plans for the future
• Synergies and communication between countries and projects
• New initiatives and policy making (e.g RTE vision, roadmap and policy paper)
• DIGINNO showcase discussions (e.g eReceipt, KYC)

The event is divided into two days: starting with short presentations on the first day followed by networking dinner and continuing parallel more detailed workshop discussions on the second day.

More information about Real-Time Economy

http://rte.fi

http://realtimeeconomy.ee

Riga seminar: Cross-border e-services ownership and delivery

On 14 Feb 2019, DIGINNO WP4 Lead (Aalborg University Cph) together with Latvia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection & Regional Development organised a seminar in Riga on the topic of "Cross-border e-services ownership and delivery: How to make the services more efficient?". The aim was to identify and discuss challenges related to ownership and delivery aspects of cross-border e-services (G2B). The seminar should not only provide knowledge and inspiration but also give inputs for policy recommendations for a planned round table in Norway end of 2019.

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The seminar mobilized 52 participants from seven countries, a mix of project partners and external stakeholders, representing public authorities, industry associations, companies and universities, including representatives from the European Commission and Nordic Council of Ministers. After EU introductions to the policy framework for cross-border e-services, comments were given from member state partners together with examples of ongoing cross-border pilot services in the BSR. Challenges and bottlenecks as well as business needs and priorities were presented and discussed together with inputs from the ongoing showcase work in DIGINNO WP3.

Among the key conclusions were that the main challenge is cross border interoperability, accompanied by ID issues, lack of trust, risks of fragmentation and nationalism/protectionism regarding what sectors and technologies to prioritise in developing cross-border solutions. Technically, interoperability should not be a problem but a common legal/policy environment is needed to support a smooth process for handling data cross-border. What type of policies could we agree on? What would fit and bridge the specific national conditions and priorities? How can we make technologies compatible and agree on which data to share? These are some of the questions that were raised at the seminar. Once again it was confirmed that the main aim of DIGINNO is to test – in an informal and pragmatic setting - how we can work together across borders and develop common solutions to common challenges. 

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​Further information: Torben Aaberg, WP4 Lead, AAU, toraa@cmi.aau.dk

Round Table: “Poland and the digital Baltic Sea Region”

DIGINNO project together with Ministry of Science & Higher Education, Poland, representing Policy Area Innovation in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and Microsoft Poland organised a round-table to explore the Polish interest in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) and the transnational collaboration on digitalisation in the BSR.

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​The round table seeked to:
- discuss how Poland could benefit from and contribute to the digital collaboration
- discuss potentials and challenges
- identify ideas for new collaboration projects across the Region
- encourage new contacts between stakeholders, extension of networks etc.

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Invited for the round table were representatives from Government agencies and ICT industry in Poland, the EU Strategy for the BSR, the project DIGINNO.

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The round-table took place as part of INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM 2018. Find more information here.

11TH CMI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2018: Prospects and challenges towards developing a digital economy within EU

In the EU, the creation of a digital economy and a Digital Single Market are seen as drivers of future innovation, competitiveness and growth. These ideas are enshrined in the EU 2020 strategy and are researched in a number of projects, including the Baltic SEA Regional project, Digital Innovation Network (DIGINNO). The project is aimed at promoting uptake of ICT in the business sector, developing innovative digital public services and facilitating Digital Single Market related policy discussions on Baltic Sea Region level.

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In addition to the digitization initiatives within the Baltic Sea Region, different EU countries have embarked upon digitization policies, technology and market initiatives aimed at creating digital economies. These policies and initiatives are aimed at facilitating the uptake of ICTs and digital technologies in the business sector and the facilitation of digitized public service delivery. However, EU countries are not at par in the development of these policies, technologies, services, markets and other initiatives. This creates an opportunity for a forum where different EU countries can exchange ideas on digitization policy development and the facilitation of certain digitization initiatives.

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This conference presents a forum for this opportunity. The conference is organized in partnership with the DIGINNO project. At this conference, the prospects and challenges towards digitization initiatives within the EU will be discussed. These prospects and challenges will be discussed within the policy, relevant technology, and infrastructure and market context. The conference will enable the identification of best practices and the sharing of ideas via paper presentation sessions. It will also enable brainstorming on these issues via panel sessions.

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Participants will come from academia, businesses, digitization networks and government agencies. The participants of the conference will benefit from speakers and participants within and outside Europe.

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For more information, please visit the event website.

Digital Transformation of the Engineering Industries in the Baltic Sea region

This Industry 4.0 Innovation event is organized by DIGINNO partner LIKTA (Latvian Information and communications technology association), MASOC (Association of Mechanical Engineering and Metalworking Industries of Latvia), Ministry of Economics of Latvia and Riga City Council.

The first part of the Conference will analyse the current status and trends of the digitisation in the engineering industry sector in the Baltic Sea Region.

In the second part experts from BSR countries will discuss the latest technologies for industry digitalization, automation and optimization.  Please, see the latest program here.

The working languages of the conference will be English and Latvian. Simultaneous translation will be provided.

DIGINNO study trip and seminar program in Finland 24.-26.10.2018

DIGINNO study trip to Finland was intended primarily for DIGINNO project partners and related stakeholders. 

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The DIMECC 10 Year Anniversary Seminar will bring together over 200 decision makers of companies (executive and operational directors as well as R&D personnel), professors, teachers and public sector innovation system experts. During the day catering of the most impactful results from DIMECC programs over the years will be presented. Come to hear how DIMECC programs have changed the business and delivered impact. The anniversary seminar will also offer interesting keynotes on how the digitalization will develop and towards what contents and actions digitalization efforts should be directed in the future. CEO Forum, organized in collaboration with Technology Industries of Finland, will bring together a group of visionary leaders to discuss the success of future business. In the evening you can enjoy the get-together dinner and DIMECC 10-year anniversary party!
 

Detailed study trip program can be found  here  .

On 7-8 June 2018 Tallinn hosted a high level conference that brings together senior decision makers

from industries and top experts of ICT companies.

The Industry 4.0 in Practice conference targets the challenges in putting Industry 4.0 into practice.

More specifically, the goals of the conference are:

•  Raising awareness about Industry 4.0 and creating higher industrial efficiency;

•  Further enhance the vision of collaboration possibilities and benefits within Industry 4.0 framework;

•  Address the challenges of implementing Industry 4.0 principles;

•  Presenting practical case studies of process automation and smart products.

The conference took place on 7th June 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia.

Enterprise Estonia in cooperation with Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol organised an Industry 4.0 Idea Hack on 8th June in the premises of Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol.

For additional information please have a look at the event’s website: www.industry40.ee

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The 9th Annual Forum of the EUSBSR was held in Tallinn on 4 – 5 June 2018. The Forum hosted hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia together with the Baltic Development Forum in close cooperation with the European Commission and other partners.

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2nd Borderless Real-Time Economy (RTE) Round Table

The 2nd Borderless Real-Time Economy (RTE) Round Table will be held on 21-22.5.2018 in Helsinki. We will start on Monday 21.5. at 11:30 with a light welcome lunch and end on Tuesday 22.5. at 13:00.

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This Round Table is a follow-up to the 1st Borderless RTE Round Table which was successfully organised on 1-2.2.2018 in Tallinn where participants introduced the newest RTE projects in the Baltics and Europe and
discussed the future and opportunities of real-time economy (see http://rte.fi/borderless/).

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The 2nd RTE Round Table leans on the outcomes and follow-up plans of the 1st Round Table and is targeting to attract participants and stakeholders from all BSR countries to join the RTE community and discuss and agree on concrete actions and joint efforts across borders to enhance the Nordic-Baltic area as a leader in RTE development and piloting.

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The Round Table is organised by DIMECC Ltd and Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in close cooperation with Technology Industries of Finland, The Finnish Ministry of Finance, and projects DIGINNO, PACINNO and RTECO.

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Please register here before May 11,  2018.

DIGINNO project partners the Lithuanian engineering industries association LINPRA and the Information and Communication Technologies Association INFOBALT together with the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce AHK will host the 3nd Industry 4.0 Conference under the motto „Adding value with Industry 4.0”  on 17th May 2018 in Vilnius on the occasion of the trade fair Balttechnika 2018. During the conference, experts from leading European countries and Lithuania will share knowledge about the latest trends in production technologies.

The Watify event held 20 February in Tallinn, Toom-Kooli 17  focuses on facilitating practical matchmaking for joint service/product development and innovative joint business models in which different reference sectors of the Estonian industry cooperate with ICT solutions providers. In other words, promote and enable longer term strategic partnerships between both types of stakeholders triggering joint ventures, start-ups, licensing agreement or any other business deal where ICT can considerably help improving the business processes of the partner sector.

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For agenda and registration: https://watify-tallinn.b2match.io/ 

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The event is co-organised by DIGINNO partner Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications. 

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Borderless Real-Time Economy (RTE) Round Table in Tallinn

There are many ongoing projects both national and international that more or less are related to or initiated for the development of Real-Time Economy. The purpose of the Round Table is to invite together RTE related projects representatives to share thoughts, project findings, outcomes and plans, but also to find similar interests for Real-Time Economy concept. Important outcomes of the Round Table can be new formats of international collaboration and joint applications for funding.

The event is divided into two days: first day for short project introductions (up to 10 minutes for each project) and second day for discussion rounds in smaller groups. The Round Table is organised by Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in close cooperation with Technology Industries of Finland, DIMECC Ltd. (Finland) and projects DIGINNO and IoB (Internet of Business). The Round table is funded under PACINNO project by Interreg BSR programme 2014-2020.