To National Center for Natural Sciences Research (EKEFE) Democritus and The Association of Innovative Applications Enterprises of Greece (SEKEE) announce the signing of a memorandum of cooperation with the aim of promoting digital innovation in Greece.
The EKEFE Demokritos is represented by the digital innovation hub Ahedd – Attica id=”t6″> for id=”T10″> economy id=”T14″> data id=”T18″>Services, an ecosystem of research and business activity, with an emphasis on the field of digital transformation and the utilization of technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, The big data and the internet of things. The node ahedd is an initiative of EKEFE Democritus and functions as “one stop shop), a “single-stop shop” For businesses interested in strengthening their competitive advantage, as well as for public organizations that want to improve their processes and services. In addition, the hub offers business support with the possibility of testing planned technology products, as well as training, networking and business acceleration services, utilizing the top infrastructure and high-level human resources of EKEFE Democritus.
O Dr. Vangelis Karkaletsis, Director of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications and Vice-President of the Board of Directors of EKEFE Dimokritos stated about the cooperation: “The closer cooperation with SEKEE enables us to further strengthen with Joint actions the utilization of digital technologies by Greek companies. The interconnection and cooperation with the research groups of EKEFE Dimokritos can lead to innovative digital services, with the aim of improving the competitiveness of businesses.”
SEKEE represents a dynamic industry with more than 75 companies providing work to more than 4,000 workers, including 1,000 highly academic scientists and have a presence in 40 countries.
The cooperation of the two organizations concerns a series of actions and actions aimed at promoting collaborations, research and innovation development between the Digital Innovation Hub ahedd and the members of SEKEE in the field of digital technologies. In addition, in the context of the information and networking actions, the ahedd aims to inform the members of SEKEE about the developments in digital technologies, the possibilities and prospects for their utilization and the requirements of the digital transformation for companies and organizations. Finally, the two organizations wish to enter into partnerships for participation in funded programs.
Panagiotis Tsantilas, General Secretary of the Board of Directors. of SEKEE and head of the working group of the Association for the strengthening of relations with the Academic and Research Community: He emphasized that “by the signing of the memorandum of cooperation with a leading research institution, such as EKEFE Dimokritos, we believe that we are taking an important step in promoting the innovation ecosystem in Greece. With this cooperation, the members of SEKEE will have the opportunity, on the one hand, to be informed about the latest developments in various areas of digital technologies and, on the other hand, they will have the opportunity to cooperate with some of the leading Greek researchers”.
- Communication Manager for EKEFE Demokritos: Elena Galifianaki, Institute of Informatics & of Telecommunications, [email protected]
- Contact person for SEKEE: Vasiliki Mega, [email protected]
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