The DEVISE, or 'Digital tech SMEs at the service of Regional Smart Specialisation Strategies' project, is arriving to the end and the partnership is organising on the 9th of June a Final Conference and 3rd Thematic Seminar - Digital Technologies as enabler for more resilient SMEs - that will bring into the spotlight a number of key topics that have been addressed during the lifetime of the project, as well as the main DEVISE project results.
Among others, partners will share some expertise, good practices and conclusions about Virtual Reality (VR) in manufacturing industry company, they will explain how to use blockchain to boost transparency about the sustainability performance of SMEs and, they will explore the digitalisation of SMEs in the context of COVID-19. The aim of the session is to discuss how project partner regions and stakeholders work together to improve the capacity of their policy instruments. Are you interested? Register and join us!
Agenda
10.00 – 10.05 ERNACT, Ireland: Welcome
10.05 – 10.20: INTERREG EUROPE: state of play, Ségolène JEAN, Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat
10.20 – 10.35 ERNACT, Ireland: Project overview and results. Snapshots from DEVISE regions
10.35 – 10.50 Business Agency Association, Bulgaria/ Northern and Western Regional Assembly: DEVISE Pilot Action – DMAT Platform
10.50 – 11.05 Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland: Results from the monitoring of regional action plans
11.05 – 11.20 Derry City & Strabane District Council, Northern Ireland, UK: Digital Surge Programme - a NI wide Programme for SME’s trading in a COVID-19 recovery context, supporting the shift and pivot business models, via adoption of advanced digital tools
11.20 – 11.35 Angers TourismLab, France: Digital uses in the tourism sector in the COVID – 19 context
11.35 – 11.50 Q&A
11.50 – 12.00 Break
12.00 – 12.40 3rd Thematic Seminar - Digital Technologies as enabler for more resilient SMEs
- Virtual reality in manufacturing industry company, Aleksi Frimodig, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
- How to use blockchain to boost transparency about the sustainability performance of SMEs, Silvia Silvia Stumpf, Business Agency Association
- Digitalisation of SMEs in the context of COVID, Soraya Van Cauwenberghe, Voka Kamer van Koophandel West Vlaanderen
12:40 – 12.50 Q&A
12:50 – 13:00 Closing Remarks, ERNACT
