SCoDIHNet Activities in 2025

March 2025

SCoDIHNet has been invited to present the ongoing activities to the European Enterprise Network Digital group on 13 March. Participants are very interested in participating in the Technology provider catalogue and providing replicable use cases.

SCoDIHNet's bi-monthly meeting took place on 11 March with a presentation of the Smart Connectivity Thematic group (Digital Transformation Accelerator), which is working on similar aspects as SCoDIHNet, targeting EDIHs. A proposal with the objective of working closer together is under discussion.

The cooperation with the Horizon Result platform, Technfinders.io, and RAMP.eu showed many similarities between these initiatives on replicability. The plan is to work on the alignment of procedures to provide a single framework to bring a replicability level to use cases.

TEF Agrifood is proposing to present at the next SCoDIHNet meeting, which is planned for 13 May. The idea is to show how DIHs could access the testing facilities. Matters.eu (Manufacturing TEF) has also been invited to make a presentation at the next SCoDIHNet meeting in July.

A white paper has been initiated to provide a vision for Smart Connectivity experimental platforms and make some recommendations for making them more accessible.

February 2025

SNS-ICE/SCoDIHNet podcast How SNS project results can contribute to the digitalisation of the European industry? is available here.

This podcast has the objective to explain how SNS projects results can contribute to the Digital Europe Program objectives. SNS projects, mainly Stream C and Stream D projects, are developing and experimenting with a number of use cases /solutions that can be easily replicated in other locations by DIHs for end users. For that purpose, a use case tracker has been developed to collect all use cases developed and experimented, a replicable assessment tool has also been developed to qualify the replicability level of each use case and a catalogue of replicable use cases is encompassing all this information. With such a catalogue, DIHs can pick one or the other use case that fits the end user requirement and can easily implement it.

During the discussion, Claudio De Majo from TRUST-IT will explain how we are collecting use cases, Pierre-Yves Danet will present the Replicability assessment tool, Manon Le Yeuch from DIH Bretagne will present how DIH is working with end users and defining their needs, and Dr Lucia Castro Diaz from DIHDATALIFE will explain how DIH is working with technology providers at the local/regional level.

Update of the SCoDIHNet platform catalogue.
The platform catalogue is being updated, now it includes more than 140 platforms coming from DIH platforms (13), AIOTI Testbeds (55), CEF 5G for Smart connectivity sites (17), CEF 5G Corridors sites (12), 5G PPP experimental platforms (3), SNS JU StreamC platforms (4) and Testing European Facilities (36). A white paper has been initiated with the AIOTI Test Bed WG in order to describe how DIH could use all these testing facilities and provide some recommendations to make them sustainable. This catalogue is being implemented on the DIHIWare platform with a map of the location of each of them.

A new cooperation with European Dynamics has been initiated. They are interested in connecting with other networks of DIHs in order to leverage some results from their projects.

TEF Agrifood is proposing to make a presentation at the next SCoDIHNet meeting, which is scheduled for 11 March. The idea is to show how DIHs could access the testing facilities.

January 2025

The Bi-Monthly SCoDIHNet meeting took place on the 14 January and the main outcomes are:

• Presentation of the Techfinders.io initiative by Maria Paez (Fundingbox).(see topic 3)
• Our technical Platform catalogue is being updated, (see topic 2).
• SCoDIHNet has been registered on the European Cluster Collaboration platform in order to be part of this community and to develop potential cooperation with other clusters

Update of the SCoDIHNet platform catalogue.
The platform catalogue is being updated, now it includes more than 120 platforms coming from DIH platforms (12), AIOTI Test beds (68), CEF 5G for Smart connectivity sites (17), CEF 5G Corridors sites (6), 5G PPP experimental platforms (3), SNS JU StreamC platforms (5) and Testing European Facilities (4). This catalogue is being implemented on the DIHIWare platform with the map of the location of each of them.

Techfinders.io project has made a presentation at the January SCoDIHNet meeting (14/01), it is offering a service to help the reusage of project use cases/solutions by DIHs or integrators. The Replicability assessment tool has been shared in order to check if it can also be used by Techfinders.io to qualify the use cases/solutions provided by projects. On the other hand, the objective is to advertise this tool to the SNS JU projects, which are willing to bring their results to the market.

First contacts have been established with the TEFAgrifood in order to see how DIH could access these experimental platforms to develop innovative use cases for end users.

SCoDIHNet Activities in 2024

January 2024

SCoDIHNet is now running since 4 years and time has come to review the membership fo the network since many organisations are no more active and representatives are not actively involved in DIH activities. At the end of 2023, network had 93 registered organisations. A survey has been put in place to check the relevance of their activities to SCoDIHNet.

SCoDIHNet has established numerous cooperations and offers many services to DIHs, and after the review of the membership, SCoDIHNet will focus on the most important services expected by the members. A survey has been put in place to collect the 5 key services among the 33 existing services that SCoDIHNet will then focus on.

An updated version of the SCoDIHNet flyer describing in 2 pages the main activities has been prepared to help interested organisations and communities to better understand the role of the network.

Collection of replicable use cases/solutions is still ongoing with the SNS JU call Phase 1 projects, that will complement the existing catalogue when developed and experimented in real conditions. The vertical tracker put in place by the SNS OPS projects is helping to identify these use cases/solutions.

February 2024

SCoDIHNet is after 4 years of running updating its membership, especially since some organizations cease to exist and new ones are willing to join. About 70 organisations are willing to stay. Following the presentation made on the 5 October 2023 in the context of the IAFA#1 of the SNS-OPS project, AIOTI members and 6G IA members will be asked to join SCoDIHNet as Technology providers to facilitate cooperation with DIHs.

A survey has been put in place to better understand the key services that DIHs members are expected from SCoDIHNet. Among the 33 services provided, the 5 key services are: 1) Development of EU proposals, 2) Organisation of pan-EU collaborative R&D, 3) Initiating (ad-hoc) EU interregional collaborations, 4) EU instruments and calls information and 5) Mapping of R&D capacities/capabilities.

The collection of replicable use cases/solutions is still going on with the SNS JU call 1 projects, they will complement the existing catalog when developed and experimented in real conditions. The vertical tracker put in place by the SNS OPS projects is helping to identify these use cases/solutions that are replicable, project could then use the Replicability assessment tool to determine the level of replicability.

March 2024

Following the survey organised earlier, 71 organisations representing DIHs and technology providers coming from AIOTI and 6G-IA membership and more, remained active in SCoDIHNet. An update of the mailing list will be made accordingly.

It was decided to keep SCoDIHNet participation open to all interested organisations.

A separate call for interest has been sent to all 6G-IA members in order to collect their interest to join SCoDIHNet.

A survey has been put in place in order to better understand the key services that DIHs members are expected from SCoDIHNet. Among the 33 services provided, the 5 key services are: 1) Development of EU proposals, 2) Organisation of pan-EU collaborative R&D, 3) Initiating (ad-hoc) EU interregional collaborations, 4) EU instruments and calls information and 5) Mapping of R&D capacities/capabilities. A white paper will be initiated in order to bring concrete actions for each of the five mentioned services.

April 2024

In the context of the SNS-OPS project, a questionnaire has been sent to phase 2 projects in order to collect information and one of the questions is addressing the replicability of the developed use cases. The projects are invited to use the replicability assessment tool to qualify the replicability level of each use case. The first feedback show that most of the use case get a good replicability level which is quite encouraging.

Following the survey to identify the 5 key services, the most important one addresses “Development of EU proposal”. In order to better understand the DIH needs and to provide concrete action plan, a workshop was organised on the 25 of April “How to create consortiums for European Funding?”. The output of the workshop will feed the white paper which will provide a set of concrete actions supporting the 5 key selected services. The recording of the webinar is available here.

SCoDIHNet presented its activities at the AIOTI Bi-monthly event on 16 April in order to update members on the past and ongoing activities. The idea was to engage AIOTI technology providers in order to facilitate cooperations with DIHs and end users.

May 2024

At the SCoDIHNet May meeting, the Chairman of the Digital group of the Enterprise Europe Network has been invited to make a presentation of the working group and also to validate the action plan put in place with SCoDIHNet:

1/ Presentation of EEN/Digital to SCoDIHNet and SCoDIHNet to EEN/Digital

2/ Identification of DIH belonging to both networks

3/ Completion of the Mapping Smart Connectivity providers with EEN members

4/ Organisation of a common workshop to facilitate exchanges between members from both communities

     18 June: 5G towards 6G for citiverse, Torino, Italy (https://5g-towards-6g-for-citiverse.b2match.io/)

Following the survey to identify the 5 key services, a first version of the white paper has been developed and is open to comments. It is providing a number of concrete actions that SCoDIHNet could put in place in order to support DIH activity. These activities are taking advantage of all catalogues already developed and also of the 2 platforms facilitating cooperation and sharing best practices.

June 2024

The 5 key services identified during the survey have been translated into a collection of real actions that SCoDIHNet will put in place to support DIH day to day operation. A white paper was developed and finalised in June, ready for publication.

The “IoT Service by Africa and for Africa” Event organised with the Hubiquitous project, one of the 5 projects aiming at developing DIHs in Africa was a great success with the presentation of the Solution box which provides all the necessary hardware components, online learning resources, and a cloud platform to prototype IoT services easily. In addition, they will also be sharing success stories from our champions who have participated in the Techhub Catalyst Program. These inspiring stories will highlight the achievements and positive impact that our champions have identified for Africa in the IoT area.

The Citiverse event co-organised by the Enterprise Europe Network has the objective of addressing How AI, IoT, Blockchain and XR are driving urban innovation in future Cities & Communities The event will be focused on showcasing and promoting the debate among Public Authorities, Research and Industry on concrete advancements in the application of 5 to 6G emerging technologies solutions for urban innovation towards the upcoming European paradigm of “CitiVerse”. It was also an opportunity to facilitate cooperation between technology providers and end users where DIHs have a great role.

July 2024

The white paper describing the DIH operational issues and the 5 key services identified during the survey has been endorsed by AIOTI and the 6G-IA. It is available here.

Update of the SCoDIHNet catalogues. Following the service catalogue update, they was a need to update the other catalogues. The first one is the Technology provider catalogue which is matching Smart Connectivity organisations (6G-IA, AIOTI, Networld Europe, Gaia-X, 5G4SC) with DIHs at regional level. There are more than 800 organisations identified which could develop projects and solutions that DIH could implement for end users.

Following the survey organised by the SNS-OPS project in April, one of the questions was dealing with the replicability of the use cases developed and experimented by the SNS JU call 2 projects. 23 of them are planning to be replicable, they will complement the 56 use cases developed by the call 1 projects. These use cases will be included in the replicability catalogues and could be used by DIH to provide solution for end users.

The bimonthly SCoDIHNet meeting took place on the 9 July, it has covered the following topics: SCoDIHNet Service offer update, SNS projects replicability update, Stakeholder catalogue update.

On 16 July, SCoDIHNet has been invited by the Agrifood Thematic Working group of the EDIH network, to present the Smart Connectivity domain. It happens that Agrifood sector is using a lot of IoT and connectivity networks in order to collect and process data for a number of use cases.

August 2024

The Smart Connectivity DIH Network has mainly worked on the following topics in August:

Update of the catalogues developed during the last years within SCoDIHNet network:

• SCoDIHNet members: List of members of the network - done
• SCoDIHNet platform catalog: A list of platforms used by DIHs - will start shortly
• SCoDIHNet services: List of services shared among entities - done
• SCoDIHNet Heatmap: Specialisation of DIHs (technologies & verticals) - to be updated
• SCoDIHNet replicability catalog: List of use cases and available solutions - to be done on the fly
• Smart Connectivity Technology providers: to be done
• African DIHs: List of African DIHs supported by ICT58 projects - to be updated

All these catalogues are available on the DIHWare platform, a corresponding update has been started to bring to SCoDIHNet members a place where they can find the latest update of these catalogues.

The TALOS project focuses on enhancing photovoltaic (PV) applications through robotics to align with EU sustainability goals. The project is looking for EDIHs who would be interested in hosting an event in November to inform, onsite, potential beneficiaries of the project open call. SCoDIHNet members have been invited to host this event.

September 2024

SCoDIHNet has started the update all the catalogues developed during the last years and to integrate them on the DIHIWare platform

• SCoDIHNet members: List of members of the network done
• SCoDIHNet platform catalogue: List of platforms used by DIHs will start shortly
• SCoDIHNet services: List of services shared among entities done
• SCoDIHNet Heatmap: Specialisation of DIHs (technologies & verticals) to be updated
• SCoDIHNet replicability catalog: List of use cases & available solutions on the fly
• Smart Connectivity Technology providers ongoing
• African DIHs: List of African DIHs supported by ICT58 projects  to be updated

The bimonthly SCoDIHNet meeting took place on the 12^h September, it has covered the following topics: Status on the implementation of the services, DIHIWare platform update, Open DMA tool, Replicability podcast and the Technology provider catalog update. DIH, which has experimented with the replicability catalogue, was invited to participate.
Preparation of a Webinar in the context of the SNS OPS support action, we are invited to organise a webinar in order to present our SCoDIHNet service description paper to the SNS-JU partners. DIHs that could present their day-to-day operation, their problems, and their expectation with regard to technology providers are welcome to participate.
Preparation of a podcast with the SNS-ICE project on How SNS project results can contribute to the digitalisation of the European industry?

October 2024

Update of the SCoDIHNet platform catalogue

DIH are using technology platforms in order to develop services for end users. A catalogue of platforms has been developed a few years ago, it is time to update it. Today, the catalogue is encompassing 20 platforms, some of them are may be not used any longer, some new ones appear. A survey will be launched soon in order to provide an UpToDate version with useful information allowing DIH to use them.

Preparation of a Webinar in the context of the SNS ICE support action,

This webinar has the objective to facilitate cooperation between Technology providers (SNS JU members) and DIHs in order to accelerate the go between R&I and end users. For that purpose, SCoDIHNet has put in place a number of services supporting DIH that will be presented.

Title: How DIHs could better cooperate with technology providers?

SCoDIHNet service offer presentation (PY Danet)

DIH organisation and operation (DHI1)

DIH cooperation with technology providers (DIH2)

Mapping DIH and technology providers at local level (PY Danet)

Q&R (PY Danet)

Preparation of a podcast in the context of the SNS ICE support action

This podcast has the objective to better facilitate cooperation between Technology providers (SNS JU members) and DIHs in order to accelerate the go between R&I and end users. For that purpose, SCoDIHNet has developed the replicability initiative that provides to DIH use cases and solutions developed by SNS JU projects.

Title: How SNS project results can contribute to the digitalisation of the European industry?

SNS projects use case collection and identification of replicable use cases (C De Majo)

The replicability assessment tool (PY Danet)

DIH mission and operational organisation (DIH1)

The use of SNS replicable use cases by DIH to develop innovative solutions for end users (DIH2)

Wrap-up (PY Danet)

November 2024

The update of the SCoDIHNet platform catalogue

DIH is using technology platforms (IoT, 5G, Cloud, …) to develop services for end users. A catalogue of platforms was developed a few years ago; it is time to update it. Today, the catalogue encompasses 20 platforms. Some of them may not be used anymore, and some new ones have appeared. A survey has been launched until the end of the year to provide an up-to-date version with useful information, allowing DIH to use it.

We are Starting a discussion with the Techfinder.io project to cooperate on replicability

Techfinder.io is implementing a specific platform that encompasses a number of use cases/solutions developed by European projects in the manufacturing domain. The idea is to share best practices and identify gaps and complementarities.

Initiation of a new paper giving a status of the implementation of the SCoDIHNet services.

A living document has been initiated to provide an updated status of the actions taken to fulfil the SCoDIHNet action plan. It will be updated from time to time. This document is available on both platforms Collabwith and DIHIWARE and also on the Box repository

Finalisation of the organisation of the SNS-ICE/SCoDIHNet webinar and podcast

As already mentioned in the previous News, the webinar How DIHs could better cooperate with technology providers? will take place on Monday the 2d December 12h00, the web page is already available for registration by using this link.

The podcast How SNS Project Results Can Contribute to the Digitalisation of the European Industry? will be recorded in mid-December and will be available on SNS platforms and the Collabwith platform before the end of the year.

December 2024

The platform catalogue is being updated, now it includes DIH platforms (12), AIOTI Testbeds (68), CEF 5G for Smart connectivity sites (17), CEF 5G Corridors sites (6), 5G PPP experimental platforms (3), SNS JU StreamC platforms (5) and Testing European Facilities. This catalogue will be implemented on the DIHIWare platform with a map of the location of each of them.

A meeting was organised with Technfinders.io project representatives on 5 December, and we identified several commonalities and possible cooperations. We shall plan a project presentation at the next SCoDIHNet monthly meeting (14/01/2025). The idea is to better organise our Replicability initiative with regard to similar other initiatives, including the Horizon Result Platform and the Horizon Booster project.

The SNS-ICE/SCoDIHNet webinar How Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) could improve cooperation with technology providers? has been organised on the 2 December, 48 people were registered coming from DIHs and Technology providers. Presentations are available on the SNS JU website.

The podcast recording session, "How can SNS project results contribute to the digitalisation of the European industry?” will take place in January. The podcast will be available on SNS platforms and the Collabwith platform.

SCoDIHNet has been invited to the Embracing Digital Tools and 5G for Zero-Waste and Sustainable Manufacturing webinar, which took place on the 12 December. More information is available here.