Partners

The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal asbl (LC) is a Brussels-based think tank and policy network. Established in 2003 in Belgium as a non-profit, non-partisan association, the group is dedicated to making a positive contribution through cutting-edge research and by engaging political leaders and the public at large in a constructive exchange about the economic and social challenges of the 21st century.

Ascalia (ASC) is a UK and Croatia based company that provides software and hardware solutions aimed at reducing resource and energy consumption in cities and industry. ASC developed their hardware and software in a way that it can be easily customizable to conform with their client's goals. ASC's goal is to accelerate IoT development and empower clients to easily install and benefit from the IoT based solutions. ASC provides a cost-effective package of integrated software and hardware that guarantees clients a secure and timely achievement of their business objectives as well as significant cost savings. ASC is a state-of-the-art, fully-integrated platform designed for Industry 4.0 and Smart Cities. It leverages the latest technologies to optimize your processes and reduce your environmental footprint – enhancing long-term sustainability in manufacturing facilities and cities.

WINGS ICT Solutions is an SME, which focuses on the development of solutions (software and hardware) for various vertical areas. The areas are utilities (water, energy, gas), smart/digital/liveable cities (providing the means for managing the air quality, the transportation infrastructure, and buildings, as well as delivering services for health, parking and user mobility, and citizen security/safety), food security/safety (safety of meat/milk/oil, smart aquaculture, etc.), and, more recently, industry/logistics. The foundation for the solutions comprises IoT technologies (all types of sensors and actuators, diverse devices/vehicles, etc.), advanced wireless networks (4G, WiFi, 5G, etc.), cloud and big data platform, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, and security mechanisms (such as blockchain, distributed ledgers, etc.). For these sectors WINGS develops specific platforms/products (powered by AI, IoT, cloud/big data, advanced wireless, and security mechanisms): for proactively managing utilities; for realizing the vision of smart/digital and liveable cities; for proactively optimizing the food security and safety levels, and for the indoor and outdoor air quality.

The Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) is a member of the Leibniz Association, which connects 97 independent research institutions that range in focus from the natural, engineering, and environmental sciences via economics, spatial and social sciences to the humanities. The Leibniz Association identifies focus areas for knowledge transfer to policy-makers, academia, business, and the public. The Department of Atmospheric Microphysics (AMP) in TROPOS acts as a competence center for developing and applying microphysical and aerosol particle and cloud drop measurement methods. The established infrastructure at TROPOS (i.e., World Calibration Center for Aerosol Physics, WCCAP) certifies the quality assurance of physical and optical aerosol measurement sites in Europe and worldwide.

The Institute for Anthropological Research (ANT) is a public research institute based in Zagreb, Croatia, that carries out scientific, expert and educational activity in the field of anthropology as a medical, natural, biotechnological, social and humanistic science. It encompasses the Center for Applied Bioanthropology consisting of four laboratories (Laboratory for Molecular Anthropology, Laboratory for Evolutionary Anthropology and Bioarchaeology, Laboratory for Chemical Analytics, Laboratory for Microbial Ecology), each equipped with top-end instruments. Research fields of the Center include molecular anthropology, evolutionary anthropology and bioarchaeology, analytical chemistry in anthropology, microbial ecology, human growth and development, aging and personalized medicine.

Graz University of Technology (TUG) pursues top teaching and research in the fields of the engineering sciences and the technical-natural sciences. An integral part of putting together excellent education and training programs is knowing about the needs of society and the economy. Ultimately, the quality of the education and training at TUG is carried by the strength of its knowledge-oriented and applied research. Numerous competence centers, the Christian-Doppler laboratories, special research fields, research focuses, and large EU projects are only a few examples of the University’s extremely active and successful research. Today engineers have more responsibility than ever for the quality of life of generations to come. Just as technological progress is shaping our lives more and more, universities of technology are becoming more important in the education and training of scientists, research and development, and as partners with business, industry and politics. This awareness and a modern understanding of technology are the guiding principles of the students, teaching staff and researchers of Graz University of Technology. Its location in the midst of the economic region Graz makes TUG a focal point for teaching and research in technical sciences in the South of Austria.

The University of Molise (UMOL) is composed of 6 Departments: Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences; Department of Economics; Department of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences; Department of Biosciences and Territory; Department of Law; Department of Medicine and Health Sciences. UMOL counts 3 University campuses, 9000 students, 105 PhD students and about 600 among teaching and non- teaching staff; it is equipped with several laboratories, multimedia and language labs, central and departmental libraries, and a sports center. UMOL is actively involved in the Erasmus Plus programme, especially for what concerns student mobility programmes for study and traineeship, teaching mobility and staff mobility.

The Universidad de Sevilla (USEV) was established in 1505 and, with more than 70000 students and 6900 staff, is the third largest university in Spain. USEV embraces academia, industry, engineering and science and, with a relevant educational and technological infrastructure, is an intellectual reference in the South of Europe. More than 12000 students are following postgraduate courses, enrolled into 99 master programs and 152 doctoral programs. The university holds academic partnerships with 850 institutions throughout the world. USE is also devoted to research and innovation; therefore, in addition to its 4200 academic staff, there are 1600 researchers and over 470 scientific groups associated to the university. Research is carried out within academic departments, in 9 research centers and 10 university research institutes. Research facilities offer highly advanced research services at the Center for Research, Technology and Innovation (CITIUS) that provides the most advanced and state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation and techniques to research groups, public research institutes and industries. USEV has coordinated and participated in more than 69 EU projects in the last three years. 26 as a coordinator and 43 as a partner, including 28 MSCA, 2 AdG ERC programs, 1 StG ERC programs, 1 CoG ERC and 1 EINFRA program from H2020.

Srebrnjak Children’s Hospital (SCH) is a tertiary healthcare provider and scientific research organisation registered with Croatia’s Ministry of Science and Education. Since its establishment, SCH has become a central institution in paediatrics in Croatia, and a regional leader in the field of paediatric clinical pulmonology, allergy and rheumatology. It became the Croatian Ministry of Health’s reference centre for clinical allergy in children, as well as a member of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network. In 2015, SCH participated in the establishment of the Scientific Centre of Excellence for Personalised Health Care, supported by the Ministry of Science and Education. In 2016 it became a member of the Croatian National Telemedical Network and in 2019 it joined the Centre of Competence in Molecular Diagnostics. SCH is involved in basic and applied biomedical (translational) research, primarily in the area of chronic non-infectious diseases in the paediatric population. It aims to identify early risk markers for the development of chronic respiratory diseases (asthma, COPD) as well as epigenetic mechanisms influenced by a change in the environment and in lifestyle. In 2014, funding has been secured for the realization of the Centre of Competence for Translational Medicine (CCTM), which is currently in its implementation phase. The centre, being part of SCH, represents a modern research platform and a novel paediatric hospital concept, implementing approaches of translational medical research and personalised (precision) medicine, in cooperation with a wide network of collaborating health, research and educational institutions in Croatia and the European Union.

Deda Next (DEDA) is the company of Deda Group that supports the digital transformation of public sector organizations and private companies providing public services, by designing and implementing next-generation services. An Italian company that can count on specialized professionals and passionate people who believe in concrete innovation and who deliver cutting-edge technology solutions and their know-how to contribute to the creation of social value of the future. Through cloud technology, which enables the effective management of data and platforms, DEDA participates in the development of a people-centered society. 

Deda Group is an important aggregating hub of leading Italian firms in the software and digital business. It has been supporting businesses, financial institutions and public organizations with application solutions and IT services for more than forty years. Today the group ranks among the first seven Italian-owned companies in the Software and Services  sector.

FinEst Centre for Smart Cities is an independent organisation under Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH). The aim of TALTECH through FinEst Centre for Smart Cities is to improve urban environments by testing new technologies and thereby grow into an internationally renowned research and development centre. FinEst Centre for Smart Cities was founded by TALTECH, Aalto University, Forum Virium Helsinki and the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.

Lab Service Analytica (LAS) is active mainly in the fields of Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety and distributes certified reference materials, instrumentation dedicated to sample preparation for chemical analysis and to polymer generation, as well as integrated systems for chemical and physical sampling and monitoring. As Certified Innovative SME, it has been producing its own patented instruments for environmental monitoring and pollutant sampling since 2010. In this regard, the latest disruptive and innovative solutions for odors detection and air quality are OdorPrep - under the H2020 SME Inst. Program (on-demand environmental emissions sampler and air quality monitoring system dedicated to odors according to ISO EN13725: 2003) and NetPID - under the UIA-AIR BREAK Project (autonomous environmental monitoring station suitable for the implementation of complex networks).

With about 200 employees, the National Institute of Biology (NIB) is one of the independent public research institution for Life Sciences in Slovenia. The Institute was founded in 1960 by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. The main activity of the Institute has been fundamental, developmental and applied research in the fields of biotechnology, biophysics, biomedicine and systems biology. The numerous activities of NIB are related to the environment, agriculture, food and, more recently, increasingly, to human health. NIB has four departments: Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology and Marine Biological Station Piran. At the Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology (GEN), research is conducted in the areas of ecotoxicology, genetic toxicology, cancer biology and immunology. In genetic toxicology, GEN studies chromosomal and deoxyribonucleic (DNA) damage and the mechanisms of mutagenicity. GEN focuses on the study of environmental mutagens and carcinogens as well as natural compounds with anticarcinogenic activity. To investigate the mechanisms of chemical, physical and biological mutagens, carcinogens and their synergistic effects at the cellular and molecular level, GEN is developing novel methods and approaches for the in vitro detection of genotoxic agents using bacterial, mammalian and human cells including novel 3D cell models. Another area of research focuses on studying the molecular mechanisms of action of combined exposure to environmental contaminants, especially the synergistic interactions. The new knowledge in genetic toxicology helps in the identification of new antimutagenic substances of natural origin that can be used in cancer chemoprevention.

Center For Physical Sciences And Technology (FTMC) is the largest scientific research institution carrying out a unique fundamental research and technological development works in scientific fields of laser technologies, optoelectronics, environmental sciences, nuclear physics, organic chemistry, bio and nanotechnologies, electrochemical material science, functional materials, electronics, etc. in Lithuania. In the Center not only the innovative science but also high technologies expedient for business and society needs are developed. The main activity of FTMC is to carry out fundamental and applied research as well as experimental investigations in the fields of physics, chemistry and technologies, which are of utmost importance to the state, society and business. FTMC relies on values of scientific excellence, versatility and flexibility, broad, but balanced spectrum of research, knowledge and mind, effectiveness and networking.

Copenhagen Prospective Studies On Asthma In Childhood (COPSAC), a unit of Region Hovedstaden (RegionH), is a clinical research unit for pediatric asthma research with the aim of developing evidence-based prevention strategies. COPSAC’s method is prospective clinical birth cohort studies of which two (COPSAC2000 and COPSAC2010) are currently followed at the research unit. Endophenotyping is based on daily diary cards and comprehensive longitudinal objective assessments exploring systems biology and gene-environment interactions in the origin of atopic diseases. COPSAC comprises a multidisciplinary research cluster with competences in pediatrics, pulmonology, allergology, dermatology, microbiology, immunology, genetics and statistics, and participates in national and international research collaborations. 

Know-Center (KNOW) is a leading European research center for Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data-driven Business. Since 2001, KNOW performs RESEARCH to turn data into intelligence, supports business to turn data into value, and provides an academy to shape the workforce of tomorrow. KNOW unites research on key aspects of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data-driven business models to make businesses future-ready. KNOW combines all business, data and technical competences required to establish Data-driven business under one roof. KNOW supports companies in strategy development, ideation and all the way to implementation. KNOW trains companies and individuals in understanding and utilizing the power of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data-driven Business. 

Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (IMROH) encourages multi-disciplinary approach to studying how chemical, physical, and biological agents in the general and working environment affect biological systems from a macromolecule to an entire organism. This approach has significantly contributed to the understanding of human exposure and risk assessment. We fulfill our mission through monitoring general and occupational environment (including air, soil, water, and food pollution) and providing occupational health research and professional services. IMROH provides expert advice to law and policy makers related to environmental protection and safety at work, helps implement adopted regulations, and helps to adapt them to the requirements of sustained development, which is under the constant pressure of the growing economy. On these premises, IMROH has committed itself to encouraging excellence in scientific research, providing reliable environmental monitoring services, and to contributing to education of young scientists through co-operation with universities and to continuing education of its own staff. This is why IMROH has kept the competitive edge and pace with new technologies for so many years. Last but not least, with its crown jewel, the scientific journal Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, IMROH continues to contribute to the global knowledge on environmental effects on human health.

Thinnect (THIN) is an Estonian company offering Internet of Things (IoT) technology, services and solutions enabling the connection of embedded systems (such as controllers for lighting control or sensors for environmental monitoring) to the local network and the internet. THIN's solutions can be used to achieve energy savings as well as increase ease of use and efficiency. All THIN products are based on Thinnect Mist mesh networking technology patented and developed by THIN. The main advantages of their technology are:

• Self configuring network layer – solution deployment is fast as there is no need for network planning and no network configuration at installation time
• Patented ‘no collision’ TDMA clustering scheme eliminates collisions in large/high density wireless mesh networks. The clustering scheme is realized by each individual node in the network using only local information, available to the nodes and requiring no central coordination.
• THIN solutions enable remote management, ensuring reliable operation and quick identification and solving of any detected issues .