1. Innovating with SMEs: Panel Led Discussion
Roberta Piscitelli, EGI.eu
Senior Strategy and Policy Officer
Annabel Grant, GEANT
Senior Business Development Officer
Giuseppe Fiameni, CINECA (EUDAT)
HPC and Data Middleware Consultant

2. Panel – Innovating with SMEs Session – EGI Conf’15
Questions
What is EUDAT’s strategy for engaging SMEs and Industry and why?
In what area of your e-Infrastructure activities you would foreseen innovation generated by SMEs?
(SME as creator of innovation for e-Infrastructures)
What are the services/expertise from your e-Infrastructures that could be beneficial for innovating SMEs?
(e-Infrastructure as creator of innovation for SME)
Why is it important for your organisation to engage with SMEs?
Follow-up: What is the top 2 benefits that SMEs/Industry can expect by engaging with e-Infrastructures?
What are the current barriers for engaging with SMEs?
As we’ve seen, EGI has a beta production version out of a pay-for-use service - Do you have any mechanisms for charging for services?
Follow-up: Do all services need to be paid for? Will all be offered for free? Will a hybrid model be used?
The use of multipliers are typically a good strategy for reaching SMEs, what innovation clusters (or similar) should be targeted?
What are the top 3 dos and don’ts that should be considered when engagement SMEs and industry
Panel – Innovating with SMEs Session – EGI Conf’15
10 Nov Bari