2. Digital Innovation Hubs – An overview Parallel session in Agri-Food Working Committee Bilbao, 28 November Annita Kalpaka, Policy Analyst JRC Unit B3, S3P

3. Topics
DIH initiative
S3 & DIH project in a nutshell
DIHs in Digital Europe program

4. I. DIH Initiative

5. Digitising European Industry initiative (DEI)
Digital transformation of industry
New industrial revolution driven by new generations of digital technologies
New ways to design, produce, commercialise and generate value from products and services
To ensure long term competitiveness, European industry needs to seize fully and swiftly the digital opportunities

6. Existing National Initiatives for digitising industry across the EU
Coherence, collective steer, co-ordination
Monitoring actions at all levels: EU, MSs, regional and industrial
Diffusion of Best Practices
Pool investments
Analysis of National Initiatives on Digitising Industry

7. What is a Digital Innovation Hub?
Digital Innovation Hubs support companies – in particular SMEs – and public organisations in their digital transformation
What is a Digital Innovation Hub?

8. Achievements since 2016
European Catalogue (yellow pages) of Digital Innovation Hubs:
Operational Hubs + Hubs in Preparation
October 2018
€500 million EU funding for Digital Innovation Hubs ( )
A pan-European network of over 200 operational Digital Innovation Hubs
500 Start-ups, SMEs and mid-caps tested digital innovations in collaboration with more than 150 Digital Innovation Hubs in 370 innovation experiments 
13 EU countries included Digital Innovation Hubs in national digitalisation strategies
Coaching more than 60 potential Digital Innovation Hubs in regions with slower adoption of digital technologies, with focus on EU13.

9. II. S3 & DIH project in a nutshell

10. S3P-DIH project
JRC B3 and DG CONNECT collaborate around 4 deliverables to support the strategy and the Digital Innovation Hubs, in particular on the connections between Smart Specialisation processes, regional growth, ICT, Smart Specialisation and Industrial Modernisation.
D1 – DIH Catalogue tool of DIHs that provide digitalisation services and is hosted by the Smart Specialisation Platform webpage. The catalogue holds information on the DIH such as contact data, services, funding and more.
D2 - Case studies identifying, documenting and diffusing good practices of DIH involved in developing and implementing Smart Specialisation Strategies, also mobilising a community of practitioners in collaboration.
D3 - Mapping and analysis of DIH investment & collaboration patterns: analysis of DIH participation in FP7 and H2020 projects (what type of experiments they carry out) + comparison with data on Smart Specialisation priorities and regional innovation strengths + analysis of patterns of regional pre-conditions and services offered  regional DIHs embeddedness in networks and value chains.
D4: Case studies of DIH strategies depending on socio economic contexts: a selected number of regions will be explored more in depth to better understand the connection between different forms of pre-conditions and the activities of the DIHs, and what successful approaches are, depending on the regional pre-conditions.

11. DIH Catalogue under S3P
Repository with more than 400 hubs
Hosted under the S3P
207 Fully Operational and 205 In Preparation DIHs (Oct.2018)
Dynamically growing database
It serves as a 'yellow pages of DIHs' in Europe
Searchable tool through map, key words and categories of data

12. Criteria for fully operational DIHs
Be part of a regional, national or European policy initiative to digitise the industry
Be a non-profit organisation
Have a physical presence in the region and present an updated website clearly explaining the DIHs’ activities and services provided related to the digital transformation of SMEs/Midcaps or industrial sectors currently insufficiently taking up digital technologies
Have at least 3 examples of how the DIH has helped a company with their digital transformation, referring to publicly available information, identifying for each:
Client profile
Client needs
Provided solution to meet the needs

13. Categories of data of DIHs
Contact data
Short description
Organisational form
Evolutionary stage
Geographical scope
Funding sources
Partners
Link to national or regional initiative for digitising industry
Markets & Services
Technological competences
Service examples

17. Identifying synergies between RIS3 & DIHs 9

18. Conclusions Trust building – adequate support
Adequate service delivery network
Attractive services
Multilevel governance
Financing models
Communication

19. III. DIHs in Digital Europe program

21. Digital Innovation Hubs in Digital Europe
Digital Innovation Hubs will diffuse digital capacities – high performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital skills – across the economy enabling the digital transformation of industry and public sector

22. Joint support and co-investment

23. Digital Europe for Digital Innovation Hubs at a glance

24. Key Messages: DIH in Digital Europe

25. Further information Digital Innovation Hubs
Brochure on Digitising European Industry
Catalogue of Digital Innovation Hubs
Digital Europe Programme

26. Thank you for the attention!