DEVISE Project Closing Conference
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 2022 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?
Agenda
Times in Irish Standard Time (IST)
- 09:00am – 09.05 ERNACT, Ireland: Welcome
- 09:05 – 09.20: INTERREG EUROPE: state of play, Ségolène JEAN, Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat
- 09:20 – 09.35 ERNACT, Ireland: Project overview and results. Snapshots from DEVISE regions
- 09:35 – 09.50 Business Agency Association, Bulgaria/ Northern and Western Regional Assembly:DEVISE Pilot Action – DMAT Platform
- 09:50 – 10.05 Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland: Results from the monitoring of regional action plans
- 10:05 – 10.20 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
- 10:20 – 10.35 Angers TourismLab, France: Digital uses in the tourism sector in the COVID – 19 context
- 10:35 – 10.50 Q&A
- 10:50 – 11.00 Break
- 11:00 – 11.40 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
- 11:40 – 11.50 Q&A
- 11:50 – 12:00 Closing Remarks, ERNACT
Register here to attend the virtual closing conference: https://teamworker.ernact.eu/INV/URS?dip=102&di=ac35d96a-0919-4fda-ae79-5fde13cefcf6
