Better Use of ICT Solutions for Estonian Industry
This Watify flagship event held in Tallinn as part of the European Technology Transformation Week is focused on applying ICT in manufacturing and other sectors (e.g. machinery and mechanical engineering, wood/timber industry and construction, furniture industry) for increased efficiency and innovation.
The aim is to facilitate practical matchmaking for joint service/product development and innovative joint business models, in which the ICT and other sector company are both engaged in a strategic manner (e.g. licensing, joint venture start-ups) as well for partnerships in which ICT can considerably help improving the business processes of the partner sector.
Agenda
| 13.00 | Welcome addresses and general intro to the event, Representative of Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs Mr. Michael Berz, European Commission, Ms. Doris Põld, Estonian ICT Cluster Manager Moderated by Mr. Rene Tõnnisson, Baltic Innovation Agency |
| 13.30 | Part I: Enhancing production and business processes by the adoption of advanced ICT capabilities – WATIFY success stories Presentation of 3 case studies of success stories related to applying ICT in other sectors by representatives of non-ICT sector companies that were directly involved in the process. The cases address innovative product/service development or considerable improvement of the non-ICT sector company´s business processes. 13.30–13.45 Mr. Francisco Bujan, Overview of Watify 13.45–14.10 Furniture: Tischlerei Eigenstetter GmbH, (Germany)* 14.10–14.35 Bio-economy: Ingelia (Spain) 14.35–15.00 Taylor Steel (Netherlands)* 15.00–15.30 Trends in 5-10 years perspective. How will ICT boost manufacturing and other sectors and how to make it happen in your company? What kind of innovative business models are emerging in Europe? Prof. Valerio Alessandron *preliminary suggestions; tbs |
| 15.30 | Networking & Coffee Break |
| 16.00 | Part II: Matchmaking session Hands-on matchmaking between the ICT companies and other sector companies attending the event. This is the core part of the event: other sessions contribute to building rapport and momentum, but the main goal is solid 1:1 matches resulting in potential collaborations that will go on beyond this workshop. B2MATCH system is used for WATIFY matchmaking (example https://watify-lyon.b2match.io/). |
| 17.00 | Next Steps and Closing of the Day |
Registration: open until 16 February 2018 here.
Event is in English.
Additional information: Rene Tõnnisson, Baltic Innovation Agency, rene@bia.ee, +372 502 9873