AI-powering Greece
The Project
Smart Attica European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) is the first EDIH for Artificial Intelligence in Greece
and operates in three critical business sectors of the Greek economy:
Energy & Environment, Supply chain & Mobility, Culture & Tourism.
It focuses on the digital transformation of SMEs and public sector organisations and aims to advance their digital maturity.
Digital Transformation services
The EDIH will offer four types of innovation services in the following categories:
test before invest, innovation ecosystem and networking opportunities, skills and training and support to find investment.
Smart Attica will provide the appropriate framework and expert guidance to the organisations, allowing them to apply new tools and innovative business models and assess the technical and business potential of their concepts.
Expertise
Smart Attica services will build upon the Hub's expertise on Artificial Intelligence, supported by the HPC & Cybersecurity partnership's know-how. The services will integrate the human-centric, ethics-by-design European AI vision and infuse resilience and sustainability considerations across service provision.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
High-performance Computing (HPC)
Cybersecurity
Application Areas
Energy & Environment
Αiming at the optimum use of natural resources & the environmental impact
As Attica is lagging behind other regions in Europe in the use of natural resources, waste management, energy efficiency and cyclical economy, the Hub will coordinate efforts of the private and public sectors to advance the deployment of innovative AI and digital solutions for optimisation and minimise the impact to the environment.
Supply chain & Mobility
Focusing on the design of efficient & innovative end-to-end smart supply chain
The intense activity of Greece and Attica, along with the strong dependence of various sectors on the supply chain operation and efficiency, poses a strong need for implementing and actuating highly innovative, cross-sector analytics and AI solutions, respecting urban mobility and transportation constraints.
Culture & Tourism
Addressing the digital empowerment of citizens’ & visitors’ experience
There is a need to upscale all digital services provided to citizens and visitors, taking advantage of advanced technologies so as to offer high quality experience, apps, virtual tours, onsite digital aids, etc. New forms of creation, production, distribution, access and participation, empowered by innovative business models, that can boost significantly the entire sector.
Impact
Accelerate the digital transformation of SMEs & public sector organisations in the Attica region/ Increase digital maturity of the region
Enhance SMEs competitiveness locally & across the EU
Contribute to the digital transformation at a national level / Replicate successful pilots to other regions that the Hub has establishments
Enhance the position of Attica & Greece in the context of Digital Transformation
Enhance the Environmental Transformation of companies, public organisations & territories in Attica & Greece
Our News
Smart Attica EDIH is excited to participate in the DIGITAL SME summit 2023, an annual event that will be held […]
On Friday 3 November 2023, the first meeting of the “Innovation Team for the Public sector” took place at the […]
Smart Attica EDIH’s partner, NBG Business Seeds is organising the online event “Innovative entrepreneurship in Digital Technology“, a networking and […]
Smart Attica EDIH invites you to the Fintech Athens 2.0, a conference designed to bring together European and international fintech stakeholders […]
Consortium Partners
Associate Partners
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