22ND OF SEPTEMBER 2017
MADRID

1. Fernando Valdés
2. Didier van den Abeele
3. Martin Ruskowski
4. Sam Helmer
5. Fopke Klok
6. Jan Stanilko
7. Patrick Kennedy
8. Luigi Perissich

DIH in Spain: A view from a public administration
1. Identification and promotion of new and sustainable DIH.
2. Institutional support.
3. Mapping of their services and public awareness about them.
4. Financing.
5. Coordination among public administrations (Regions).
6. Matching with industrial companies, especially SME.
7. Stimulate their access to European funds.
8. Working Group.

FR map of ICT/NMBP cc/Hubs
(soon on horizon2020.fr)
French (d)IH national strategy
• Oct. 2016 – Decision to launch
• Janv. 2017 – Official launch
• From Feb., iterative process of
classification
• Dissemination at regional, national,
Alliance, EU levels
– Alliance Industrie du Futur
– Infodays
– TNO’s survey, other DGs
– etc
Overall purpose:
Expose the French ICT /
NMBP Community
• Strategy based on:
1. Clear criteria: Offered services,
Technical areas, Quality of ecosystem
2. Regional Contact Points: credibility
wrt. the overall sustainability
+140 actors

German Funding Initiative “Mittelstand 4.0”
Initiative
 Mittelstand 4.0 – Digital Production and Work
Processes
 Digital transformation in SMEs
 Funded by Federal Ministry for Economic
Affairs and Energy
Funding Aims
 Raise awareness among SMEs
 Provide key information and knowledge
 Support the development of needs-oriented,
secure, and market-ready solutions for SMEs
Scope
 13 centers running as of today
 Up to 22 centers planned

WHAT WE ACHIEVED
1. Action program 2015-2017
• Creating Awareness by addressing Smart Industry
to over 15.000 SME’s and entrepreneurs
• And by creating over 300 ambassadors, an annual
country wide event, news letter, Twitter and
LinkedIn-group
• Development of 30 Fieldlabs ->
• Connecting Smart Industry knowledge part to the
national Science agenda
• Development of Skills program, lector network,
master, minor and associate degree modules in
Smart Industry

ITEA, the EUREKA Cluster on Software Innovation, supports companies and innovators:
• To develop new partnerships
• To access new customers and new markets
• To develop new products and technologies
in international, collaborative and industry-driven R&D projects with a focus on results.
ITEA projects are actual ecosystems in which
• Large companies benefit from SMEs and start-ups for flexibility and new ideas
• SMEs benefit from big players by gaining visibility and expand into new markets
EUREKA clusters like ITEA provide a trusted framework in which it is easy to set up a
partnership for business-driven innovation.
ITEA is an enabler:
internationalisation and commercialisation
Source: The Innovation Ecosystem, OpenInnovation.eu, J. Spruijt et. al., July 2015.
Development and propagation of
innovative ideas is a “chaotic” process
that requires e.g. “proximity”,
“language” and trust.

Digital Innovation Hubs in Poland
The role of the Future Industry Platform in the Digital Innovation Hubs network development
1. DIHs in Poland: one operational, five in preparation, two candidates
2. The small number stems from the lack of domestic demand for advanced solutions
3. Before “expanding the network“, the DIH needs to provide a proof of concept. Few lighthouse
projects – public as well as private
4. Priority actions aiming at the demand creation:
• Awareness building among owners of SME’s
• Information about the most recent solutions and standards
• Competence and leadership building
• Financial support mechanisms and fiscal incentives supporting transformation at the company level
4. In 2018 Poland’s government is planning to launch the Future Industry Platform. The Platform will
support the development of domestic demand through varied actions and provide DIHs with broad
market intelligence necessary to design appropriate services.
5. Collateral actions on launching national AI programme just started – leading IT companies & academic
supercomputer centres

Factories of the Future | EFFRA
• Factories of the Future is Europe’s research & innovation
programme for advanced manufacturing – enabling the
realisation of ‘industry 4.0’.
• It is a public-private partnership.
• 240+ Projects launched to date.
• I4MS is supported through Factories of the Future.
• EFFRA is Europe’s factories of the future association.
• Official partner to the EU in the Factories of the Future.
• We encourage participation, support the broad
community & shape research & innovation agenda.
• Forging strong links with national & regional initiatives
through our members & community.
www.effra.eu

 Tangible Assets – Annex A
Super Depreciation of 250% of new tangible
assets necessary to 4.0 technological
transformation 3 categories::
1. controlled by digital systems and/or
managed by sensors;
2. systems for quality and sustainability
assurance;
3. devices for the human to machine
interaction , improved ergonomy and safety
in 4.0 logic.
R&D investments Tax credit
increased from 25% to 50% with
a ceiling increased from 5M€ to
20M€
National Plan Industria 4.0 2017 - 2020
 Intangible assets Annex B
Depreciation of 140% of intangible
assets (software and
development/system integration)
connected to investments in
tangible assets 4.0: the incentive is
reserved to companies that will
benefit from super depreciation
Patent Box reduction of 50%
of taxable base for revenues
produced by non tangible
assets exploitation
Financial incentives for VC and Start
ups for 4.0. Public Credit scheme (SME
Fund)
Infrastructures: Ultra- Broadband plan;
Standards and interoperability
Digital Innovation Hubs and
Competence Center
Confindustria Network
6 I4MS Italian DIH part of
Confindustria Network

THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION