Klaipėda Science and Technology Park, together with 8 other institutions from 6 countries, is participating in the project InforM (Innovation Framework for Challenge Oriented Intelligent Manufacturing). The project aims at creating a cross-sectorial integrated Innovation Support Digital Framework for the mechatronics and mechanical engineering SMEs with the objective to support companies in the digital transformation process. DIGIAUDIT – an innovative tool that has been developed in the framework of this project. The tool is free of charge – businesses are encouraged to use it and find ways how to become more efficient and enhance competitive advantage by using digital technologies to manage business processes and production.
The aim of a DIGIAUDIT is to get an overview of the extent to which and for what purpose companies are using different digitizing instruments in their value chain.
Link:
https://epa.imecc.ee/industry40/en?refid=ltda921376
STEP 1: Fill in the company form (Join solution)
TEP 2: Sign in and fill out the questionnaire (Begin audit) after receiving your PIN
After evaluation of the received data, the companies will be provided with consultations, specialized trainings and seminars will be organized as well.
We wish you success and hope that this analysis will help your company improve!
Save-the-Date for the first Blue Platform Workshop: Aquaculture Legislation on 6 and 7 February 2020 in Helsinki, Finland! The aim of the workshop is to compare, review and suggest alignments of legislation of (mainly fish) aquaculture in different countries around the Baltic Sea Region and to find best legal practices.
The workshop is free of charge, but please make sure to register to secure a place. Organisers especially welcome public authorities, researchers, companies.
Register for the workshop: https://forms.gle/tj68gx2bE6q2rfy6A
More information about the workshop
More openess, more space for fresh ideas and meaningful collaborations – team of Klaipėda Science and Technology Park (KSTP), is delighted to see that traditional businesses from the green and blue sectors are gradually transforming. Industries are looking for some attractive tools for boosting their creativity and growing competencies that would enable development of new products or services. And the CTCC project has something valuable to offer!
“Live workshops organized in the framework of this project unlocked intense discussions and insights of our international experts – we had many positive feedbacks from our participants. This phase is over, anyway, our activities continue – now in the form of the online training that is focused on design for creativity and innovation for SMEs. This platform is open to anyone willing to learn and discover. Anyway, we are very glad to see the enthusiasm of our traditional companies”, – said Erika Zavackienė, Innovation Manager at the KSTP.
Kristina Cukalina, Marketing Manager of the JSC Western Ship Agency, took part in two live workshops in Klaipeda and Gdynia – the content and personal engagement helped in building a strong confidence that design thinking and other creative methods can be used even in very “stiff” and specific areas, which seemingly are quite difficult to accept change.
By her own example team member of the Western Ship Agency demonstrates modern approach to everyday challenges and keeps on growing her professional skills: this year Kristina started her master’s degree in marketing at the Klaipeda University. Also she became one of the first “pioneers” in Klaipeda to test the online training programme created within the framework of the CTCC project and received an official statement of participation: “No doubts that this form of training is very convenient for the working or studying person. The course gave me an opportunity to consolidate and extend the knowledge I have already gained. However, one could also join the training starting from the very basic things and gradually build useful knowledge, competencies and qualities that could open many new doors in your professional life”.
More information about the project and CTCC online training:
Erika Zavackienė +370 684 50212 erika@kmtp.lt
On the 26 of November Klaipėda Science and Technology Park initiated a meeting, dedicated for discussing the efficiency of biomass logistics chain through new technological solutions and business models. The event was organised in the framework of the Connect2SmallPorts project and brought together representatives from different industries, science institutions, Klaipėda State Seaport Authority, other organisations. Trending topic also attracted businesses operating in Belarus.
Meeting provided an open platform to talk over different aspects of the subject and share ideas about innovations that would enable stronger competitive advantages. Speakers emphasized the creation of higher added value enabling efficient use of biomass by converting these resources into biogas, synthetic gas, hydrogen.
SGS Klaipėda Ltd representatives gave a presentation on biomass certification aspects, guests from the Lithuanian Energy Institute introduced topic about biomass utilization in advanced energy production technologies, various types of biofuel properties, research, testing and certification.
Technological solutions for biomass transportation were discussed by delegates from the Inland Waterways Directorate and Vilnius Locomotive Repair Depot. Representatives of Klaipeda Science and Technology Park, Lithuanian Biomass Energy Association and Lithuanian Energy Institute shared their ideas about business models and technological solutions that would create new business and infrastructure in the field of bioenergy.
#connect2smallports #LNGcluster #biomass
This week’s trajectories have been drawn from Northern Europe to the south, presenting Lithuanian maritime industry.
Our initiatives and meaningful collaborations were presented at the Smart-up BSR bsrmeeting in Helsinki by our innovation manager Erika Zavackiene. Our development manager Andrius Sutnikaswas invited to present Lithuanian maritime industry and moderate one of the sessions on port technology and innovation at the Business2Sea forum in Porto.
Main insight connecting these two geographical points – Europe’s port strategies still lack the creativity and far-sightedness to discover and properly exploit their competitive advantages. Through our events, ideas and project activities we aim to contribute to faster processes!
#KlaipedaLNGforum #PortathonBaltic #hackathon #ports
The Blue Bioeconomy has enormous potential in the Baltic Sea Region, but development of this sector requires a critical mass of actors. Since its foundation in 2015, the SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG (www.submariner-network.eu) has provided a platform for actors from the whole Baltic Sea Region to come together and actively promote innovative and sustainable uses of marine resources through national and transnational knowledge transfer and by generating actions, initiatives and events.
In close cooperation with its members, the platform over the past years has been able to raise more than 18 million EUR in funding for projects across the spectrum of blue bioeconomy sectors, such aqua- and mariculture, blue biotechnology, marine litter and their enabling tools such as maritime spatial planning, smart specialisation and acceleration services.
Under the umbrella of SUBMARINER Network, more than 15 different institutions created the Baltic Blue Biotechnology Alliance, an Interreg Baltic Sea Region project (2016-2019) and its successor project ALLIANCE+ (2019-2021). Through the ALLIANCE network, we match individuals, companies, business support organisations and scientific institutions with a passion for blue biotechnology and the joint goal of advancing the sector. In the enclosed brochure we are proud to present the ALLIANCE´s experiences and results over the past three years, in support of more than 20 start-ups, SMEs and regions pursuing new blue biotechnology products and services. Thanks to the intensive activities of the ALLIANCE, six new marine bio-based products have already successfully entered the market, with more to come.
We warmly invite you to join the ALLIANCE network and benefit from this unique opportunity, which has already proven its credentials as accelerator for any kind of blue biotechnology product, service or project development idea.
In frame of the ALLIANCE+ project, a match-making event on 23-24 January 2020 in Helsinki, Finland will happen. Not only will you be able to network with our actors and members of the mentoring programme, you will also have the opportunity to present your expertise, your potential service within the blue biotechnology field, and your general interests in blue biotechnology in the Baltic Sea Region.
Contact: Efthalia Arvaniti, ea@submariner-network.eu
National contact point: Andrius Sutnikas, Klaipeda Science and Technology Park, projects@kmtp.lt
We welcome all newcomers, experts, professionals and individuals alike to share our interest in a joint effort to improve collaboration in the field of blue biotechnology.
If you are interested, do not hesitate to contact Efthalia or your national contact point. However, in view of the limited available places, we encourage you to get in touch with her no later than 30 November 2019.
The IV international creative congress “Design Plus” was held in Szczecin, Poland, on 10-11 October 2019. The event became an open platform for discussions, covering the future of sectors such as fashion, games and audiovisual production, as well as the design of products and services. Also speakers and organizers have addressed the topics of future design, sharing economics and circular economics.
For the partners, involved in the international project Creative Traditional Companies Cooperation (CTCC), “Design Plus” gave a strong boost of fresh ideas and hot trends before diving into the partner meeting and exciting workshop that also invited representatives from the traditional businesses and creative industries.
“The future we want must be designed, otherwise we will get a future that we do not want”, – the quote from Joseph Beuys became a key for deeper understanding about the goals of the “Design Plus”.
Importance of concious desisions
What if we had a new way to design products, services and businesses that would be good for people, the planet and business? If so, could you redesign everything? Start creating the future today? New tools such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things and biomimicry mean that today’s design ambitions are limited only by our imagination.
The fashion industry is the second largest waste producer in the world. According to research, by 2030 the world waste will double. The largest dump is the Pacific Ocean Garbage Floating in the Pacific – it starts about 900 km from the coast of California and ends near Japan. How to reconcile changing trends, fashion passing from season to season – with sustainable development? Why (and whether) worth being slow and not fast? Developing technology gives almost unlimited possibilities of entertainment and moving into the virtual world. By 2017, the percentage of households in Europe with internet access has increased to 87% – an increase of 32 percentage points compared to 2007. We are buying more and more, we live quickly and we do not think about the consequences of their daily behaviors and habits.
Can informed consumers change the market? Or maybe the Schumpeter statement is still valid, which says that it was not consumers who first expressed the need and demand for electric lamps, nylon stockings, traveling by cars or planes, listening to the radio or chewing gum, but that the vast majority of changes were forced by the producers – precisely on consumers? The latter most often resisted change and had to be properly “educated” through extensive psychotechnics of advertising.
Design and business go hand in hand
While raising relevant questions, the “Design Plus” with its speakers, representing traditional businesses, startups and creatives from Poland and abroad, gave an opportunity to see that design and business go hand in hand. Entrepreneurs to attract customers outdo each other in originality, and creative competitions are very helpful in shaping the brand and designing good services, products and ecosystems.
The challenges faced by designers in the 20th century, such as the creation of a new object, a logotype, the insertion of simple technology into smaller or lager box, have ceased to be valid in the 21st century. If we are dealing with the massive, continual change that is characteristic of our time, we must all think like designers – with this idea CTCC project partners and related companies moved from the „Design Plus“ conference hall at CKE Old Slaughterhouse to the workshop space at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin.
Sharing different perspectives
The workshops on 11 October were led by professor Achim Hack from Germany who is an expert in the field of the design, especially in the scope of interrior design, furniture, interior architecture and construction. He gives lectures and seminars at Wismar University, advises students on the preparation and implementation of projects.
After introducing themselves and some networking activities, the participants of the workshops focused on the challenges, faced by various businesses, and tried to share their perspective on how to reach desired goals in most efficient ways and stay aware of the needs and wishes of their customers. Representatives from Klaipėda and Technology Park had an opportunity to discuss the development and goals of the polish startup Future Kids, selling sprint kayaks for children. Recently company started cooperating with famous company “Nelo” and moved production to their factory in Portugal.
„Polish startup could be an inspiring example not only of working and expanding on the international level – company also has a very successful collaboration with creative industries. With the help of designers “Future Kids” are creating strong competitive advantages – they are not the only ones, producing very specific sports equipment, but also already having unique visualisations which help to buid a really strong brand‘, – said Erika Zavackiene, Innovation Manager at Klaipėda Science and Technology Park.
Safety and protection of your assets are critical to the success of your business, thus safety programs are perceived as a necessary cost of doing business. Safety standards are constantly changing, becoming more demanding whilst providing increased commercial protection. Balancing the increased pressure to improve productivity and quality, while reducing cost against mandated safety regulations, is one of the most complex challenges in industry today.
How to drive profitable safety? 17 October 2019 is dedicated to this question at Klaipėda Science and Technology Park. Special guest and conductor of the process safety seminar, offered by Lithuanian LNG cluster members – company “Schneider Electric” – internationally recognized expert Christopher Rogers (Functional Safety Manager & Principal Instructor, FS Expert).
The event is free of charge. Registration (until 14 October 2019): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9GPB5WX
The seminar will be held in english.
When: 17 october 2019, Thursday.
Registration from 09:30. Programme from 10:00.
Where: Klaipėda Science and Technology Park (ground floor)/ Vilhelmo Berbomo str. 10, Klaipėda.
FULL AGENDA AND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE PRESENTER
The Smart-up BSR project announced that next InnoCamp will be held on 9-11 September 2019 in Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot. Participants of the event are going to work for 3 days, in 3 different locations on 3 different challenges (each day on one particular challenge).
The challenges are following:
CHALLENGE 1: 9th Sept: “How can we manage the temporary use of the shipyard areas in transition, engaging different stakeholders and empowering entrepreneurship?”
CHALLENGE 2 :10th Sept: “How can we align the economic development of inner-city ports with the quality of life in the surrounding urban areas? “
CHALLENGE 3: 11th Sept: “How can we innovatively integrate responsible public spending (including public procurement) with local entrepreneurship for tackling climate change consequences?”
Each day participants will start with the thematic inspiration and end with summary of the solutions. Guests of the InnoCamp will be able to join a study visit to the Gdańsk post-shipyard area and to the Port of Gdynia, also – to visit Sopot for an evening.
“This time it will be different than in previous Camps, because each participant will have the opportunity to work on all challenges, so you do not have to choose which challenge you are most interested in. We will use the Dragon Dreaming method which is very dynamic and engaging. We really hope that this Camp will be very interesting for all of you!”, – said organisers.
(You can read more about the methodhere: http://www.dragondreaming.org/dragondreaming/what-is-it-exactly/dragon-dreamingthe-dragon-dreaming-process)
REGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/6EmZM9expXGczKZ7A
Please check the AGENDA / Version for downloading
Led by the Maritime Institute of Gdańsk, partners of the InnoAquaTech project developed the InnoAquaTech project brochure in July 2019. The 28-page brochure that is also available in print, features results and findings of the main activities. The brochure presents the four project pilots and the main tools and services developed for SMEs, i.e. the summer schools, the international business study visits and the investment guidelines.
Check out the full brochure HERE
Final newsletter in the scope of the InnoAquaTech project is also available with latest announcements from the consortium!
In this newsletter you can access updates for the German summer school in Rostock (March 2019) and the 2-day Study Visit to Jutland, Denmark (May 2019). Furthermore, since the end of the project is approaching, many projects outputs will soon be available! Check out the online Decision Support Tool and Investment Guidelines developed for RAS aquaculture investors and practitioners interested in African Catfish and Whiteleg shrimps.
In addition, project partners published one brochure summarizing the results of InnoAquaTech and created a website portal presenting the Polish shrimp RAS production pilot. Last but not least, partners present developments concerning the legacy of the InnoAquaTech project and future aspirations.
