The Hamburg EDIH’s services are tailored to address the needs of a broad range of economic sectors, including logistics, transportation, aviation, maritime, services, crafts, and food. As the region is characterized by the diversity of local industries, this approach is key to guaranteeing that digital transformation will be widespread rather than isolated in selected industries. Given that a diverse mix of economic sectors contributes to making a region more competitive as well as resilient to industry-specific economic shocks, we expect a positive effect on the Hamburg metropolitan region’s competitiveness and resilience.
To guarantee tailor-made services, we have clustered our offer into 4 buckets, which each of our 6 partners bringing in their specific expertise.
Are you interested in any kind of service? Please reach out to us on the contact page, or email us directly – we are happy to explain our offer to you as quickly as possible.
The EDIH partners offer a wide variety of formats to support SMEs, mid caps & public administration in their digitalization and to break down barriers: From small lecture formats on technologies like AR, VR, AI or Cybersecurity to large events in the field of quantum technology, we cover a broad portfolio of relevant topics.
In addition to classic information events, our partners also offer targeted workshop formats, which can be conducted in groups of different sizes: From the development of digitization strategies in the skilled trades or for medium-sized companies, topics such as sustainability or resilience in supply chains, Work 4.0, IoT, cybersecurity or artificial intelligence can be taken up. Design thinking workshops or “Lego Serious Play” are also part of the offer.
Often, companies or administration lack a vision of what is theoretically possible and practically implementable. Here, our partners offer access to demonstrators in which digital technologies are shown using practical case studies: Examples ranging from software to hardware, to the practical application of artificial intelligence or the use of cyber-physical systems or even modern data analysis are possible. Topics such as carbon accounting or the use of a distributed ledger are also covered.
A wide external partner network also provides access to Tech Labs, both through the European EDIH network and local partners.
The “Future Tech Check-up” provides you with a comprehensive overview and assessment of the technologies you already use to identify untapped potential and uncover opportunities for innovation and increased efficiency. With our team of EDIH experts, we help you make the most of your technological resources and strengthen your competitiveness in the marketplace. In addition, you will receive an overview of how your company or PSO (Public Sector Organization) compares to other companies or PSOs in your industry.
Identify new opportunities and revolutionize your institution with innovative use cases. Our experienced EDIH experts help you flesh out your ideas and take the first step toward a practical solution. As an innovation hub for small and medium-sized businesses, startups and PSOs, we understand your unique challenges and provide you with the tools to realize your full potential. We work with you to develop and design your use case that meets your specific needs. From brainstorming to conceptual design, we’ll guide you through the entire process until implementation.
The EDIH “Joint -Proof -of Concept” service helps you to turn your vision or use case into reality. We offer you the opportunity to validate your innovative ideas, minimize risks and realize the full potential of your project before making major investments. Our experienced EDIH experts develop a customized concept and create prototypes that bring your ideas to life.
This service offers you a modern and powerful computing infrastructure to perform your experiments in a secure environment. We provide you with the necessary computing resources, allowing you to avoid high investment costs for expensive hardware and infrastructure. Our dedicated team of EDIH experts is available to answer any questions or address any issues you may have, ensuring that your experiments lead to the insights and findings you desire and that you get the most out of our Research Computing Infrastructures (RCI).
Within a short consultation, our partners can identify the needs of companies and work with them to develop a strategy for financing or promoting projects: Is financing via investors more suitable for the plans or is e.g. funding via third-party funds more sensible – and what are the respective advantages & disadvantages?
The “Project Proposal Writing” service helps you to create a convincing and professional project proposal suitable for a funding line. Our experienced team will help you communicate your idea clearly and appropriately for the funding line, identify potential project partners, define work packages, and calculate the budget. The “Project Proposal Writing” service helps you to create a convincing and professional project proposal suitable for a funding line. Our experienced team will help you communicate your idea clearly and appropriately for the funding line, identify potential project partners, define work packages, and calculate the budget.
We support the identification of suitable funding & financing instruments – depending on the needs, we can also link here with relevant companies and individuals. Various pitch & matching events are also organized.
We organize a series of key technology events, which include technologies from AI to Quantum or forums for innovation exchange. In addition, so-called Communities of Practice or Joint Innovation Circles are part of the EDIH offering, in which more in-depth expertise on individual topics is built up and shared with the public.
We facilitate the coming together of different players, from established corporations to newly founded startups. For this purpose, we also provide a physical location where events can be held or where exchange in general is to be promoted & thus innovations are to be made possible.
An essential part of the EDIH program is the exchange across local borders to strengthen pan-European competitiveness & build a robust distributed infrastructure. In addition to regular exchanges by the consortium itself, delegation trips will also take place for this purpose.