The Benefits of joining the network
Further to providing its members access to the INTEROP-VLab activities:
– The Collaborative space (network and activities)
– The Collaborative platform
– The Repository containing publications and deliverables in EI
– The e-Learning Platform (1 access per partner)
INTEROP-VLab addresses several types of stakeholders and enables its members to benefit from many opportunities.
For Research and Innovation Centres and Universities
INTEROP-VLab enables to:
– Participate to challenging research projects at European and International level
– Find potential partners for collaboration in research activities
– Access to INTEROP-VLab research results
– Establish direct contact with top researchers and experts on EI
– Contribute to research roadmaps and standards in EI
– Maintain an overview on all European and world wide research activities on EI and complementary topics
– Improve the visibility of their organisation
– Develop with other partners at the pole regional level, research activities (projects, cooperation) with the INTEROP-VLab support
Examples:
– Several partners of INTEROP-VLab belonging to different poles have proposed research projects at European level and have been selected
– Some INTEROP-VLab Poles have proposed projects to their local Authorities and got financial supports to develop various activities in EI: development of Tools for MDI…
For ICT Larger Companies
ICT Companies need to carefully follow the progresses in research, in order to be able to rapidly develop new technologies.
INTEROP-VLab allows to ICT Larger Companies to meet, exchange between them and with researchers in a neutral environment.
INTEROP-VLab offers to ICT Larger Companies a space of 300 researchers all over the world and allows to establish peer to peer contacts with top researchers and experts in EI, to share experiences.
Example: INTEROP-VLab has supported an ICT Company who wants to develop a cooperation with research centres in a given region of the world.
For non ICT companies:
Companies are faced with a growing demand in interoperable solutions; INTEROP-VLab can bring competences:
– to advise on the choice of the suitable interoperability solution
– to help companies to detect and overcome the problems of collaborative working
– to detect and overcome the problems of collaborative working with an expanding supply chain, with non-dedicated suppliers – a supplier network.
– Participate to challenging research projects at European and International level
– Beneficiate of the INTEROP-VLab research results
– Establish direct contact with top researchers and experts on EI
– Contribute to research roadmaps and standards in EI
– Maintain an overview on all European and world wide research activities on EI and complementary topics
For SMEs and Association of SMEs
Enterprises especially SMEs, due to strong competition in the global economy, are forced to work closer together in a seamless manner. Interoperability is the overall approach to provide a multi-functional view and to facilitate the creation of a flexible evolving business environment.
Interoperability is also one important driver to improve Enterprise Collaboration and to decrease IT-Systems costs, particularly in Supply chains / networks, but also in Collaborative Administration.
SMEs are usually facing the following challenges:
– How to do R&D within a small structure?
– How to find new partners and collaborators?
– How to engage in the EU Framework Programme?
The associations of SMEs are welcome in INTEROP-VLab to represent SMEs by sector or by region. Already 5 associations have joined I-VLab.
For any type of Stakeholders
INTEROP-VLab proposes Vocational Training & Continuing Education, to:
– Benefit from the best courses in the domain of EI for training your staff
– Choose the adapted e-learning courses,
– Certify your staff’s qualification in the EI domain