Sunrise Valley Digital Innovation Hub (SV DIH)

Lithuania: Sostinės regionas

Overview

Sunrise Valley Digital Innovation Hub (SV DIH) is a non-profit association that aims to become a leading industry digitalization service center in Lithuania. With a mission to bridge ICT sector related R&D, big industries, and SMEs in traditional sectors, SV DIH seeks to reinforce the biggest integrated science, studies, and business campus in Lithuania, Sunrise Valley. SV DIH focuses on ICT, physical sciences & mechatronics, civil engineering, laser & nanotechnologies, life sciences and biotechnology, energy, and clean technologies. These sectors comply with R&D priorities on the national level as laid out in Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3), the implementation of which is supported by a number of EU Structural Funds measures. SV DIH activities are aligned with these priority sectors of Lithuanian RIS3 strategy:

ICT;
Transport and logistics;
Health technologies and biotechnologies;
New production processes, materials, and technologies;
Energy and sustainable environment.

SV DIH provides a one-stop service as well as access to competencies and infrastructure available at Sunrise Valley campus. The coordinating organization, non-profit institution Sunrise Valley Science and Technology Park, is also active in developing and implementing national and EU funded projects, to support the activities of SV DIH. SV DIH is a lead-partner and coordinator of the Interreg BSR project “Industry 4: transforming innovation ecosystem through a better capacity of pubic enablers” (InnoCAPE). The project aims to build DIHs’ digitalization competences in the Baltic Sea Region, to raise awareness about digitalization and to build a pan-Baltic-Scandinavian network of DIHs. SV DIH participated in the Horizon2020 funded project as “Smart factories in the new EU member states.” Currently, SV DIH is participating in EU funded project “Smart InnoTech” (SV DIH is providing technological and digital audits as well as recommendations for industrial companies); “InoSpurtas” (SV DIH performs technology transfer and provide other innovation support services). Since 2019 SV DIH is implementing EU funded project dedicated to digital sills creation in traditional industry sector “Digitalization competences development for manpower working in the Lithuanian manufacturing industry.” Members of SV DIH are active participants of different EU programs: Horizon2020, Interreg Europe, Interreg BSR and other (e.g.: https://www.vgtu.lt/research-and-innovation/-projects/65786?lang=2).

SV DIH is located in Sunrise Valley (campus), which is the biggest knowledge triangle (integrated science, studies, and business center) and talent pool in Baltic countries. Sunrise Valley consists of 2 major universities of Lithuania, five open-access R&D centers, Science and Technology Park, business incubator, more than 50 knowledge-driven companies, over 20k students, and 5k scientists & researchers. SV DIH is coordinated by a non-profit organization - Sunrise Valley, Science and Technology Park - that was established back in 2003 with an in-depth orientation for entrepreneurship development, science and business cooperation, creation of knowledge-driven startups and spinoffs, providing innovation infrastructure and consulting services. Digital technologies.

Sectors
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - Water supply; sewerage; waste managment and remediation activities - Water collection, treatment and supply - Sewerage - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery - Remediation activities and other waste management services - Financial and insurance activities - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities - Silviculture and other forestry activities - Fishing and aquaculture - Accommodation and food service activities - Accommodation - Food and beverage service activities - Manufacture of basic metals - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products - Manufacture of electrical equipment - Manufacture of food products - Manufacture of beverages - Manufacture of tobacco products - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. - Manufacture of paper and paper products - Printing and reproduction of recorded media - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products - Manufacture of textiles - Manufacture of other transport equipment - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials - Mining and quarrying - Mining of coal and lignite - Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas - Mining of metal ores - Other mining and quarrying - Mining support service activities - Other services activities - Activities of membership organisations - Repair of computers and personal and household goods - Other personal service activities - Other manufacturing - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security - Real estate activities - Professional, scientific and technical activities - Legal and accounting activities - Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities - Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis - Scientific research and development - Advertising and market research - Other professional, scientific and technical activities - Veterinary activities - Administrative and support service activities - Rental and leasing activities - Employment activities - Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities - Security and investigation activities - Services to buildings and landscape activities - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles - Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles - Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Technology
Micro/nano electronics - Communication networks - Cyber physical systems - Robotics - Internet of things - Artificial intelligence - Mobility & Location based technologies - Interaction technologies - Cyber security - Advanced, or high performance computing - Big data, data analytics, data handling - Virtual, augmented and extended reality - Simulation, modelling and digital twins - Gamification - Software as a service and service architectures - Cloud computing - Additive manufacturing - Laser based manufacturing - Logistics - Internet services - New media technologies