SMART4ALL - Technological Challenges and Funding Opportunities in the Areas of Balkans and Eastern Europe

SMART4ALL is an extensive network of Digital Innovation Hubs aiming at boosting digital technology uptake and corresponding business development across South, Eastern and Central Europe. It builds capacity via the development of self-sustained, cross-border pathfinder application experiments that transfer knowledge and technology between academia and industry. SMART4ALL offers funding of 2,2 Mio Euros via 9 open calls and novel coaching services from world lead experts in ethics, technology, funding and business development. The main domains targeted are digitized environment, digitized agriculture, digitized transport and digitized anything. Through Marketplace-as-a-Service, a one-stop-smart-shop for startups, SMEs and Slightly Bigger Companies, SMART4ALL will revolutionize entrepreneurship and leverage market penetration for startups, spin offs and spin outs. The keynote focuses on the technological challenges addressed by SMART4ALL project and the funding opportunities it offers.