Tri ICT "Cooperation between innovative SMEs, Lead Users and support organizations in the field of ICT" aims at identifying market driven trends and opportunities for cross border cooperation in the field of ICT, information communication technology, in the regions of Carinthia and Friuli Venezia Giulia.

1. Cooperation between innovative
SMEs, Lead Users and support
organizations in the field of ICT
(Tri ICT)

2. Tri ICT project partnership
• Friuli Innovazione, Udine
• Lakeside Labs, Klagenfurt
• University of Udine - Mathematics and Informatics Department
• Alpe Adria University, Klagenfurt - Institute of Informatics
Systems, Interactive Systems
• University of Trieste - Electrotechnics, Electronics and Informatics
Department
• BIC Incubatori FVG S.p.A, Trieste
• Regional Service Centre for small and medium sized industry (CReS),
Udine

3. Tri ICT context: project data
Interreg IV Italy-Austria Programme
Cross border cooperation FVG-KAR
• Priority 1: business, competitivness, diversification
• Action 1: SMEs support
Total budget € 1.659.000,00
Time 30 months (Sep 2008 – Feb 2011)

4. The economic background KAR-FVG
Assumptions Problems
In both regions we have: • Two separate “innovation
• Many knowledge based SMEs ecosystems”
• Innovative legislation schemes • Need of investments
• Supporting instruments for • Unawareness of Lead users’
innovation needs
• Reasonable number of Lead • Unexploitment of geographical
Users (e.g. universities, public proximity advantages
administrations, technology parks,
investment funds) keen to adopt
ICT solution to improve the
citizens’ life quality

5. Tri ICT project objectives
Improved collaboration among SMEs is decisive to accelerate investments
and growth throughout the area.
Collaborative actions must take place at three levels (hence the project
named Tri-ICT):

6. Tri ICT Specific Objectives

7. ICT target sectors
Lead Users demand has been divided - for research and activities scope -
into 4 domains/Lead Markets:

8. Project Activities
Activities are repeated per each Lead Market

9. Lead Market e-Health
• e-Health & Domotics event, at L.
Danieli Science Park, Udine - 14 May
2009
• Key speaker prof. Francesco
Pinciroli, Politecnico di Milano
• Thematic Workshop + Matchmaking
session
• Partecipants > 60 people; 20 SMEs
• 1-to-1 meetings: n° 25
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10. Lead Market eTourism
• Tourism and ICT event, Villach
Congress Centre 28 October 2009
• Key speaker Mr. Manuel Arens,
Google
• Panel discussion + Matchmaking
session
• Partecipanti > 70 people
• 1-to-1 meetings: n° 25
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