1.
Hub-laboratory IoT
(HULIT)
Kyiv
Ukraine
DIH i4MS Ukraine
Lviv

2.
Introduction
Country (Region) : UKRAINE (Western Ukraine as primary focus with further
expansion to other hotspots across the country)
Technology: IIoT/CPPS (with planned introduction of other edge technologies
(Robotics, cloud based HPC, Laser based applications) in the future)
Introduction: I4MS UKRAINE – Digital Innovation Hub created to facilitate and
develop local innovation ecosystem with the aim to increase competitiveness of
Ukrainian manufacturers through uptake of innovative digital technologies and to
solve European challenges in manufacturing by supporting Ukrainian innovators in
commercialisation

3.
Project partners
Agency for European
Innovations
Managing partner /
lead partner
Main aim of NGO Agency of
European Innovations is
increasing cooperation
between Ukraine and EU in
ICT, Renewable Energy,
Agricultural, Food, Health
R&D areas within
HORIZON2020
Civitta Ukraine
Consortium partner
Civitta has more than 5-year
experience in consultancyof
SMEs, development of a
mentor and investor
network, support of business
accelerators. Civitta will help
with facilitation of user-
supplier partnerships
Lviv Polytechnic
National University
Competence centre /
consortium partner
LPNU hosts specialized
facilities for R&D in IoT,
courses for bachelor and
master students, wide range
of development servicesfor
third-part companies

4.
Vision

5.
Founding partners
Agency for European Innovations (managing
partner, element of international networks)
Lviv Polytechnic National University
(competence centre)
Civitta Ukraine (business expertise)
Association of Industrial Automation in Ukraine
and Unit.City (multipliers of domestic partnership
development)
The basic partnership has been expanded in order to ensure closer contacts
between DIH and manufacturing sector, and we are planning to reach a broader
geography of Hub’s influence in Ukraine.

6.
Conducted workshops
TITLE DATE LOCATION PARTICIPANTS
"The Internet of Things and projects implemented
under Horizon 2020. Creation of the first innovative
hub of Internet of Things in Ukraine "
December 9, 2016 Lviv 58
"Internet of Things and digital technologies in
education and business: projects under Horizon 2020.
Innovative hub of the Internet of things "
November 24, 2016 Ivano-Frankivsk 27
"Social Challenges and digital opportunities within
the Horizon 2020 program. Innovation hub in the
Internet of Things "
November 22, 2016 Uzhorod 23
"Development of cooperation between scientists,
industrial enterprises and providers of digital solutions
in the field of the Internet of things"
May 24, 2017 Lviv 36
Final workshop - conference «Around automation» September 21,
2017
Kyiv 40

7.
Partnership

8.
SWOT analysis
STRENGTH
• Considerable numbers of STEM
graduates
• Geographic and cultural proximity
to I4MS members
• Large number of higher education
institutions
WEAKNESSES
• Lack of ecosystem coordination
• Low innovation awareness
• Absent link between academia
and business
• Cooperation is complicated
• Restricted access to infrastructure
and resources
OPPORTUNITIES
• Players open for collaboration
• Private sector shows initiative to
collaborate
• Access to new international
initiatives
THREATS
• Prejudice between actor groups
• Short-term planning
• Brain drain
• Limited resources for innovation
• Domination of foreign vendors

9.
• Increasing the quality of production and level of
automation (reducing the manual operations) in the
company «Spheros-Electron» using IoT for information
gathering and processing)
• Development of Smart Devices and Software Required for
Predictive Maintenance of Various Types of Electric
Motors: Asynchronous, Synchronous, and DC Motor in
«Elius-M» Ltd.
Use cases

10.
Main services
• Brokerage between local manufacturers and EuropeanCompetence Centres
• Brokerage between local innovation developers and enterprises abroad
• Facilitation of the local innovation ecosystem and brokerage between
Ukrainian competence centres, solution providers and local manufacturers
• Funding attraction and project management

11.
Financial plan - income

12.
Financial plan - costs

13.
Next steps
After the launch of DIH there are few steps expected:
• To create an online market place to facilitate an interaction between stakeholders and the hub.
• To form use cases for all innovators.
• To update current version of competence centre database. The last version of a database ensure the
efficiency and quality of services provided.
• To search for new clients.The industrial IOT market is evolving and widening, therefore new solution
providers and manufacturers are appearing as well.
• To develop tailored pilot cases.
After 3 years of successful and steady running process, the hub will concentrate on following steps:
• Extent to new domains: robotics, HPC, Lasers and Sensors.
• Establishment of industrial incubators to enhance a collaboration with startups and cultivate
innovation ecosystem that is based on competence centers.

14.
Contacts
Lviv
Oles Kulchytskyy
o.kulchytskyy@gmail.com
Kyiv
Iurii-Volodmyr Blavt
iurii.blavt@civitta.com.ua