Eye@RIS3: Innovation Priorities in Europe

Bio economy, circular economy and smart agriculture. Häme Region is known for its expertise related to bio and circular economy. Strong focus on practical implementation and collaboration with industry and farms. Experimentation with reused materials, bio coal and water protection.

Smart specialisation as a regional objective rests in the improved utilisation of forest and other natural resources, raw materials and wastes, e.g. in energy use, biofuels, material refining and added value-based innovative products. This priority focuses energy, new products and entrepreneurial activity from resource-effective and low-carbon bio- and circular economies.

Safety and smart logistics - our region’s expertise in safety in both maritime transport and port operations is the top international level. Smart logistics is a means to intensify operations by which the environment, costs and work time are saved and safety is also added. Smart specialisation as a regional objective is to connect, by means of digitalisation, ports, logistics actors and multimodal terminals into a more active, closer part of the European core transportation chain (TEN-T).

Cyber security, gamification and digital applications in logistics, bio-economy, tourism and in health & well-being. Possibilities for new ideas and innovations are seen especially at the interfaces of different areas and expertise and digital applications. Smart specialisation as a regional objective is the establishment of an open cyber security network and expertise concentration in which cyber security services and education (in particular, education in gamification-related cyber security) are performed together with companies.

It brings together innovative activities related to the “circularization” of materials, with a view to reducing resource consumption, increasing regional autonomy and developing new market opportunities. These activities are based on the regional technological expertise in materials processing as well as the presence of recoverable natural resources. Circular materials are inert or biosourced materials that can be processed at different stages to ensure their future waste status is time-shifted or completely avoided. Ecodesign and in particular with second generation materials Industrial symbiosis The stimulation of the economy of re-employment, of the repair of these materials by mobilizing the actors of the social economy Innovation in the recycling of these materials through new technologies, but also other forms of organisation or financing. An innovative approach to logistics, particularly through reverse logistics and the physical internet, is a lever of transversal support to all these activities.

Evolution towards a health system that is both cutting-edge and inclusive, implemented through innovations based on technology in interaction with humans.  An ambitious and coherent set of innovative activities of a technological, organisational and social nature to ensure the transformation of the health system in the broad sense, in its preventive, diagnostic and curative missions. To strengthen Wallonia’s distinctive strengths as an international leader in biotechs and medical technologies, and to respond to the challenge of preserving health capital for all citizens in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. Development of new products and solutions for growing markets: home health; e-Health (electronic health) and m-Health (mobile-health).

The reindustrialisation of the economy and the modernisation of industry in the broad sense have been one of the major priorities of governments at European and Walloon regional levels for some years.  Innovative activities related to Industry 4.0 and advanced manufacturing processes, development of digital technologies for the modernization of production tools, development and integration of advanced or composite materials, and additive technologies. It is based on Wallonia’s distinctive skills in areas such as advanced manufacturing (among other additive) and advanced materials, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence as well as design and simulation tools for the design of new inserts, motors and structural parts. # Industry of the future Advanced manufacturing technologies #Advanced materials #Intelligent functional materials #Bio-inspired materials #IoT #AI #Cybersecurity #Digital simulation #Design and simulation tools