Digital innovation support event announced

A one-day event has been organised for 29 April in Thessaloniki, Greece, to help attendees find out about the support available from the EU to help boost digital innovation.

The event will feature presentations and interactive workshops and include discussions with the European Commission, the S3 Platform, European regions and local stakeholders. Talks will centre on innovation procurement and innovation vouchers and their application in boosting regional digital growth.

Innovation procurement is expected to hold enormous, and largely underexploited, potential to improve the quality and efficiency of public services and create market opportunities for innovative firms. Meanwhile, ICT innovation vouchers used by EU regions can help improve the competitiveness of microenterprises and SMEs by stimulating the demand for a large range of innovative ICT-related services and the development of new products, services and processes.