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Kick off 2025 with a highlight from 2024: the EuProGigant Open House Day in Vienna, Austria! Check out our wrap-up video! Here, Claudia Schickling, Viktor Berchtenbreiter and Christian Bölling 👉 highlight the importance of data for optimising processes and unlocking new business models, 👉 address the main challenges of using data and 👉 share how the EuProGigant Ecosystem empowers small and medium-sized companies to stay competitive by embracing data sharing. We can’t wait to see what 2025 will bring! 🚀

🎄 Season's Greetings from the Flex4Res project team! From all of us at Flex4Res, we wish you a relaxing holiday season and a Happy New Year filled with health, happiness and success. ✨🎁 As the year comes to a close, we're reflecting on some highlights from 2024 for the whole EuProGigant Ecosystem: AMIDS - Austrian Manufacturing Innovation Data Space, DIONE-X, ESCOM, EuProGigant and Flex4Res. 👉 The project ecosystem at the Gaia-X stand at the HANNOVER MESSE 2024 This year’s participation at the HANNOVER MESSE was truly remarkable. German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Dr Robert Habeck, visited the Gaia-X stand and expressed his interest in digital innovation and Industry 4.0. Additionally, Dr Daniela Brönstrup, Vice President of the Federal Network Agency, praised the approach to calculating the CO₂ footprint within the product development process. We were happy to welcome so many visitors eager to learn about European data-driven manufacturing solutions. 👉 EuProGigant Open House Day 2024 Under the motto "Navigating data spaces," the 2024 EuProGigant Open House Day in Vienna welcomed around 200 guests. The projects of our ecosystem showcased their latest progress. Austrian Federal Minister for Climate Action, Innovation and Technology, Leonore Gewessler, and Christina Decker, Head of Digital and Innovation Policy at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, highlighted the critical role of data spaces in driving economic, ecological and societal progress. They also emphasised the importance of Austria-Germany collaboration in fostering Gaia-X-compliant data exchange. At the end of another productive year, we also want to thank our project partners. Your dedication and collaboration have been instrumental in advancing supply chain resilience in these dynamic times. We look forward to continuing our journey with you in the coming year! Let’s keep driving innovation and boosting supply chain resilience—together. 🌟 Kosmas Alexopoulos, Emmanouil Bakopoulos, Martin Hackhofer, Georg Reckendorfer, Konstantinos Smirniotakis PhD, Dionysis Ventouris, Arkaitz Aranburu, Gorka Herranz Camarero, Claudia Romero Jones, Katharina Lange, Christian Bölling, Raimund Bröchler, Konstantinos Sipsas, Nicole Göckel, Thomas Dickopf, Gernot Horak, Saleh ELKAZA, George Suciu, Mikel Villoslada, Jon Salvidea Campuzano, Michel Iñigo, Bernhard Wallner, Lorenz Fink, Fabian Zink, Erkut Sarikaya, Maximilian Steinmeyer, Leonie Meldt, Anh Minh Augustino Doan Maximilian Schmidt, Syed Muhammad Raza, Elena Urkia

We’re happy to announce that we joined forces with the projects RaRe2 and R3GROUP project. Our three projects are funded under the same call focused on rapid, reconfigurable production process chains. Together, we’re addressing some of the biggest challenges in manufacturing today, from supply chain disruptions to fast-evolving customer demands. Our collaboration officially kicked off on November 5th with an online workshop attended by various project representatives. In this session, we discovered that while each project approaches the challenges from a unique angle our shared mission is clear: empowering Europe’s manufacturing sector to be more adaptive and resilient. In light of the challenges posed by supply chain disruptions and rapidly evolving customer demands, we believe that by working together, we can strengthen the European manufacturing sector’s ability to adapt and respond effectively to these challenges! We are looking forward to our continued collaboration! Tjerk Timan, Emmanouil Bakopoulos, Diana Rodrigues, Dionysis Ventouris, Konstantinos Smirniotakis PhD, Lorenz Fink, Georg Reckendorfer, Anas Ben Achour, Fabian Scholl, Domenico Perfido, Katharina Lange

"Fast forward digital transformation" – this motto perfectly captured the spirit of this year’s #OpenWorld24, organised by CONTACT Software. The data base project ecosystem participated with #ESCOM, EuProGigant and #Flex4Res as exhibitors, connecting with other IoT enthusiasts and contributing to the discussions about shaping the future of digital manufacturing. Here are some insights that resonate with our vision of working towards a resilient, data-driven and sustainable data and service ecosystem: 🔧 IoT innovations: The event showcased transformative IoT solutions aimed at enhancing manufacturing efficiency and therefore efficiency. These tools are streamlining workflows, fostering device communication and creating smarter, more adaptive production environments. 🤖 AI has come to stay: AI's role in manufacturing continues to grow. Reflecting on John Maynard Keynes words, "The difficulty lies not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.", several keynotes inspired us to explore AI’s potential for real-world applications. 🌱 Sustainable digitalisation: Platforms like Pontus-X, powered by deltaDAO AG, lower entry barriers to data spaces, enabling data exchange across organisations, sectors and countries – even for SMEs. The courage and open-mindedness of our industry partners investing in digitalisation, data spaces and AAS (Asset Administration Shells) show how research is being translated into actionable industry solutions. Simon Zehentreiter, Fabian Zink, Lucas Gräff, Katharina Lange, Thomas Dickopf, Nicole Göckel, Fabian Scholl, Christian Stürmer, Sven Forte, Yannick Meinberg

The #GaiaXSummit24 is coming to Helsinki on 14 and 15 November 2024. This is your chance to network with leaders in the digital ecosystem, get new input from top speakers, including representatives from the Finnish and German Ministries, learn from the sessions that will cover practical implementations of Gaia-X Clearing Houses and gain insights into Gaia-X’s real-world impact. We are happy that the EuProGigant Ecosystem will be part of the summit and Emmanouil Bakopoulos will represent #Flex4Res. Register here: https://okt.to/vWbV0D #GaiaX #DigitalTransformation #DataEcosystems #Collaboration #DigitalEcosystems

🚀 CONTACT Open World 2024: Fast Forward Implementation This year's CONTACT Open World are two days packed with inspiration, information and dynamic discussions around the digital transformation. Whether you're interested in AI, Sustainability, Industry 4.0, Smart Factories or IIoT, this event is for you! 🎯 Meet representatives of the three data space projects #ESCOM, EuProGigant Ecosystem and #Flex4Res in the expo area. These initiatives focus on strengthening supply chain resilience and secure cross-location data exchange in collaboration with industry and research organisations. 📅 When: November 12-13, 2024 📍 Where: Munich, Germany 👉 Don't miss out! Visit our website to learn more about the event and secure your spot: https://okt.to/cTLdap See you in Munich! CONTACT Software

Last week, IFT - Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Photonische Technologien hosted our latest project meeting, bringing together 30 project partners from across Europe! 🌍🤝   The discussions were filled with updates on the latest project developments and together, we mapped out the next steps to strengthen the resilience of the European manufacturing industry. A highlight of the meeting was the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) workshop, where we dove deep into the AAS and its submodels, learning how they are key to enabling smarter, more efficient production.   Collaboration and innovation remain at the heart of our mission to ensure a resilient future for manufacturing in Europe. A big thank you to Bernhard Wallner, Lorenz Fink, Fabian Zink and Thomas Trautner for organising the project meeting and all our partners for their contributions! 💡 Vasilis SIATRAS, Syed Muhammad Raza, Elena Urkia, Panagiotis Mavrothalassitis, Konstantinos Sipsas, Nicole Göckel, Emmanouil Bakopoulos, Dionysis Ventouris, Mikel Villoslada, Yannick Meinberg, Erkut Sarikaya, Saleh E., Georg Reckendorfer, Gernot Horak, Gorka Herranz Camarero, Maximilian Schmidt, Fabian Scholl, Raimund Bröchler, Katharina Lange, Claudia Romero Jones, Michel Iñigo

Under the motto 'navigating data spaces,' this year's EuProGigant Open House Day in Vienna set out to inspire how to make use of data in manufacturing - and of course, Flex4Res was proud to be part of it! The event showcased the power of collaboration across Europe, with various experts highlighting the role of technologies like the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) in building a resilient manufacturing industry in Europe. A key takeaway? Data cooperation is a win-win! It helps businesses save and make money by sharing access to valuable data without the heavy burden of individual costs and resources. Let's keep driving forward collaboration and innovation for a stronger and more resilient manufacturing industry in Europe! Georg Reckendorfer, Bernhard Wallner, Katharina Lange, Lorenz Fink, Christian Bölling, Emmanouil Bakopoulos, Anh Minh Augustino Doan, Fabian Zink

⭐ Navigating #dataspaces – EuProGigant Open House Day, 8 October 2024 in Vienna! ⭐ In just four weeks, on 8 October, Vienna will become a meeting point for pioneering manufacturing projects. The annual EuProGigantOpen House Day unites partners of five data space research and innovation projects, along with interested SMEs from across Europe. As part of the EuProGigant Ecosystem, we at #Flex4Res along with our sister projects AMIDS - Austrian Manufacturing Innovation Data Space, #DIONEX, #ESCOM will showcase the real-world potential of data rooms in production through demonstrators and use cases. What you can look forward to: 🔑 Insightful keynote speeches and panel discussions from data space experts 🏭 Latest updates on data-sharing advancements in manufacturing 👥 Opportunities to netowkr with project partners, corporates, SMEs and other individuals passionate about data-sharing 👉 Register now and join us in Vienna: https://okt.to/nWvb5H

“A Digital Twin and Data Spaces framework towards Resilient Manufacturing Value Chains” – that’s the latest paper authored by Emmanouil Bakopoulos, Konstantinos Sipsas, Nikolaos Nikolakis and Kosmas Alexopoulos as part of the #Flex4Res project. This scientific publication introduces a framework for enhancing #manufacturing #resilience using #GaiaX, International Data Spaces (#IDS) and Asset Administration Shell (#AAS) to implement #DigitalTwins, integrating resilience assessment and reconfiguration services within a robust, adaptable architecture. On 29 August, Emmanouil Bakopoulos presented the paper at this year's IFAC INCOM 2024 conference in #Vienna, Austria. The 18th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing brought together experts from various fields to discuss the latest advancements and challenges in the context of twin transformation. Stay tuned, as this paper will be published soon! #INCOM2024