SV DIH

Sunrise Valley Digital Innovation Hub (SV DIH) is a non-profit association that aims to become a leading industry digitalization service center in Lithuania. With a mission to bridge ICT sector related R&D, big industries, and SMEs in traditional sectors, SV DIH seeks to reinforce the biggest integrated science, studies, and business campus in Lithuania, Sunrise Valley. SV DIH focuses on ICT, physical sciences & mechatronics, civil engineering, laser & nanotechnologies, life sciences and biotechnology, energy, and clean technologies. These sectors comply with R&D priorities on the national level as laid out in Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3), the implementation of which is supported by a number of EU Structural Funds measures. SV DIH activities are aligned with these priority sectors of Lithuanian RIS3 strategy: • ICT; • Transport and logistics; • Health technologies and biotechnologies; • New production processes, materials, and technologies; • Energy and sustainable environment. SV DIH provides a one-stop service as well as access to competencies and infrastructure available at Sunrise Valley campus. The coordinating organization, non-profit institution Sunrise Valley Science and Technology Park, is also active in developing and implementing national and EU funded projects, to support the activities of SV DIH. SV DIH is a lead-partner and coordinator of the Interreg BSR project “Industry 4: transforming innovation ecosystem through a better capacity of pubic enablers” (InnoCAPE). The project aims to build DIHs’ digitalization competences in the Baltic Sea Region, to raise awareness about digitalization and to build a pan-Baltic-Scandinavian network of DIHs. SV DIH participated in the Horizon2020 funded project as “Smart factories in the new EU member states.” Currently, SV DIH is participating in EU funded project “Smart InnoTech” (SV DIH is providing technological and digital audits as well as recommendations for industrial companies); “InoSpurtas” (SV DIH performs technology transfer and provide other innovation support services). Since 2019 SV DIH is implementing EU funded project dedicated to digital sills creation in traditional industry sector “Digitalization competences development for manpower working in the Lithuanian manufacturing industry.” Members of SV DIH are active participants of different EU programs: Horizon2020, Interreg Europe, Interreg BSR and other(e.g.:https://www.vgtu.lt/research-and-innovation/-projects/65786?lang=2). SV DIH is located in Sunrise Valley (campus), which is the biggest knowledge triangle (integrated science, studies, and business center) and talent pool in Baltic countries. Sunrise Valley consists of 2 major universities of Lithuania, five open-access R&D centers, Science and Technology Park, business incubator, more than 50 knowledge-driven companies, over 20k students, and 5k scientists & researchers. SV DIH is coordinated by a non-profit organization - Sunrise Valley, Science and Technology Park - that was established back in 2003 with an in-depth orientation for entrepreneurship development, science and business cooperation, creation of knowledge-driven startups and spinoffs, providing innovation infrastructure and consulting services. SV DIH and its team members are active participators in variosu regional, national and European policy initiatives which includes:• Dr. Laima Balčiūnė, the head of SV DIH, is a member of Innovation and Digital Policy advisory Board INNODIG and a member of Innovation Support Fund Supervisory Committee, both established by the Ministry of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania; • Taking part in working group of Industry 4.0 platform (Ministry of Economy and Innovation); • Providing feedback on designing financial instruments to support digitalization; • Head of SV DIH is a board member of European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), which covers EIT Digital, EIT Manufacturing and other Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs); • Participating in the consultations regarding main tasks of the Government program and Plan for Lithuanian Economy resilience; • Participating in the Creation of Vilnius strategy 2030 (group for economy) • SV DIH is also a member of international AIOTI network which actively supports digitalisation activities at EU level.