The DIH West is a consortium of partners from universities and interest groups in Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg. The goal is to enable broad networking and to create an attractive offering to drive digitization and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises in Western Austria. Within the framework of DIH West, we support, connect and advise so that SME can exploit their innovation potential and benefit from digital transformation. DIH West focuses on three main themes: Idea2Innovation, Data Engineering & AI and Information Security. All services are provided free of charge to SME.
Project details
Project duration
01.03.2024 – 29.02.2028
Project funding
FFG über BMAW, Land Salzburg, Land Tirol
Funding amount
1.197.105 Euro (50 percent of the total amount)
Project partners
- Lead: Standortagentur Tirol GmbH
- Fachhochschule Kufstein Tirol Bildungs GmbH
- Fachhochschule Salzburg GmbH
- Fachhochschule Vorarlberg GmbH
- Fraunhofer Austria Research Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
- Innovation Salzburg GmbH
- MCI Internationale Hochschule GmbH
- Universität Innsbruck
- UMIT TIROL – Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften und -technologie GmbH
- Universität Salzburg Fachbereich Artificial Intelligence & Human Interfaces
- Wirtschafts-Standort Vorarlberg Betriebsansiedlungs GmbH
Assoziierte Partner:
- Industriellenvereinigung Tirol
- Wirtschaftskammer Salzburg
- Wirtschaftskammer Tirol
Project objectives
- Increasing awareness of digitization among SME in Western Austria
- Providing comprehensive support to SME in Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg in their transformation and innovation efforts
- Supporting the unlocking of innovation potentials through cooperation and networking, allowing SME to benefit from research activities of universities
- Enabling SME to pragmatically assess their own IT risks and take suitable next steps
- Assisting SME in identifying and gradually implementing relevant opportunities from the breadth of innovative IT technologies for their own businesses
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