Category: Events

On 21 January 2022, the first partner meeting was held for the newly approved PoWER PLUS project from the ADRION Programme, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund in the amount of EUR 168,683.00. This project is a continuation of the previous PoWER project and concerns scenario forecasting for port areas after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis. The duration of the project is 6 months, starting from 1 January to 30 June 2022.

The project partners are:

1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione (project holder), Milan
2. Confederazione Nazionale dell’Artigianato e della piccola e media impresa – Associazione territoriale di Ravenna
3. Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., Rijeka
4. Center for Economic, Technological and Environmental Development Sarajevo
5. Fund ‘European Affairs’ of AP Vojvodina, Novi Sad
6. Instituti per Bashkepunm dhe Zhvillim, Tirana
7. ΕΘΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΕΡΕΥΝΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ, Thessaloniki
8. ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΗΡΙΟ ΘΕΣΠΡΩΤΙΑΣ, Igumenitza

The PoWER PLUS project aims to carry out a foresight process in order to detect the main problems that could affect the Adriatic-Ionian ports in the short and medium term in the light of the Covid-19 outbreak and the related economic crisis. The results of these processes will be used to update and, therefore, improve the main results produced by the former PoWER project, i.e. the PoWER methodology for building the innovation supply chain, the PoWER strategy for port development into innovation hubs and powerports ICT platforms. eu.

Activity T1.1 – Prediction and scenario development

The project partners of the former PoWER project will work in pairs (CNR-CNA, RDA Porin-CDI-CETEOR, FEP, CERTH-CCI) that will be formed according to their potential common strategic trends (also based on their geographical proximity and the typologies of the ports they deal with).

The first phase of implementation is dedicated to collecting experts' opinions on possible future scenarios related to port areas included in the project, also in view of the wider situation and trends in the Adriatic-Ionian area.

Each partner will invite 5 port local experts from heterogeneous areas of expertise to give their opinion using a dedicated template – questionnaire

This will help as a tool to organise local workshops where experts will be invited to present weaknesses/necessary updates/further recommendations of the Methodology and Strategy based on the scenarios developed.

Foresight questionnaires will be administered to the general public and collected to build a dedicated database in the ICT platform. The ICT platform will also be enhanced by an updated GIS section with new scenarios-related layers both with the EU and national (where available) recovery and resilience plans.

Activity T1.2 – Improving the post-Covid PoWER methodology and strategy19

A workshop will be organised at local level, focusing on the strengths/weaknesses of the PoWER methodology and strategy in light of the (T1) scenario, in the context of the social and economic crisis of COVID-19.

The Foresight for Territorial Cooperation event will be organised and broadcast live.

An appendix to each methodology and strategy will be developed with the results of the workshops and the proposed guidelines.

PPs will also carry out a search on the EU and/or national recovery/resilience plans for guidelines related to the port economy and future development.

Activity T1.3 – Improving the PoWER ICT platform

The aim is to improve the existing ICT platform in terms of:

a) embedding features to make content accessible to people with special needs

b) The GIS section will be enriched with layers related to developed local scenarios, as well as content related to the EU Regulation (2021/241) for the establishment of recovery and resilience cases, as well as the "National Recovery Plans" where it is applicable

c) creating an open database in which all prediction questionnaires will be available (anonymously).

The partners have agreed on terms in which they will carry out all the planned activities as set out above.

Today, 10 January 2022, exactly at 12 noon, the exhibition PROTOCI IDEJA was opened as part of the EU TEMPUS project co-financed by the Interreg V-A programme, Italy-Croatia, in which the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. and the City of Rijeka are also partners. The opening of the exhibition was attended by: Nikolina Radić Štivić, Director of the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Dario Zorić, Director of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., Ivan Šarar, Head of the Department of Culture of the City of Rijeka and Petar Mamula, Deputy Prefect of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

The Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka is the organizer of the exhibition, which aims to collect ideas related to the heritage of the Rijeka port of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. based on the historical accents of the development of the Rijeka port, i.e. the flows of technology, materials, people and culture, otherwise included in the content of the exhibition. the Virtual Exhibition. This Call was intended to enable creative people to submit ideas based on the construction, restoration and evaluation of cultural and natural heritage related to the port of Rijeka. Thus, with the help of selected ideas, the core of local entrepreneurial ecosystems aimed at supporting the cultural and creative industries are established. The choice of ideas makes it possible to highlight them in further project activities and contributes to the creation of a common entrepreneurial ecosystem as an effective and necessary entrepreneurial activity in the field of the Rijeka pilot project, i.e.TUA Rijeka (Temporary Uses Action – Temporary Benefit Actions).

The following ideas are present at the exhibition: The man at the centre of the way of life and work in Rijeka by the applicant LAG Terra Liburna from Opatija, Cultural Time Machine through the past of the city of Rijeka by the applicant Institution for Adult Education Dante from Rijeka, Museum of Rooms MARINA by the applicant Arhipelag d.o.o. from Mali Lošinj, Production of models M/B Trebinje and Models of Rijeka cranes by the applicant Croatian Federation of Shipmodellers from Rijeka, Bajo’s smoked sardines in the oil of the applicant Arca Craft Food from Rijeka, Hydraulic steering systems of the applicant Scam-marina d.o.o. from Viškovo, Digitalization of the heritage of the Rijeka port by the applicant M&production -obrt for promotion from Rijeka, JGL Museum of Pharmacy by the applicant JGL Museum of Pharmacy from Rijeka, Rijeka cranes - tourist attraction by the applicant Trifora craft from Rijeka and Production of souvenir torpedo with the application of additive technology by the applicant Production Park Torpedoke Development Agency Poo.o.o from Rijeka.

The exhibition will be available in Rijeka until 20 January 2022. Also, a small number of products of the holders of the above mentioned ideas were placed in the window of the building of the City of Rijeka on Korzo 16.

On 15 December 2021, the second in a row was held Torpedo Days expensive. The meeting was held at the Torpedo Production Park, and the topic was Application of smart solutions in different industries.

The theme of smart cities and smart solutions in different industries attracted many visitors to the Torpedo Production Park, so they were looking for a place more!

At the beginning of the meeting, the interested audience welcomed Dario Zoric, Director of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., Senior Advisor to the Senior Adviser for Development and Economy of the City of Rijeka, Nataša Zrilić, and Doris Sošić, Head of Europe Direct Rijeka.

Dario Zorić announced that Torpedo Days will become a traditional event that will be held several times a year in order to promote new technologies as much as possible and to interest as many people as possible.

The following was a lecture by sales managers in new business areas, Ericcson Nikola Tesla d.d. and technical coordinator CEKOM Rijeka (Smart Ri d.o.o.) Damir Medved on the topic AI, ML and BigData in the context of smart cities – an opportunity for cross-sectoral cooperation They were very interested in the audience.

In his lecture, he pointed out that the City of Rijeka has already been chosen for the third time as the "smartest city" and that additional funds are being invested to make it even smarter. He also invited everyone interested to a presentation cycle called Smart cities and municipalities It will be held in January and February 2022.

The lecture was followed by a panel called Application of smart solutions in different industries in which they participated with Damir Medved, Luka Bracanović from the company E-glas, Igor Felc, Founder of REEV Electric and Mateo Starčević Filipović, Director of BrightDock & Huuk.

Panellists presented how they use smart solutions. So Luka Bracanović presented Kokolingo, a digital speech therapist trainee that can be used by parents of children with articulation disorders to practice speech with their children or by speech therapists in conducting therapies.

Igor Felc talked about his business and the project he is working on, which is Hybrid kit which can be installed in a non-electric car and make it a hybrid or plug-in hybrid car.

Mateo Starčević Filipović presented a new social network for young people: Huuk. Huuk is a social network that connects people according to interests and location. The primary role of this social network is to connect people who do not know each other (but not for a date like Tinder) in order to spontaneously socialize.

Damir Medved emphasized that good infrastructure is the basis for every smart city and that it is always necessary to start precisely from solving and improving infrastructure in order for the smart city project to be successful.

After the panel, the participants visited Torpedo Production Park where they had the opportunity to see industrial equipment for additive technology, i.e. 3D scanner, 3D printers and 3D modelling equipment, and a demonstration of the work of the equipment was held.

We thank all the participants of Torpedo Days 02 and look forward to the next events!

On Wednesday, 15 December 2021, starting at 1 p.m. We will hold the second in a row Torpedo Days event at the Torpedo Production Park at Milutina Barača 60/I. floor, conference room. We organize the event with the City of Rijeka, the Department of Entrepreneurship and the Centre of the City Administration Europe Direct Rijeka.

The event will start at 1 p.m. with welcome speeches Dario Zoric, Director of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin and Jane Sertić, Head of the Entrepreneurship Department of the City of Rijeka

At 1:10 p.m., we will be introduced to the event. Damir Medved, sales manager in new business areas in Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d. and Technical Coordinator CEKOM Rijeka Lecture on the topic ’AI, ML, BigData in the context of smart cities – an opportunity for cross-sectoral cooperation“.

Panel on “Application of smart solutions in different industries’ will start at 13.40. Participants are:

• Damir Medved, sales manager in new business areas at Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d. and technical coordinator at CEKOM Rijeka
• Luka Bracanović, CTO E-glas d.o.o.
• Igor Felc, Founder REEV Electric
• Mateo Starčević Filipović, Director BrightDock & Huuk

A tour of the Torpedo Production Park and demonstration of industrial equipment for additive technology (3D scanners, 3D printers and 3D modelling equipment) is planned at 14:20. The programme is scheduled to be completed at 3 p.m.

The number of seats is limited, and registration is mandatory at info@porin.hr.