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The Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS) is a non-profit academic research body established in 1989 by the Greek Ministry of Education to carry out research and development activities in the area of telecommunications, systems and techniques, computer systems and their applications in transceivers, radar, electromagnetic sensors, satellite and wireless communications, electromagnetic phenomena modelling, neural networks, systems, software and hardware engineering, telematics and multimedia applications, transport applications, control systems, biomedical engineering and electric power (www.iccs.gr). It is closely associated with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (SECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (est. 1837), which is the oldest and most prestigious academic institute in Greece. The personnel of ICCS consists of academic staff (~80 University Professors), 40 senior researchers and more than 500 researchers (including PhD students) in twenty research laboratories.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Acciona Construcci\u00f3n is a leading European construction company designing, constructing and managing buildings and civil infrastructures under sustainability principles. It has an international presence in more than 30 countries and total revenues of 3,137m\u20ac (2018), employing more than 11,000 people. It is part of Acciona Group whose business lines are Energy; Construction, Water & Services. Acciona has its own R&D Technological Centre in Madrid (https:\/\/www.acciona-construccion.com\/innovation\/), composed by a multidisciplinary and international team of more than 100 highly qualified researchers from a wide range of disciplines. Main research areas are Sustainable Buildings, Materials (Concrete, New Materials), Construction Processes (Roads, Railways and Tunnels, Maritime Works and Structures), and Digital Innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Created in January, 2020, Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel (Uni-Eiffel) is a unique, pioneering university made out of six existing bodies covering multidisciplinary thematic to address the continuous transformation of cities. From social sciences to nanotechnologies, it brings in movement the educational, research and economic environment toward the development of smart, resilient and resource-efficient cities of tomorrow. It is composed of a research institution, the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and networks (former IFSTTAR), a multidisciplinary university, Universit\u00e9 Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall\u00e9e (former UPEM), a school of architecture, Ecole d’Architecture Ville & Territoire de Marne la Vall\u00e9e (EAV&T) and three graduate schools in Engineering: ESIEE Paris, ENSG-Geomatics and the Engineering School of the City of Paris (EIVP).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Olympia Odos is a Motorway Concession Project of particular strategic importance on national and regional level for the development of the Peloponnese and Western Greece. Since Concession Commencement on August 2008, along with the construction launch, a permanent Operation organisation – the Operator (OLYMPIA ODOS OPERATION S.A.) – was established in order to provide operation and maintenance services on behalf of the Concessionaire, such as toll collection, traffic management & safety and routine maintenance. With a work force of about 500 persons, among them patrollers, intervention teams and technical maintenance personnel, and in collaboration with specialised subcontractors (light and heavy vehicles recovery, special maintenance etc.) and the emergency services (Traffic Police and Fire Brigade), the Operator works ceaselessly around the clock and throughout the year for the unobstructed operation, the provision of high level services for road assistance and safety to the motorists, as well as for achieving a high level of corrective and preventive maintenance. The Motorway includes: 2 existing motorway sections Elefsina \u2013 Korinthos (ELKO) and Patra by Pass (PbP) and the National Road from Korinthos to Patras, conventionally called Korinthos-Patra NNR (KOPA) 120 km long, the construction and upgrade of which to motorway was completed in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Consistently ranked among the top universities in the world, ETH Zurich is an academic institution with an excellent track record of research and teaching since 1885. The university is associated with 21 Nobel Laureates who have studied, taught or conducted research there. The Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) of ETH Zurich, is internationally renowned in the field of autonomous robot design and navigation with great experience in design and navigation of wheeled, legged and flying robots operating in different types of environments. With involvement in several National, European and ESA projects together with both academic and industrial partners, the lab currently hosts more than 50 researchers and application engineers. Research achievements in the lab have been commercialized by realizing seven spin-off companies since its foundation. ASL has been involved in the following European projects: sFly, myCopter, AIRobots, ICARUS, V-Charge, UP-Drive, Noptilus, EUROPA, EUROPA2, NIFTi, TRADR, BACS, COGNIRON, muFly, Sky-Sailor, SPARC, RCET, Robots@home, URUS, Aeroworks, Flourish, CrowdBot, PILOTING.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Robotnik started its activity in 2002 and is currently a leading company in the European service robotics market. Robotnik is specialized in Mobile Robotics: (i) products: robotics product manufacturing (mobile robot platforms, mobile manipulators), (ii) service Robotics Applications: (development of robots for performing autonomous tasks for the wellbeing of humans or machines, excluding manufacturing), principally Robots for Logistics and Robots for Inspection. Robotnik is an SME and its team is formed by 45 persons including engineers and R&D team, having the following certifications: (i) ISO 9001:08 Design, manufacturing and commercialization of products and systems based in robotics technology. (ii) OHSAS 18001 Certification of occupational health and safety management system.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Satways Ltd. has been founded in May 2006 and is based in Athens, Greece. The company main activity is the development of integrated geospatial command and control and situation awareness solutions for Security and Public Safety applications for users such as Fire Brigade, Police, Coast Guard, Emergency Medical, Civil Protection, Critical Infrastructure protection and Border Authorities. With core technology built on open standards, Satways offers a range of mission critical enterprise solutions empowering governments and businesses around the world to make better and faster operational decisions. Its product line includes C2 and C3I enterprise software packages that respond to different operational requirements of Public Safety and Security Agencies such as Distributed Geospatial Data management, Operational Resources Tracking, Incident Management and Dispatch, Physical Security Information Management, Natural &Technological Hazards Crisis Management and Border Surveillance. The common goal though, is to provide effective decision support, to simplify operations, to provide a Common Operational Picture (COP) and collaboration tools across organizations, to collect and disseminate data in the field and to coordinate response units and system users.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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CORTE is an international (non-profit) organization, which brings together national transport authorities and private sector entities (from EU and non-EU countries) operating in the field of road transport, road security and road safety.
\nCORTE was established in 2005 to deliver harmonised road transport enforcement solutions in the form of policies and practices. It facilitates development and implementation of relevant policies on mobility and works at European and International levels to support the development of harmonised practices throughout the EU and in neighbouring countries, including through the use of innovative technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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RISA Sicherheitsanalysen GmbH (RISA Safety Analysis Ltd) – an SME \u2013is a leading vendor of large IT platform solutions. It has been founded in 1990 from a research group at the Technical University of Berlin. Since then the initial field of activities has expanded from probabilistic safety, risk and reliability analysis, mainly for nuclear energy plants, to such analyses and also to complex information system applications, platforms for decision analysis\/support, optimisation and data analysis, including Big Data and IoT, for various other industries and engineering offices (including the railway, automotive and aviation transportation industries), as well as government agencies (including the German Ministry of the Environment).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Innovation Acts Ltd (Innov-Acts) is a Cyprus-based company, established in 2016. Innovation Acts Ltd. is a unique ICT and business consulting firm, which offers (among others) software development and business consulting services, project management and software development for services for different sectors, with particular emphasis on Security, FinTech and Industry4.0. Its consulting services are based on the founders\u2019 expertise in IoT, BigData\/AI, blockchain and Cyber-Security technologies. The consulting services of the company include business modelling, business planning and techno-economic analysis services. Its software development services span the areas of blockchains and data analytics technologies. Innov-Acts is currently developing novel products and services in the areas of Data Analytics, FinTech services personalization and personal data management.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Resilience Guard GmbH (www.resilienceguard.ch) is a boutique consultancy company offering professional services and training related to Business Continuity Management, Resilience Management, Crisis Management, Risk Management & Business Assurance, across Europe. RG having acquired many years of expertise in the area of Resiliency for both organizations as well as municipalities and governments, will bring all the practical knowledge and application of resiliency approaches so as to ensure great applicability of the proposed solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Founded in 2002 and located in of Athens, iKnowHow provides custom-built automation solutions to industry and software solutions to the public and private sector. We acquire data – even in harsh environments – communicate, store and process it to produce insights and present them in a responsive and intuitive manner. iKnowHow\u2019s tailor-made services culminate in cyber-physical systems where the physical and computational elements are intertwined to augment human capabilities. It is an engineering consultancy employing its expertise in service robotics, \u0399\u03bf\u03a4, machine learning, and data intelligence to offer tailor made solutions across industry functions and markets. The economic result is an impressive annual compounded growth rate of 78% over the last six years.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency (CINEA) is the successor organisation of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA).\u00a0Officially established on 15 February 2021, it has\u00a0started its activities on 1 April\u00a02021\u00a0in order to implement parts of certain EU programmes.<\/p>\n

CINEA plays a key role in supporting the EU Green Deal through the efficient and effective implementation of its delegated programmes.<\/p>\n

It is a dynamic and innovative working place, where professional and experienced staff feel empowered and committed to achieve the organisation\u2019s mission and strategic objectives.<\/p>\n

The Agency fosters an efficient knowledge sharing and synergies between its different programmes and establishes strong partnerships with its stakeholders.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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