The Smart Cities Innovation Hub, based in Patras Science Park, is the first Greek Innovation Hub of research labs and innovative companies active in the development, production and exploitation of products from smart cities sector.
Mission
Define best practices and roadmaps for transforming cities and regions into Smart Cities and Smart Regions so as to act as research and innovation ecosystem
in close collaboration with academic/research organizations, the city/region authorities, and local industrially or other city agencies.
Develop/Adopt procedures and criteria to be followed by cities on their way to become smart
Motivate and engage local stakeholders
Transform city digital infrastructures into open and smart capable of driving research and innovation
through real life experimentation
Converge/Align with relevant international activities and similar ecosystems