KETcluster

KETcluster is an online platform devoted to the identification and mapping of the different actors involved in the field of KET applications for IB, going from research to industry, covering all levels of the value chain. This platform has been designed as a networking portal useful for promoting synergies and a meeting point for engaging partnerships and collaborations that could be translated into transnational industrial, research and education/training projects.

KETcluster fosters the collaboration of the different actors involved in the development and application of KETs in IB, who should register on the KETcluster platform, characterizing their activity, their experience, their capacity and their interests. With this information the KETcluster platform identifies the most suitable partners for each project and promotes collaborative initiatives among them. The main aim of this platform is to promote new & more competitive businesses, contributing to build up win to win partnerships among different specialists of KET’s value chain, which will be translated into competitive projects, with a greater degree of innovation and lower cost.

In the mapping of the R&D actors the university and research community involved in SUDOKET have a relevant role, meanwhile the mapping of the industrial players is mainly performed by Technology Centers. Likewise, the business associations and clusters enrolled in SUDOKET act as the main actors in the promotion of synergies between the different actors.

The KETpedia and KETcluster applications share and link information to automatically generate a newsletter that is send regularly to promote activities, co-creation projects, partnership and finally business creation taking advantage of the participation of different actors in the value chain.