NCC Montenegro representative Sanja Nikolic, attended EuroCC2 & CASTIEL2 Kick-Off Conference held in Stuttgart, Feb 7th – 9th 2023. First day of the conference was reserved for the NCCs pitch-presentations, including brief introduction, key activities, collaboration opportunities and EuroCC2 goals.
EUROCC and CASTIEL teams introduced EUROCC2 project management framework, operative responsibilities and requested deliverables. Joint expectations in pursuing further HPC industry uptake were emphasized, with special regard to strategic cooperation between NCCs (acting as national HPC+ hubs), CoEs (Centres of Excellence – specialised in certain fields of HPC+ applications) and EDIHs (European Digital Hubs – supporting private & public companies in digital transformation).
Working Sessions were organized to support discussion on main project activities and goals in the task areas of Competences, Trainings, Industry and Communication; as well as to support immersive interaction and further networking of NCCs and CoEs representatives. Panel Discussions evolved around HPC+ best practices, following user-centric approach: 1) SME interaction issues; 2) Big Industry examples; 3) Public Sector initiatives and 4) Importance of Academic usage. Selected NCCs shared valuable insights and proven initiatives on increasing HPC+ awareness and adoption. In addition, two useful tools for strengthening industry interaction and companies’ outreach were presented: HPC4SME (Arctur, Slovenia) and Marketplace (Teratec, France).
EuroCC2 and CASTIEL2 will further “grow” on achievements of EUROCC/CASTIEL project, capitalizing on best practices and collaboration efforts of NCCs pan-European network, being further committed to promote and facilitate uptake of HPC and associated technologies HPDA, AI, Quantum Computing, across a various range of industries.
