#SWD25 South-West Digital 2025 – 2. & 3 July – The AI and Digitisation Festival in the region adapted to technology and innovation enthusiasts: On 2 and 3 July, it was again! Then the second edition of the Southwest Digital Festival 2025, which will take place at the Innovation Center of the University of Saarland (UDS) in 2025, will be launched...
Borderless innovation: EDIH Saarland & the Greater Region* In an increasingly interconnected world, innovation does not end at land borders. This is why the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) Saarland works closely with the EDIHs and the Enterprise Europe Networks (EENs) of the Greater Region. Cooperation with France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands creates new synergies, exciting projects and...
Use funding programmes clever – Digitalisation with backwinds suggest that you could equip your company with new technology, digitise processes efficiently and train your staff in a targeted way – with financial support! In times of rapid technological developments and increasing competitive pressure, support programmes are a key factor for success. They help companies adapt to new market requirements...
Europe and High Performance Computing: Trends, challenges and future prospects Current trends in High Performance Computing (HPC) are evolving rapidly. In particular, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) leads to sharply increasing computing requirements. At the same time, traditional HPC applications, such as material research or fluid dynamics, are becoming increasingly complex and also always require...
Sustainability as a strategic opportunity for digitalisation and sustainability go hand in hand. On the one hand, digitalisation itself generates significant CO2 emissions, such as the operation of data centres and the energy consumption of digital devices. On the other hand, it offers enormous opportunities to make processes more efficient and resource-efficient. A climate change strategy makes it possible to plan sustainability strategically and in combination with digitalisation measures...
Working better through smart technology: Like motion capture, your workplace ergonomics revolutionises the demands of industrial assembly: Product variants are on the rise, life cycles become shorter – and despite increasing automation, humans remain essential. Why? Because its ability to think and act flexibly is difficult to replace with machines. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly important...
Christmas thanks to ChatGPT: AI is helping you to get closer to Christmas thanks to the advent of Christmas, and with the anxiety of sparking deco, odour and humiliating evening, many also experience stress: Gifts, planning and the question of the perfect Christmas recipe. For those who are looking for small support this year, we are today...
Artificial intelligence in customer service: Opportunities and challenges for SMEs The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming customer service in a sustainable way, enabling efficiency gains and enhancing customer experience. In particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), AI has the potential to automate processes while enabling personalised customer interactions. Well-used companies can not only reduce costs,...
This was the Southwest Digital Festival 2024: A full success for the digital future On 19 and 20 September 2024, Saarbrücken turned into a vibrant hub for technological innovation and digitalisation: The 2024 Southwest Digital Festival attracted more than 250 technology and innovation enthusiasts. Organised by the European Digital Innovation Hub Saarland (EDIH), the SMEs Digital...
Saarland’s start-up ecosystem aims to become an attractive location for start-ups and to develop one of the most start-up-friendly ecosystems at the heart of Europe. A strong multi-stakeholder network and support is key. Below we present the main actors, their motivation and their roles in the start-up ecosystem of...
Do you have GPTs as knowledge management?! In today’s knowledge economy, businesses rely on efficient knowledge management systems. Large language models, also known as Large Language Models (LLMs), provide an innovative solution to manage and use in-house knowledge. This article looks at different approaches to the implementation of LLMs in the business context, as well as their opportunities and challenges. A key problem for many...
AI in everyday life: Counsellor, personal assistant and bodyguard Artificial Intelligence (AI) are currently in all minds. If one had talked about this issue ten years ago and listed examples, most of them would have been thinking about self-driving cars and robots. However, the potential for everyday use is almost unlimited. We even claim that this week you are...
How SMEs can succeed by integrating AI with big data can play a crucial role in our increasingly digitalised world. These large and complex datasets generated not only by people but also by Internet of Things (IoT) devices offer enormous opportunities for businesses. But just...
AI in marketing: Analysts and supporters in the digital era are marketing far more than simply sending messages. It is about reaching the right people at the right time with the right content. Artificial intelligence (AI) can play a supportive and crucial role. AI has the potential to share your marketing strategy...
Innovation management: Success factors in the focus on innovation are key to ensuring competitiveness and sustainability in the future. SMEs should also recognise innovation as a driver of growth in order to make them fit for the future in the fast-moving business world. Innovation management enables SMEs to actively shape structural change. This may include the introduction of new product solutions/services, the optimisation of internal processes, or...
Industry 4.0: With AI through the 4th Industrial Revolution What is Industry 4.0? After the first industrial revolution, which discovered the use of steam power for machines, by applying electricity to mass production in the second industrial revolution, the fourth industrial revolution continued what began with the third revolution with computers, IT and automation: Industry...
Potential for SMEs through machine learning In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from a theoretical concept to a landmark reality that permeates almost all areas of our daily lives. We are dealing with it in the entertainment industry, in assistance systems, in financial products and search engines, and even on websites. But for a long time, AI is no longer alone...
Kick-off on 5 July 2023 was as follows: The European Digital Innovation Hub Saarland (EDIH) was officially launched with a landmark kick-off event on digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI). Under the slogan ‘Innovate, Collaborate, Transform’, the EDIH project team, political and business representatives, businesses, public institutions and educational institutions gathered in...
