Consortium
47
Partners
12
Countries
COP-PILOT unites 47 partners, comprising leading industrial players in computer technology and telecommunications, alongside academic institutions, research organizations, SMEs, and a non-profit organization.
SUITE5 is an IT solutions and services SME with headquarters in Cyprus; operating in the areas of AI and XAI, Big Data Analytics, Semantics and Data Interoperability, Big Data Management, Trusted Data Sharing and Blockchain technologies, while exploring new application domains for high-end IT data-driven solutions. SUITE5 has a long-standing experience in the provision of data-driven and data-inspired services in large, demanding and multi-disciplinary projects. SUITE5’s mission is to deliver innovative data-driven intelligence solutions through its strong technology know-how and utilising state-of the art technologies.
Role in COP-PILOT
SUITE5 is actively participating in COP-PILOT, as a technical partner, contributing to key activities of WP2, WP3, WP4, and WP5. This involves the Platform’s and modules’ requirements extraction process and the definition of appropriate technologies; support in the project’s Use Cases requirements extraction process; contribution to the definition of specifications and interfaces for the platform’s modules, and contribution to the validation and evaluation of the Use Cases. Additionally, SUITE5 is engaged in WP7, supporting the project’s dissemination, communication and exploitation efforts to ensure the project achieves broad visibility and impact.
University of Rome Tor Vergata was established in 1982 and is therefore a relatively young University. It was designed on the model of Anglo-Saxon campuses: it stretches on 600 hectares and hosts important research institutions, such as National Research Council – CNR and the Italian Space Agency – ASI.
Konnektable Technologies Ltd. (KT) is a software development company specializing in AI, machine learning, IoT, and big data, with a strong presence in Ireland, Greece, and the USA. They focus on creating custom software solutions that support business optimization and digital transformation. With extensive experience in European R&D, Konnektable has participated in 26 Horizon Europe and other EU-funded projects. Their expertise spans multiple industries, including crisis management, cybersecurity, healthcare, water management, smart factories, and more, driving innovation through EU-backed research and cutting-edge product development .
RedZinc Services, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a telehealth solutions provider specialising in cloud-based platforms, IoT and edge-based computing to enable integrated care delivery. Our flagship solution, BlueEye Virtual Ward is a hospital at home platform for remote patient monitoring and proactive care for multiple patient cohorts including frail elderly, cardiology, respiratory, emergency and post-surgery cases. Leveraging a robust infrastructure for cloud computing and IoT, we empower healthcare providers with virtual wards and telehealth capabilities, enhancing patient outcomes and supporting efficient and sustainable healthcare delivery.
Role in COP-PILOT
As a leader of Task 4.2, Piloting Use Cases development, RedZinc leads the development and piloting of use cases, integrating advanced features and technologies to achieve project objectives. RedZinc ensures compliance with technical and functional requirements while documenting and disseminating insights to foster knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the scientific community.
RedZinc is also a contributor in tasks 3.1 End-to-end multi-domain service orchestration, 3.2 Distributed edge cloud and resource orchestration, 3.3 IoT hardware and data management, Task 4.4 Open calls testbed setup and integration
AgroApps was established in 2015 with the vision to bring technology closer to the agricultural sector and provide sustainable tools that support modern farming. The company was founded by a team of experienced agronomists and IT specialists, who had a deep understanding of the agricultural sector and saw the growing need for technological support and for effective forward-thinking IT solutions.
Passionate about applying ICT, AgroApps team uses and combines sophisticated mathematical models, machine learning technologies, satellite and meteorological data and crop development models to build solutions and customized services for farmers, agricultural consultants, agri-food and agricultural insurance companies, as well as for the public sector worldwide. Today, the company has a set of IT solutions that address real life challenges touching upon the benefits of sustainable agriculture and the complex farm management decision-making process. AgroApps solutions help the agricultural stakeholders protect and improve their operations, guide more informed agricultural decisions and get the most out of their land.
Over those years, AgroApps has established strong partnerships with leading actors of the agri-business sector in Greece. Additionally, the company has managed to deploy a large number of international collaborations with distinct entities, from Ministries and Research Institutions to private companies, co-developing a diverse set of agri-related applications.
The Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) offers high-level undergraduate and postgraduate Education and Research in Agricultural Science, and its vision is to achieve Educational and Research Excellence so as to occupy a dynamic position in the international academic environment.
True to its traditional role of responding to the productive and developmental needs of the Greek economy and society, the AUA intervenes and develops in line with the development and orientation of modern education and science. Moreover, it is in continuous contact with society so as to make proposals and provide solutions to problems that arise within the agri-nutrition sector.
AXON LOGIC is a forward-looking company focused on building products and solutions needed for the 21st century. As an information and technology company, we provide reliable support services and consultancy to various sciences such as applied mathematics, quantum physics, electronics, and communications engineering – accurately delivering new technology and business information, ideas and insights to customers worldwide. We aim to establish ourselves as the best choice in Computing and Information Technology design, consultancy and development by offering a full spectrum of services. The main interest of AXON LOGIC is in Telecommunications, Big Data, Applied Mathematics & Optimization, and Smart Homes.
Although newly founded, axon logic has strong experience coping with ambitious ICT developments and innovative research, including complex networking design, baseband signal processing, infrastructure virtualisation, and system optimisation. It aims to establish itself as one of the best choices in Computing and Information Technology design, consultancy, and development of a full spectrum of services.
Role in COP-PILOT
Out of the four (4) implementation axes defined in this project, AXON LOGIC mainly focuses on the first one, Axis #1-Tech Feature: LLM-based service descriptor mechanism and onboarding. AXON LOGIC can play a significant role in delivering parts of Task 3.1 and Task 3.4, implementing intelligent SLA compliance plugins as platform services and providing an LLM-based logic and translation mechanism, respectively.
AXON LOGIC can also support activities from other WPs.
At Barba Stathis, for over 50 years now, our goal every day has been
to bring the very best of what the abundant Greek land has to offer. We are a united group of individuals dedicated to a single objective: delivering the safest, most nutritious, and most delicious vegetable.
BARBA STATHIS operates across various markets, including ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook frozen meals, frozen vegetables, fresh salads, and tomato products. With a focus on the trinity of nutrition, flavor, and convenience, we offer a daily assortment of innovative and high-quality products.
Currently, we manage two privately owned vegetable production facilities, serving 11,000 sales points domestically, and through our exports, our global presence extends to over 22 countries across 5 continents. Our vision is to offer safe, quality products that add true value to the lives of our customers.
Guided by the principles of sustainable development and inspired by the wisdom of Greek culinary tradition, we aim to shape nutritional standards and promote a healthy lifestyle. For over half a century now, we’ve stayed true to the very same values we began with. To offer authentically Greek products that stand out due to their unrivaled quality, safety, and innovation, with respect to society and nature. These principles are the cornerstone of our every decision and remain unchanged in the passing of time; they guide and inspire us every single day.
Nature never ceases to offer us the very best. In return, we invest in our human capital and ensure that our vegetables are always of the highest quality thanks to our Integrated Crop Management system and the state-of-the-art equipment used in our facilities. This way, we can guarantee that our vegetables retain all of their freshness and nutritional value, right up until the moment they are enjoyed.
We work with selected farmers and adhere to fully monitored and documented procedures on the fields, such as the Integrated Crop Management system and Precision Agriculture, that allow us to have full control over every stage of production. At the same time, we carry out more than 300 checks daily to ensure that the products that reach our customers are of the quality and safety synonymous to the Barba Stathis brand.
Thanks to the expertise of our people, we have developed a reliable and integrated Research & Development operation that is primarily aimed at developing innovative products. We operate with respect to nature, society, and the abundant Greek land with all it has to offer. We follow a business model based on sustainable development and a circular economy and we implement environmentally friendly procedures in a consistent and responsible manner.
Barbastathis has continuously supported the Greek economy, as well as Greek entrepreneurship. Through our Contract Farming program, which was the first of its kind ever to be implemented in Greece, we collaborate with hundreds of farmers who cultivate 3.000 hectares of arable Greek land. In doing so, we remain faithful to our vision of offering our customers the tastiest, safest, and most nutritious vegetables, while at the same time preserving our tradition in flavor and attuning it to the needs of contemporary life.
Barba Stathis is involved in work packages 2,3,4,5,6,7 and will be the testbed for DREVEN in WP5. Two of the plots of Central Macedonia, cultivated with spinach will be used for antinutrients measurements. Barba Stathis will also offer its drone technology for surveillance and data collection while its agronomist team will inspect the crop quality closely.
PREVEZA BIOGAS – design, construction and management of biogas and biomethane installations.
The 12-year expertise of our company in the field of gas and LPG network installations is the reason why the largest industries and craft industries throughout the country have trusted us.
One of them is the company Makios, for which we undertook the installation of a new piping network.
The project concerns the connection of the cogeneration device, with biogas supply, cooling water supply, oil network supply as well as the installation of a hot water piping network.
PPC is the leading South East European electric utility, with activities in electricity generation, distribution and sale of advanced energy products and services in Greece Romania and North Macedonia. It is the largest power supplier in Greece and Romania, servicing 8.8 m customers in total, providing them with approximately 33TWh of energy.
For more than 70 years, PPC has been at the forefront of Greece’s power industry and an integral part of the country’s process of electrification. PPC is publicly listed in the Athens Stock Exchange since 2001.
PPC is a leading generator and supplier of electricity in Greece and Romania with a total capacity of 10.8 GW including thermal, hydro and RES power plants.
PPC is now the largest clean energy company in SEE with 4.7 GW production capacity from renewables and projects of 2.8 GW in the under construction or Ready to build stage with a project pipeline of 20 GW.
PPC holds a 51% interest in the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A., which is the sole owner and operator of the electricity distribution network in Greece, with over 249,000 km of network. PPC owns in Romania the distribution network in 3 regions of the country, including Bucharest, by far the country’s most important region. It distributes energy to over 3.1 million customers, at approximately 1/3 of Romania with over 134,000 km of network.
ENIC (enakronIC) is a newly established start-up located in Patras, Greece. It comprises a team of innovative individuals with versatile competencies in cloud-edge infrastructures, data management, domain-driven Machine Learning (ML) analytics, and customizable hardware architectures for acceleration. ENIC provides end-to-end (e2e) ML-enabled real-time services that meet the customer's industry-specific requirements. These services aim to increase businesses' sustainability index by enhancing technical performance efficiency, reducing environmental footprints, and promoting social welfare. Specifically, ENIC focuses on improving energy efficiency in buildings and power grid optimization, optimizing industrial processes, and managing assets for utilities such as PV parks. The company aims to deliver AI-based analytics solutions to various energy stakeholders tailored to their specific business needs to improve operational efficiency.
ENIC's technology stack is built on MLOps to provide end-to-end AI services. It leverages multi-domain expertise for advanced analytics and integrates cloud-edge computing to enable optimal deployment of contextual analytics. Additionally, ENIC focuses on use case-driven customized architectures for AI acceleration, specifically designed for latency-critical applications.
In COP-Pilot, ENIC is the technology provider of “Cluster 3 Energy”. It will provide the analytic services for all three UCs of the cluster, as well as the infrastructure to digest data from the on-field sensors in to the COP-Pilot platform.
The Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS) is a non-profit Academic Research Body associated with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (SECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). ICCS participates in COP-PILOT through the Computing Systems Laboratory (CSLab), one of the largest research laboratories of the Computer Science Department of SECE. CSLab possesses strong expertise in computer architecture and large scale parallel (HPC) and distributed systems (Big Data, Cloud and P2P infrastructures). Its members perform research and development both at the higher level of algorithmic design and applications’ optimization as well as in the assembly and operation of such systems with a tradition spanning more than three decades in the implementation, optimization and operation of systems at all scales.
Role in COP-PILOT:
ICCS is actively participating in COP-PILOT, as a technical partner, contributing to key activities of WP2, WP3, and WP4. Additionally, ICCS is engaged in WP7, supporting the project’s dissemination, communication and exploitation efforts to ensure the project achieves broad visibility and impact.
iLink is an innovative Software company in the field of IoT with a strong background in Software Telematics Solutions. It was established in 2005, and its portfolio enumerates more than 1000 enterprises in the private and public sectors in SE Europe. iLink research and development department has produced robust and mature solutions in the field of Fleet Telematics, Smart Logistics, and Enterprise Mobile Applications. The R&D department of iLink deals with research in the field of Genetic Algorithms related to Smart Logistics, IoT & Big Data Analytics related to its Fleet Management Solutions, and Blockchain related to the long-term target of building strong and transparent consortiums for several industrial sectors. The R&D department has applied a huge effort in implementing analytic route optimization algorithms following global standards and principles in the field of VRP (Vehicle Routing Problem) and mTSP (multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem) algorithms.
Role in COP-PILOT
iLink leverages Hyperledger Fabric to ensure data integrity, deploys smart contracts for automated workflows, and integrates AI-driven IoT insights to enable real-time logistics optimization. Its scalable vehicle routing problem (VRP) algorithms and interoperability solutions enhance collaboration and efficiency across sectors. As a key player in fostering interoperability and data sharing across the agricultural value chain, iLink ensures seamless collaboration and information exchange among stakeholders. The organization is also responsible for streamlining the integration of IoT, edge computing, and robotics into farming operations, driving the adoption of advanced technologies to improve efficiency and productivity.
As the use case owner for 3a.3 and 3a.4, iLink plays a pivotal role in driving innovation and operational alignment within these domains. Furthermore, its extensive expertise in diverse Innovation Actions (IA) and Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) projects under the EU framework solidifies its reputation as a leader in advancing agricultural technologies and promoting sector-wide modernization.
PNET is a private company incorporated as a Competence Centre in the field of B5G smart networks and services. It involves 21 shareholders representing industrial and business sectors, research and academia, public authorities, consulting and entrepreneurship support companies. It aims to support businesses in their digitalization journey by leveraging advanced technologies such as private 5G networks, edge cloud, and programmable networks. The Center places strong emphasis on strengthening vertical value chains, promoting sustainability, and fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. p-NET’s services focus on the research and development of business solutions, experimentation and pilot testing in advanced lab infrastructure and experimental facilities, upskilling and reskilling training as well as awareness-raising and consulting services for public authorities, businesses, and startups.
PNET Role in COP-PILOT
PNET participates in the European project COP-PILOT, leveraging its expertise as Greece's first Competence Center for Emerging Smart 5G/6G Networks and Services. At the core of its contribution, PNET employs its advanced testbed to emulate real-time IoT data collection from Distributed Energy Resources (DER) through Advanced Metering Infrastructure and IoT devices. By quantifying, aggregating, and enabling flexibility with network state awareness, PNET facilitates critical real-time computations, including power flow analysis and data analytics, hosted on its testbed cloud (ENIC). Additionally, it ensures seamless feedback of activation signals to IoT-connected DER. PNET also actively participates in work packages addressing requirements, specifications, platform implementation, and large-scale service orchestration deployment. As the leader of Task 4.4, PNET oversees the setup and integration of open calls testbeds, ensuring robust piloting clusters and comprehensive preparation and integration of use cases, cementing its role as a key driver of innovation and technology transfer within COP-PILOT.
UBITECH has been established in Athens, Greece back in 2005, concentrated in the European market and acquiring several EC and national grants for novel R&D initiatives. UBITECH has extended its operations with targeted international activities through its affiliated companies, subsidiaries and offices in Limassol (Cyprus) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). UBITECH R&D team participates in large, multidisciplinary consortiums in complex and highly-innovative projects, conducting research in: Cloud Computing, Software and Services; 5G Technologies; Digital Security, Big Data and Analytics; Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things; Energy Efficiency; Factories of the Future; e/m-Health.
Role in COP-PILOT
UBI undertakes the project technical management role, providing key contributions concerning the overall architecture and specific developments related to the platform interfaces, the telemetry solutions, and the definitions of the ZTP event management objectives. UBI also hosts the multi-domain E2E orchestration and implements the integration fabric interfaces, leading the WP3 development activities and leads tasks T1.2, T2.3, & T3.1.
UoP is the third largest university in Greece with each own campus in the outskirts of Patras city. The Network Architectures and Management (NAM) group (http://nam.ece.upatras.gr/) which represents the research aspect of the Greek cluster in this project acquired its expertise through collaborations with industry and a series of research national and European projects. It is currently comprised of 3 professors, 6 post-docs, 4 researchers-system developers and 7 PhD students. During the last ten years we have involved in many 5G/6G projects like 5G-VINNI, 5G-SOLUTIONS, 5G-VICTORI, 5GASP, FIDAL, ACROSS, 6G-XCEL, IMAGINEB5G, SAND5G, P2CODE . We are also maintainers of http://sence.city a service that engages citizens to report issues across their city and the ThingsNetwork IoT infrastructure/community in Patras.
UOP Role in COP-PILOT
UOP in COP-PILOT is the leader of the Cluster 3 on Energy and Agriculture. The UoP testbed will be employed to emulate the DER real IoT data collection from the Advanced Metering Infrastructure and IoT devices (in real-time) and quantify/aggregate/enable flexibility with network state awareness; the aggregator functionality will be hosted on the testbed cloud. All the DR computations, power flow analysis and data analytics in real time will be performed on the test bed cloud (ENIC) and the activation signals will be fed back to the IoT connected DER. UoP brings also expertise in the Open Source infrastructure manager OpenSlice. Leader of various tasks and deliverables
The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), member of the Deutsche Telekom (DT) Group of Companies, is the incumbent telecommunications provider in Greece.
OTE Group is the largest technology company in Greece. It is one of the top listed companies with respect to capitalization on the Athens Stock Exchange and is also listed on the London Stock Exchange.
OTE as the leading company of the OTE Group of Companies, that under the unified commercial brand “COSMOTE” and its key message “A better world, for all”, offers its customers a wide range of technologically advanced services such as fixed-line voice telephony and mobile telephony, internet access services, broadband services and ICT solutions in the residential and business market segments, including inter-alia FTTH/VDSL,5G/4G+, TV content, multimedia services, intelligent network services, IP-based hosting services, leased lines, maritime and satellite communications as well as a broad portfolio of value-added services. The OTE Group is also active in real-estate, as well as in e-payments, online food delivery and the digital insurance market. Abroad, the OTE Group operates in the mobile telecommunications market of Romania.
OTE Group’s vision is to become one of the leading digital telecommunications providers in Europe, while also leading Greece towards top digitalization rankings in Europe.
OTE Group invests heavily in new generation networks, creating the infrastructure that boosts the Greek economy and creates growth potential. With investments of more than €5 billion over the past decade, it is the largest investor in new technologies and infrastructure in Greece, having also announced investments exceeding €3 billion by 2027, mostly for the development of FTTH and 5G networks.
Sustainability is integrated into the Group’s business strategy and operations as a key priority. The Group’s Sustainability strategy is fully aligned with that of DT Group, focusing on four priorities: Climate Neutrality, Circular Economy throughout the Value Chain, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities at Work, and Digital Society for all.
Among others and aiming to consolidate technological superiority, the OTE Group systematically promotes research and innovation (R&I) which generates multiple benefits for society and the environment, its customers and the OTE Group as a whole, while also positively impacting on its business sustainability (future products and services, technologies and telecom networks, cost and energy efficiency, new business opportunities, competitiveness, etc.). Thus, OTE Group participates in a great variety of European research projects, promoting innovation and dealing with up-to-date technological and business challenges.
Role in COP-PILOT
OTE participates to the project management activities in the context of WP1.
In the specific context of WP2, a significant part of OTE’s effort will be dedicated to contributions related to: (i) the ecosystem definitions & requirements; (ii) the piloting use cases (UCs) definition and requirements, and; (iii) the definition of the system architecture.
In addition, it is expected that OTE will support the effort for the piloting Clusters and use cases’ Preparation & Integration in WP4, particularly via: (i) the support of integration of the COP-PILOT platform in the piloting clusters; (ii) configuration and resource management of testbeds for UCs integration; (iii) the implementation of UCs’ advanced features and technologies; (iv) the integration and preparation of UCs for experimentation, and; (v) the support for Open Calls and integration of third parties.
In the framework of WP5, OTE also aims to emphasize for: (i) the support and validation of trials and experiments; (ii) assessing all related impact and; (iii) providing feedback on the validation and evaluation of the platform, UCs, Clusters, and experiments.
OTE will also be involved in actions for the support of Open Calls (as in WP6) and will participate to various dissemination, communication and exploitation efforts (as in WP7) aiming, among others to: raise awareness of the project; establish liaisons and collaboration with other projects, and; extract IPRs.
Agentscape AG is a Berlin-based high-tech SME specializing in developing intelligent software agents and dynamic personalization technologies. Founded as a spin-off from the Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, the company delivers innovative solutions in areas such as information mining, self-service applications, and security as a service. Its expertise spans vertical markets including healthcare, telecommunications, media, automotive, and anti-terror applications. Agentscape has a strong track record of participating in numerous EU-funded projects, contributing cutting-edge technologies and services for intelligent system platforms and knowledge-driven decision support systems.
Role in COP-PILOT
Agentscape AG role in the COP-PILOT project focuses on the development of a smart role-based business and operations portal. Leading Task 3.4, Agentscape is responsible for designing a front-end interface tailored for diverse stakeholders, including service providers, managers, and end-users. Key innovations include the integration of a Large Language Model (LLM)-powered multimodal user interface (LLM-UI plugin), which interprets high-level user inputs such as text and images into operational blueprints for service onboarding and lifecycle management.
Agentscape’s deliverables include:
- An initial release of the role-based access system and LLM-UI plugin by Month 18.
- Full system deployment by Month 26.
Agentscape will also support dissemination and exploitation activities, providing training and guidance to ensure effective use of its technologies across the project's four piloting clusters.
Together with its members and partners, FIWARE Foundation drives the definition – and the Open Source implementation – of key open standards that enable the development of portable and interoperable smart solutions in a faster, easier and affordable way, avoiding vendor lock-in scenarios, whilst also nurturing FIWARE as a sustainable and innovation-driven business ecosystem.
Role in COP-PILOT
FIWARE is the Task leader of task 3.3. - IoT hardware and data management
This task seeks to integrate disparate IoT sensors and data via an NGSI-LD Context Broker and its outcomes include more fully defined data models and better integration of multiple IoT Systems. It is envisioned that a basic gateway for NGSI and Arrowhead will be available by month 10 with various updates and modifications thereafter. The initial documentation will involve the specification of gateways for various IoT data formats.
In addition, FIWARE will be involved in most other work packages (WP2, WP3, WP4, WP6) to various degrees, although most effort will be given to WP3. For example, FIWARE is involved in standardization at ETSI (related to task 7.2) and will help creation of data models for task 3.2 and the overall COP-Pilot architecture (task 2.3)
HOSCH is the specialist for conveyor belt cleaning systems for the bulk material handling industry. Based on decades of experience and the continuous development of our products, we are able to realize the best solutions for any kind of bulk material and conveyor.
HOSCH is the specialist for conveyor belt cleaning systems for the bulk material handling industry. Based on decades of experience and the continuous development of our products, we are able to realize the best solutions for any kind of bulk material and conveyor.
InCites Consulting SA (INC) is an SME company established in Luxembourg. INC was founded on May 2013 and its main activities rely on telecommunications technoeconomics, regulatory economics and policies, demand forecasting, business and price modelling. The objectives of INC can be summarized as follows:
- Consulting services regarding techno-economic analysis of ICT systems and services, demand and prices forecasting of ICT products and services, uncertainty management in telecom investment.
- Consulting services on regulatory economics and financial investments in ICT.
- Provision of consultancy services for the development of bottom-up and top-down models for telecommunication networks for regulators, government agencies, telecommunications providers and associations.
- Research on new business models and technoeconomics methodologies
- Development, operation, commercialization and support of specialized software tools and components for all the above purposes
Role in COP-PILOT
INC is leading WP7: Dissemination, Communication, Exploitation and Standardization and will oversee all the activities related to dissemination, communication, standardization and exploitation that will be implemented. INC is also leading Task 7.3: Exploitation activities and IPR management that has as objective to identify the exploitable assets that will come out of the project and define of coherent, detailed, and pragmatic market-related exploitation strategy.
Netcompany helps EU Institutions support and implement their policies while at the same time interacting with their targeted user communities. In doing so, we have gained valuable experience and a thorough and rare understanding of the complexities and sensitivities of EU Institutions.
Our EU government business activities have allowed us to acquire specific skills such as the ability to deal with large, trans-governmental, multilingual and geographically dispersed systems, and the comprehension and utilisation of specific vertical technologies and outsourcing of entire business activities under elaborate Service Level Agreements (SLA). These skills have enabled Netcompany to become a major provider of IT services to the EU Institutions.
Application Development & Integration Services
Development and Integration Services represents a significant volume of our business activity in the EU. Building, integrating, deploying and maintaining information systems that support the free movement of people, capital, services and goods across Europe and around the world, is the area where we lead the competition.
We have designed and built some of the largest and most complex IT systems in the European Commission.
IT Resourcing Services
Netcompany is one of the leading providers pf professional services to the European Institutions. We provide resourcing solutions across a wide area of IT-related fields based on thorough candidate-selection and placement methodologies. Our vast pool of potential resource remains a guarantee for success.
Managed Services
Managed Services is one of Netcompany’s core activity areas, based on the ITL most widely accepted approach. The Managed Services delivery group provides services for Service Design, Transition and Operation. We have been providing advice, designs and implementation strategies of ITL-based supprt services for more than 30.000 users in Europe.
Research & Innovation Development
We recognize that research & innovation is a key enabler for future growth and new business creation. Netcompany has its own Research & Innovation Development (RID) Department that actively contributes to the development of innovative research prototypes.
Arthur’s Legal, Strategies & Systems (ARTHUR) is the independent, global strategic legal firm & knowledge partner. It covers the unique combination of technology, strategy, impact, ethics and law focusing on (inter)national, regional and global strategy and policy aspects in this Digital Age.
ARTHUR is expert advisor to public and private Sector organisations within EU, EEA, UK, NATO, allies and friends (Digital Ecosystems, Data, IoT, AI, Robotics, Computing, Spectrum, Dynamic Attributes, Risk, Safety, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Trust, Dynamic Assurance, Digital Sovereignty & Accountability).
For once, it is also member of the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Cloud & Edge, and is leader of the Digital Sovereignty Taskforce, the Cybersecurity Taskforce as well as co-leading Common Trust Principles for Cloud-Edge Ecosystems and Data Spaces).
In the context of COP-PILOT, ARTHUR acts as the key partner supporting the strategic, policy, ethics and legal domains and dimensions.
Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) is a non-profit private organization which promotes innovation and transfer of technology, establishing the interface between the scientific and technological system and the enterprises. IPN operates in three areas: 1) Research and technological development; 2) Incubation and acceleration of tech-based enterprises; 3) Highly specialised training. IPN owns 6 technology development laboratories, among which Laboratory of Informatics and Systems (LIS).
Role in COP-PILOT
IPN employs a dual role in COP-PILOT:
- Technical role: through IPN-LIS, IPN will support COP-PILOT platform implementation, focusing the employment of the secure fabric in different sectors (WP3), as well as contribute to the identification of requirements (WP2), pilot’s implementation (WP4), validation and evaluation activities (WP5).
- Knowledge transfer and clustering role: through IPN-VCI, IPN will support the dissemination of the COP-PILOT platform and the piloting cluster capabilities. Being responsible for Task 7.4, it will manage the project's interaction with external stakeholders.
OneSource is an IT company specialized in the fields of data communications, security, networking and systems management, including the consultancy, auditing, design, development and lifetime administration of specialized IT solutions for corporate networks, public-sector institutions, utilities and telecommunications operators.
Arsys is a European Internet Presence, managed hosting, cloud computing and ICT infrastructure solutions company that ranks among the leading technology and innovation companies in Europe. Their main objective is to drive digital transformation and provide businesses with access to the full benefits of the Cloud.
Arsys lead the Spanish market with more than 1.2 million active services and more than 250,000 clients. In 2010 they launched the first European Cloud Hosting platform. Since August 2013, they have been part of the IONOS Group, Europe's leading digitalisation partner for small and medium-sized companies.
The Ayuntamiento de Almussafes is the municipal government of Almussafes, a town located in the province of Valencia, Spain.
Fivecomm accelerates the digitalization of the industry using the most advanced communication technologies. Focused on creating real and cost-efficient Internet Of Things applications from the devices to the edge.
Fundación Valenciaport is an Applied Research, Innovation & Training centre providing services to the port and logistics cluster. This initiative of the Port Authority of Valencia has enjoyed the collaboration of notable businesses, universities and institutions from the port community. Since its establishment, it has developed projects in more than 65 countries, primarily Mediterranean nations, as well as from the rest of Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Among its many activities, the following stand out:
- Fostering innovation, by promoting the design, implementation and execution of R&D&I projects in the port logistics sector, aimed at improving the competitiveness of companies and institutions in the sector.
- Knowledge management initiatives, offering specialized, high-value-added training for the continuous improvement of the human capital of the port logistics community.
- Policy of active cooperation with other port communities around the world, by means of technical assistance initiatives and support for Spanish logistics operators in their internationalization processes. Raising the international profile of the Port of Valencia’s know-how.
- Market intelligence service for developing indexes, databases and reports of strategic interest for the sector.
- Structuring the port logistics community, fostering cooperation within the sector, while reaching out to and engaging in dialogue with the general public, all within the framework of a collective social responsibility strategy.
JIG is a business group that provides advanced ICT services. Divided into two business areas that are integrated with each other, service management and digital, it represents a business vision adapted to a new, more global, agile and immediate society. Since 2001, we have been present in the Spanish market developing and providing Internet solutions, integrated service management, applications, mobile services and intelligent management solutions aimed at improving the business efficiency of our public and private clients.
JIG DIGITAL is the business line of the JIG group, which offers global internet solutions related to app and web development, positioning, online marketing, e-commerce, commercial management (CRM) and systems and software integration. All our projects are focused on improving management processes in digital transformation and Smart Cities. In addition, we are participants in several R&D projects with European funding (7th Program, H2020, …), CDTI (Spanish R&D Organization) and Mineco (Ministry of Industry), in IoT projects, IoE, interoperable platforms, sustainable mobility and data security.
We were born in La Rioja in 2001. We thought of technology as a tool to increase competitiveness, eficiency and adaptability of companies and public institutions and decided to adopt it as our language. Since then, we have been present in the Spanish market developing and providing integrated management services, internet solutions, e-commerce, digital communication, mobile services, applications, and intelligent management solutions aimed at improving efficiency.
We back up our experience with a series of certifications, business classifications, commitments, partners and allies: ISO 9001, 14001, 27001 and 45001 and the Innovative SME seal of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
We are a technology company born and based in the heart of one of the most renowned wine regions in the world: La Rioja. Some of the projects we have led make a perfect combination of two of our greatest passions: technology and wine.
Nespra is a leading IoT SaaS (Internet of Things Software as a Service) company specializing in providing advanced technology for real-time monitoring and data analysis across strategic sectors such as industry, water, agriculture, and facilities.
Our platform integrates hardware and software to capture, process, and analyze critical data, offering businesses complete visibility into their operations and enabling data-driven decision-making.
With a focus on efficiency, sustainability, and scalability, Nespra helps its clients optimize resources, reduce costs, and improve performance, driving their digital transformation in an increasingly connected and competitive environment.
Nespra was born in 2016 as a technological Startup at the Polytechnic University of Valencia with the purpose of providing organizations with an IoT solution in the cloud to drive businesses in digitalization through an easy, simple and secure solution from sensors to the IoT platform in the cloud.
In 2019, Nespra was ranked as the best startup in the Valencian Community and among the 50 best in innovation in Spain, managing to position its technology in strategic sectors. Today, Nespra manages sensor networks for more than 100 large clients around the world and generates more than 5 million processed data per year.
Telefónica, founded in 1924, is a global telecommunications leader offering fixed and mobile connectivity and innovative digital solutions, with approximately 369 million subscribers. Operating in 12 countries across Europe and Latin America, and present in 170 countries, the company is headquartered in Madrid and employs over 100,000 people. Telefónica drives digital transformation, sustainability, and inclusion through its brands such as Movistar, O2, and Vivo.
Role in COP-PILOT
Telefónica Innovación Digital (TID) participates in the Spanish Cluster as a technology partner, bringing its expertise and innovative capabilities to drive the development and integration of use cases.
In the pilots, TID will provide Telefónica’s Commercial Network, enabling real-world connectivity scenarios and advanced 5G features, alongside its proprietary IoT platform, specifically designed for smart cities and university campus applications. These pilots will showcase cutting-edge use cases, test new technologies, and validate solutions in operational environments. TID will also contribute to integration activities, ensuring smooth interoperability between different systems and components.
As the leader of Task 7.2, Standardisation Activities, TID will focus on developing and maintaining a standardisation plan that aligns project outcomes with industry standards and best practices.
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is a public Spanish university founded in 1968 and located in Valencia, focusing on science, technology, and arts, and offering 53 bachelor's and master's degrees and 32 doctoral programs. UPV is the best technological university in Spain in the Shanghai ranking. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranks the institution in the 301-400 range, being the only polytechnic university in the country included among the 500 best universities in the world. As part of UPV, the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM) is the largest multidisciplinary telecommunications research institute in Spain; with international recognition (3 ERCs and more than 10 H2020/HEurope 5G projects). iTEAM is the first Spanish entity to deploy a self-managed 5G Private Network, offering 5G and advanced 5G features for research and university services.
Role in COP-PILOT
UPV is the Spanish Cluster leader, T5.2 and T6.3 leader
As Spanish cluster leader, UPV will oversee the management of the cluster, coordinate the definition of use cases and the pilots preparation and execution, as well as the integration of all parts and with the COP-PILOT platform. First testing of pilots will be performed in UPV’s campus, to then test them in other locations.
As leader of T5.2 – Open Calls’ validation and evaluation (experimentation) [M16-M33], UPV will coordinate with the leader of WP5 and leaders of the other tasks of such WP, as well as cluster leaders to define a methodology for validation and evaluation of the open calls projects.
As leader of Task 6.3 – Third-parties training [M12-M36], UPV will coordinate with the leader of WP6 and leaders of the other tasks of such WP, as well as cluster leaders to define a methodology for training third parties onboarding the project through the open calls processes. The task will involve the preparation of material to disseminate project methodologies, technical concepts and tools and train third-party experimenters to improve their skills in the COP-PILOT platform, clusters, use cases and technologies to support the onboarding and finally to perform experimentation.
Valencia Innovation Capital is a platform launched by the Innovation Department of Valencia City Council, created to promote a dynamic, diverse and creative city. Our aim is to bring together all the key players in Valencia’s innovation and tech entrepreneurship ecosystem to work collectively towards political and economic transformation, paving the way for a sustainable and technologically advanced future.
Role in COP-PILOT
València Innovation Capital (VCH) is taking part in the European project COP‑PILOT as part of Cluster 2 – Spain – Valencia, alongside other entities such as UPV, VPF, TID, NES, FIVE and ALM, as well as other technological partners. Its main role focuses on facilitating the integration and validation of smart IoT solutions in real urban environments, contributing to the project’s goal: building an interoperable, secure and scalable platform for sustainable cities.
With its strategic position as a municipal initiative for urban innovation, València Innovation Capital drives the implementation of emerging technologies that enhance quality of life in the city. It also acts as a connector between the various stakeholders in the local and European ecosystem, promoting public-private collaboration and the adoption of sustainable digital solutions.
In addition, València Innovation Capital provides cross-cutting support for the project’s communication and dissemination activities, particularly through its involvement in local events, thereby strengthening the project’s visibility within its urban and institutional environment.
LTU Business (LTUB) is a business development company that operates at the intersection of academia, industry and the public sector. We help our customers develop innovations, business strategies and collaborations that lead to a better future in northern Sweden. With the help of our expertise, our proven methods and our unique network, we enable a faster and safer path towards our customers' goals. LTU Business was founded in 1983 and is owned by Luleå University of Technology through LTU Holding.
Role in COP-PILOT
LTUB will be involved in business development activities for Cluster 1 (Swedish Pilot) and support development of multistakeholder business opportunity, as well as provide support to partner INC, leader of Task 7.3 Exploitation activities and IPR management, contributing to the development of D 7.2 and D7.4.
Luleå University of Technology experiences rapid growth with world-leading expertise within several research areas. Our scientific and artistic research and education are conducted in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, the public sector and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has an annual turnover of almost SEK 2.1 billion. We have around 1,900 employees and over 18,700 students.
All figures are from the annual report 2024.
Research
The research at Luleå University of Technology is predominantly applied and takes place in close collaboration with international and national companies and partners. The research has a turnover of almost SEK 1.2 billion and is organised into 64 research subjects.
Research areas
- Built Environment and Infrastructure
- Architecture and Design
- Mines and Minerals
- Mechanical Engineering and Materials
- Energy
- Digitalisation, Automation and Artificial Intelligence
- Space
- Business Administration and Social Sciences
- Health
- Education
- Music and Theatre
Predge is a data- and solution driven company helping industries to predict failure, errors and prevent unwanted stops. Our product packages is formed together with the market, our customers and partners. By collecting and analyzing Big Data we provide a base for decision-making in operations.
RISE is Sweden’s research institute and innovation partner. Through our international collaboration programmes with industry, academia and the public sector, we ensure the competitiveness of the Swedish business community on an international level and contribute to a sustainable society. Our almost 3300 employees engage in and support all types of innovation processes. RISE is an independent, State-owned research institute, which offers unique expertise and over 130 testbeds and demonstration environments for future-proof technologies, products and services.
Role in COP-PILOT
RISE will primarily participate as a technology provider and test bed for facilitator for Cluster 1. RISE will develop and provide Cloud and networked Edge compute infrastructure solutions in UC1.4 IoT–Edge–Cloud-Continuum for digital mines. The RISE ICE T&D facility is intended to be used as a test bed for hosting and showcasing solutions prior to implementation in real mining environment.
RockSigma is a provider of seismic processing software that helps mines improve safety and optimize production as they mine deeper and deeper underground.
The RockSigma solution provides unparalleled data quality, real-time capabilities and powerful easy-to-use tools, helping mines monitor, forecast and prevent seismic events, avoiding potentially catastrophic consequences and improving productivity.
Role in COP-PILOT
ROC is a contributor to Cluster 1, business integration in mining, specifically use-case 1.1, which is focused on large scale micro seismic monitoring.
ROC will use technologies provided within the project to integrate new seismic sensors with its existing seismic processing software solution, and to make the software deploy and run seamlessly on edge and cloud.
ThingWave AB is an award-winning, Sweden-based company specializing in advanced Internet of Things (IoT) solutions designed to help the mining industry to leverage the power of connected devices. ThingWave is a spin-off from Luleå University of Technology and focuses on providing innovative technologies that enable real-time data collection, advanced analytics, and seamless integration with existing systems.
ThingWave’s core offerings include sensor integration and monitoring, with a focus on Smart Rock bolts, Smart ventilation and asset tracking and management, AI-driven data analytics for predictive maintenance, and end-to-end IoT ecosystem management. ThingWave’s solutions are tailored to enhance efficiency, optimize performance, and support sustainability across mining, manufacturing, infrastructure, and energy industries.
Innovation and R&D are at the core of ThingWave, and help promote technology development to deliver scalable, secure, and powerful IoT solutions. ThingWave Mining 4.0 is a powerful digital suite composed of IoT devices, Edge and Cloud platforms for managing high bandwidth data streams and large volumes of sensor data.
Digital for Planet (D4P) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the design, development, and implementation of innovative digital technologies, systems, and solutions. It aims to empower individuals, communities, and both public and private sectors to effectively tackle significant social, economic, and environmental challenges humanity is facing.
Role in COP-PILOT
D4P is responsible for the WP6 and Task 7.1.
As a leader of the WP6, D4P will oversee the organization of Open Calls by managing the entire process, including the preparation, publication, and dissemination of the calls. D4P will handle proposal assessment and fund management, coordinate patrons and support team assignments, develop training materials and tutorials, and facilitate third-party training to ensure comprehensive support throughout the project.
In addition to managing the Open Calls, D4P will lead Task 7.1. Dissemination, communication, and clustering activities, by conducting outreach through presenting and demonstrating the project’s objectives, framework, concepts, platforms, tools, and results at key technology events targeting identified stakeholders. This will involve utilizing various channels, including the project website, social media, project branding, and the publication of open-access reports and results.
Terraview GmbH, headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, specialises in developing innovative software solutions for the agricultural sector, with a particular focus on viticulture. Their flagship product, TerraviewOS, is an advanced vineyard management platform that integrates diverse data sources to offer comprehensive insights and tools for efficient vineyard management. Additionally, they offer Aquaview, an advanced solution that combines precise soil moisture monitoring, meteorological data integration, and predictive analytics to optimise irrigation practices. The company’s mission is to create a positive impact on society by developing innovative tools and solutions that empower decision-makers in agriculture to adopt sustainable and carbon-neutral practices.
Established in 1899, Kingston University is home to a diverse community with more than 20,000 students from 140 countries.
As the UK’s leading university for Future Skills, our staff and students are sought after for their skills, knowledge and ability to innovate. We are committed to enhancing students’ life chances, supporting staff ambitions and strengthening the University’s impact on industry, policy and the professions to enable a sustainable future socially, economically and environmentally.
The University of Bradford (UBRAD) is a technology university with almost 60 years of cutting-edge research experience. The University of Bradford has grown significantly since it was granted its Royal Charter in 1966, with over 130 nationalities represented in learning, teaching, and research capacity at Bradford. The University has a rich history of the creation of knowledge through fundamental and applied impactful research that is recognised, supported, and celebrated. Being a technology university, our research and innovation activities cover a broad spectrum of academic disciplines including artificial intelligence, space research, communication advancements, sustainable societies, and environments. We influence policy and practice worldwide and this is underpinning important developments in Bradford. The University of Bradford was ranked in the top 80 universities in REF2021 and is ranked 58th in the Times Higher Education report of the UKs Best Universities 2023, with recognition for a significant number of local students and local impact in the City of Bradford, with research making local and regional impact high on the agenda. The UBRAD research team are part of the School of Management, of the Management, Law, and Social Sciences Faculty, and have several years of R&D experience both in academia and industry and are acknowledged as the most published UK academics in the field of technology management, evaluation and digital government research. Together, they have coordinated or been involved in over 15 EU funded R&D projects encapsulating the topics of digital government, e-participation, and social innovation, including Smart City based e-participation (EMPATIA, LiveCity, DAREED, PolicyCompass – FP7) projects.
Role in COP-PILOT
As a key academic partner, the University of Bradford (UBRAD) brings extensive expertise in evaluating technology implementation, diffusion, and adoption to the COP-PILOT project. UBRAD will lead efforts to assess the societal and business impact of the pilots, ensuring their alignment with project goals and delivering actionable insights to drive meaningful outcomes.
UBRAD’s responsibilities include leading Deliverable D5.2, which entails reporting on the final testing cycle’s outcomes and validation results. This deliverable will comprehensively assess the validation of experiments and evaluate sustainability, societal, and business impacts, reflecting UBRAD’s critical role in advancing the project’s overarching objectives.
UBRAD will play a pivotal role in multiple Work Packages (WPs):
WP2: In collaboration with Kingston University London (KUL), UBRAD will contribute to Task 2.2, focusing on the extraction of use case-related requirements. This task will ensure the project is grounded in real-world needs and scenarios, establishing a robust foundation for subsequent developments.
WP3: UBRAD will support Task 3.4, which involves developing a smart, role-based business and operations portal. This portal will provide a user-friendly interface for COP-PILOT stakeholders to interact with the platform effectively.
WP4: As part of Task 4.3, UBRAD will contribute to integrating piloting use cases within the COP-PILOT clusters, preparing them for experimentation.
WP5: UBRAD will support Task 5.1, focusing on the validation and evaluation of piloting use cases through experimentation and deployment. For Task 5.2, UBRAD will assist with the validation and evaluation of Open Calls, monitoring and supporting third-party experiments. In Task 5.3, UBRAD will evaluate the design, execution, and outcomes of the COP-PILOT pilot experiments to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. UBRAD will lead Task 5.4, which involves sustainability, social, and business impact assessments, directly contributing to achieving project objective #6.
WP6: UBRAD will play a supporting role in Task 6.1, which focuses on the preparation, publication, and dissemination of Open Calls, helping establish clear guidelines for their execution, and Task 6.3, which involves developing training materials and organizing support for third-party training during the Open Calls.
WP7: UBRAD will actively contribute to Task 7.1, dissemination and communication activities to promote the project’s goals and outcomes, Task 7.3, exploitation activities and intellectual property rights (IPR) management, and Task 7.4, clustering activities, knowledge transfer, and scaling up the project’s findings.
UBRAD will maintain a strong presence in WP1, WP2, WP3, WP5, WP6, and WP7, ensuring comprehensive involvement across the project’s workstreams. This active engagement will foster seamless collaboration, integration of outcomes, and alignment with the project’s vision to create transformative impacts in sustainability, digital governance, and disruptive technologies.
By leveraging its academic excellence and interdisciplinary expertise, UBRAD is well-positioned to drive innovation and contribute to the success of the COP-PILOT initiative.
Tata Communications is a digital ecosystem enabler that powers today’s fast-growing digital economy.
The Company enables the digital transformation of enterprises globally, including 300 of the Fortune 500 – unlocking opportunities for businesses by enabling borderless growth, boosting product innovation and customer experience, improving productivity and efficiency, building agility and managing risk. With its solutions orientated approach, proven managed service capabilities and cutting-edge infrastructure, Tata Communications drives the next level of intelligence powered by cloud, mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), collaboration, security and network services. Tata Communications carries around 30% of the world’s internet routes and connects businesses to 80% of the world’s cloud giants and 4 out of 5 mobile subscribers. The Company’s capabilities are underpinned by its global network, the world’s largest wholly owned subsea fibre backbone and a Tier-1 IP network with connectivity to 190+ countries and territories around the world. Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. Tata Communications has been a part of the rich heritage of the internet in India. Over the last 25 years, enterprise-enabled services have been essential to the adoption of digital services in the country. From utility to transformation, connectivity is an essential fabric of sustenance for the economy. Tata Communications is committed to enabling Industry leaders in this New World of Communications™, with our unique promise of delivering secure connected digital experiences.
SUITE5 is an IT solutions and services SME with headquarters in Cyprus; operating in the areas of AI and XAI, Big Data Analytics, Semantics and Data Interoperability, Big Data Management, Trusted Data Sharing and Blockchain technologies, while exploring new application domains for high-end IT data-driven solutions. SUITE5 has a long-standing experience in the provision of data-driven and data-inspired services in large, demanding and multi-disciplinary projects. SUITE5’s mission is to deliver innovative data-driven intelligence solutions through its strong technology know-how and utilising state-of the art technologies.
Role in COP-PILOT
SUITE5 is actively participating in COP-PILOT, as a technical partner, contributing to key activities of WP2, WP3, WP4, and WP5. This involves the Platform’s and modules’ requirements extraction process and the definition of appropriate technologies; support in the project’s Use Cases requirements extraction process; contribution to the definition of specifications and interfaces for the platform’s modules, and contribution to the validation and evaluation of the Use Cases. Additionally, SUITE5 is engaged in WP7, supporting the project’s dissemination, communication and exploitation efforts to ensure the project achieves broad visibility and impact.
University of Rome Tor Vergata was established in 1982 and is therefore a relatively young University. It was designed on the model of Anglo-Saxon campuses: it stretches on 600 hectares and hosts important research institutions, such as National Research Council – CNR and the Italian Space Agency – ASI.
Konnektable Technologies Ltd. (KT) is a software development company specializing in AI, machine learning, IoT, and big data, with a strong presence in Ireland, Greece, and the USA. They focus on creating custom software solutions that support business optimization and digital transformation. With extensive experience in European R&D, Konnektable has participated in 26 Horizon Europe and other EU-funded projects. Their expertise spans multiple industries, including crisis management, cybersecurity, healthcare, water management, smart factories, and more, driving innovation through EU-backed research and cutting-edge product development .
RedZinc Services, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a telehealth solutions provider specialising in cloud-based platforms, IoT and edge-based computing to enable integrated care delivery. Our flagship solution, BlueEye Virtual Ward is a hospital at home platform for remote patient monitoring and proactive care for multiple patient cohorts including frail elderly, cardiology, respiratory, emergency and post-surgery cases. Leveraging a robust infrastructure for cloud computing and IoT, we empower healthcare providers with virtual wards and telehealth capabilities, enhancing patient outcomes and supporting efficient and sustainable healthcare delivery.
Role in COP-PILOT
As a leader of Task 4.2, Piloting Use Cases development, RedZinc leads the development and piloting of use cases, integrating advanced features and technologies to achieve project objectives. RedZinc ensures compliance with technical and functional requirements while documenting and disseminating insights to foster knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the scientific community.
RedZinc is also a contributor in tasks 3.1 End-to-end multi-domain service orchestration, 3.2 Distributed edge cloud and resource orchestration, 3.3 IoT hardware and data management, Task 4.4 Open calls testbed setup and integration
AgroApps was established in 2015 with the vision to bring technology closer to the agricultural sector and provide sustainable tools that support modern farming. The company was founded by a team of experienced agronomists and IT specialists, who had a deep understanding of the agricultural sector and saw the growing need for technological support and for effective forward-thinking IT solutions.
Passionate about applying ICT, AgroApps team uses and combines sophisticated mathematical models, machine learning technologies, satellite and meteorological data and crop development models to build solutions and customized services for farmers, agricultural consultants, agri-food and agricultural insurance companies, as well as for the public sector worldwide. Today, the company has a set of IT solutions that address real life challenges touching upon the benefits of sustainable agriculture and the complex farm management decision-making process. AgroApps solutions help the agricultural stakeholders protect and improve their operations, guide more informed agricultural decisions and get the most out of their land.
Over those years, AgroApps has established strong partnerships with leading actors of the agri-business sector in Greece. Additionally, the company has managed to deploy a large number of international collaborations with distinct entities, from Ministries and Research Institutions to private companies, co-developing a diverse set of agri-related applications.
The Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) offers high-level undergraduate and postgraduate Education and Research in Agricultural Science, and its vision is to achieve Educational and Research Excellence so as to occupy a dynamic position in the international academic environment.
True to its traditional role of responding to the productive and developmental needs of the Greek economy and society, the AUA intervenes and develops in line with the development and orientation of modern education and science. Moreover, it is in continuous contact with society so as to make proposals and provide solutions to problems that arise within the agri-nutrition sector.
AXON LOGIC is a forward-looking company focused on building products and solutions needed for the 21st century. As an information and technology company, we provide reliable support services and consultancy to various sciences such as applied mathematics, quantum physics, electronics, and communications engineering – accurately delivering new technology and business information, ideas and insights to customers worldwide. We aim to establish ourselves as the best choice in Computing and Information Technology design, consultancy and development by offering a full spectrum of services. The main interest of AXON LOGIC is in Telecommunications, Big Data, Applied Mathematics & Optimization, and Smart Homes.
Although newly founded, axon logic has strong experience coping with ambitious ICT developments and innovative research, including complex networking design, baseband signal processing, infrastructure virtualisation, and system optimisation. It aims to establish itself as one of the best choices in Computing and Information Technology design, consultancy, and development of a full spectrum of services.
Role in COP-PILOT
Out of the four (4) implementation axes defined in this project, AXON LOGIC mainly focuses on the first one, Axis #1-Tech Feature: LLM-based service descriptor mechanism and onboarding. AXON LOGIC can play a significant role in delivering parts of Task 3.1 and Task 3.4, implementing intelligent SLA compliance plugins as platform services and providing an LLM-based logic and translation mechanism, respectively.
AXON LOGIC can also support activities from other WPs.
At Barba Stathis, for over 50 years now, our goal every day has been
to bring the very best of what the abundant Greek land has to offer. We are a united group of individuals dedicated to a single objective: delivering the safest, most nutritious, and most delicious vegetable.
BARBA STATHIS operates across various markets, including ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook frozen meals, frozen vegetables, fresh salads, and tomato products. With a focus on the trinity of nutrition, flavor, and convenience, we offer a daily assortment of innovative and high-quality products.
Currently, we manage two privately owned vegetable production facilities, serving 11,000 sales points domestically, and through our exports, our global presence extends to over 22 countries across 5 continents. Our vision is to offer safe, quality products that add true value to the lives of our customers.
Guided by the principles of sustainable development and inspired by the wisdom of Greek culinary tradition, we aim to shape nutritional standards and promote a healthy lifestyle. For over half a century now, we’ve stayed true to the very same values we began with. To offer authentically Greek products that stand out due to their unrivaled quality, safety, and innovation, with respect to society and nature. These principles are the cornerstone of our every decision and remain unchanged in the passing of time; they guide and inspire us every single day.
Nature never ceases to offer us the very best. In return, we invest in our human capital and ensure that our vegetables are always of the highest quality thanks to our Integrated Crop Management system and the state-of-the-art equipment used in our facilities. This way, we can guarantee that our vegetables retain all of their freshness and nutritional value, right up until the moment they are enjoyed.
We work with selected farmers and adhere to fully monitored and documented procedures on the fields, such as the Integrated Crop Management system and Precision Agriculture, that allow us to have full control over every stage of production. At the same time, we carry out more than 300 checks daily to ensure that the products that reach our customers are of the quality and safety synonymous to the Barba Stathis brand.
Thanks to the expertise of our people, we have developed a reliable and integrated Research & Development operation that is primarily aimed at developing innovative products. We operate with respect to nature, society, and the abundant Greek land with all it has to offer. We follow a business model based on sustainable development and a circular economy and we implement environmentally friendly procedures in a consistent and responsible manner.
Barbastathis has continuously supported the Greek economy, as well as Greek entrepreneurship. Through our Contract Farming program, which was the first of its kind ever to be implemented in Greece, we collaborate with hundreds of farmers who cultivate 3.000 hectares of arable Greek land. In doing so, we remain faithful to our vision of offering our customers the tastiest, safest, and most nutritious vegetables, while at the same time preserving our tradition in flavor and attuning it to the needs of contemporary life.
Barba Stathis is involved in work packages 2,3,4,5,6,7 and will be the testbed for DREVEN in WP5. Two of the plots of Central Macedonia, cultivated with spinach will be used for antinutrients measurements. Barba Stathis will also offer its drone technology for surveillance and data collection while its agronomist team will inspect the crop quality closely.
PREVEZA BIOGAS – design, construction and management of biogas and biomethane installations.
The 12-year expertise of our company in the field of gas and LPG network installations is the reason why the largest industries and craft industries throughout the country have trusted us.
One of them is the company Makios, for which we undertook the installation of a new piping network.
The project concerns the connection of the cogeneration device, with biogas supply, cooling water supply, oil network supply as well as the installation of a hot water piping network.
PPC is the leading South East European electric utility, with activities in electricity generation, distribution and sale of advanced energy products and services in Greece Romania and North Macedonia. It is the largest power supplier in Greece and Romania, servicing 8.8 m customers in total, providing them with approximately 33TWh of energy.
For more than 70 years, PPC has been at the forefront of Greece’s power industry and an integral part of the country’s process of electrification. PPC is publicly listed in the Athens Stock Exchange since 2001.
PPC is a leading generator and supplier of electricity in Greece and Romania with a total capacity of 10.8 GW including thermal, hydro and RES power plants.
PPC is now the largest clean energy company in SEE with 4.7 GW production capacity from renewables and projects of 2.8 GW in the under construction or Ready to build stage with a project pipeline of 20 GW.
PPC holds a 51% interest in the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A., which is the sole owner and operator of the electricity distribution network in Greece, with over 249,000 km of network. PPC owns in Romania the distribution network in 3 regions of the country, including Bucharest, by far the country’s most important region. It distributes energy to over 3.1 million customers, at approximately 1/3 of Romania with over 134,000 km of network.
ENIC (enakronIC) is a newly established start-up located in Patras, Greece. It comprises a team of innovative individuals with versatile competencies in cloud-edge infrastructures, data management, domain-driven Machine Learning (ML) analytics, and customizable hardware architectures for acceleration. ENIC provides end-to-end (e2e) ML-enabled real-time services that meet the customer's industry-specific requirements. These services aim to increase businesses' sustainability index by enhancing technical performance efficiency, reducing environmental footprints, and promoting social welfare. Specifically, ENIC focuses on improving energy efficiency in buildings and power grid optimization, optimizing industrial processes, and managing assets for utilities such as PV parks. The company aims to deliver AI-based analytics solutions to various energy stakeholders tailored to their specific business needs to improve operational efficiency.
ENIC's technology stack is built on MLOps to provide end-to-end AI services. It leverages multi-domain expertise for advanced analytics and integrates cloud-edge computing to enable optimal deployment of contextual analytics. Additionally, ENIC focuses on use case-driven customized architectures for AI acceleration, specifically designed for latency-critical applications.
In COP-Pilot, ENIC is the technology provider of “Cluster 3 Energy”. It will provide the analytic services for all three UCs of the cluster, as well as the infrastructure to digest data from the on-field sensors in to the COP-Pilot platform.
The Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS) is a non-profit Academic Research Body associated with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (SECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). ICCS participates in COP-PILOT through the Computing Systems Laboratory (CSLab), one of the largest research laboratories of the Computer Science Department of SECE. CSLab possesses strong expertise in computer architecture and large scale parallel (HPC) and distributed systems (Big Data, Cloud and P2P infrastructures). Its members perform research and development both at the higher level of algorithmic design and applications’ optimization as well as in the assembly and operation of such systems with a tradition spanning more than three decades in the implementation, optimization and operation of systems at all scales.
Role in COP-PILOT:
ICCS is actively participating in COP-PILOT, as a technical partner, contributing to key activities of WP2, WP3, and WP4. Additionally, ICCS is engaged in WP7, supporting the project’s dissemination, communication and exploitation efforts to ensure the project achieves broad visibility and impact.
iLink is an innovative Software company in the field of IoT with a strong background in Software Telematics Solutions. It was established in 2005, and its portfolio enumerates more than 1000 enterprises in the private and public sectors in SE Europe. iLink research and development department has produced robust and mature solutions in the field of Fleet Telematics, Smart Logistics, and Enterprise Mobile Applications. The R&D department of iLink deals with research in the field of Genetic Algorithms related to Smart Logistics, IoT & Big Data Analytics related to its Fleet Management Solutions, and Blockchain related to the long-term target of building strong and transparent consortiums for several industrial sectors. The R&D department has applied a huge effort in implementing analytic route optimization algorithms following global standards and principles in the field of VRP (Vehicle Routing Problem) and mTSP (multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem) algorithms.
Role in COP-PILOT
iLink leverages Hyperledger Fabric to ensure data integrity, deploys smart contracts for automated workflows, and integrates AI-driven IoT insights to enable real-time logistics optimization. Its scalable vehicle routing problem (VRP) algorithms and interoperability solutions enhance collaboration and efficiency across sectors. As a key player in fostering interoperability and data sharing across the agricultural value chain, iLink ensures seamless collaboration and information exchange among stakeholders. The organization is also responsible for streamlining the integration of IoT, edge computing, and robotics into farming operations, driving the adoption of advanced technologies to improve efficiency and productivity.
As the use case owner for 3a.3 and 3a.4, iLink plays a pivotal role in driving innovation and operational alignment within these domains. Furthermore, its extensive expertise in diverse Innovation Actions (IA) and Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) projects under the EU framework solidifies its reputation as a leader in advancing agricultural technologies and promoting sector-wide modernization.
PNET is a private company incorporated as a Competence Centre in the field of B5G smart networks and services. It involves 21 shareholders representing industrial and business sectors, research and academia, public authorities, consulting and entrepreneurship support companies. It aims to support businesses in their digitalization journey by leveraging advanced technologies such as private 5G networks, edge cloud, and programmable networks. The Center places strong emphasis on strengthening vertical value chains, promoting sustainability, and fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. p-NET’s services focus on the research and development of business solutions, experimentation and pilot testing in advanced lab infrastructure and experimental facilities, upskilling and reskilling training as well as awareness-raising and consulting services for public authorities, businesses, and startups.
PNET Role in COP-PILOT
PNET participates in the European project COP-PILOT, leveraging its expertise as Greece's first Competence Center for Emerging Smart 5G/6G Networks and Services. At the core of its contribution, PNET employs its advanced testbed to emulate real-time IoT data collection from Distributed Energy Resources (DER) through Advanced Metering Infrastructure and IoT devices. By quantifying, aggregating, and enabling flexibility with network state awareness, PNET facilitates critical real-time computations, including power flow analysis and data analytics, hosted on its testbed cloud (ENIC). Additionally, it ensures seamless feedback of activation signals to IoT-connected DER. PNET also actively participates in work packages addressing requirements, specifications, platform implementation, and large-scale service orchestration deployment. As the leader of Task 4.4, PNET oversees the setup and integration of open calls testbeds, ensuring robust piloting clusters and comprehensive preparation and integration of use cases, cementing its role as a key driver of innovation and technology transfer within COP-PILOT.
UBITECH has been established in Athens, Greece back in 2005, concentrated in the European market and acquiring several EC and national grants for novel R&D initiatives. UBITECH has extended its operations with targeted international activities through its affiliated companies, subsidiaries and offices in Limassol (Cyprus) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). UBITECH R&D team participates in large, multidisciplinary consortiums in complex and highly-innovative projects, conducting research in: Cloud Computing, Software and Services; 5G Technologies; Digital Security, Big Data and Analytics; Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things; Energy Efficiency; Factories of the Future; e/m-Health.
Role in COP-PILOT
UBI undertakes the project technical management role, providing key contributions concerning the overall architecture and specific developments related to the platform interfaces, the telemetry solutions, and the definitions of the ZTP event management objectives. UBI also hosts the multi-domain E2E orchestration and implements the integration fabric interfaces, leading the WP3 development activities and leads tasks T1.2, T2.3, & T3.1.
UoP is the third largest university in Greece with each own campus in the outskirts of Patras city. The Network Architectures and Management (NAM) group (http://nam.ece.upatras.gr/) which represents the research aspect of the Greek cluster in this project acquired its expertise through collaborations with industry and a series of research national and European projects. It is currently comprised of 3 professors, 6 post-docs, 4 researchers-system developers and 7 PhD students. During the last ten years we have involved in many 5G/6G projects like 5G-VINNI, 5G-SOLUTIONS, 5G-VICTORI, 5GASP, FIDAL, ACROSS, 6G-XCEL, IMAGINEB5G, SAND5G, P2CODE . We are also maintainers of http://sence.city a service that engages citizens to report issues across their city and the ThingsNetwork IoT infrastructure/community in Patras.
UOP Role in COP-PILOT
UOP in COP-PILOT is the leader of the Cluster 3 on Energy and Agriculture. The UoP testbed will be employed to emulate the DER real IoT data collection from the Advanced Metering Infrastructure and IoT devices (in real-time) and quantify/aggregate/enable flexibility with network state awareness; the aggregator functionality will be hosted on the testbed cloud. All the DR computations, power flow analysis and data analytics in real time will be performed on the test bed cloud (ENIC) and the activation signals will be fed back to the IoT connected DER. UoP brings also expertise in the Open Source infrastructure manager OpenSlice. Leader of various tasks and deliverables
The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), member of the Deutsche Telekom (DT) Group of Companies, is the incumbent telecommunications provider in Greece.
OTE Group is the largest technology company in Greece. It is one of the top listed companies with respect to capitalization on the Athens Stock Exchange and is also listed on the London Stock Exchange.
OTE as the leading company of the OTE Group of Companies, that under the unified commercial brand “COSMOTE” and its key message “A better world, for all”, offers its customers a wide range of technologically advanced services such as fixed-line voice telephony and mobile telephony, internet access services, broadband services and ICT solutions in the residential and business market segments, including inter-alia FTTH/VDSL,5G/4G+, TV content, multimedia services, intelligent network services, IP-based hosting services, leased lines, maritime and satellite communications as well as a broad portfolio of value-added services. The OTE Group is also active in real-estate, as well as in e-payments, online food delivery and the digital insurance market. Abroad, the OTE Group operates in the mobile telecommunications market of Romania.
OTE Group’s vision is to become one of the leading digital telecommunications providers in Europe, while also leading Greece towards top digitalization rankings in Europe.
OTE Group invests heavily in new generation networks, creating the infrastructure that boosts the Greek economy and creates growth potential. With investments of more than €5 billion over the past decade, it is the largest investor in new technologies and infrastructure in Greece, having also announced investments exceeding €3 billion by 2027, mostly for the development of FTTH and 5G networks.
Sustainability is integrated into the Group’s business strategy and operations as a key priority. The Group’s Sustainability strategy is fully aligned with that of DT Group, focusing on four priorities: Climate Neutrality, Circular Economy throughout the Value Chain, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities at Work, and Digital Society for all.
Among others and aiming to consolidate technological superiority, the OTE Group systematically promotes research and innovation (R&I) which generates multiple benefits for society and the environment, its customers and the OTE Group as a whole, while also positively impacting on its business sustainability (future products and services, technologies and telecom networks, cost and energy efficiency, new business opportunities, competitiveness, etc.). Thus, OTE Group participates in a great variety of European research projects, promoting innovation and dealing with up-to-date technological and business challenges.
Role in COP-PILOT
OTE participates to the project management activities in the context of WP1.
In the specific context of WP2, a significant part of OTE’s effort will be dedicated to contributions related to: (i) the ecosystem definitions & requirements; (ii) the piloting use cases (UCs) definition and requirements, and; (iii) the definition of the system architecture.
In addition, it is expected that OTE will support the effort for the piloting Clusters and use cases’ Preparation & Integration in WP4, particularly via: (i) the support of integration of the COP-PILOT platform in the piloting clusters; (ii) configuration and resource management of testbeds for UCs integration; (iii) the implementation of UCs’ advanced features and technologies; (iv) the integration and preparation of UCs for experimentation, and; (v) the support for Open Calls and integration of third parties.
In the framework of WP5, OTE also aims to emphasize for: (i) the support and validation of trials and experiments; (ii) assessing all related impact and; (iii) providing feedback on the validation and evaluation of the platform, UCs, Clusters, and experiments.
OTE will also be involved in actions for the support of Open Calls (as in WP6) and will participate to various dissemination, communication and exploitation efforts (as in WP7) aiming, among others to: raise awareness of the project; establish liaisons and collaboration with other projects, and; extract IPRs.
Agentscape AG is a Berlin-based high-tech SME specializing in developing intelligent software agents and dynamic personalization technologies. Founded as a spin-off from the Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, the company delivers innovative solutions in areas such as information mining, self-service applications, and security as a service. Its expertise spans vertical markets including healthcare, telecommunications, media, automotive, and anti-terror applications. Agentscape has a strong track record of participating in numerous EU-funded projects, contributing cutting-edge technologies and services for intelligent system platforms and knowledge-driven decision support systems.
Role in COP-PILOT
Agentscape AG role in the COP-PILOT project focuses on the development of a smart role-based business and operations portal. Leading Task 3.4, Agentscape is responsible for designing a front-end interface tailored for diverse stakeholders, including service providers, managers, and end-users. Key innovations include the integration of a Large Language Model (LLM)-powered multimodal user interface (LLM-UI plugin), which interprets high-level user inputs such as text and images into operational blueprints for service onboarding and lifecycle management.
Agentscape’s deliverables include:
- An initial release of the role-based access system and LLM-UI plugin by Month 18.
- Full system deployment by Month 26.
Agentscape will also support dissemination and exploitation activities, providing training and guidance to ensure effective use of its technologies across the project's four piloting clusters.
Together with its members and partners, FIWARE Foundation drives the definition – and the Open Source implementation – of key open standards that enable the development of portable and interoperable smart solutions in a faster, easier and affordable way, avoiding vendor lock-in scenarios, whilst also nurturing FIWARE as a sustainable and innovation-driven business ecosystem.
Role in COP-PILOT
FIWARE is the Task leader of task 3.3. - IoT hardware and data management
This task seeks to integrate disparate IoT sensors and data via an NGSI-LD Context Broker and its outcomes include more fully defined data models and better integration of multiple IoT Systems. It is envisioned that a basic gateway for NGSI and Arrowhead will be available by month 10 with various updates and modifications thereafter. The initial documentation will involve the specification of gateways for various IoT data formats.
In addition, FIWARE will be involved in most other work packages (WP2, WP3, WP4, WP6) to various degrees, although most effort will be given to WP3. For example, FIWARE is involved in standardization at ETSI (related to task 7.2) and will help creation of data models for task 3.2 and the overall COP-Pilot architecture (task 2.3)
HOSCH is the specialist for conveyor belt cleaning systems for the bulk material handling industry. Based on decades of experience and the continuous development of our products, we are able to realize the best solutions for any kind of bulk material and conveyor.
HOSCH is the specialist for conveyor belt cleaning systems for the bulk material handling industry. Based on decades of experience and the continuous development of our products, we are able to realize the best solutions for any kind of bulk material and conveyor.
InCites Consulting SA (INC) is an SME company established in Luxembourg. INC was founded on May 2013 and its main activities rely on telecommunications technoeconomics, regulatory economics and policies, demand forecasting, business and price modelling. The objectives of INC can be summarized as follows:
- Consulting services regarding techno-economic analysis of ICT systems and services, demand and prices forecasting of ICT products and services, uncertainty management in telecom investment.
- Consulting services on regulatory economics and financial investments in ICT.
- Provision of consultancy services for the development of bottom-up and top-down models for telecommunication networks for regulators, government agencies, telecommunications providers and associations.
- Research on new business models and technoeconomics methodologies
- Development, operation, commercialization and support of specialized software tools and components for all the above purposes
Role in COP-PILOT
INC is leading WP7: Dissemination, Communication, Exploitation and Standardization and will oversee all the activities related to dissemination, communication, standardization and exploitation that will be implemented. INC is also leading Task 7.3: Exploitation activities and IPR management that has as objective to identify the exploitable assets that will come out of the project and define of coherent, detailed, and pragmatic market-related exploitation strategy.
Netcompany helps EU Institutions support and implement their policies while at the same time interacting with their targeted user communities. In doing so, we have gained valuable experience and a thorough and rare understanding of the complexities and sensitivities of EU Institutions.
Our EU government business activities have allowed us to acquire specific skills such as the ability to deal with large, trans-governmental, multilingual and geographically dispersed systems, and the comprehension and utilisation of specific vertical technologies and outsourcing of entire business activities under elaborate Service Level Agreements (SLA). These skills have enabled Netcompany to become a major provider of IT services to the EU Institutions.
Application Development & Integration Services
Development and Integration Services represents a significant volume of our business activity in the EU. Building, integrating, deploying and maintaining information systems that support the free movement of people, capital, services and goods across Europe and around the world, is the area where we lead the competition.
We have designed and built some of the largest and most complex IT systems in the European Commission.
IT Resourcing Services
Netcompany is one of the leading providers pf professional services to the European Institutions. We provide resourcing solutions across a wide area of IT-related fields based on thorough candidate-selection and placement methodologies. Our vast pool of potential resource remains a guarantee for success.
Managed Services
Managed Services is one of Netcompany’s core activity areas, based on the ITL most widely accepted approach. The Managed Services delivery group provides services for Service Design, Transition and Operation. We have been providing advice, designs and implementation strategies of ITL-based supprt services for more than 30.000 users in Europe.
Research & Innovation Development
We recognize that research & innovation is a key enabler for future growth and new business creation. Netcompany has its own Research & Innovation Development (RID) Department that actively contributes to the development of innovative research prototypes.
Arthur’s Legal, Strategies & Systems (ARTHUR) is the independent, global strategic legal firm & knowledge partner. It covers the unique combination of technology, strategy, impact, ethics and law focusing on (inter)national, regional and global strategy and policy aspects in this Digital Age.
ARTHUR is expert advisor to public and private Sector organisations within EU, EEA, UK, NATO, allies and friends (Digital Ecosystems, Data, IoT, AI, Robotics, Computing, Spectrum, Dynamic Attributes, Risk, Safety, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Trust, Dynamic Assurance, Digital Sovereignty & Accountability).
For once, it is also member of the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Cloud & Edge, and is leader of the Digital Sovereignty Taskforce, the Cybersecurity Taskforce as well as co-leading Common Trust Principles for Cloud-Edge Ecosystems and Data Spaces).
In the context of COP-PILOT, ARTHUR acts as the key partner supporting the strategic, policy, ethics and legal domains and dimensions.
Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) is a non-profit private organization which promotes innovation and transfer of technology, establishing the interface between the scientific and technological system and the enterprises. IPN operates in three areas: 1) Research and technological development; 2) Incubation and acceleration of tech-based enterprises; 3) Highly specialised training. IPN owns 6 technology development laboratories, among which Laboratory of Informatics and Systems (LIS).
Role in COP-PILOT
IPN employs a dual role in COP-PILOT:
- Technical role: through IPN-LIS, IPN will support COP-PILOT platform implementation, focusing the employment of the secure fabric in different sectors (WP3), as well as contribute to the identification of requirements (WP2), pilot’s implementation (WP4), validation and evaluation activities (WP5).
- Knowledge transfer and clustering role: through IPN-VCI, IPN will support the dissemination of the COP-PILOT platform and the piloting cluster capabilities. Being responsible for Task 7.4, it will manage the project's interaction with external stakeholders.
OneSource is an IT company specialized in the fields of data communications, security, networking and systems management, including the consultancy, auditing, design, development and lifetime administration of specialized IT solutions for corporate networks, public-sector institutions, utilities and telecommunications operators.
Arsys is a European Internet Presence, managed hosting, cloud computing and ICT infrastructure solutions company that ranks among the leading technology and innovation companies in Europe. Their main objective is to drive digital transformation and provide businesses with access to the full benefits of the Cloud.
Arsys lead the Spanish market with more than 1.2 million active services and more than 250,000 clients. In 2010 they launched the first European Cloud Hosting platform. Since August 2013, they have been part of the IONOS Group, Europe's leading digitalisation partner for small and medium-sized companies.
The Ayuntamiento de Almussafes is the municipal government of Almussafes, a town located in the province of Valencia, Spain.
Fivecomm accelerates the digitalization of the industry using the most advanced communication technologies. Focused on creating real and cost-efficient Internet Of Things applications from the devices to the edge.
JIG is a business group that provides advanced ICT services. Divided into two business areas that are integrated with each other, service management and digital, it represents a business vision adapted to a new, more global, agile and immediate society. Since 2001, we have been present in the Spanish market developing and providing Internet solutions, integrated service management, applications, mobile services and intelligent management solutions aimed at improving the business efficiency of our public and private clients.
JIG DIGITAL is the business line of the JIG group, which offers global internet solutions related to app and web development, positioning, online marketing, e-commerce, commercial management (CRM) and systems and software integration. All our projects are focused on improving management processes in digital transformation and Smart Cities. In addition, we are participants in several R&D projects with European funding (7th Program, H2020, …), CDTI (Spanish R&D Organization) and Mineco (Ministry of Industry), in IoT projects, IoE, interoperable platforms, sustainable mobility and data security.
We were born in La Rioja in 2001. We thought of technology as a tool to increase competitiveness, eficiency and adaptability of companies and public institutions and decided to adopt it as our language. Since then, we have been present in the Spanish market developing and providing integrated management services, internet solutions, e-commerce, digital communication, mobile services, applications, and intelligent management solutions aimed at improving efficiency.
We back up our experience with a series of certifications, business classifications, commitments, partners and allies: ISO 9001, 14001, 27001 and 45001 and the Innovative SME seal of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
We are a technology company born and based in the heart of one of the most renowned wine regions in the world: La Rioja. Some of the projects we have led make a perfect combination of two of our greatest passions: technology and wine.
Nespra is a leading IoT SaaS (Internet of Things Software as a Service) company specializing in providing advanced technology for real-time monitoring and data analysis across strategic sectors such as industry, water, agriculture, and facilities.
Our platform integrates hardware and software to capture, process, and analyze critical data, offering businesses complete visibility into their operations and enabling data-driven decision-making.
With a focus on efficiency, sustainability, and scalability, Nespra helps its clients optimize resources, reduce costs, and improve performance, driving their digital transformation in an increasingly connected and competitive environment.
Nespra was born in 2016 as a technological Startup at the Polytechnic University of Valencia with the purpose of providing organizations with an IoT solution in the cloud to drive businesses in digitalization through an easy, simple and secure solution from sensors to the IoT platform in the cloud.
In 2019, Nespra was ranked as the best startup in the Valencian Community and among the 50 best in innovation in Spain, managing to position its technology in strategic sectors. Today, Nespra manages sensor networks for more than 100 large clients around the world and generates more than 5 million processed data per year.
Telefónica, founded in 1924, is a global telecommunications leader offering fixed and mobile connectivity and innovative digital solutions, with approximately 369 million subscribers. Operating in 12 countries across Europe and Latin America, and present in 170 countries, the company is headquartered in Madrid and employs over 100,000 people. Telefónica drives digital transformation, sustainability, and inclusion through its brands such as Movistar, O2, and Vivo.
Role in COP-PILOT
Telefónica Innovación Digital (TID) participates in the Spanish Cluster as a technology partner, bringing its expertise and innovative capabilities to drive the development and integration of use cases.
In the pilots, TID will provide Telefónica’s Commercial Network, enabling real-world connectivity scenarios and advanced 5G features, alongside its proprietary IoT platform, specifically designed for smart cities and university campus applications. These pilots will showcase cutting-edge use cases, test new technologies, and validate solutions in operational environments. TID will also contribute to integration activities, ensuring smooth interoperability between different systems and components.
As the leader of Task 7.2, Standardisation Activities, TID will focus on developing and maintaining a standardisation plan that aligns project outcomes with industry standards and best practices.
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is a public Spanish university founded in 1968 and located in Valencia, focusing on science, technology, and arts, and offering 53 bachelor's and master's degrees and 32 doctoral programs. UPV is the best technological university in Spain in the Shanghai ranking. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranks the institution in the 301-400 range, being the only polytechnic university in the country included among the 500 best universities in the world. As part of UPV, the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM) is the largest multidisciplinary telecommunications research institute in Spain; with international recognition (3 ERCs and more than 10 H2020/HEurope 5G projects). iTEAM is the first Spanish entity to deploy a self-managed 5G Private Network, offering 5G and advanced 5G features for research and university services.
Role in COP-PILOT
UPV is the Spanish Cluster leader, T5.2 and T6.3 leader
As Spanish cluster leader, UPV will oversee the management of the cluster, coordinate the definition of use cases and the pilots preparation and execution, as well as the integration of all parts and with the COP-PILOT platform. First testing of pilots will be performed in UPV’s campus, to then test them in other locations.
As leader of T5.2 – Open Calls’ validation and evaluation (experimentation) [M16-M33], UPV will coordinate with the leader of WP5 and leaders of the other tasks of such WP, as well as cluster leaders to define a methodology for validation and evaluation of the open calls projects.
As leader of Task 6.3 – Third-parties training [M12-M36], UPV will coordinate with the leader of WP6 and leaders of the other tasks of such WP, as well as cluster leaders to define a methodology for training third parties onboarding the project through the open calls processes. The task will involve the preparation of material to disseminate project methodologies, technical concepts and tools and train third-party experimenters to improve their skills in the COP-PILOT platform, clusters, use cases and technologies to support the onboarding and finally to perform experimentation.
Fundación Valenciaport is an Applied Research, Innovation & Training centre providing services to the port and logistics cluster. This initiative of the Port Authority of Valencia has enjoyed the collaboration of notable businesses, universities and institutions from the port community. Since its establishment, it has developed projects in more than 65 countries, primarily Mediterranean nations, as well as from the rest of Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Among its many activities, the following stand out:
- Fostering innovation, by promoting the design, implementation and execution of R&D&I projects in the port logistics sector, aimed at improving the competitiveness of companies and institutions in the sector.
- Knowledge management initiatives, offering specialized, high-value-added training for the continuous improvement of the human capital of the port logistics community.
- Policy of active cooperation with other port communities around the world, by means of technical assistance initiatives and support for Spanish logistics operators in their internationalization processes. Raising the international profile of the Port of Valencia’s know-how.
- Market intelligence service for developing indexes, databases and reports of strategic interest for the sector.
- Structuring the port logistics community, fostering cooperation within the sector, while reaching out to and engaging in dialogue with the general public, all within the framework of a collective social responsibility strategy.
LTU Business (LTUB) is a business development company that operates at the intersection of academia, industry and the public sector. We help our customers develop innovations, business strategies and collaborations that lead to a better future in northern Sweden. With the help of our expertise, our proven methods and our unique network, we enable a faster and safer path towards our customers' goals. LTU Business was founded in 1983 and is owned by Luleå University of Technology through LTU Holding.
Role in COP-PILOT
LTUB will be involved in business development activities for Cluster 1 (Swedish Pilot) and support development of multistakeholder business opportunity, as well as provide support to partner INC, leader of Task 7.3 Exploitation activities and IPR management, contributing to the development of D 7.2 and D7.4.
Luleå University of Technology experiences rapid growth with world-leading expertise within several research areas. Our scientific and artistic research and education are conducted in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, the public sector and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has an annual turnover of almost SEK 2.1 billion. We have around 1,900 employees and over 18,700 students.
All figures are from the annual report 2024.
Research
The research at Luleå University of Technology is predominantly applied and takes place in close collaboration with international and national companies and partners. The research has a turnover of almost SEK 1.2 billion and is organised into 64 research subjects.
Research areas
- Built Environment and Infrastructure
- Architecture and Design
- Mines and Minerals
- Mechanical Engineering and Materials
- Energy
- Digitalisation, Automation and Artificial Intelligence
- Space
- Business Administration and Social Sciences
- Health
- Education
- Music and Theatre
Predge is a data- and solution driven company helping industries to predict failure, errors and prevent unwanted stops. Our product packages is formed together with the market, our customers and partners. By collecting and analyzing Big Data we provide a base for decision-making in operations.
RISE is Sweden’s research institute and innovation partner. Through our international collaboration programmes with industry, academia and the public sector, we ensure the competitiveness of the Swedish business community on an international level and contribute to a sustainable society. Our almost 3300 employees engage in and support all types of innovation processes. RISE is an independent, State-owned research institute, which offers unique expertise and over 130 testbeds and demonstration environments for future-proof technologies, products and services.
Role in COP-PILOT
RISE will primarily participate as a technology provider and test bed for facilitator for Cluster 1. RISE will develop and provide Cloud and networked Edge compute infrastructure solutions in UC1.4 IoT–Edge–Cloud-Continuum for digital mines. The RISE ICE T&D facility is intended to be used as a test bed for hosting and showcasing solutions prior to implementation in real mining environment.
RockSigma is a provider of seismic processing software that helps mines improve safety and optimize production as they mine deeper and deeper underground.
The RockSigma solution provides unparalleled data quality, real-time capabilities and powerful easy-to-use tools, helping mines monitor, forecast and prevent seismic events, avoiding potentially catastrophic consequences and improving productivity.
Role in COP-PILOT
ROC is a contributor to Cluster 1, business integration in mining, specifically use-case 1.1, which is focused on large scale micro seismic monitoring.
ROC will use technologies provided within the project to integrate new seismic sensors with its existing seismic processing software solution, and to make the software deploy and run seamlessly on edge and cloud.
ThingWave AB is an award-winning, Sweden-based company specializing in advanced Internet of Things (IoT) solutions designed to help the mining industry to leverage the power of connected devices. ThingWave is a spin-off from Luleå University of Technology and focuses on providing innovative technologies that enable real-time data collection, advanced analytics, and seamless integration with existing systems.
ThingWave’s core offerings include sensor integration and monitoring, with a focus on Smart Rock bolts, Smart ventilation and asset tracking and management, AI-driven data analytics for predictive maintenance, and end-to-end IoT ecosystem management. ThingWave’s solutions are tailored to enhance efficiency, optimize performance, and support sustainability across mining, manufacturing, infrastructure, and energy industries.
Innovation and R&D are at the core of ThingWave, and help promote technology development to deliver scalable, secure, and powerful IoT solutions. ThingWave Mining 4.0 is a powerful digital suite composed of IoT devices, Edge and Cloud platforms for managing high bandwidth data streams and large volumes of sensor data.
Digital for Planet (D4P) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the design, development, and implementation of innovative digital technologies, systems, and solutions. It aims to empower individuals, communities, and both public and private sectors to effectively tackle significant social, economic, and environmental challenges humanity is facing.
Role in COP-PILOT
D4P is responsible for the WP6 and Task 7.1.
As a leader of the WP6, D4P will oversee the organization of Open Calls by managing the entire process, including the preparation, publication, and dissemination of the calls. D4P will handle proposal assessment and fund management, coordinate patrons and support team assignments, develop training materials and tutorials, and facilitate third-party training to ensure comprehensive support throughout the project.
In addition to managing the Open Calls, D4P will lead Task 7.1. Dissemination, communication, and clustering activities, by conducting outreach through presenting and demonstrating the project’s objectives, framework, concepts, platforms, tools, and results at key technology events targeting identified stakeholders. This will involve utilizing various channels, including the project website, social media, project branding, and the publication of open-access reports and results.
Terraview GmbH, headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, specialises in developing innovative software solutions for the agricultural sector, with a particular focus on viticulture. Their flagship product, TerraviewOS, is an advanced vineyard management platform that integrates diverse data sources to offer comprehensive insights and tools for efficient vineyard management. Additionally, they offer Aquaview, an advanced solution that combines precise soil moisture monitoring, meteorological data integration, and predictive analytics to optimise irrigation practices. The company’s mission is to create a positive impact on society by developing innovative tools and solutions that empower decision-makers in agriculture to adopt sustainable and carbon-neutral practices.
Established in 1899, Kingston University is home to a diverse community with more than 20,000 students from 140 countries.
As the UK’s leading university for Future Skills, our staff and students are sought after for their skills, knowledge and ability to innovate. We are committed to enhancing students’ life chances, supporting staff ambitions and strengthening the University’s impact on industry, policy and the professions to enable a sustainable future socially, economically and environmentally.
The University of Bradford (UBRAD) is a technology university with almost 60 years of cutting-edge research experience. The University of Bradford has grown significantly since it was granted its Royal Charter in 1966, with over 130 nationalities represented in learning, teaching, and research capacity at Bradford. The University has a rich history of the creation of knowledge through fundamental and applied impactful research that is recognised, supported, and celebrated. Being a technology university, our research and innovation activities cover a broad spectrum of academic disciplines including artificial intelligence, space research, communication advancements, sustainable societies, and environments. We influence policy and practice worldwide and this is underpinning important developments in Bradford. The University of Bradford was ranked in the top 80 universities in REF2021 and is ranked 58th in the Times Higher Education report of the UKs Best Universities 2023, with recognition for a significant number of local students and local impact in the City of Bradford, with research making local and regional impact high on the agenda. The UBRAD research team are part of the School of Management, of the Management, Law, and Social Sciences Faculty, and have several years of R&D experience both in academia and industry and are acknowledged as the most published UK academics in the field of technology management, evaluation and digital government research. Together, they have coordinated or been involved in over 15 EU funded R&D projects encapsulating the topics of digital government, e-participation, and social innovation, including Smart City based e-participation (EMPATIA, LiveCity, DAREED, PolicyCompass – FP7) projects.
Role in COP-PILOT
As a key academic partner, the University of Bradford (UBRAD) brings extensive expertise in evaluating technology implementation, diffusion, and adoption to the COP-PILOT project. UBRAD will lead efforts to assess the societal and business impact of the pilots, ensuring their alignment with project goals and delivering actionable insights to drive meaningful outcomes.
UBRAD’s responsibilities include leading Deliverable D5.2, which entails reporting on the final testing cycle’s outcomes and validation results. This deliverable will comprehensively assess the validation of experiments and evaluate sustainability, societal, and business impacts, reflecting UBRAD’s critical role in advancing the project’s overarching objectives.
UBRAD will play a pivotal role in multiple Work Packages (WPs):
WP2: In collaboration with Kingston University London (KUL), UBRAD will contribute to Task 2.2, focusing on the extraction of use case-related requirements. This task will ensure the project is grounded in real-world needs and scenarios, establishing a robust foundation for subsequent developments.
WP3: UBRAD will support Task 3.4, which involves developing a smart, role-based business and operations portal. This portal will provide a user-friendly interface for COP-PILOT stakeholders to interact with the platform effectively.
WP4: As part of Task 4.3, UBRAD will contribute to integrating piloting use cases within the COP-PILOT clusters, preparing them for experimentation.
WP5: UBRAD will support Task 5.1, focusing on the validation and evaluation of piloting use cases through experimentation and deployment. For Task 5.2, UBRAD will assist with the validation and evaluation of Open Calls, monitoring and supporting third-party experiments. In Task 5.3, UBRAD will evaluate the design, execution, and outcomes of the COP-PILOT pilot experiments to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. UBRAD will lead Task 5.4, which involves sustainability, social, and business impact assessments, directly contributing to achieving project objective #6.
WP6: UBRAD will play a supporting role in Task 6.1, which focuses on the preparation, publication, and dissemination of Open Calls, helping establish clear guidelines for their execution, and Task 6.3, which involves developing training materials and organizing support for third-party training during the Open Calls.
WP7: UBRAD will actively contribute to Task 7.1, dissemination and communication activities to promote the project’s goals and outcomes, Task 7.3, exploitation activities and intellectual property rights (IPR) management, and Task 7.4, clustering activities, knowledge transfer, and scaling up the project’s findings.
UBRAD will maintain a strong presence in WP1, WP2, WP3, WP5, WP6, and WP7, ensuring comprehensive involvement across the project’s workstreams. This active engagement will foster seamless collaboration, integration of outcomes, and alignment with the project’s vision to create transformative impacts in sustainability, digital governance, and disruptive technologies.
By leveraging its academic excellence and interdisciplinary expertise, UBRAD is well-positioned to drive innovation and contribute to the success of the COP-PILOT initiative.
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