OPEN DEI WG3 has been officially launched in an online kickoff meeting held on September 23rd, 2020. José I. Hormaeche, Managing Director of the Basque Energy Cluster and WG3 leader on behalf of H2020 PLATOON project, has presented the main WG goals and a preliminary action plan for the WG activities in 2020 and 2021.

OPEN DEI WG3 is made up of 7 H2020 projects dealing with data exchange and use case applications in the energy field, which have teamed up to facilitate knowledge sharing, exploit dissemination and promote joint activities in the framework of OPEN DEI initiative to make an efficient use of their allocated resources.

The WG3 kickoff meeting was co-chaired by Alberto Dognini (OPEN DEI) and attended by representatives from BD4OPEM, INTERRFACE and INTERCONNECT projects. In addition, representatives from DGCONNECT and ENTSOE provided valuable insights for the WG development.

A preliminary action plan for 2020 and 2021 was outlined including, among other activities, mutual exchange of information about the participating projects, dissemination of the open calls to be launched by the projects and organization of joint dissemination events.  Monthly conference calls will be held to check progress on WG activities and coordinate specific actions.

OPEN DEI is a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) funded by the EC under H2020, that aims to detect gaps, encourage synergies, support regional and national cooperation, and enhance communication among the Innovation Actions implementing the EU Digital Transformation strategy. The OPEN DEI project focuses on “Platforms and Pilots” to support the implementation of next generation digital platforms in four basic industrial domains: Manufacturing, agriculture, energy and healthcare.