CITAH provides support at no cost

During initial orientation meetings with a company, individual starting points for improving digital products, processes and services are identified. On this basis, further services of the Innovation Center can be agreed upon.

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• Costs for the service to SMEs: none

As part of a more extensive analysis on site at your company, we determine the digital maturity level of your company and work with you to develop starting points for improving processes or products through digital transformation. You will receive suggestions for changes that you can implement together with the Innovation Center or independently.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

Introducing new processes and improving your own products and services is expensive. We advise you on possible support programs that can help with implementation and provide you with contacts for these programs.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

Piloting of test cases together with interested companies as a preliminary stage for an investment (“Test before Invest”) or a larger consulting project, which is outside the framework of the Innovation Center. The piloting enables the company to make a well-founded assessment of potential at a low investment cost. The testbed and infrastructure of the CITAH partners is available for this measure.Piloting of test cases together with interested companies as a preliminary stage for an investment (“Test before Invest”) or a larger consulting project, which is outside the framework of the Innovation Center. The piloting enables the company to make a well-founded assessment of potential at a low investment cost. The testbed and infrastructure of the CITAH partners from the agricultural sector is available for this measure.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

Piloting of test cases together with interested Primary agricultural producers as a preliminary stage for an investment (“Test before Invest”) or a larger consulting project, which is outside the framework of the Innovation Center. The piloting enables the company to make a well-founded assessment of potential at a low investment cost. The testbed and infrastructure of the CITAH partners from the agricultural sector is available for this measure.Piloting of test cases together with interested companies as a preliminary stage for an investment (“Test before Invest”) or a larger consulting project, which is outside the framework of the Innovation Center. The piloting enables the company to make a well-founded assessment of potential at a low investment cost. The testbed and infrastructure of the CITAH partners from the agricultural sector is available for this measure.

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• Target group: Companies from the agricultural sector
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

The goal of this service package is to jointly conduct in-depth studies, primarily in the area of nursing:

• Carrying out measurements (e.g. in the field of ergonomics)
• Studies for nursing homes using the laboratory infrastructure of the University of Oldenburg
• Studies with innovative care technologies (motorizable beds, robots, IT systems) in the sense of “Test before Invest” in the laboratory infrastructure of the OFFIS Institute.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

IT security is of elementary importance for companies and healthcare facilities. Together with you, we analyze your IT infrastructure and develop recommendations for improving IT security while taking data protection requirements into account.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

Healthcare facilities usually have detailed service documentation that is required for billing and quality assurance purposes. We work with you to analyze your routine data and identify patterns related to quality targets, billing potential or potential for improving workflows.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

We support you in selecting and implementing technologies, as well as in developing and piloting digital solutions to optimize processes, products, and services.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

This service follows on from the previous service “Support in the digital transformation process”: After the implementation of the new, IT-based solution in your company, we accompany the further implementation and sustainable use of the tools and advise on a sustainable change strategy.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none

The pandemic has brought home to the public health community the need to present facts and figures in a way that meets the needs of the public. Many public health facilities now want to prepare data for the (professional) public. To do this, it is first necessary to determine what data is available at the facilities, how it can be linked, and what key figures can be derived from it and are suitable for presentation and further processing. This requires expertise in computer science, epidemiology and data science. Together with you, our staff will examine which data has already been collected in a standardized way, which possibilities it offers for a processed presentation and which key figures could be derived by linking the data. You will receive an overview of the data, which you can use, for example, to start interactive online presentations without major investment.

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• Costs for the service to public health service facilities: flat rate of € 1,100 plus VAT

This service follows the “Identification of suitable key figures”. We offer you the possibility to have the previously defined data presented in suitable online applications on an infrastructure hosted at OFFIS for the purpose of visualization as well as “self-service BI”. You do not have to build your own infrastructure for this. If desired and permitted by you, historical data (e.g. of the last two years) can be provided, which will be integrated by our team, processed in an analysis-oriented manner and then presented. If no own data are available, we use own test data. In discussions, we then iteratively determine which “direction” a concrete implementation in the authority would have to take.

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• Costs for the service to public health service facilities: flat rate of € 1,100 plus VAT

CITAH offers hands-on training sessions on innovative digital technologies and methods – for example, on augmented reality, machine learning, and other future-oriented topics.
Trainings typically last one to two days and are open to companies, public institutions, and other interested parties.

All dates and registration details are available on our website or on the websites of our CITAH partners.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service: none

CITAH offers one- to two-day coaching sessions and individual training on innovative IT technologies and methods – for example, on the application of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, or digital marketing.
The content is tailored in advance in close coordination with the company to address specific questions and needs in a targeted manner.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service: none

Training sessions and workshops to improve user acceptance of digital tools and methods in agriculture, with a particular focus on agricultural processes.
The aim is to strengthen awareness, knowledge, and practical skills in the use of digital solutions – especially in the context of interoperability.

The training sessions are open to the public. Dates and registration options are available on our website.

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• Target group: Companies from the agricultural sector
• Cost of the service: none

CITAH offers individual coaching to improve user acceptance of digital tools and methods in agriculture – particularly in the context of agricultural processes.
The aim is to strengthen awareness, knowledge, and skills in working with digital solutions, with a particular focus on interoperability.

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• Target group: Companies from the agricultural sector
• Cost of the service: none

A wide range of innovative technologies in the field of care can already be demonstrated and experienced in the laboratories of the OFFIS Institute.
Guided lab tours are available by arrangement, preferably in small groups of around 10 people.

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• Target group: Companies from the healthcare sector
• Cost of the service: none

Digitalization is becoming increasingly important in the education and training of healthcare professionals.
We support nursing schools in teaching trainees about innovative care technologies as well as teaching and learning approaches based on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), and we organize lab visits as part of this effort.

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• Target group: Nursing schools
• Cost of the service: none

Our workshops on cross-industry innovation offer an easy starting point for anyone interested in exploring new technologies and methods.
In a compact one-day format, we present a technology (e.g., augmented reality) or a method (such as machine learning) that can be applied across different industries.

Participants then use simple creativity techniques to develop initial ideas for applying the topic in their own work environment.
Those interested can take the next steps based on these ideas – for example, in collaboration with CITAH.

The workshops are open to the public. Dates and registration are available on our website.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service: none

The CITAH network partners and the Center for Digital Innovations Lower Saxony (ZDIN) offer a wide range of events on the topic of digitalization in Lower Saxony.
Covering a variety of topics and formats, these events bring together stakeholders and interested parties from science, industry, and society to exchange ideas, share knowledge, and build networks.

Take advantage of these opportunities – in lectures and workshops, at trade fairs, and across many other forums.
Dates and registration information can be found on our website.

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• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service: none

CITAH organizes a recurring series of annual conferences to present the results of the innovation hub.
The conferences offer different tracks focusing on various methods and technologies.
The target audience includes professionals from business and science..

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• Target group: Companies from all industries, experts from science
• Cost of the service: none