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ICT meets Manufacturing event organised in Tartu - Tartu City Government organised a RIS3 information event "Manufacturing solutions today and tomorrow“ together with the Estonian ICT cluster and seven ICT companies in its regional RIS3 priorities of “ICT” and “enhancement of resources” on 18th of April in Tartu. More than 50 participants, majority of them being company managers, worked on the topics of “Internet of Things” and “Industry 4.0” and their future opportunities to create added value for Tartu and South-Estonian region and its RIS3 strategy. The participating SMEs, government and university representatives were informed about different solutions from human resource management to enterprise resource planning in order to better make use of ICT solutions and its applications to the firms located in Tartu and South-Estonia.

On 11th of April Tartu City Government together with Tartu Science Park and Tartu Business Advisory Services organised an information seminar “Idea Tuesday” for local stakeholders in its regional RIS3 priorities in Tartu at the Spark Demo Centre. Anti Orav, a CEO with over 25 years of experience in running different companies, including one of the largest food production companies in Estonia, was invited to make a presentation about leadership and the role of the leader as a coach and mentor. More than 40 participants from SMEs, government and universities were inspired by the topics of “leadership” and “solution-based approach” and had the opportunity to communicate with each other to discuss regional innovation and their needs of support. The participants learned about various solutions from coaching tools to different matrixes and models on how to improve the usage of the available resources and strengthen the capabilities of the firms located in Tartu and South-Estonia to bring more added value for its RIS3 strategy.