EDIH Hamburg for interconnected supply and value chains

Hamburg is not only an important european logistics and business location, but also an award-winning "Smart City" in the sense of an European innovation metropolis. In its function in the metropolitan region of Hamburg, it fulfills an important economic, but also geographic bundling function, in which intermodal transport, logistics, industry, and (public and private) infrastructure providers are concentrated in a confined space and interact with each other. The EDIH Hamburg is the follow up of the EDIH4UrbanSAVE "EDIH for urban interconnected supply and value Ecosystems" and again will be both aligned with the specific economic and geographic conditions of the location and its needs in the future, as well as developed in line with innovation policy in accordance with the Smart Specialization and Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS3) of the metropolitan region. The portfolio and network of the EDIH Hamburg will provide services that will enable the ecosystem to invest in these technological solutions, let it be, new traffic and logistics concepts, which will be supplemented by, for example, autonomous vehicles or also drone technologies, or also innovative autonomous logistics node concepts. A second funding phase is essential to address the rapidly evolving technological landscape and ensure that SMEs in the metropolitan region are well-equipped to navigate these developments. Emerging trends, such as Generative AI, have only begun to make their way into the broader SME sector, leaving significant gaps in adoption and understanding. Many businesses are still unaware of the opportunities these technologies present or how to implement them effectively. A follow-up funding phase would enable the continued development and dissemination of services tailored to bridging this gap. Additionally, the EDIH Hamburg aims to expand its offerings to include advanced topics such as Next-Level Computing, including quantum computing, neuromorphic computing, and advanced HPC.