ITEA Magazine 47 - March 2024

Editorial

Jan Jonker

Dear ITEA Innovation Community,

The content of today’s news is regularly connected with ITEA’s domain of software innovation. For example, many examples of debates about AI are taking place on TV and social media or in the newspapers. Is it ethically sound, how do we set boundaries to all the application possibilities, can humans control technology or will it control them in the future? Whatever the answers and philosophical thoughts are, in the end we probably all agree that the technology is there to support human lives. Many of ITEA’s challenges contribute to human’s wellbeing and preserving our planet.

Austria

Tapping into innovative potential and using new knowledge for market growth

The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is the national funding agency for industrial research and development in Austria. About 59% of FFG funding goes to projects with a strong focus on digitalisation. Michael Walch and Alexander Pogány explain how FFG supports instruments like ITEA to boost progress in Austria.

Achieving a better position in international innovation

Austrian SME IT-V Medizintechnik is one of the few companies that provide innovative patient positioning deviced in the radio-oncology field. Delivereing their systems across Europe, the USA, Australia and Japan. Their international outlook helped them make the most of their first ITEA project, STARLIT, as CEO Markus Völp explains.