Digital Innovation Centre (DIC – legally named DigInnoCent s.r.o. in the Czech Republic and Digital InnoCent Ltd. in the UK) is a dynamic SME focused on digitalisation and sustainability. With headquarters in both the Czech Republic and UK, DIC brings together multidisciplinary approaches to solve complex technological problems and create innovative solutions. The company utilises digital twinning and artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve sustainability in multiple sectors, especially in advanced materials, and in sensing and monitoring technologies.

DIC has offers its AI-powered digital platform CloudMATE® as a multi-purpose infrastructure to assimilate big data from physical assets, while visualising, analysing, simulating, and making decisions on the Cloud. This solution is currently focusing on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of buildings and critical infrastructure (bridges, dams, tunnels, etc.), but it is applicable in other industrial domains (transportation, factories, machineries, etc.).

The company is trusted by multiple partners and has established collaborations with prestigious institutions worldwide. DIC successfully secured multiple research grants from different programs including Horizon Europe (SETO and NATURE-DEMO), M-ERA.Net Program (DURATRANS) and National funding by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (CloudMATE). Currently, DIC is leading the NATURE-DEMO project that focuses on demonstrating nature-based solutions for climate-resilient critical infrastructure.

Role

As the coordinator of the NATURE-DEMO project, DIC is responsible for overall project management, ensuring the successful implementation of all work packages, and facilitating effective collaboration among partners. DIC oversees administrative, financial, and technical aspects of the project.

DIC cooperates with the partners to develop the project’s digital solutions that acts as a decision support tool for evaluating the risks associated with climatic hazards on the infrastructure and selecting the most relevant nature-based solutions (NbS) to achieve a climate-resilient infrastructure. The company brings expertise in AI-driven monitoring systems, sustainability analysis, and risk management to the project.

DIC ensures alignment with project objectives, coordinates communication with the European Commission, and directs the dissemination of project results. The company facilitates knowledge exchange among the five demonstrator sites across Europe and works to maximise the project's impact on climate resilience policies and practices. DIC leads WP7 and contributes significantly to WP2, WP3, WP5, and WP6 with special emphasis on the project’s exploitation during and after its duration.