After the presentation of the INAM “Electric car & truck mobility” proposal at the ERRIN H2020 Project Development Week held from November 21 to 23, 2017 in Brussels, AKKA Technology Belgium, a leading engineering and technology consulting company in the mobility segment, showed interest in one of the projects presented by INAM, the “Electric car & truck mobility”.
As a result of this first meeting, AKKA invited us to make a presentation on INAM's lines of work to the Project managers of its different work areas: automobile, rail and aeronautical transport, energy, telecommunications, defense, ICT, etc.
Finally, AKKA decided to participate in the project as a partner and involve its clients, the leading industrial companies in the automotive sector: Nissan, VW, Toyota, Iveco, etc. In addition, the possibility of AKKA hosting UJI students on internships in the area of engineering, especially artificial intelligence and Big data, was raised. The answer was affirmative and there would also be the possibility of financing the stay of these students through European programs.
On the other hand, we took advantage of the trip to visit the Spanish Office of Science and Technology CDTI-SOST in order to present INAM's H2020 projects and learn about its help lines in training and preparation of proposals. There, Andrés Martínez and Marina Martínez-García, SOST director and expert, told us about the possibilities of the next ninth program (FP9) and the changes with the current H2020. They also suggested the possibility of presenting the “Electric car & truck mobility” project in the call. Fast Track to Innovation. Finally, SOST committed to giving us support and guidance in European projects.
