Producing Innovations for the ICT Industry

TIVIT – the Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation in the Field of ICT - was created in February 2008 with two specific aims. The first of these aims was that Tivit should launch research programmes in the ICT industry and services sectors according to its status as a Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation (Strateginen huippuosaaminen keskittymä, SHOK). The second was that Tivit should channel both private and public funding towards these programmes. The Finnish Science and Technology Council awarded Tivit SHOK status, and this forms the basis of all its activity.

Tivit was founded by a group made up of forty different firms, universities or public bodies. The centre coordinates an annual investment of approximately forty million euros in research in and development of ecosystems based on ICT technology. The full extent of Tivit’s activities will be realised within two to three years. Around half of the funding comes from public donors, while the other half comes from participants.

The extent and nature of the work undertaken at Tivit is directed in accordance with the strategic research plan drawn up by the ICT industry and scientific community. In order to carry these study agendas through, a number of dynamic programmes are brought together, which share the common feature of being completely open to all the active developers in this field. The ultimate aim of the work undertaken at Tivit is to increase the speed at which know-how in the ICT sector progresses and at which innovations and the results of research are adopted by the business community. This aim remains central to Tivit’s work and the active guidance of industry, the fact that Tivit remains focused and Tivit’s creation of international breakthroughs in important areas on the very cutting edge of our sector all ensure that Tivit never loses sight of its goals.

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