Expert Networks
GreenIT-BB
GreenIT-BB was established in April 2009 as a Public Private Partnership
and brings together leaders from business, science and administration who want
to move energy-saving information and telecommunications technology. The network has already more
than twenty partners, including leading companies and institutions such as the
Axel Springer AG, Berliner Flughäfen (Berlin Airports), the State of Berlin and
the Vienna City Administration, Magistrat. The network initiates projects such
as the GreenIT DC-benchmarking tool, brings together information, facilitates
professional exchange and sees itself as a nationwide center of excellence for
Green IT. In 2010 the network - together with partners –handed out the
“GreenIT Best Practice Award” for innovative approaches to improve energy
efficiency in IT for the first time.
GreenIT-BB is partly funded by
federal and state funds.
www.greenit-bb.de
Serious Games Berlin
Serious Games Berlin is a nationwide, open network for
companies within the serious games industry
– ranging from developers, didactic
professionals, film and design via
research and development, it bundles the
expertise along the value chain of serious games and takes advantage of
entertainment technologies. The cluster connects and provides information. The Aim of the Network
is to initiate and develop project accompanying marketing and sales support to
reduce “the time to market” for serious games solutions.Its portfolio includes
activities in the field of business development – including the advancement of
innovative projects and events, as well as effective support in marketing, public
relations, market research, lead generation and sales support. Events offer practical
training and point out the benefits of this innovative medium.
www.seriousgames-berlin.de
Nest e.V.
The "National Association for eHealth Systems and
Telemedicine NEST e.V." is an
association of private companies, research institutions, hospitals and
notabilities on a national and international level. NEST aims to enhance patient care
through innovations and at the same time to shape the health care management
industry more efficient. This is done through the development, production and
joint marketing of products and services.
New approaches, innovative
technologies and standardization processes in eHealth and Telemedicine play the
decisive role. This allows the simultaneous focus on national and international
markets.
NEST was formed in 2005 as a
research and development network for telemedicine technologies, initiated by
TimeKontor within in the framework of the NEMO funding program by the German
government. As a consequence of the successful implementation of numerous high
quality projects with a total of 15 million Euros, the conversion into a registered
association was done in 2009.
http://www.nest-telemedizin.de/index.php?id=10&L=1
BrainTrustIT
The network BrainTrust-IT combines companies, institutions and scientific institutions in the field of IT security and safety with IT. It combines the skills and potentials of its partners. On the business development platform for information and communication, experts from different fields cooperate: Development of security concepts, management of IT infrastructure, physical access control, creation and ensuring information security, including audits on the basis of the German IT-Grundschutz. The community is complemented by lawyers in IT law. The network supports its partners with focused marketing and sales activities. It focuses the development of the potential benefits of the participating partners and moderates the dialogue between the experts. For the period 2007 to 2009 BrainTrust-IT was co-financed by the joint task "Improving regional economic structures (federal and state funds).