The Portugal Blue Digital Hub, led by Forum Oceano, aims to establish a strategic, competitive, and sustainable digital blue industry in Portugal. Its goal is to accelerate the digital and green transformation of SMEs and public sector organizations in the Blue Economy, contributing to the EU’s climate goals and digital sovereignty.

The Hub focuses on fostering innovation through collaboration with academic institutions, industry experts, and governmental bodies. Additionally, it seeks to enhance the global competitiveness of Portuguese enterprises by integrating cutting-edge technologies and promoting sustainable practices across the maritime sector.

Beta-i is a collaborative innovation consultancy with a global reach.
A team of experts in managing corporate open innovation, pilot-oriented projects with highly-curated startups, and designing products and services alongside in-company teams. They work across various industries, leveraging their extensive network to drive impactful solutions and foster innovation ecosystems.

Additionally, Beta-i provides strategic guidance and mentorship to startups, helping them scale and succeed in competitive markets. Their approach ensures that both corporations and startups benefit from synergies, leading to groundbreaking advancements and sustainable growth.

Located on Faial Island (Azores), EMA aims to pursue significant learning based on the exchange of teaching-learning processes that add value to the Maritime Cluster, anchored in the development of good pedagogical and awareness-raising practices. Developing collaborative action dynamics with strategic alliances between local, regional, national and supranational multilevel stakeholders, in traditional, emerging and complementary activities – shipbuilding and repair, recreational boating, fishing and aquaculture, ports and logistics, fish processing and transformation, marine and aerial robotics, communications and management of the technology experimentation zone of the Azores accompanied by the promotion of ocean literacy, with a view to developing the training and qualification of professional agents and communities of learners.

Located in São Miguel Island (Azores), Nonagon‘s objective is to establish itself as a structuring organization in the technological development and training of qualified human capital in the field of information and communications systems, and in the monitoring and observation of land, space and sea. It also aims to establish itself as a catalyst for synergies in the technology transfer processes of the Azores innovation ecosystem.

Located on Terceira Island (Azores), TERINOV – Science and Technology Park is at the forefront of technology-based entrepreneurship in the Azores. It supports entrepreneurs and researchers in developing new ideas and transforming innovative projects into business realities. TERINOV strategic areas include Agribusiness, Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs), Green Economy, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Some of the most innovative work is taking place in our scientific ecosystem, right in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, striving to go beyond the perceived limitations of being located in an outermost region. In their scientific ecosystem, the main vision is to share a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, which plays a pivotal role in compensating for the constraints arising from geographical remoteness.