Robocoast Digital Innovation Hub to Promote Digitalization of Businesses in Finland

The digital transition offers significant opportunities for businesses, and it is vital from a competitive standpoint. However, digitalization can be challenging to implement. Keeping up with technological development, understanding the added value of digitalization, the initial investments required for change, cybersecurity challenges, and finding s killed labor a re s ome of the challenges companies may face during the digital transition. To address this challenge, the EU funds European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH), whose mission is to support businesses and the public sector in utilizing and implementing digital solutions. Robocoast EDIH is a Finnish consortium of 15 higher education institutions, operating close to the business interface by identifying challenges related to companies' modernization and supporting the initiation of related development measures. Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius is one of the Competence Centers within Robocoast EDIH, implementing activities related to its expertise area, sensor networks, and IoT, in its local area. This paper presents the activities of Robocoast EDIH and the Kokkola University Consortium's Competence Center as part of the Robocoast network.