Damir Medved

UNIRI – EDIH ADRIA

Damir Medved is employed at the University of Rijeka as the director of the EDIH ADRIA project (European Digital Innovation HUB), whose main goal is to enable small entrepreneurs and local self-government units to accelerate the process of digitization of their organizations, accelerate the process of innovation, the possibility of testing ideas and solutions before the start of the investment process and other related activities. In the professional and scientific context, he deals with topics such as energy transition, sustainable development, civic energy, smart cities, broadband networks, the impact of robotization and artificial intelligence on the development of society and the creation of new products in these domains.

It is also active in a number of civil society associations with the aim of promoting and preserving local heritage, ecology and the promotion of new technologies in these areas. In 2017, he was also named Volunteer of the Year in the City of Rijeka