Migros Ticaret A.Ş. was founded in 1954 in İstanbul through the joint initiatives of the Swiss Migros Cooperatives Union and the İstanbul Municipality. Embracing the mission of procuring food supplies and consumables from producers under the supervision of the municipal authorities and of serving these products to İstanbul inhabitants in hygienic conditions and at economic prices, Migros opened its first store in Istanbul in 1957. Today, Migros offers spacious stores in a wide range of formats and locations whose vast selection of stationer, glass and kitchenware, appliance, book, recorded media, clothing and other necessities give it the ability to satisfy nearly all of the shopping needs of its customers. As of 31 December 2016, Migros operates 1558 stores across all seven geographic regions of Turkey serving to its customers including 8 million of loyalty card holders.

Internet Media España SL is a specialist digital marketing agency that generates large amounts of qualified search traffic to premium partners. This means we help our clients increase their web traffic, monetize it and generate extra revenue.

JOT is one of the three largest worldwide players in internet traffic brokerage and its main strategy for growing is based on the incubation of new business lines related to traffic generation. As such, JOT can benefit from its excellent knowledge and competitive edge in order to enter the Ad Tech sector.

Automobil Club Assistencia S.A. (ACASA) is the company of the Reial Automòbil Club De Catalunya (RACC) group –the biggest Spanish motoring club with around 1 million members – dealing with the direction, organization and management of assistance services and operations for the RACC members. RACC is a non-profit-making organization dealing with the promotion of motor sports, the provision of services to its members as well as the advice, protection and defense of car users, the improvement of road safety, sustainable mobility and environmental protection, being able to carry out these tasks either through its different departments or through co-operation agreements.

Virtual Power Solutions (VPS) is an innovative, market leader in the design and operation of dynamic connected platforms, providing real-time granular data to consumers, network operators and utilities. Minimising consumption by increasing energy efficiency, optimising the time of use and realising the monetisation of loads. VPS has a proven team of experts with a strong track record of providing significant benefits to all stakeholders in the modern energy network. Its aim is to become the largest builder and operator of Virtual Power Plants in Europe. VPS is a tech company that provides ESaaS (Energy Savings as a Service) to all sectors: industrial and commercial, SME and domestic, addressing important market needs arisen from the current energy transition: i) Energy Consumers that want to minimise, optimise and monetise their energy demand, be protected against the future introduction of time-of-use tariffs in European markets, manage the challenges associated with the growing number of electric vehicles and, simultaneously, increase the energy independence and sustainability through Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEB); ii) Utilities and Network Operators who need to balance their grid, assure a secure operation and minimize the deviations to the forecasted demand by introducing ADR capabilities in their customer base.

Yapı Kredi Technology is the Technology Company and subsidiary of Yapı Kredi Bank. The main functions carried out by Yapı Kredi Technology are to conduct research, development, technology transfer and technology
commercialization acitivities mainly in software and informatics. YKT is one of the pioneers in R&D in banking operations having a cutting edge R&D team, which so far has developed various projects nationally and internationally funded. The team has shown significant outputs in fields like machine learning, pattern recognition, and natural language understanding.

Yapı Kredi (YKB) established in 1944 as Turkey’s first retail focused private bank and the 4th largest private bank. YKB has been the leader in credit card market for the last 25 years and maintains leadership position.

Agencia EFE is the leading Spanish language news agency and the fourth largest news agency in the world, with more than seventy years of experience guarantees its impartiality, its power, its credibility and its immediacy. A multimedia news company with a network of journalists worldwide, more than 3,000 professionals of 60 nationalities working 24 hours a day in over 181 cities in 120 countries, and four publishing houses in Madrid, Miami, El Cairo and Rio de Janeiro, offering products to customers across the five continents. EFE distributes almost 3 million pieces of news every year in various news formats: text, photographs, audio, video and multimedia, reaching more than 2,000 news media in the world every day. From its world network of bureaus and correspondents’ offices, EFE instantaneously offers the Spanish and Latin American view of the world in Spanish, Portuguese, English, Arabic, Catalan and Galician.

Founded in 2004, UBIMET GmbH is the largest private provider of meteorological services in Austria and among the top three largest weather companies in Europe. Headquartered in Vienna, UBIMET runs several branch offices in Melbourne, Berlin and New York. Currently, UBIMET has about 200 employees. The company’s main area of expertise lies in the field of meteorology, specifically in developing forecast models, issuing weather forecasts and severe weather warnings with high temporal and spatial resolution, as well as in preparing data and forecasts tailored to suit individual customer requirements, such as information services, risk management, personnel planning, decision support, etc. The clientele includes insurance agencies, infrastructure operators, municipalities and individuals, as well as mass media, such as daily newspapers and private radio stations. Due to the essential advantage of an in-house research and development department, UBIMET can provide state-of-the-art knowledge in all areas of meteorological technology and has experience in different joint research programs dealing with meteorology and ICT.

Elektro Ljubljana is the largest power distribution company in Slovenia. It covers the main part of Slovenia, including Ljubljana, the country’s capital city. Elektro Ljubljana’s grid covers a third of Slovenia, i.e. 6,166 sq km. Over 36 % of the population relies on the supply of the power provided by the Company; hence it supplies electricity to over 326,000 customers. The Company is also responsible for the development, maintenance and management of the grid and it employs almost 1,000 employees.

Presenting the grid in figures, the Company oversees 16,390 kilometres of underground cables and overhead lines as well as 5,183 substations. Ljubljana, the capital city, relies almost exclusively on the underground network and covers an area of 149 sq km while the cables stretch on over 2.697 km. The Company boasts with the following certificates: ISO 9001 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System), ISO 27001 (Data Protection Management System) and OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System), which attests company’s dedication towards quality-orientated organisation and policy. The Company’s mission is a complete supply of electricity to consumers and performance of ancillary services.

Via Verde is a Portuguese SME responsible for collect and process a national Electronic Transaction Collection for highways and other car services: parking lots, restaurants, fuel stations and other services. Via Verde is a pioneer on the industry and a global reference. Via Verde capital structure is led by Brisa Group. Minority shares are owned by Ascendi and SIBS. Brisa Group is the company that ensured financing, construction and operation of what is now regarded as the backbone of the Portuguese Highway network. Brisa Group currently is present in three continents and continues to expand the markets where it operates, whether through its operation services or concessions management. Over the years, it has forged a path, extending its reach to the whole country from North to South and from East to West, stimulating economic activities and bringing the Portuguese closer together.

Today, it has a new mission: to provide efficient mobility for the people. Created an innovative operation model, focused on technology and customer service. Its growth firmly based on innovation. It is a pioneer in Toll collection mechanisms and a reference worldwide, working also as a consultancy in the field being already involved, among others, in USA’s major toll collection systems.

The Flemish Radio and Television Broadcasting Organisation (VRT) is the Flemish public broadcaster in Belgium. Its mission is inform, inspire and unite and thus reinforce Flemish society. To accomplish this, VRT owns 3 TV channels (Eén, Ketnet, Canvas), 5 radio stations (Radio 1, Radio 2, Klara, Studio Brussel and MNM), 1 online video platform and various extra services.

Through open innovation, VRT explores new technologies and applications in a media context. The innovation department works together on European and Flemish funded projects with partners such as startups, universities, broadcasters and media organisations, to connect audiences with the future of media.

From research to validation, VRT Innovation collaborates closely with its (end) users. To ensure innovation is put into practice, the department tests new prototypes on the production floor itself, together with VRT brands. Innovative media solutions for content, experience and workflows are scaled and shared for broader implementation.

Over 25 people are part of the innovation team at VRT. Among others, the interdisciplinary team consists of researchers, developers, data scientists and user experts.

ENERGA Operator SA is distribution network operator (DSO) responsible for the development and maintenance of distribution grid located in northern and central part of Poland. Energa Operator SA is also a member company of Capital Group ENERGA SA. ENERGA SA is owner of 47 hydro power plants, Ostroleka coal power plant with rated capacity 722 MW. Total energy production in year 2015 was equal to 4.1 TWh. Total capacity of wind turbines connected to the Energa Operator grid is equal to 1966 MW.

Energa Operator runs grid consisted of 110 kV lines (6,442 km), 15 kV lines (67,366 km), 0,4 kV lines (110 619 km), 110/15 kV/kV, main system substations (493) and 15/0,4 kV/kV substations (59 084). Energa Operator supply electrical energy to 2.8 mln customers, including 0.29 mln business customers. The energy delivered to customers (sold) in Q2 2016 was equal to 5,5 TWh.

AMI Project started in Energa Operator in 29.06.2010. It included the implementation of a central IT system, and the implementation of smart metering infrastructure. Developed standards for communication, which take into account the meter data model COSEM objects and Data Terminal Unit, precise guidelines for the implementation of all the used communication protocols (eg. DLMS, HDLC, PRIME), its own communication protocol between the application and the hub (DCSAP) and defined security mechanisms for all system components. More than 840k meters was installed on Energa-Operator grid within 6 years of the roll out of the project.

EMASESA is the first water company in Andalusia and the second national company that manage the integral water cycle, by volume of customers, with 100% public capital. It is also the seventh national company by volume of turnover in the sector.

EMASESA began its activity on October 23, 1974, when it was created by the City of Seville as a municipal private company, having changed its denomination as Metropolitan on May 8, 2007. EMASESA manages the direct supply of drinking water in the capital of Seville and other 12 municipalities in the area. He is also responsible for the public sewage and purification service in this area.

The organization of EMASESA has been characterized as a pioneering one in the management of the Integral Water Cycle from the public service perspective along with environmental responsibility. Both concepts have also been transferred to the citizenship, obtaining a significant index of environmental awareness.

EMASESA has defined a Policy of its Integrated Management System, which encompasses the Quality, Environmental, Occupational Risk Prevention, RTD and Water Safety Plans.
EMASESA belongs to national and international networks and platforms in the field like: PLANETA, Asociación Española de Abastecimientos de Agua y Saneamiento; European Public Water.

EDP is a leading company in the energy sector. The group is present in Spain through
generation, distribution and commercialization of electricity, gas and utility services.
The Spanish electricity sector is based on a market model, in which regulated activities coexist
under a natural monopoly, such as transport and distribution, with others on free competition
conditions such as production and marketing. The level of security and quality of electricity
supply is high, given the level of investment in the distribution networks in recent years and
the existence of a mixture of sources of diversified energy sources, especially if we take into
account the low level of interconnections. EDP Spain holds an important place in the various
activities of the value chain of electricity.

EMT Valencia is the Municipal Transport Company of Valencia that provides public transport
by bus in the city of Valencia (Spain) and the towns of Alboraia, Alfara del Patriarca, Burjassot,
Moncada, Tavernes Blanques, Sueca, and Vinalesa. It belongs to the City Council of Valencia
The Valencian EMT is the urban bus company from Valencia. This city hast 1 million inhabitants
and the bus company has more than 1.200 drivers, 450 buses and around 200.000 bus trips
per day.

World Athletics is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It is headquartered in Monaco. It was founded in 1912 as the International Amateur Athletic Federation by representatives from 17 national athletics federations in Stockholm, Sweden. IAAF’s name changed in 2001 becoming the ‘International Association of Athletics Federations’ to reflect the growth of a professional sporting world which did not exist in 1912 and then again in 2019 to World Athletics. As World Athletics enters its second century of existence, the aim is to further enhance this vibrant sport to offer new and exciting prospects for athletes and spectators alike.

International Game Technology (IGT) is a multinational gaming company that produces slot
machines and other gaming technology. The company is headquartered in London.
The company is engaged in operating and providing an integrated portfolio of technology
products and services across various gaming markets, including lottery management services,
online lotteries, electronic gaming machines, sports betting, interactive gaming and
commercial services.

Natra is the largest Spanish company producer of cocoa and chocolate products. The company maintains a leading position in the manufacture and marketing of these products for the food industry thanks to its extensive experience and deep knowledge in the supply and processing of raw materials.

Grupo AN is a centenary cooperative and a leader in the Spanish agri-food sector. Grupo AN is a second-degree cooperative formed by 160 agricultural cooperatives and 40,000 farmers and livestock owners. Grupo AN is the largest producer of cereal in Spain. Mainly producers of agricultural products, including fruits and vegetables of worldwide commercial interest, offer the products to consumers in all possible formats: fresh, refrigerated and canned. Grupo AN is also one of the largest operators on the poultry market and an indisputable leader in the supplier market. Grupo AN commercializes fertilizers and fuel, which is distributed in Spain through a network of petrol stations, which are opened to the public. Apart from that Grupo AN also has a network of Processing companies. Some of them are the Industry of Vegetable preserves and the IV & V range processing company.

HMR – Health Market Research, established in 2009, is dedicated to consulting and developing quantitative and qualitative market research, in the health sector. In particular studies related to industry and trade of medicinal, para-pharmaceutical, dermo-cosmetic and veterinary products, as well as providing services and training activities within these studies. A deep knowledge of the market is the first step to deliver unique market insights. It’s that information that takes us further and gives more meaning to all the data and numbers with which we so efficiently analyse the market. Because we believe in the power of knowledge and where it can lead us, it is our mission to provide to our clients a comprehensive knowledge about the markets they operate in, providing a high-quality service, using reliable and consistent information sources and the most advanced technological solutions.

Ibermutua is mutual insurance company, partner with the Social Security at national level in Spain. It provides an assistance network to about 120 own centers and more than 1,000 concerted distributed throughout the country. The services provided: a) Comprehensive protection in the coverage of professional risks: occupational accident and illness and prevention of occupational hazards and improvement of working and health conditions in companies; b) Temporary Disability Management (work leave) due to common illness and non-work accident. Protection for cessation of activity of self-employed or self-employed workers.