Empowering Change A Year-End Reflection and a Digital Vision for 2024

As 2023 draws to its end, we are happy to share with you all a few reflections about what has been an intense, successful and transformative year for our organisation.

Our team has doubled in size, our European subsidiary in the Netherlands has attracted new talents and plays a prominent role as Coordinator of several Horizon Europe projects, our non-for-profit spin off Digital for Planet has become an active player in the digital sustainability arena and our Swiss mother company has consolidated its unique position in several research and innovation ecosystems.

The possibility for us to enter into consortia with different organisations – the Swiss ones entirely funded by the Swiss government – has been a major asset also in the way we have been able to establish new partnerships and liaisons. The average 30% success rate in EC projects acquisition is indeed largely related to the care we put in the consortium creation: committed organisations and individuals striving for excellence at all levels. This has been paying off.

Our portfolio includes now more than 30 projects, among commercial, Horizon Europe and Digital Europe ones, cutting across several domains – health care, smart mobility, sustainable smart cities, smart logistics, etc. – and focusing on several research topics, AI, Data, Robotics, IoT, Edge, Cloud Computing, Metaverse, Next Generation Internet, Non Terrestrial Networks/6G, Quantum Networks.

Looking forward, 2024 holds the promise of further growth and innovation. 10 new colleagues will join and we will be actively engaged in new projects with some of our old dear partners and many new amazing ones! We will work in and lead several Research and Innovation Actions as well as Coordination and Support Actions that among others touch upon sustainability, digital commons, policy development, ICT standardisation, international collaborations, and much more.

Our ambition is to deliver meaningful and sustainable innovation that can help tackle some of the major societal and sustainability challenges humanity must face. We must harness the power of digital technologies to effect meaningful changes across all sectors for the good of our society and of our planet.

Decarbonisation of Martel as a group is a major target for the year to come. By changing the way we work and run our business, we want to have a major positive impact. By embracing sustainability as a core value, working hand-by-hand with Digital for Planet, we aim to inspire positive change within our industry and contribute to the global effort to combat climate change.

Obviously all we have achieved so far would not have been possible without the amazing support of our partners all across Europe and beyond. We live in a network or networks where each individual and each organisation matters to us and we would like to thank them all deeply. We have established strong liaisons with several organisations and we intend to continue and strengthen closer interactions, standing firmly committed to the values Marte builds upon, which are honesty, respect, trust, excellence, openness and sustainability.

In this closing of the year we cannot forget those who have been less lucky than us, all people around the world that suffer and struggle because of too much violence, injustice and poverty.

We wish peace and love for the entire humanity and we hope all of us will be able to take some quality time to relax and spend time with family and friends.

Disconnect to come back with more energy and power!

All the best from all Martelians!