INTELSPACE Innovation Technologies S.A. andURENIO Research of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki forma research group that works together on projects dealing withinnovation systems, innovation policy and strategy, and intelligent / smart cities.INTELSPACE was founded in 2005 as spin-off company of URENIO Research with a focus on the design and development of intelligent / smart cities,intelligent districts, cyber-physical systems, and othertypes of intelligent spaces.

INTELSPACE offers engineering, IT, and consulting services in the field of intelligent / smart cities. The company specializes in the design and development of physical spaces and digital environments sustaining innovation in cities addressing problems of growth and employment, violence, vandalism and aggression, safety and security, air pollution, climate change, optimisation of infrastructures, and participatory governance.

The expertise of the company is in two interrelated areas (1) innovation systems and strategies, in particular cyber-physical systems of innovation in which software applications and datasets drive disruptive innovation, social innovation, awareness and specialised services, and platforms that support the entire cycle of innovation strategy from context analysis to performance measurement, and (2) intelligent / smart cities, and the underlying formation and evolution of smart ecosystems, ontologies, knowledge functions and architectures of connected intelligence, smart city strategy and governance, design and development of applications for growth, safety, and sustainability.