SIGMA Development & Consulting supports researchers and innovators to create exploitable intellectual assets, build governance structures and communicate their ideas to the public.
Explore our contributionBuilt to strengthen work packages, bridge disciplines and help results travel beyond the consortium.
Turn diverse voices into a shared direction. We design stakeholder maps, living labs, participatory workshops, scenarios and engagement pathways that connect project choices to real user needs.
Bridge the gap between research ambition and usable systems — from user journeys and requirements to technical specifications, agile delivery, product ownership and quality assurance.
Create the operating rhythm for collaborative R&I: practical governance, result and risk management, innovation portfolios, acceleration programmes, reporting logic and collaboration infrastructures.
Move promising results towards adoption. We combine market intelligence, exploitation planning, intellectual property strategy, business coaching and investment-readiness support.
Embed responsible delivery from the start through research ethics, data protection, risk-based AI governance, standards awareness and practical readiness for the EU AI Act.
Selected engagements since 2016.
ECHO Innovation Hub design; Impact WP lead; stakeholder collaboration, exploitation and scale-up strategy across Türkiye, Greece and Portugal. Embedded to International Development Ireland (IDI) Ltd.
Impact WP leadership; three-year energy innovation acceleration programme; market ecosystem mapping and cross-border community building. Embedded to International Development Ireland (IDI) Ltd.
WP lead researcher for climate-policy evidence mapping, user-requirements workshops, pilot definition and technical and operational requirements for an AI-enhanced solution. Embedded to TRUENIQUE Team.
Connecting & Boosting WP leadership; open-innovation brokerage between deep-tech ventures, corporations and investors across Southern Europe. Embedded to International Development Ireland (IDI) Ltd.
Innovation-community design, peer learning and sustainability; stakeholder engagement, best-practice identification, ethics review and data-protection planning. Embedded to International Development Ireland Ltd.
Team leadership and key expertise in legal, financial and IP matters; national innovation-support networks, SME commercialisation, risk-finance and brokerage programmes. Embedded to International Development Ireland Ltd.
Experience working with EU institutions, ministries, universities, research organisations, corporates, investors, SMEs, clusters and civil-society actors.
A principal-led consultancy focused on clear, accountable delivery across European research and innovation programmes.
R&I leader, digital-transformation designer, innovation coach and independent ethics advisor working across European programmes and international technical assistance. Odysseas combines systems thinking with the practical discipline of work-package delivery.