European Alliance for Innovation

What European Alliance for Innovation does

European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) is a non-profit professional society registered in Slovakia as "European Alliance for Innovation n. o." (IČO: 50642588) with registered offices at Farská 1306/25, 949 01 Nitra, while the operational legal framework for its digital portals is governed under Belgian law. Founded in 2010 and operating with 11-50 staff, EAI positions itself as the world's largest open ICT society, claiming 250,000+ users across 160+ countries, 80,000+ papers published and roughly 200 conferences and summits supported each year. Its primary audiences are individual researchers, graduate students, and academic institutions seeking indexed publication venues and international conference participation, alongside a smaller tier of corporate partners and award sponsors.

EAI's platform is built around three interconnected pillars: (1) a free membership community (eai.eu) that provides collaboration tools and an EAI Index Points/Ranks recognition system; (2) a publishing stack anchored by the open-access European Union Digital Library (eudl.eu), the EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing (EAISICC) book series, and a portfolio of EAI Endorsed Transactions journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, EI Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, ProQuest and EBSCO; and (3) conference operations on industry-standard submission tools (Confy+, EasyChair), with a long-tail portfolio spanning security, digital forensics, mobile and ubiquitous computing, healthcare, blockchain, IoT, simulation tools, AI/communications networks, artsIT, and manufacturing systems. The Springer partnership (EAI/Springer book series) and a March 2025 ResearchGate Journal Home agreement provide the global distribution layer.

EAI monetizes through conference fees and bundled sponsorships (entry-level partners access 5 events; Strategic tier offers category exclusivity across 50+ events), €10,000 award sponsorships for EAI Excellence Awards, conference bundle pricing at approximately €10,000 per single event or €40,000 for five, and a newer 2025 EAI Conference Pass that gives non-authors flexible attendance across multiple events. Membership itself is free; revenue from publication processing is mediated through Springer and EUDL, and conference management services (venue, financial administration, on-site support) are the operational core of the model.

Name

European Alliance for Innovation

Legal name

European Alliance for Innovation n. o.

Website

https://eai.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) is a Slovak-registered non-profit operating the world's largest open ICT society, running 200+ annual conferences and indexing 80,000+ papers with Springer, EUDL, and ResearchGate for a global base of 250,000+ researchers across 160+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Conference & Publishing Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Information (51)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Recruitment Events, Fairs & Webinar Platforms (EDAIACAF)

Keywords

• Academic conference organizing
• Open access publishing
• ICT research society
• Scholarly publishing services
• Conference proceedings

Headquarters

HQ city

Gent

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Conference Organizing Services: EAI provides comprehensive conference organization support including venue setup, website building, financial management (fee collection, venue/provider payments), and on-site assistance. Revenue is generated through conference fees and sponsorship arrangements.
2. Publishing Services: EAI offers indexed proceedings, books, and journals through partnerships with Springer. The EAISICC book series has published 120+ books. Revenue includes publication fees and partnership arrangements with Springer.
3. Corporate Partnership and Sponsorship: EAI offers tiered partnership programs (Entry Partner, Growth Partner, Premium Partner, Strategic Partner) providing brand visibility across 100+ conferences. Annual membership and conference bundles are available at various price points.
4. Award Sponsorship: Organizations can sponsor EAI Excellence Awards for €10,000, gaining official association, recognition during ceremonies, social media exposure, and post-event communications.
5. Conference Pass: EAI Conference Pass provides access to multiple conferences for non-authors, offering flexible attendance options without paper submission requirements. Targets researchers, students, and industry professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EAI operates a free-membership academic society platform that supports ICT researchers worldwide through three interconnected offerings: (1) organization of 200+ academic conferences and summits annually across domains such as cybersecurity, digital forensics, AI/IoT/5G, mobile systems, healthcare and arts; (2) indexed academic publishing including proceedings, books (EAISICC series with Springer) and peer-reviewed journals (EAI Endorsed Transactions), distributed via the open access European Union Digital Library (EUDL); and (3) a global community platform providing collaboration tools, EAI Index Points recognition, mentorship, and career development. Additional paid offerings include tiered corporate conference partnership programs and the EAI Conference Pass for multi-event attendance.

Product overview

European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) is the world's largest open ICT society, operating as a platform-plus-services ecosystem. The core offering consists of a free membership platform with collaboration tools that supports researchers through three interconnected pillars: (1) EAI Conferences - hosting 100+ annual conferences across ICT domains including cybersecurity, digital forensics, AI, mobile systems, healthcare, and arts; (2) EAI Publications - indexed proceedings, journals, and books published through partnerships with Springer and the European Union Digital Library (EUDL); and (3) EAI Community - global networking platform connecting 250,000+ users across 160+ countries. Additional services include the EAI Conference Pass for multi-event access, conference partnership programs for sponsors, and 10+ specialized journal titles (EAI Endorsed Transactions) covering security, energy, health, IoT, and smart cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety: Peer-reviewed journal focused on security and privacy in communication networks and digital systems.
• European Union Digital Library (EUDL)
• EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing (EAISICC)

Products and services

• EAI Membership Platform Free membership program giving ICT researchers access to collaboration tools, the EAI community, EAI Index Points and Ranks recognition, publishing opportunities via EUDL, and global conference participation.
• EAI Conference Organizing Services End-to-end academic conference organization support offered to academic institutions, including venue setup, conference website creation, financial management, on-site assistance and promotional outreach for 200+ events held annually across ICT research domains.
• EAI Indexed Publications EAI's portfolio of indexed academic publications covering proceedings, books (via Springer) and peer-reviewed EAI Endorsed Transactions journals, distributed globally through the open access EUDL for maximum citation impact.
• European Union Digital Library (EUDL) Open access digital library providing maximum research visibility and citation impact for EAI-published proceedings, books and journals, serving as EAI's flagship open access publishing infrastructure.
• EAI Endorsed Transactions Journals Peer-reviewed open access journals (EAI Endorsed Transactions series) covering security and safety, e-Learning, and additional ICT research domains, providing researchers with indexed publication venues.
• EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing (EAISICC) Book Series Book series published in partnership with Springer under the EAISICC imprint covering communications and computing engineering, with 120+ titles published and indexed in major databases.
• EAI Conference Pass Annual pass enabling non-author attendees to access multiple eligible EAI conferences per year (8 eligible in 2025) including technical sessions, networking events and social programs, with transferable employee access.
• EAI Conference Partnership Programs Tiered corporate sponsorship offering Entry, Growth, Premium and Strategic Partner programs with year-round brand visibility across EAI's global conference network, plus EAI Excellence Award sponsorship at €10,000 per award.

Quantifiable outcome

• 250,000+ users from 160+ countries with 80,000+ papers published
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship, regional and minor.

• ResearchGatecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 March 2025Journal Home partnership connecting EAI authors with ResearchGate's network of 25 million scientists worldwide. Enhances author-to-reader engagement, increases publication visibility, and supports open access research dissemination.
• SpringerflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEAI's primary publishing partner with a prestigious library of hundreds of journals and proceeding series. The partnership ensures global distribution through Springer's Digital Library, indexing in Scopus, Web of Science, EI Compendex, and provides visibility for 80,000+ published papers and 120+ books in the EAISICC series.
• Bahir Dar University (Bahir Dar Institute of Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term hosting partnership for the EAI ICAST (International Conference on Advancements of Science and Technology) series. The Bahir Dar Institute of Technology has hosted ICAST conferences for 13 consecutive years, positioning the institution as a hub for scientific discourse in Africa.
• Bahir Dar Institute of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for EAI ICAST conferences, collaborating on research exchange initiatives for developing regions and supporting young researchers from resource-constrained environments.
• Heriot-Watt University (Dubai Campus)regionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue for EAI ArtsIT 2025 conference, providing facilities for the 14th edition of the International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation in Dubai, UAE.
• Florida International UniversityregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for EAI ICDF2C 2025 conference at the Cal Kovens Conference Center in Miami, supporting the International Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime.
• Technical University of Košice (Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partner hosting the EAI MMS conference series for 10 years, led by Assoc. Prof. Lucia Knapčíková as General Chair, representing a model of sustained international research collaboration.
• Various Partner OrganizationsminorOthersEAI maintains partnerships with IBM, University of Houston, Deusto, and other institutional partners shown in partner logos section, though specific partnership details are not detailed in available sources.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Morressier: Conference and scholarly communications platform offering submission, review, and virtual event infrastructure. Comparable as a technology platform serving the academic conference ecosystem EAI depends on.
• MDPI: A leading open access academic publisher with indexed journals and conference sponsorship across ICT domains. MDPI competes for the same author pool and open-access publication fees that EAI's EUDL targets.
• Frontiers Media: Open access publisher with indexed journals and growing conference support. Frontiers competes with EAI/Springer on author publishing fees and discovery distribution.
• Sciendo (De Gruyter): Open access academic publishing platform under De Gruyter offering indexed journals and conference proceedings. Comparable as a publishing partner alternative to Springer and a competitor for open-access ICT venues.

Direct peers

• IEEE: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is the largest global professional organization for ICT, running thousands of conferences, publishing extensively indexed journals and proceedings, and operating a membership society — directly comparable to EAI's core activity.
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): ACM is a premier computing professional society hosting flagship conferences, publishing indexed journals, and serving a global membership of researchers — directly overlapping EAI's conference, publishing, and community model.
• World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET): International scholarly organization running recurring conferences and publications across engineering, computing, and science — closely matching EAI's community-and-conference model for ICT researchers.

Broad incumbents

• Springer Nature: EAI's flagship publishing partner and a global incumbent in academic publishing. Springer operates indexed journals, conference proceedings, and open access platforms at much larger scale, making it both a partner and an incumbent competitor.
• Elsevier: Major academic publisher running indexed journals, conference proceedings, and platforms like Scopus. Comparable as an incumbent in the indexing and publishing infrastructure EAI depends on.

Others

• ResearchGate: EAI's distribution partner (Journal Home) and a community/discovery platform for 25M+ scientists. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem player that enables researcher visibility and engagement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/eaichannel
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@EAIchannel/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/eai.eu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/european-alliance-for-innovation
• Instagraminstagram.com/eai.eu/?igsh=MTlycDMwdWkycXEycw%3D%3D

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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