Edwin Hecker is managing partner at Schuttelaar & Partners. As work package leader for SmartAgriHubs he is in charge of building the ecosystems. He oversees the strategy that makes the projects more visible and recognizable but also focuses on bringing the relevant stakeholders together. The projects are gathering synergetic actors around them, as work package leader, the challenge is to initiate the dialogue and generate relevant interactions to ensure the sustainable embedding of the innovative IoT technologies, connecting to the citizens and taking into account commercial, scientific, societal and legislative dimensions.