App and Visualization ICES has piloted a new app to visualize fisheries advice, signaling strong demand for user-friendly data tools. This creates opportunities to provide end-to-end app development, advanced data visualization, GIS mapping, and ongoing app maintenance for ICES and its 4000-strong scientific network. Upsell avenues include UX research, accessibility improvements, and cross-platform integrations with existing data sources and portals.

Data Portal Expansion The Joint Cetacean Data Programme Portal launch demonstrates demand for secure data sharing and interoperability across institutions. There is a clear path to offer data portal design, API access, data cataloging, metadata management, and data governance services, including EU-resident cloud hosting and compliance. Potential to monetize data services, analytics add-ons, and cross-dataset integration for member countries.

CRM and Integration ICES already uses Microsoft Dynamics and Teams, indicating openness to enterprise software modernization. Opportunity to optimize CRM across 19 member countries, deploy multi-tenant configurations, and provide training, change management, and integration with data portals and analytics dashboards. Additional value through workflow automation, reporting for funders and policymakers, and secure data collaboration.

Sustainability Solutions Sustainability and ocean policy are core priorities for ICES, creating demand for ESG analytics and policy-support solutions. Offer data-driven dashboards, fisheries sustainability metrics, and reporting templates tailored to decision-makers and funding bodies. Services could include regulatory-compliant analytics, scenario modeling, and accessibility of scientific data for advisory processes.

Global Partnerships ICES’s global network of over 4,000 scientists and 350 marine institutes across 19 countries points to cross-border collaboration and procurement opportunities. Propose partnership program management, grant and project management tools, and procurement modernization services to streamline multi-institution collaborations. There is potential for data licensing, sponsored research platforms, and regional expansion services in EU markets and beyond.