Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (AMU) is one of the largest academic centres in Poland with over 2.100 faculty members and about 34.000 students. The Department of Applied Informatics (DAI) is a unique entity which merges the traditional and a modern approaches to education. DAI operates on a principle of applying informatics to various practical implementations. The SEAMLESS project creates an opportunity of further involvement into supporting regional, national and European economy.

The department is rather new but its senior staff have been involved in many Esprit, IST and INTERREG projects. Some of them concerned specifically ICT support for SMEs (also with mobile devices), like FLEXWORK and SIMS. They are used to provide qualified consultancy to companies, related to IT systems planning, optimisation, implementation and co-ordination. Through UAM Foundation (which, among others, acts as a business incubator) DAI has direct access to various SMEs in the region.