The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is opening a competitive call for new Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) in 2016. The Spanish agency Center for Industrial and Technological Development (CDTI) has invited Manuel Hermenegildo, director of the IMDEA Software Institute and of the EIT Digital Madrid APG, to share the successful experiences and best practices of the Spanish members within the EIT Digital KIC at a meeting at CDTI with potential Spanish applicant cosortia. The meeting was opened by the director of CDTI, Francisco Marín, and included also the participation of Michal Gorzynski, Head of the Monitoring Section at the EIT, and Josep Samitier, Director of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia and of EIT Health Barcelona.