The "development aspect" in the title is the aspect created in an area by the educational institutions and the productive potential, with the new generation, the students, the future scientists, the employees, the professionals, and the entrepreneurs as a link. Development starts with the big training epicenters, the higher education institutions, that provide the future staff and knowledge, through research and the recording of the current production status. Universities across the country are interconnected with their regions, with existing productive bodies, with public organizations, but also with local companies, disseminating people and expertise. We present one city of each heartland region, a specific subject of expertise, research program, laboratory, or school, and its relations with the region, with a background of the future and development.

University, in the field of neuroeducation, with the aim of optimizing the learning process. The collaboration of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology with the Johns Hopkins University for the fight against Alzheimer's, as well as the application of information technology in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of Neurodegenerative diseases, with the aim of applying a personalized therapy treatment to each patient. In the Department of Music Studies of Corfu, which is a pole of attraction for students from all around Greece, we learn about the latest technology, applied in electronic music production, as well as research on recording noise levels in the squares of Corfu. Finally, we register the work of the Department of Informatics, where experts have developed and constructed low-cost seismographs, as well as a landslide forecasting system.