European Technology Platforms in the ICT area

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European Technology Platforms in the ICT area

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ETP What is it?

• An ETP
• brings together the main stakeholders (industry,
  academia, funding bodies,..) in an RTD field
• identifies common RTD goals, time frames and
  action plans
• develops and helps implement an agenda to achieve
  these goals
• agenda addresses technology non-technology
  barriers

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Example barriers

• Research challenges/roadblocks
• How research is organised
• Outdated regulations
• Lack of common technical standards or a need for
  new ones
• Lack of funding/finance
• Disinclination to accept/take-up new technologies
• Shortage of skills and training

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Strategic Research Agenda

• Sets out RTD goals, time frames and research
  approaches and actions
• Identifies means to overcome barriers to the
  development and use of new technologies.
• e.g. regulations, standards, funding, skills and
  training
• ETP stakeholders agree to support their strategic
  research agenda financially and to monitor its
  implementation
• Key input to research priorities setting
• For industry and academia
• For public support to research (EU level and MSs)

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What are the benefits from ETPs? (1/2)

• For the stakeholders industry and academia
• pool resources to overcome technology roadblocks
• build partnerships to share risk
• speed up innovation, by knowledge sharing
• build consensus around measures needed to turn
  research results into marketable products and
  services

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What are the benefits from ETPs? (2/2)

• For the European economy and society
• optimise the return on public and private
  research investment
• boost industrial competitiveness and meet
  societys needs
• attract higher research investment in Europe

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The Commission a facilitator

• European Commission can
• provide advice, e.g. on the European dimension of
  the work
• help in establishing links between ETPs and
  national RD programmes in the Member States.
• The European Commission does not
• create ETPs solely to get advice
• earmark EU research budgets for ETPs
• give members of ETP any form of privileged
  access to the EU funding

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Nine ETPs in the ICT area

• European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory
  Council (ENIAC)
• Consolidated European Photonics Research
  Initiative (Photonics21)
• Advanced RD on Embedded Intelligent Systems
  (ARTEMIS)
• European Platform on Smart Systems Integration
  (EPoSS)
• Mobile and wireless communications technology
  (eMobility)
• Integral Satcom Initiative (ISI)
• Networked and electronic media platform (NEM)
• Networked European Software and Services
  Initiative (NESSI)
• European Robotics Platform (EUROP)

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ETPs in nanoelectronics, photonics, microsystems
and embedded systems (1/2)

• Nanoelectronics (ENIAC, www.eniac.eu) The
  semiconductor industry and its suppliers
  represented a worldwide sales value of US 340
  billion in 2005 the sector supported a global
  market of more than US 1.3 trillion in terms of
  electronic systems and an estimated value of US
  6 trillion in services. Semiconductor devices are
  the key components for applications ranging from
  transportation to health care, and from general
  broadcasting to electronic banking.
• Photonics (Photonics21, www.photonics21.org) The
  entry into the photon century requires a shared
  European initiative that enables industry and
  research to uphold their outstanding initiatives
  to explore the nearly limitless future
  applications of light. Many important European
  industries, from chip manufacturing and lighting,
  health care and life-sciences, to space, defence
  and the transport and automotive sectors rely on
  the same fundamental mastery of light.

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ETPs in nanoelectronics, photonics, microsystems
and embedded systems (2/2)

• Embedded Intelligent Systems (ARTEMIS,
  www.artemis-office.org) With the constant
  evolution of electronics and software
  technologies, there will be more and more
  Embedded Systems integrated into products and
  infrastructure. Already today 90 of computing
  devices are in Embedded Systems. Moreover, the
  value added to the final product by embedded
  software is often orders of magnitude higher than
  the cost of the embedded devices themselves. For
  example, 20 of the value of each car today is
  due to embedded electronics.
• Smart Systems Integration (EPoSS,
  www.smart-systems-integration.org) Smaller and
  smarter by trans-disciplinarity will be the key
  issue in the future, innovative systems
  integration the major challenge. The ability to
  miniaturise and integrate intelligence and new
  functionalities into conventional and new
  components and materials is particularly relevant.

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ETPs in networks, services, software security
(1/2)

• Mobile and wireless communications (eMobility,
  www.emobility.eu.org) We are now entering into a
  second phase of growth in the mobile and wireless
  communications sector as applications and
  services are incorporated into business processes
  and all aspects of daily life. Realisation of
  this demands a major shift from the current
  concept of anywhere, anytime to a new paradigm
  of any network, any device, with relevant
  content and context in a secure and trustworthy
  manner.
• Satcom (ISI, www.isi-initiative.eu.org)
  Satellite communications constitute a strategic
  sector for Europe, with significant economic
  impact and high societal relevance. They are
  instrumental for European-wide and international
  broadcasting, mobile communications, broadband
  access, bridging the digital divide, safety,
  crisis management, disaster relief, and dual use
  applications.

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ETPs in networks, services, software security
(2/2)

• Networked and electronic media (NEM,
  www.nem-initiative.org) The convergence,
  currently happening between telecommunications,
  broadcasting, information technologies, media
  content providers, and consumer electronics will
  significantly reshape the environment and usage
  for media and communications.
• Software and Services (NESSI, www.nessi-europe.eu)
  The software and services marketplace is
  changing dramatically, due to a series of
  factors flexibility and capacity to put in place
  new business models, a continuing shift toward
  increasingly made-to-order solutions, a major
  shift toward mission-critical 24/24 running
  systems, broader uptake of ICT by end-users,
  emergence of open source software.

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ETP on robotics

• Robotics (EUROP, www.robotics-platform.eu.com)
  Robotics is a rapidly developing technology with
  products starting to emerge in many new areas
  from robots assisting surgeons to automated
  vacuum cleaners. Europe has a leading position in
  industrial robots and the EUROP initiative is
  being set up to ensure that Europe will continue
  to be a leader as the robots are gradually moving
  into our homes, offices and public spaces.

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Conclusion and achievements so far

• Nine ETPs in ICT
• Involving over 700 organisations
• Large companies, SMEs, universities and research
  labs
• Nine Strategic Research Agendas, very important
  input to the ICT Work Programme
• Involving Member States in mirror groups
• Helping align public and private support to
  research across the EU