Knowledge Angels

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Knowledge Angels

• Integrating Research Excellence for a Networked
  Knowledge Economy in Europe

An Overview
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Knowledge Angels in a Nutshell Execut. Summary

• History Knowledge Angels (KA) is initiated out
  of EKMF, a pan-European community with more than
  5000 members, a living example for a Network of
  Excellence with a critical mass
• Baseline
• Research roadmap based on a 2 year-long
  deliberation process
• 11 RTD areas as short-, medium-, and long-term
  actions for RTD in the Networked Knowledge
  Economy
• Objective to strengthen scientific and
  technological excellence in research on the
  Networked Knowledge Economy by integrating the
  research capacities of individuals and
  organisations in a European research landscape
• Approach to implement a radically new type of
  European Network of Excellence and to accelerate
  RTD in Europe by facilitating a new way of
  integrated researching
• Stakeholders Interest expressed today by 130
  organisations from research, industry, consulting

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Content Overview

• Europe in a global environment
• Opportunities
• Vision
• Mission statement
• Topic and scope 12 RTD areas
• Roadmap for integration
• Approach
• Funding
• What is in it for me and Europe?
• How to participate?
• FAQs

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Europe in a global environment

• Turbulence, uncertainty, risk but also
  opportunities are globally increasing
• Organisations and individuals are intertwining
  and evolving into adaptive networks
• Work is becoming self-organised, ad-hoc,
  connected and international
• Knowledge and intangible assets are becoming
  major sources of value creation and innovation
• Next generation ICTs are becoming visible
  Ambient, intelligent, interoperable, mobile,
  invisible
• Society and economy are asking for trust,
  sustainability, social responsibility, and new
  governance models
• Europes target by 2010 to become the most
  competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy
  in the world (European Council, Lisbon 2000)

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The Opportunities

• Opportunity for Europe to take the lead Best
  positioned due to
• synergetic advantage from diversity and
  integration
• thought leadership in intangibles and
  intellectual capital
• shared cultural belief in social capital and
  social responsibility
• equal consideration of organisations, people and
  technology
• A critical mass is available
• An existing pan-European community as a living
  example for the new type of a Network of
  Excellence
• 5000 members ready to be activated with
  passion and commitment
• Admired and observed by the world, connected to
  global thought leaders
• Research needs are defined
• A sophisticated research agenda based on a 2
  year-long deliberation process
• Research in smart organisations and knowledge
  management is converging towards new forms of
  value creation in a networked society
• The research community is ready to integrate
  between disciplines and between industry and
  academia

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The Vision
To make Europe lead the way in research on the
Networked Knowledge Economy ...
... and thus to create sustainable economic
growth with more and better jobs and greater
social cohesion.
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Mission Statement

• To strengthen scientific and technological
  excellence in research on the Networked Knowledge
  Economy by integrating the research capacities of
  individuals and organisations in a European
  research landscape.
• This is with the intention to advance the way
  research is carried out in Europe with respect to
  speed, quality, costs, innovation and impact, to
  overcome the fragmentation of the European
  Research Area and to provide a major contribution
  to the strategic goal set by the European Council
  in Lisbon for Europe to become the most
  competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy
  in the world by 2010.

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Topics Scope 12 Evolving RTD Areas

• RTD Area 1 Emphasise Knowledge Advantage
• RTD Area 2 Explore Winning K Strategies,
  Competencies and Leadership
• RTD Area 3 Establish Flourishing Knowledge
  Environments
• RTD Area 4 Learn about K-Networks, Connections
  and Community Dynamics
• RTD Area 5 Design Enhanced Knowledge Flows
• RTD Area 6 Mobilise Knowledge Activity
• RTD Area 7 Stimulate Knowledgeable People
• RTD Area 8 Unlock Technological Potential
• RTD Area 9 Develop Mechanisms for Harvesting
  Knowledge
• RTD Area 10 Ensure Quality of Knowledge Efforts
• RTD Area 11 Measuring and Managing Intellectual
  Capital
• RTD Area 12 Fostering the knowledge economy
  Policy implications
• RTD Area 13 ...

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Roadmap for Integration

• Integrating the European research capacities is a
  stepwise change process that leads towards a
  coordination of the research activities in Europe
  and a new way of working and interacting for
  European researchers.

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The Power of Integration

• Integration cannot be reduced to a pure
  re-structuring of resources, but must actively
  seek
• to connect people
• to integrate academic research and industrial
  initiatives
• to integrate across disciplines
• to integrate both social and economic priorities
• to integrate classical scientific research with
  out-of-the-box thinking
• to connect with every other network of relevance
• ...while equally exploiting the powers of
• diversity and redundancy for risk management and
• disruption and competition for innovation

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Approach

• New Research Approaches
• Creative Research Initiatives
• Tandem Research
• Action Research
• Concurrent Research 
• Integrated Research Academia Industry
  Consultants
• Principles of work
• Excellence     
• Public Licence Mode
• Community-based
• Cooperation InfrastructureKnowledgeBoard
• Socialisation
• Integration

• Management Approach
• Integration Office
• Distributed Leadership
• Dynamic Agenda
• Dynamic Budget
• Lean Tenders
• Roles and Services
• Governance Council
• RTD Area Facilitators
• SIG Facilitators
• Gateway Ambassadors
• Regional Hubs
• Marketing, Service and CRM Team
• Training and Education

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The Values

• to be open, transparent, excellent
• to capitalise on centres of expertise
• to integrate and enhance smart relationships
• to act as a living system

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Funding

• EC funding targeted at overcoming the barriers to
  durable integration
• i.e. not for doing the actual research you must
  have this already
• Concept of an incentive in the form of a fixed
  grant for integration, which takes into account
  
• the expected degree of integration in the
  network,
• the number of researchers proposed for
  integration by all participants,
• the characteristics of the field of research
  concerned,
• and the Joint Programme of Activites (JPA)
• Payment on basis of progress towards integration
• no integration ? no payment
• In KA budget allocated in three areas (say 1/3
  for each area)
• Assigned budget
• 1. Integration office, management, marketing, RTD
  facilitation, IT infrastructure
• Dynamic budget
• 2. Reserved budget for members, paid on JPA
  and/or proposal and delivery
• 3. Open budget for mini-tenders, paid on proposal
  and delivery

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What is in it for me?

• Building relationships with leading individuals
  and organisations in the research community
• Developing myself and receiving stimulation in a
  group of excellence
• Sharing experiences and thinking with the cutting
  edge of research
• Having better access to research facilities,
  platforms and knowledge
• Ensuring the uniqueness of my research activities
  by coordination with peers
• Taking a position in the European research
  landscape and being visible
• Driving the European research agenda for the
  Networked Knowledge Economy
• Gaining fun, self-fulfilment, innovation and
  energy to create new and exciting ideas

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What is in it for Europe?

• A super developed community of researchers and
  industry
• Concentrated and visible competencies in a
  virtual place
• Interdisciplinary innovation and joint research
  agendas
• Open transfer and spreading of knowledge
• Less duplication of effort, time and wastage of
  money spent
• Advancement in research on the Networked
  Knowledge Economy and a significant step towards
  the Lisbon goal

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What if Europe does not do this?

• Europe builds yet another
• 34 KM frameworks and implementation approaches
• 47 mobile IT infrastructures for networked
  organisations
• 126 scientific definitions for XY
• Disciplines remain in their silos
• Research continues throwing their findings over
  the wall
• Industry looses competitive potential
• Research ideas stumble behind industrial practice
  and research lead times remain too long
• European and national efforts are duplicated

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Who can participate?

• The KA network is
• Open to new members
• Applicants must show excellence in the area of
  the network
• This is defined not only by proven record of
  research and reputation, but also and equally by
  connectivity, active participation, commitment to
  integration, commitment to KA values, and more
• Formal membership is limited to organisations
  (due to EC rules)

The Knowledge Angels Network of Excellence is
open to interact and share its results and
knowledge with the whole of Europe. This includes
both individuals and organisations.
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Situation How to participate?

• The proposal has been submitted on 24th of April
  2003. Provided the evaluation will be successful
  and you are interested in participating you
  should do the following
• Write an email toFrithjof Weber
  web_at_biba.uni-bremen.de
• In the first step you should indicate
• What you want to contribute in which RTD area
  (max. 3 RTD)
• What you expect to gain from your participation
• What other work packages (except the RTD areas WP
  8-18) you are interested to work in (optional
  refer to public proposal summary at
  http//www.knowledgeboard.com/community/zones/sig
  /angels.html)

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Situation How to participate?

• In a second step of the post nomination you will
  be asked to
• Discuss with the respective RTD Area Facilitators
  how to integrate your research work
• Commit your organisation by sending a letter of
  commitment (template will be sent through)
• Send an A2 Form (template will be sent through)
• Besides
• Express and discuss your interest on
  KnowledgeBoardhttp//www.knowledgeboard.com/commu
  nity/zones/sig/angels.html
• Read the public version of the submitted proposal
  which is available for download at the site

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Is this a KM project?
• No Knowledge Angels is converging from two
  areas KM and networked organisations We have
  two beliefs
• 1. The future of value creation in Europe is
  based on knowledge and intangibles.
• 2. Value will be created by networked individuals
  and organisations.
• Can I get my research funded by the network?
• Not really - the focus of the network is in the
  integration of the existing and future research
  activities of the participating organisations,
  not on the funding of actual research work. (The
  network will also provide some seed funding for
  innovative ideas, but this is only a minor
  element and in principle we assume that you do
  have already research activities running)