EPoSS

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ASAMBLEA GENERAL GENESIS Madrid, November
14th, 2008
Towards the EPoSS Joint Technology
Initiative Wolfgang Gessner EPoSS Office
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Contents

• 1. The relevance of Smart Systems Technologies
  Technological Challenges Economic aspects
• 2. EPoSS the European Technology Platform
• 3. The EPoSS JTI

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From Microsystems to Smart Systems

• Microsystems
• miniaturised devices combining
• sensing
• signal processing
• actuation
• monolithic or hybrid integration.

• Smart Systems
• are able to describe a situation and diagnose it,
• are predictive,
• are able to decide and help to decide,
• enable the product to interact with the
  environment.
• They are as small as possible, networked, energy
  autonomous and highly reliable.

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Evolution of Smart Systems
Today
E.g. Integrated, miniaturised, advanced
functionality,
Driver status monitoring, piezo injection
valve,
1st Generation
E.g. Implantable devices, miniaturised simple
artificial organs, predictive reactive
systems, advanced energy management,
Smart pill, retina implants,
2nd Generation
E.g. Self aware, autonomous, inter- facing
physical w/ technical world, adaptive to
environment, ubiquitously connected, with
cognitive abilities
Autonomous bio-robots, swarming agents, IoT
technologies,
3rd Generation
Examples
Functions
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Example of a Smart System

• Entering the world of sounds
• Hearing aid for the direct electro-mechanical
  stimulation of the inner ear

This implant helps to get back the capability of
hearing and improves life quality considerably
1 Sensor 4 Tympanic 2 Main module 5
Inner ear 3 Actuator
Bildquelle IMPLEX AG Hearing Technology
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Relevance of Smart Integrated Systems and
Economic Opportunities

• The Smart Systems concept focuses on advanced
  functionalities and addresses application
  requirements
• Smart Systems actuate product innovations by new
  functionalities
• Smart Systems therefore often are the key
  competition factor
• Smart Systems contribute to the growth of entire
  industry sectors
• Smart Systems produce an enormous added value
  compared to other technologies
• Smart Systems help to develop European and
  national economies more than other technologies

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Relevance of Smart Integrated Systems and
Economic Opportunities

• In 2006 the world market only for microsystems
  technology amounted to 40 billion USD and is
  projected to raise to 72 billion USD by the year
  2011
• High growth potential particularly in the
  automotive, security and medical technologies
  sector, in the consumer, communication and
  portable sector

Higher and strategic RD investments in this area
have an immediate relevance for competitiveness
and for improving market perspectives
Sources YOLE Global MEMS/Microsystems, WTC Think
Small , Gartner
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Building on a Good Basis in Europe

• High quality public and industry research in
  Europe
• Widespread presence of companies and public
  research organisations over EU 27
• High density of SMEs within European structures
  often driving technological innovations
• European stakeholders are today global key
  players in the field of Smart Systems
  technologies

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Consequences and Challenges

• Building-up a solid European community
• Bundling all possible efforts, public and
  private, in a coordinated manner
• Creating an instrument for European strategic
  industry research
• Setting a clear signal and demonstrating
  commitment of all stakeholders

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EPoSS the European Technology Platform

• Objectives
• Defining the future path from MST towards Smart
  Integrated Systems
• Creating a basis for a sustainable representation
  of industry interests in the European RD policy
  context
• Form an industry guided community in order to
  define a common vision and common actions in the
  area of smart systems technologies
• Provide advice to public authorities,
  particularly to the COM in defining the
  programmes (and submit subsequently project
  proposals)
• Increasing the existing EU and national as well
  as industrys budgets for Smart Systems Research
• Develop new programme models beyond the EU
  Framework Programme (e.g. JTI)

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Founding Members
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Reasons for a European Public Private
Partnership Initiative

• RD resources are distributed all over Europe ?
  Necessary to provide a central point of access
• Critical mass is needed
• Benefits for national economies depend largely on
  international integration of their industries
• Range of industry networks and co-operations go
  beyond national borders ? National approaches
  could even be counterproductive to national
  interests
• Common strategy building based on public and
  industry interests
• Enable high(-er) impact and leverage effects of
  European and national financial input

Ref. 514 / Dr. G. Finking
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The EPoSS Joint Technology Initiative

• Objectives
• Strengthening competitiveness of national and
  European industry in the smart systems sector
• Setting-up a European Programme based on industry
  priorities
• Mobilising further budgets
• Going beyond what current programmes are able to
  fulfill
• Format
• Programme
• with the financial input of industry EU x
  member states
• content and mechanisms determined by European
  industry
• Projects
• of larger dimensions chaired by large companies
• focusing on strategic industry RD priorities

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Expectations from an Industry Perspective

• Clear priority of industry interests
  collaborative, strategic RD, self-determined by
  industry
• Increase of public and private budget volume for
  Smart Systems research provide means of funding
  which are currently not available
• Closing the gap of RD support by offering a new
  model for implementing large industry driven
  projects
• Creating a flexible instrument able to take into
  account economic and technological changes
• Once the PPP is established reduced bureaucratic
  burdens
• Lower failure rate in acceding public funding
• Pay-back guarantee for participating companies

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The European Landscape of Public Funding
Time to application
long
short
Product Driven Research
Basic Research
Applied Research
Strategic Industrial Research
Eureka
European Re- search Council
Framework Programme 7

Public Private Partnership Model
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Focus of the EPoSS JTI
EPoSS JTI
Smart Systems for SustainableMobilityClean
Full-Electric Car,All-ElectricAircraft
Smart Systems for AmbientIntelligence Interne
t ofThings,FutureCommunication Networking
Smart Systems for Health Wellness Health
Monitoring and Control,ArtificialOrgans

Smart Systems forSafety SecurityChemical,B
iological,Radioactive,Nuclear
ExplosivesDetection
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RD Priorities
Smart miniaturised devices with advanced
functionality and performance
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Autonomously operating, power efficient and
networked smart devices
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Robust systems, compatible and adaptive to
environment and lifetime requirements
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Integrated Approach
Open co-ordinated industry programmes
Common Vision on Societal Needs and Applications
eMobility, NESSI, NEM, ISI, FUTURE INTERNET
Smart integrated (Sub-)systems, w/ advanced
functionality, more than electronics
PPP1
PPP2
PPP3
Nanoelectronics, Wafer-level inte-
gration, Component level
Architectures, Middleware, Software based
integration
PPP4
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Further Aspects

• National authorities and EU must indicate budgets
  (EPoSS partners indicated RD investments of 1,5
  Bill. for a 7 years time frame)
• Formal commitment from the COM (Commissioner)
• Open process, however, strategic decisions will
  be taken by those partners/member states
  committed
• Preparation of ToR and implementation process.
  evaluation procedures, etc. ...
• Consultation with other JTIs (to avoid mistakes
  and handle problems, eg. budget asymmetries)
• Further options for collaborative strategic
  industrial research in Europe have to be
  considered
• Form follows function!

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Expectations towards GENESIS Organising the
Spanish Smart Systems Environment

• Acting as an interface between European and
  Spanish stakeholders
• Ensuring the involvement of Spanish industry in
  EPoSS and the positioning of their interests
• Ensuring the Spanish ministrys involvement in
  EPoSS
• Ensuring Spains participation in the EPoSS JTI

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Thank you very much!