dr. r. zobel – gothenburg – 15 th nov. 2005 gothenburg ministerial conference towards a...

Dr. R. Zobel – Gothenburg – 15th Nov. 2005

Gothenburg Ministerial Conference Towards a Knowledge Society –The Nordic Experience

The role of ICT for jobs and growth

Rosalie Zobel, PhD

Director “Components & Systems”European Commission, Brussels


• The Lisbon Agenda

• The 7th Framework Programme for research

(FP7)

• ICT research in FP7

• Structuring European research (an example):

‐ eSafety – Intelligent vehicles to reduce the death toll on Europe’s roads

Presentation outline


• Markets & Competition: Europe – A more attractive place to invest & work

– Extend & deepen the internal market – Improve European and national regulation– Ensure open & competitive markets inside & outside Europe– Expand & improve European infrastructure

• Knowledge & innovation for growth– Increase & improve investment in R&D– Facilitate innovation & uptake of ICT & the sustainable use of

resources– Contribute to a strong European industrial base

• Employment & Skills: Creating more & better jobs– Attract more people into employment & modernise social protection

systems– Improve the adaptability of workers & enterprises & the flexibility of

labour markets– Invest more in human capital through better education & skills

The renewed Lisbon Agenda


• Markets & Competition

• Knowledge & innovation– Research policy– Information Society policy

– Information space– Investment in ICT– Inclusion

– Industrial policy

• Employment & skills

Lisbonpolicies

i2010

Innovationpolicies

Lisbon: Policies for growth & jobs


Industrial PolicyInformation Society Policy

Research Policy

Innovation policies

• Entrepreneurship • Innovation policy• Benchmarking Member States’ performance

• Open & competitive information economy• Investing in ICT• Inclusion

• European Research Area

• FP7 (including PPP)• Investment in R&D (3% objective)


• “i” for information space– To promote an open & competitive

information economy

• “i” for innovation and investment in ICT– To improve Europe’s capacity to innovate

in & through ICT

• “i” for inclusion– To promote a high level of accessibility &

participation in the Information Society

i2010:Policy for the information society &

media


• Raise R&D investment (3% objective)• Create a single “market” for research (ERA)

– An area of free movement of knowledge, researchers & technology

• R&D excellence • Improve human capital & skills base• Build effective research infrastructures• Framework Programmes (FP):

– Strong competition: success rate 1/5 (in IST on average)

– FP participants generally show higher levels of product/process innovations than non-FP participants

– FP participants are more likely to patent (2-3 times more)

Research policy


• Collaborative research– Continuation of FP6

• European technology initiatives– Private-public partnerships aiming at world

leadership in certain R&D domains

• Basic research– Competition of individual

researchers/teams

• Making Europe more attractive to best researchers

– Researcher mobility schemes

• Research infrastructures – Research networking infrastructures

• European Research Area– Improving coordination of

national research programmes

€ 44 bn

€ 12 bn

€ 7 bn

€ 7 bn

€ 70 bn2007 – 2013

(European Commission

proposal)

€ 70 bn

Elements of future research:The 7th Framework Programme (FP7)


1. Health 8.32. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology 2.53. Information & Communication Technologies12.74. Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials &

new Production Technologies 4.85. Energy 2.96. Environment (including Climate Change) 2.57. Transport (including Aeronautics) 5.98. Socio-Economic Sciences and the Humanities0.89. Security and Space 4.0

Joint Technology Initiatives

ERA-Nets

International Co-operation+

Proposed Budget [bn €]

Total € 44.4 bn

FP7 collaborative research:9 Themes


ICT Technology Pillars

Integration of Technologies

Applied Research

Future and Emerging Technologies

• Nanoelectronics, photonics and integrated micro/nanosystems• Ubiquitous and unlimited capacity communication networks• Embedded systems, computing and control• Software, Grids, security and dependability• Knowledge, cognitive and learning systems• Simulation, visualisation, interaction and mixed realities

Personal environments, home environments, robotic systems, intelligent infrastructures

• Health, inclusion, mobility, environment, government• Media, learning, culture• Business, work, manufacturing• Security & dependability

Proposed€ 12.7 bn

Information & Communication Technologies in FP7


• To foster effective public-private R&D partnerships

– Involving key R&D stakeholders, eg industry, the research community & public authorities

– Addressing major technological challenges

– Mobilising resources for research & innovation

– Avoiding fragmentation & duplication of effort

• To structure R&D activities in Europe (ERA)

– Defining R&D priorities, timeframes & action plans on several strategically important issues

Structuring European research


INNO-Nets

• Objective:

– Trans-national learning– Scientific Co-operation

• Actions:– Specific support action

• conferences, seminars, studies and analyses, working groups and expert groups, information and communication activities

– INNO-Net Coordination Actions • networking of innovation activities

– INNO-Net partners • pan-European co-ordination of nationally funded innovation


Global Monitoring For Environment

and Security

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for a Sustainable Energy

Future

Nanoelectronics

Embedded Systems

Aeronautics and Air Transport

Innovative Medicines for the Citizens

of Europe

Proposed Joint Technology Initiatives


«Blue Sky» InnovationApplied

R&D

«Blue Sky» InnovationApplied

R&D

JTI

Academicresearch Industrial / academic

R&D

• Productisation• Standards• Piloting• Education/skills• Entrepreneurship

Integrating the R&D value chain


To improve the quality of the environment through ICT for safe & efficient mobility

SmarterIntelligent communication& interaction with other

vehicles & with the transport infrastructureto improve efficiency &

safety.

CleanerImproved traffic management

through intelligent driver assistance systems,

thus contributing to reducepolluting emissions

SaferActive ICT-based safety systems & devices

helping to prevent & mitigate the impact of accidents

A policy-driven initiative: an Example


2000: More than 41,000 Europeans lost their lives on the roads

The policy objective

To halve the numberof deaths by 2010


• Greater transport efficiency‐ Making better use of the capacity of

the available infrastructure‐ Managing varying demands

• Increased safety & comfort‐ Improving the quality & reliability of

information used by advanced driver assistance systems

‐ Allowing the implementation of advanced safety applications

ICT enhances the support available to drivers & other road users. It provides for:

The technology: Intelligent vehicles


• A joint industry-public sector initiative– e.g. European Commission,

EU Member States, industry

– Launched in April 2002

• Objective: – To accelerate the development, deployment and use of

intelligent, integrated safety systems to increase road safety & reduce number of accidents on Europe’s roads

• Multiple activities– eSafety Forum

– Working Groups

The initiative


To develop, test & validate safety related applications, using advanced sensor & communication devices integrated into on-board systems for driver assistance

• 52 partners:• Industry• Public authorities• Research institutes

• Started: Feb. 2004

• Duration: 4 years• Budget: € 55 mn• EC funding:€ 30 mn

R&D project example


• Europe is determined to compete in a globalised & ever more competitive world

• Europe is putting Lisbon policies in place, thus …

• … creates the “right environment” to be competitive

– Single market of products, services, knowledge, ideas

– Overcomes fragmentation by pulling resources together

– Invests in the future: R&D, education, innovation

Can the Lisbon Agenda be achieved ?


Dr. Rosalie ZobelEmail: [email protected]

Thank you for your attention!

Information Society & Media:http://europa.eu.int/information_society/http://europa.eu.int/eeuropehttp://www.cordis.lu/ist

European research on the web:http://www.cordis.lu/http://www.cordis.lu/era/fp7.htmhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/research/future/

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