• Jean-Yves ROGER• International Unit

• DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology• European Commission

Taiwan - June 2014

EU-Taiwan ICT Cooperation in Horizon 2020

Disclaimer: The aim of this presentation is to enhance public access to information about EU policies and initiatives. The European Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information given. The content is subject to change following Programme Committee opinion and European Commission decisions.

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EU 2020

Europe 2020 puts forward three mutually reinforcing priorities:

• Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation.

• Sustainable growth: promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy.

• Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion.

The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020: Commission’s proposals 29 June 2011

• 1. Smart & inclusive growth (€491bn)

• 2. Sustainable growth, natural resources (€383bn)• 3. Security and citizenship (€18.5bn)• 4. Global Europe (€70bn)• 5. Administration (€62.6bn) Total:

€ 1,025bn

ConnectingEurope Cohesion

CompetitiveBusiness SMEs

Horizon 2020

Key challenge: stabilise the financial and economic system while taking measures to create economic opportunities

Education, Youth, Sport

DG CONNECT

• ICT Policy

• ICT Regulation

• ICT Research

Horizon 2020

* The 7th research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

• A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives*

• More innovation, from research to retail, all forms of innovation

• Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. health, clean energy and transport

• Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes in all EU countries and beyond.

Horizon 2020: indicative budget breakdown

Societal challenges32 Bn€

Industrial leadership 18 Bn€

Excellent science25 Bn€

JRC/ Non-nuclear 2 Bn€EIT 3 Bn€

Based on the 80 Bn € proposal

Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive Frameworks

− Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies

−ICT−Nanotech., Materials, Manuf. and Processing −Biotechnology−Space

− Access to risk finance − Innovation in SMEs

Excellence in the Science Base− Frontier research (ERC)− Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)− Skills and career development (Marie Curie)− Research infrastructures

Shared objectives and principles

Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes

Europe 2020 priorities

European Research Area

Simplified access

International cooperation

Dissemination & knowledge tranfer

Tackling Societal Challenges− Health, demographic change and wellbeing− Food security, sustainable agriculture and

the bio-based economy− Secure, clean and efficient energy− Smart, green and integrated transport− Climate action, resource efficiency and raw

materials− Inclusive, innovative and reflective

societies− Secure Societies

EITJRC

ICT

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Structure of the ICT – H2020 WP (2014-2015) – Enabling technologies

• ICT Challenge 1 – A new generation of components and systems•

• ICT Challenge 2 - Advanced Computing •

• ICT Challenge 3 – Future Internet•

• ICT Challenge 4 – Content technologies and information management

• ICT Challenge 5 – Robotics•

• ICT Challenge 6 – Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics

• ICT Cross-Cutting and Horizontal Activitieso Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objectso Cybersecurity, Trustworthy ICTo Support for access to financeo Innovation and Entrepreneurship Supporto Open Disruptive Innovation Schemeo International Cooperation

International Cooperation under H2020

• A cross-cutting issue in H2020

• Similar approach to the current practice• General opening of the programme• Targeted openings• Horizontal actions on international cooperation• Coordinated calls

• Collaborative actions implemented on the basis of common interest and mutual benefit

• Reciprocal access to third country programmes is encouraged

• Changes to the ICPC list but no change for Taiwan

• Supporting the economic growth in the EU and the promotion of the European ICT industry;

• Enabling European researchers and industrialists to access knowledge, technology, expertise and skills available outside Europe;

• Establishing a favourable environment for the European ICT researchers and the industry;

• Addressing global challenges where significant added value is expected to be gained from world-wide co-operation;

• Accelerating the integration of the Enlargement countries;

• Strengthening the European Union’s attractiveness in research & innovation;

Objectives of DG CONNECT international research activities

International partnership building and support to dialogues with high income countries

• Target:• To support dialogues between the European

Commission/the EU and strategic high income partner countries and regions,

• and • To foster cooperation with strategic high income third

country organisations in collaborative ICT R&D both within H2020 and under relevant third country programmes.

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• Targeted high income countries/regions• Subgroup 2: East Asia/Oceania (Australia, Japan,

Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan)

• One or two projects No duplication/overlaps

• Key partners: governmental actors (3rd country research ministries/agencies) + relevant industry associations, & academic partners (research centres/universities).

• CSA (Support Actions) – budget: EUR 3 million – 2nd

Call

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• Possible activities:

• Events synchronised with dialogue meetings

• ICT policy and regulation through monitoring of the targeted region/country, workshops

• Set-up of sustainable cooperative mechanisms or platforms

• Reinforcement of industrial cooperation

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What is a PPP?• "…a government service or private business venture which is funded and

operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector organisations." (Wikipedia)

• PPP stands for Public-Private Partnership• Public side = European Commission• Private side = Companies, universities (which can be

public bodies), research organisations, NGOs

• Goal: To strengthen the competitive position of Europe in a particular business sector• Mutual development of research strategy & commitment to invest in a

sector • Not limited to research, also looking at other areas such as regulation,

policy, trade, non-technical barriers, etc.

Future Internet

Accelerate development / adoption

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Addressing shortcomings and future needs of network & computing infrastructures, devices and service platforms

Experimentation and validation by users in real application contexts

Promoting societal, economic and business innovation

The industrial and policy context

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Future Internet technologies supporting industry needs and policy making

Driven by key ICT industrial sectors such as telecommunication, software and services, and content provision

Developing enabling technologies affecting productivity in most industrial sectors and societal applications

Supporting the relevant policy, governance, legal and regulatory frameworks

Increasing engagement in international dialogues and collaborations

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Acting at all levels of innovation flow

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Large Testbeds

FI PPP

Web-Entrepreneur,StartupEurope

Cloud and Software

R&D

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InterNETINNOVATION

Business

Society Individual

Entrepreneurship on the Internet has become an important driver for economic growth and employment

www.startupeurope.eu

Collective Awareness Platforms leverage the

network effect by combining open online

social media, distributed knowledge and data from real environments

for collectively finding alternative solutions to individual and societal

problems

Industry driven, the Future Internet PPP accelerates the development and adoption of innovative Internet technologies in Europe, advance the European market for smart infrastructures, and increase the effectiveness of business processes through the Internet. www.fi-ppp.eu

NET Innovation

Creating a generic, open and standard platform (FI-WARE) and meeting point (FI-LAB) around which a dynamic innovation ecosystem can be created engaging developers and entrepreneurs

Born local (Europe) but with global ambition

http://www.fi-ppp.eu/projects/fi-ware/EC provides half of the fundingEC provides half of the funding::

Industry driven, Industry driven, major industry major industry players involvedplayers involved

PanPan--European dimensionEuropean dimension eHealth

tourism

Transport, Mobility and

Logistics

e-government

Smart Energy Grid

…

Open APIs for Open Minds

Example 1: FI PPP

An EU initiative to:

Raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges faced by web-entrepreneurs

Network, Europe-wide, among the stakeholders and facilitate access to resources

Develop web talent

Final goal:

To strengthen the environment for Web Entrepreneurs to start andstay in Europe. The focus is on starting up and scaling up.

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StartupEurope.eu

To harness ICT networks, network effects and collective intelligence for cooperation, supporting new economic models beyond GDP

To create awareness of sustainability challenges - and of bottom-up solutions grounded on real communities of people

To explore open data, open source and open hardware participatory innovation paradigms

Requires participation of at least two entities from non-ICT domains - appeals to new grassroots actors (including social entrepreneurs, students, hackers, civil society organisations)

Collective Awareness Platforms

Example 2: Cloud Strategy

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The strategy is designed to stimulate the uptake of cloud computing across the economy

Three key actions:

Mapping cloud relevant standards

Fair and safe contracts and SLAs

European Cloud Partnership

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Cloud: fast growing market

Many potential users still associate cloud computing with increased risks, such as: protection of personal data, security, guarantee of continuity of services, legal jurisdiction, etc.

Supply side: new business opportunities for telecom operators, equipment manufacturers, cloud services providers and system integrators

Demand side: increased productivity, enhanced competitiveness, less risks in the use of IT services, implementation speed in the deployment of advanced IT services, especially for start-ups and SMEs

Impact on providers and users

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Policy context: Cloud Strategy

27 September 2012: COM on Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe. Accompanying Staff Working Document

The strategy is designed to stimulate the uptake of cloud computing across the economy

Three key actions:

Mapping cloud relevant standards

Fair and safe contracts and SLAs

European Cloud Partnership

Cutting through the jungle of technical standards

The Cloud Select Industry Group on Service Level Agreements

The Cloud Select Industry Group on Certification Schemes

The Cloud Select Industry Group on Code of Conduct

ETSI: Cloud Standards Coordination

The European Cloud Partnership

Cloud strategy's key actions

Groups working on implementing the strategy

Development of model 'safe and fair' contract terms and conditions

A European Cloud Partnership to drive innovation and growth from the public sector.

The Cloud ComputingContract Group

The European Commission's strategy 'Unleashing the potential of cloud computing in Europe'

Adopted on 27 September 2012, it is designed to speed up and increase the use of cloud computing across the economy

The Cloud Computing Strategy

Final Report 11/12/2013

Launched on 21/02/2013

Launched on10/04/2013

Launched on 21/02/2013

Launched on 19/11/2013

Launched on 19/11/2012Steering Board

Cloud for Europe Launched In 11/ 2013

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Building on work undertaken by the project C4E: www.cloudforeurope.eu

Advanced cloud infrastructures and services

Heterogeneous infrastructure

Dynamic resource management

Cloud security

Delivery open source innovation platform for cloud

Tools and methods for software development

Reliable and self-adapting complex systems: data-intensive or highly distributed

Research directions

"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"

Network Technologies

Example 3:

©FP7 MobileCloud

Network Technologies : why?Communication networks essential for:

European citizens

Key applications and services

Digital Economy

400 B€ growing market

>0,37 millionEurope direct jobs

>1,3 millionEurope indirect jobs

Network Technologies: what for?

New applications including video: social networks, TV

Connection of 50bn machines by 2020

short messages

low frequency

low energy

Network technologies: what?

©FP7 ABSOLUTE

Access, middle, core network

integrating wireless, fixed optical and satellite

saving energy

Internet architecture for multiservice purposes:

Telecom and IT paradigms converging (linked to Cloud)

software-defined network

virtualisation of elements (NFV)

People

Things

Light

TemperatureHumidity

Wind

Information

Internet

Service

3D InternetNoise

Gas

Utilities

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Crowd, community, family

Facilitiesf

Traffic

Seismograph

Image: SENSEI project, FP7 215923

Internet-of-things initiativesArchitectural concepts: semantic interoperability for "Platforms for Connected Smart Objects”

Stronger IoT chain from Cyber-Physical Systems to Cloud, linked with Future Internet, and mobile broadband

Reference implementations, proof-of-concepts

Smart homes, smart citiesSocietal use cases

Network technologies Europe: SWOT

Strengths:LTE expertisehigh-level education and

researchlarge test infrastructuresstandardisation culture

Weaknesses:internet/servicefragmented marketpublic procurement

Opportunities:large growing marketnew application

requirementsinfluence of softwarenew business modelsgreen networks

Threats:competition from new

global actorsmove of internet players

into networkstraffic explosion not

monetised

Telecom Single Market directive proposed to address market fragmentation

Spectrum policy targeting optimised usage

Digital Agenda targets for broadband coverage

Policy initiatives on Networking

Industry at the cross-roads

Assessment•Competition with new global actors•New application requirements•Lower lead time to market•Technological influence of software

Action•Strengthen links across value chain•Support emergence of new actors (SMEs)

MicroMicro--electronicselectronics

TelecomsTelecoms

Software ITSoftware IT

Research policy on Networking

Large diversity ofUse cases

& Requirements

Device-to-Device Communications Car-to-Car Comm.

New requirements and characteristics due to

communicating machines

Avalanche ofTraffic Volume

Further expansion of mobile broadband

Additional traffic due to communicating machines

“1000x in ten years”

Massive growth inConnected

Devices“Communicating machines”

“50 billion devices in 2020”

5G Challenges

1000x higher mobile data volumes

10-100x higher number of connected devices

10-100x typical end-user

data rates

5xlower latency

10xlonger battery life

for low-power devices

Up to 10Gbps 10 years 50/500 B

devices Few ms E2E

5G Technical Objectives

1000x data volume

5G Capability evolution• Higher peak data rates• More and denser traffic• Ubiquitous and deeper coverage

New &evolved 5G use cases• Machine-type Comm.• Ultra-reliable comm.• Etc.

Spectrum implications

DRIVERS

•Larger carrier bandwidths

•More spectrum

•Spectrum at higher frequencies

•Need to be identified at WRC-18/19

300 MHz 30 GHz 100 GHz10 GHz1 GHz 3 GHz

5G-PPP launched, with indicative EU funding of €700 million

5G-PPP association's founding partners: Ericsson, Orange, NSN, SES, Alcatel-Lucent

Extract from the 5GPPP roadmap

• Ensuring Efficient Hardware Implementations

• A good matching between technological roadmaps of micro-electronics and photonics and the 5G infrastructure roadmap is necessary.

• Among the critical enabling hardware technologies that 5G requirements will impose are advanced RF and digital architectures, and innovative components as outlined and justified below.

Microelectronics for 5G

• RF implementation challenges

• - RF front-end technologies based on advanced CMOS process and innovative RF architecture together with antenna co-design, cost efficiency, very high level RF performance and low power consumption.

• - For Machine-to-Machine applications, RF solutions for improving battery life and ensuring autonomy of

up to 10-20 years should be a target of research.

• - Millimetre wave communications to cope with spectrum scarcity . mm-wave technologies to improve

the integration of RF front-end (including antenna arrays for beamforming and diversity), to enhance the digital

process and to reduce the overall power consumption.

• Digital implementation challenges

• - Digital architectures and components for 5G transceivers and micro-servers needed. Innovative multicore chips with high performance/energy ratio, using 3D stacking and silicon interposers including photonic interconnects are technologies to be investigated to increase the bandwidth between compute engines and memories up to 450 Gbps between memory and processing.

• - Solving advanced computing systems is essential for the success of 5G. high level of energy efficiency can be achieved by using heterogeneous hardware in

combining parallel processor cores with accelerators. Research is needed for efficient distributed virtualisation solutions with resilience, data security and protection.

H2020 5G Infrastructure PPPPPP Pre-structuring Model – System Perspective

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P3:5G for Massive

MTC

P5: 5G

HW/SW Platforms

P2:5G Air Interface

P4:5G mm-Wave Air Interface

P6:Novel Architecture

P16:Multi-Domain

P14:Software Networks Platform

P15:Service

Program. and

Orchestr.

P8:5G Holistic Network Architecture

P9:Enabling Technologies Unified Control

P7: Backhaul/Fronthaul

P11: Cognitive Network Management

P12: SLM & Metrics

for QoS/QoEP13:

5G Network Security

P1:5G Wireless System Design

P10:5G Services

E2E Brokering

and Delivery

METIS

Major 5G Activities in the world

• EU: METIS – FP7 project• (Nov. 2012)

• 5G PPP (Public Private Partnership)• (2014-2020) – 700 M€

• China: "IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion group”(Feb. 2013) – 863 programme

• Korea: 5G Forum• (June 2013)

• Japan: 2020 and Beyond AdHoc – ARIB created • (Oct. 2013)

Example 4:

Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE)

FIRE priorities in H2020

Build a Strategic Experimental Infrastructure (FIRE+)

Federate within EU and reach out of EU

Provide Experimentation-as-a-Service (EaaS)

Provide

More innovation, innovators, sustainability, EIT ICT Labs

Controlled and replicable conditions for experiments

Real-world prototyping and experimenting environments

Reap benefits from similar initiatives around the world

Test bed 1 Test bed 2 Test bed 3

Test bed 4Test bed 5

Test bed 6 Test bed 7 Test bed 8

Test bed 9

Federated Network TestbedsFederated Network Testbeds

Test bed 1 Test bed 2 Test bed 3

Test bed 4Test bed 5

Test bed 6 Test bed 7 Test bed 8

Federated Service TestbedsFederated Service Testbeds

Exp1Exp1Exp3Exp3

Exp2Exp2

Exp4Exp4

Exp5Exp5

User Communities

FIRE: Future Internet Research & Exp.

requirements

validation

Research Large ScaleExperiment.

FIRE facilities supportedFIRE experimentation run on top of those facilities

FIRE Experimental Facility

How can FIRE help innovation?

You are an innovator or entrepreneur or SME with beta technology or innovative technology but not fully tested.

Your innovative technology relates to internet (from networking protocols, IoT to content centric networking).

You need an experimental facility for validating your innovative research and developments on large scale or real conditions.

FIRE can help you in giving you access to such facilities.

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Research & Innovation Actions

Creation, reconfiguration and/or extension of facilities

Mobile and Wireless, Cloud, Spectrum, Photonics, Internet of Things (IoT), Distributed Service Platforms, Sensors

Experimentation leveraging GÉANT

Experimentation-as-a-Service (EaaS)

Virtual Experimentation

At least 50% of funding for users, experiments, etc.

FIRE Research objectives in H2020

FIRE Facilities AccessHow can one participate?

Who can participate?

Who can participate?

One single entity can

participate:Research Institutes

UniversitiesSMEs

Industry

Rules?Rules?

Evaluation as in EC calls

Short proposalLight evaluationRoughly 1 Call per year per

facility

Budget?Budget?

Max 200K €/project

How?How?

Submit proposal

if selected in consortium as

new partner, or subcontractor

for small experiments

IPR rules?IPR rules?

To be negotiated with Facility

Provider

IPRs can be protected

Open Calls launched by the FP7 Facility Projects

http://www.ict-fire.eu/home/fire-projects.html

Future InternetInternational

EU-Japan - Net Futures

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Technologies combining big data, internet of things in the cloud

Optical communications

Access networks for densely located users

Experimentation and development on federated Japan – EU testbeds

Developing common positions, standards and interoperable systems for critical networks and computing platforms

EU-Brazil – advanced cyber infrast.

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Cloud computing, including security aspects

High performance computing (HPC)

Experimental platforms

Developing common positions, standards and interoperable systems for cloud computing, HPC and experimentation facilities for internet technologies

Future Internet / 2014-2015

• Focused on network and computing infrastructures to accelerate innovation and address the most critical technical and use aspects of the Internet

• Organised in ten topics:• Smart networks and novel Internet architectures (24 M€)• Smart optical and wireless network technologies (30 M€)• Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the Future Internet (125 M€)

5G PPP• Advanced cloud infrastructures and services (73 M€)• Boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud

computing services (22 M€)• Tools and methods for Software Development (25 M€)• FIRE+ (Future Internet Research & Experimentation) (31,5M€)• More Experimentation for the Future Internet (18 M€)• Collective Awareness Platforms for sustainability and social

innovation (37 M€)• Web Entrepreneurship (10 M€)

395395,5,5 mm€€

Conclusions

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An ambitious research programme addressing the key challenges of the Future Internet

Innovation at the core of our activities

A major contribution to Future Internet R&I in Europe

Cognitive Systems and Robotics

Overview and Outlook

Key issues – research challenges• Millions of robots in the

world today – many more tomorrow

• Not just on the factory floor, but also in services sectors

• Can we afford to have a lot of dumb machines running around?

• Europe has a strong robotics industry with world-class research potential

• Challenges: • Fragmentation of research & effective use of

resources

• Saturation of classical markets - need to identify new application areas

• Need closer link between research and innovation (industry-academia)

The economic dimension

How did the EC address this issue

• A unit created eight years ago within the EU’s FP7 research framework programme, ICT theme

• Around 120 ongoing projects today with over 750 partners

• 70-80 M€ funding of new projects per year

• Usually 1 Call/year with up to 200 proposals•• 20 new projects launched every year

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Community building in FP7

• EUROP - European Robotics Technology Platform

Strategic Research Agenda for Robotics in Europe published in 2009

• EURON - EUropean RObotics research Network

Network formerly funded by EC – now self-sustaining

• euRobotics - European Robotics Coordination Action

• EUCogIII - Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics

• ECHORD - European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development

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Cognitive Systems and Robotics in FP7 (2007-2012)

Work Programme Objective Call (Evaluation) Budget Projects: ACS &

Robotics (total)

2007-2008ICT-2007.2.1 (ICT-2007.2.2): Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics

ICT Call 1 (2007) 96 M€ 17 (27)

ICT Call 3 (2008) 97 M€ 17 (23)

2009-2010ICT-2009.2.1: Cognitive Systems and Robotics *)

ICT Call 4 (2009) 73 M€ 19

ICT Call 6 (2010) 80 M€ 22

2011-2012ICT-2011.2.1: Cognitive Systems and Robotics

ICT Call 7 (2011) 73 M€ 16

ICT Call 9 (2012) 82 M€ 17

*) No more interaction since 2009 - language-based interaction in a separate objective with its own budget

PERCEIVING ACTING

UNDERSTANDING

COGNITIVESYSTEMS

&ROBOTICS

LEARNING

PERCEIVING ACTING

UNDERSTANDING

COGNITIVESYSTEMS

&ROBOTICS

LEARNING

APPLICATION AREASAerialUnderwaterIndustry and manufacturingProfessional & domesticMedical and rehabilitationMonitoring and surveillance

UNDERSTANDINGRecognising InterpretingAdaptingModellingCognitive architectures

ACTINGManipulatingNavigatingInteractingCollaboratingMonitoring

PERCEIVINGTouchingSeeingHearingAdvanced sensing

Cognitive Sysytems and Robotics: Project Portfolio for FP7

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/cognition/projects/areas-projects_en.html

ROBUSTNESS AUTONOMYADAPTIVITY

REAL-WORLD,…

Alternative paths to components & systems

Future Internet Technologies

Robotics and smart Spaces

Next Generation Computing

Content Technologies &Information Management

• ICT (~9B€)• Nanotechnologies• Advanced

Materials• Biotechnology• Advanced

Manufacturing• Space

Industrial Leadership in H2020 (LEIT)

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Horizon 2020: Possible scheme for robotics

Basic Research

R&D

InnovationUptake

STANDARDISATIONREGULATION/ LEGAL ISSUES /POLICY

CROSS-BORDER MOBILITY OF RESEARCHERS

ETHICAL & SOCIETAL ISSUES

COMPETITIONS

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Private side of the PPP• Not-for-profit organisation eurobotics aisbl

founded under Belgian law• President, Vice-Presidents and Board of Directors

recently elected• Membership fees:

End-user (TBD)

Advisory Board (CEOs/CTOs, leading

academics)

KIT

AldebaranRobolution Capital

Governance structure of the PPP in Robotics (launched 3 June 2014)

KUKA

KUKA KU Leuven

Heriot-Watt Univ.

IIT Fraunhofer IPA IK4 University

of Oulu Tecnalia Universityof Naples

EUnited Robotics

SchunkSiemensClaasBlueBoticsABB

RURobots SDU DLRSSSA

PresidentBernd Liepert

euRobotics Research BoardRepresentatives from research

Vice President ResearchHerman Bruyninckx

Vice President IndustryRainer Bischoff

BoD communicates with the EC

General Assembly

Finmeccanica

euRobotics Industry BoardRepresentatives from industry

PPP Contractual Agreement

• The European Commission (=public side) and eurobotics aisbl (=private side) signed a contractual agreement

• Contractual agreement will cover:• the objectives of the partnership• the commitments of the partners• key performance indicators• outputs to be delivered• the governance structure

Vision & mission of the PPP in Robotics• Vision: A higher quality of life for everyone through

robotics.• The European robotics community will be creating, designing,

developing, innovating, manufacturing and distributing robotic product and services: thereby meeting many societal needs of EU citizens.

• Mission: Creating and deploying robotic products and services for high quality work and personal life.• society shall benefit • better living inside and outside factories• improve quality of life directly and indirectly

Specific goals of the PPP in Robotics

• - Develop strategic goals of European robotics and foster their implementation

• - Improve industrial competitiveness of EU through innovative robotic technologies

• - Position robotics as a key enabler for solving Europe‘s societal challenges

• - Strengthen networking activities of the European robotics community

• - Promote European robotics• - Contribute to policy development and addressing ethical,

legal and societal issues• - Reach out to new users and markets

Benefits of being a member• - Ability to inform EC on industrial and academic needs,

to shape the R&D&I agenda and to take part in the preparations of calls, the setting priorities and the definition of EC work programmes

• - Networking opportunities (meeting, exchanging & establishing relations with representatives of the European robotics community)

• - Being visible as member of the European robotics community

• - Being represented at high political levels• - Business development; market intelligence

Contact with the PPP in robotics• eurobotics aisbl:

• Secretary General: Uwe Haass (uwe.haass@eu-robotics.net)

• Industry: Rainer Bischoff (rainer.bischoff@kuka.com)

• Academia: Herman Bruyninckx (herman.bruyninckx@mech.kuleuven.be)

• PPP Website:• http://www.eurobotics-project.eu/robotics-ppp/about-

robotics-ppp.html

Robotics / 2014-2015

• Roadmap-based research driven by application needs Robotics PPP

• Effort to close the innovation gap to allow large scale deployment of robots and foster market take-up: use-cases, pre-commercial procurement, industry-academia cross-fertilisation

• Includes two pre-commercial procurement actions (health-care sector, public safety and environmental monitoring)

• Additional activities: shared resources, performance evaluation & benchmarking, community building and robotic competitions

• Organised in two annual calls (of 74 M€ and 83M€ respectively)

157 157 mm€€

CALL 2 – ICT 24 – 2015: Robotics

ICT 24.a R&I Actions to advance key technologies relevant for industrial and service robotics : HORIZONTAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

Market domains: healthcare, consumer, transportSystem development processes, techniques and technologies applicable across marketsHarmonisation of system design practiceDefinition of standardsHigh quality validation, maintenance and documentation (Optimisere-use)Performance evaluation and benchmarking

Objectives: Optimize quality, efficiency, sharing and re-use of results, demonstrate and support continuous progress

CALL 2 – ICT 24 – 2015: Robotics

ICT 24.b Innovation Actions: Technology transfer – Industry-Academia cross-fertilisation1 or 2 Large project (s) that may include open calls for small scale Industry-Academia experiments with industrial platforms and share infrastructure, define joint industrially relevant scenarios, cluster activities

CALL 2 – ICT 24 – 2015: Robotics

ICT 24.c Innovation Actions: Technology transfer – Robotics use cases Proposals focusing on transferring latest research results from the lab to the industry/usersExpertise covering the complete lifecycle must be present in proposal (from research to integration to users).Concrete plan to reach impact carefully explainedBusiness case made User driven proposals and not technology push

CALL2 – ICT 24 – 2015: RoboticsICT 24.d Pre-Commercial procurement in robotics

Application Area: Healthcare

ICT 24.e Coordination Actions: Community building and Robotic competitionsSupporting the European robotics community: International cooperationCoordinating on the next generation of cognitive systems and robotics Robotic Competitions: towards smarter robots.

1. What are you looking for? OVERVIEW

Robotics ICT24.a 50ICT24.b 12ICT24.c 12ICT24.d 5ICT24.e 4

BuRobotics ICT23.a 57 M€

ICT23.b 12 M€ICT23.c 5

CHALLENGE 5: ROBOTICSRoadmap-based R&D&I in Robotics - 2st CallPublication: July 2014Deadline: 20 January 2015

83M€

ICT24.a – PRIORITY: healthcare, consumer, transportRTD to advance key technologies relevant for industrial and service robotics

50M€

ICT24.b - Technology transfer - Industry-academia cross-fertilisation

12M€

ICT24.c - Technology transfer - Robotics use cases 12M€

ICT24.d - Pre-commercial procurement in robotics: healthcare

5M€

ICT24.e - Community building and Robotic competitions

4M€

Background documents1. Cordis web site

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/robotics/

2. Essential reading for proposers, providing detailed definitions of technologies and abilities and illustrative examples of the selected priorities.

Strategic research agenda from the European Robotics PPPMulti Annual Roadmap from the European Robotics PPP

These documents are publicly available on the euRobotics AISBL website; the roadmap content results from continuous consultation of the whole European robotics community: http://www.eu-robotics.net/ppp

List of key EU robotics players (http://www.eu-robotics.net/ppp)

ICT Proposers' Day 20149 - 10 October 2014 - Florence, Italy

This event, organised by the European Commission, is specifically dedicated to networking and promoting research and innovation inthe field of Information and Communication Technologies. The event will focus on networking for the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2015. It will offer an exceptional occasion to build quality partnerships as it will connect academia, research institutes, industrial stakeholders, SMEs and government actors from all over Europe. The event will be free of charge.

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/ict-proposers-day-2014

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Further Information

Horizon 2020www.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020

Digital Agenda – Future Internethttp://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/about-future-internet

DG CONNECThttp://ec.europa.eu/dgs/connect/index_en.htm

Thank you !

• Jean-Yves ROGER • International Relations Officer • International Unit • European Commission• DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology • Avenue de Beaulieu 25 - 1049 Brussels – Belgium

• Tel: +32 2 29-93886• E-mail: jean-yves.roger@ec.europa.eu