NORWEGIAN STRATEGY FOR ICT RESEARCH - a proposal

GOOPEN 2010, 19-20 aprilJan Rasmus Sulebak Special adviser, The Research Council of Norway

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”ICT-R&D”2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Research Council 482 557 628 680 743

INOVATION NORWAY 67 95 112 137 134

Contribution EC ICT PROG. 154 154 97 146 184

“SKATTEFUNN “ 749 684 683 591 650

TOTAL 1 452 1 490 1 574 1 554 1711

Beløpet er i MNOK

”ICT-R&D” – Public investments in MNOK (2005-2009)

Beløpet er i MNOK

SECTOR 01 03 05 07 09

Universities and Research inst. 740 1 000 1 249 1 366

- Universities 310 285 468 541

- Institutes 430 715 781 825

Business and industry 3 950 4 050 5 196 6 534

Business and industry vs Universities and institutes (%)

16/84 20/80 20/80 18/82

Total 4 690 5 050 6 445 7 900

Expenditure (MNOK) on ICT R&D Universities, research institutes,

Business and industry

R&D contribution from the Norwegian Research Council ICT vs other thematic areas (2000-2005)

June 2009, the Norwegian government decided to

develop a common national ICT research strategy.

Background

Organisation

Work group

Ministry of Government

Administration

Ministry of Education

and Research

Ministry of Trade and Industry

Ministry of Transport and

Communication

Ministry of Health and

Care Services

The Norwegian Research Council

secretary

Business and industry

Governmental institutions

Universities and Research institutes

Employers and branch

organizations

• reflect the increased ambitions stated in the “IKT-meldingen”

Report NO. 17 (2006-2007) ”Eit informasjonssamfunn for alle”

Guidelines and restrictions

The strategy should:

• reflect the objectives stated in “Report of Innovation”

Report NO. 7 (2008-2009) ”Et nyskapende og bærekraftig Norge”

• address the 9 research objectives stated in “Forskningsmeldingen”

Report NO. 30 (2008-2009) ”Klima for forskning”

1) Define the national objectives for Norwegian ICT research

The strategy should

2) Recommendations and proposals for organisational, structural and

thematic priorities and actions necessary to achieve the objectives

3) Plan for implementation

• Support R&D budget decisions - Government and ministries

The purpose of the strategy?

• Reference document for the ministries own R&D strategies

• Framework for the Norwegian Research Council - programs and

instruments for ICT research.

The main deliverables

D1: Sketch – Norwegian ICT R&D strategy

(7th. January 2010)

D2: Final proposal - Norwegian ICT R&D strategy

(15th. May 2010)

Main activities

NorwegianICT R&D

International trends

Needs of the society

Political priorities

Establishing a knowledge base

Vision, objectives and

overall strategy

Analysing the knowledge base

Strategy for Norwegian ICT

research

Detailed elaborationand proposals for actions

Increasing need for ICT-research in Norway

- Initial findings -

Problems with recruitment and access to qualified research personnel

Only a modest growth in the ICT R&D investments the last years

Several excellent but small and vulnerable research groups

The ICT industry many small and medium scale companies innovation and development intensive but not very research intensive large growth potential within certain niche markets

There is a lack of coordination among the main players in the research system

ICT research is not a prioritised research area among the politicians

Increased focus Internet technology, smart systems and “internet of things “living labs” and user oriented open innovation

Develop a more network centric dynamic research system more optimal use of resources - personnel and money more effective coordination of resources among the players

Preliminary - strategic priorities -

Increased emphasise on user driven open innovation virtual networks and living labs ICT as a tool for ICT research!

Scientific ICT expert teams across institutional boarders national resource – research and policy making

International collaboration and internationalization increase Norwegian research capacity stimulate networking

Multidisciplinary research to solve larger and more complex problems stimulate creativity and new ideas

Preliminary - strategic priorities -

Strengthen the ICT research collaboration between Universities and Business and industry

more research intensive ICT industry stimulate business partnership –

Prioritise the research efforts - strategic projects Larger and more ambitious projects Addressing societal challenges Generic research on specific topics of high national priority

Jan Rasmus Sulebak Norwegian Research Council email: jrs@rcn.no Mobile Phone: +47 93059350

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