European Collaborative Innovation Centresfor Broadband Media Services

NORTH SEA REGION

• Strong knowledge base

• Excellent IT infrastructure

• Committed to innovation

• Ambition to be leading in broadband services

WHY FOCUS ON BROADBAND

MEDIA SERVICES?

• Broadband access is essential to the prosperity and future development of Europe’s rural regions.

• Broadband media services are a prerequisite for effective business and a must for the growth of jobs on which regional economies depend.

• The potential of broadband is not fully utilised.

• Broadband internet services are among the fastest growing sectors in the worldwide economy.

• Internet services themselves are a way of

improving quality of life.

• To stimulate innovation through the

establishment of eight new European

collaborative innovation centres for broadband

media services.

• To develop the capacity for growth and

employment across the North Sea Region.

AIM OF THE PROJECT

OBJECTIVES• Establish transnational cooperation between business clusters,

research institutes, universities and public support agencies in the field of development and provisioning of broadband services and media products.

• Establish regional centres based on the Triple Helix model of innovation.

• Develop a common process for joint transnational innovation and product development based on LivingLabs and the Triple Helix model.

• Generate human capital and develop human potential for driving innovation and business development.

• Establish structural and sustainable networks for continuous cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration.

OBJECTIVES

• Create new market oriented products and services.

• Strengthen the regional R&D strategies to secure resources and encourage SMEs to improve their innovation capacity.

• Develop solutions to bridge the digital divide and enable “broadband for all” at reasonable cost in rural areas.

• Analyse future needs in the European media broadband market within the scope of regional capacity building.

• Overcome brain-drain in rural areas.

E-CLIC Consortium

The E-CLIC consortium is established with the main objective of building a strong NSR cluster in the area of broadband services, media technology, broadband systems, usability and testing, while maintaining a balance between competencies, industry and academia.

The consortium brings together 16 partners from 6 Member States.

The partners have considerable expertise and experience in the fields of interest to E-CLIC, and the project combines a unique set of partner skills. Hence, only in close co-operation can the E-CLIC Centres meet the objectives.

E-CLIC Centres

A connected ring of European Collaborative Innovation Centres…

Värmland, Sweden

Borås, Sweden

Hannover, Germany

Willhelmshaven, Germany

Groningen, NetherlandsKortrijk, Belgium

Norfolk, England

Rogaland, Norway

E-CLIC for Students

Reputation CV

• High quality education

• Assessment and assistance

• Participating in top projects

• Connection to Industry

E-CLIC for Institutions

Reputation CV• Extra benefit to attract students

• Keeping up to date

• Collaboration with public sector

• Public relations

• Transnational collaboration

E-CLIC for Companies

Reputation CV• Scouting employees

• Involvement in new developments

• Useful instrument for own developments

• Public relations

• Competence development

• Transnational contacts

• Private - public partnership

Mobile media services and processes for quality assurance

Impact evaluation research, Co-design research

Digital media, Mobile gaming, Usability engineering

Broadband access technologies, gaming

ICT applications and broadband services for training purposes

Industrial Product Design, Multimedia, Digital Arts and Entertainment

Development of digital HD & IP TV content production

Development, deployment and

provisioning of broadband services

Regional areas of expertise

Värmland:

Borås:

Hannover:

Wilhelmshaven:

Groningen:

Kortrijk:

Norfolk:

Rogaland:

E-CLIC Värmland, Sweden

Participating partners are:

• Karlstad University

• Compare Foundation (consists of 100 ICT-companies)

• County Administrative Board

E-CLIC Värmland, SwedenAreas of expertise/facilities:

Location 1: Broadband Wireless Networks

(Karlstad University) Transport and P2P Protocols

Cross-layer interactions

Privacy and Identity Management

Network SecurityUsability Studies

Mesh Network Testbed

Wizard of Oz lab

Eye-tracking equipment

Network emulation software

Location 2: Test and quality assurance

(Compare Testlab) Usability research

Telecom consulting

Standardized computer system environments

in which new prototypes, services and

products can be tested and evaluated

E-CLIC Borås, Sweden

Participating partners are:

• ESPIRA (Incubator and collaborative platform)

• University College of Borås

• Ladok Division (development platform for broadband services

connected to universities in Sweden)

E-CLIC - Borås, Sweden

Areas of expertise/facilities:

Innovation Lab

Lab for e-service development

Espira Incubator – Transformation into commercial initiatives

Alexanderson foundation (Campus Varberg)

– supporting e-service initiatives

e-Me student Living lab test bed

E-CLIC Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Participating partner is:

• University of applied science in

Oldenburg/Elsfleth/Wilhelmshaven

E-CLIC Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Areas of expertise/facilities:

A server park with possibilities for 3D animation

Laboratories to produce new services

Possibilities for testing new services.

E-CLIC Groningen, Netherlands

Participating partners are:

• University of Groningen

• Hanzehogeschool

• Groningen Internet Exchange

E-CLIC Groningen, NetherlandsAreas of expertise/facilities:

The Agent Lab – TAL

Centre for High Performance Computing and Visualization (HPC/V)

Sensor LAB (CENSI)

Wireless city LAB

Computer gaming

IT service management

Professor business development and ICT

Professor directing sources and services

Professor graphical arts

Music composition and studio productions

Infrastructure design and maintenance

Software engineering

Business intelligence

E-CLIC Kortrijk, Belgium

Participating partner is:

• HOWEST (Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen) -

department PIH

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E-CLIC Kortrijk, Belgium

Areas of expertise/facilities:

Multimedia and communication, a broad spectrum on developing web applications (Rich Media sites), with the latest technology

Digital art and entertainment (3D developing and design, storyboarding, gaming and a like)

Research groups on server technology, logo recognition (For IDTV)

E-CLIC Norfolk, UK

Participating partner is:

• Norfolk County Council

(EPIC)

E-CLIC Norfolk, UK

Areas of expertise/facilities:

HD studio production

HD post production

Surround sound audio production/post production

DVD authoring

Internet streaming

Online media/new media platform development

In-house companies have expertise in IP streaming

Speech technologies

Social networking software

Graphic design

3D animation and integration with E-learning systems etc.

E-CLIC Rogaland, Norway

Participating partners are:

• University of Stavanger

• iPark (incubator for new companies)

• Rogaland Training and

Education Centre

E-CLIC Rogaland, Norway

Areas of expertise/facilitates:

Television studios

Nettopp multimedia development centre

Student Entrepreneurship centre

Incubator for new companies

CIAM (Centre for industrial asset management, a UIS centre with 20 industrial

companies as members, mainly from petroleum sector)

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European Collaborative Innovation Centresfor Broadband Media Services