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Regional and national initiatives in support of European Technology Platforms
Dr. Fiona WilliamsChairman, eMobility steering board
http://www.emobility.eu.org/
Objectives
• To briefly present the eMobility ETP– Rationale, membership, organisation
• To provide insight into our activities in relation to – National platforms and liaison activities – Funding our SRA
• Framework Programme 7
• Structural Funds
• Eureka Celtic programme
Rationale for investment
• Mobile & wireless products and services have an economic impact greater than the INTERNET
• Public investments in other regions is growing rapidly (Asia, N. America)
• Job creation – from 4 Million jobs now to 10 Million in 2010 (Deutsche Bank)
• Europe should ride the next wave of wireless innovation– Growth in the wireless/mobile sector – Growth in the applications sectors
• Mobile services account for about 3% European GDP at present
Membership – 410 members
Total number of
members 410
Industry 98
Research 160
SME 152
Other 20
Steering Board of
23 members
(all elected)
+
Expert Group
Mirror Group
Executive Group
eMobility organisation
Executive Group
General Assembly
Expert Advisory Group
Mirror GroupSteering Board
Secretariat
POST-IPFuture Internet
Public launch– March 18, 2005 in Brussels
• General Assemblies– November 23, 2005, in Brussels with first
elections of the Steering Board members– November 14, 2006 Heidelberg,
Germany, co-located with WWRF
meeting • Strategic Research Agenda
– Version 5 published October 06
• Mirror Group Meetings– April 27, 2005 in Brussels– October 11, 2005 in Brussels– May 19, 2006 in Brussels
• Cross Technology Platforms Meeting– September 7, 2005 in Brussels– February 16, 2006 in Brussels– Joint mirror group meeting, June 29, 2006– 2 joint press releases – December 12, 2006 in Geneva
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SRA Vision in context
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Implementing our SRA
How?
• National Programmes • Structural Funds • Eureka Celtic programmes• Framework Programme 7 • Private Funding to match public
funding
National eMobility Platforms
• Formed by member states to:– help their organisations participate in platforms,– To prepare them to join EU consortia– To fund research on a national basis
Countries with eMobility cooperation:– Poland – eMobility National Platform– Spain – eMov National Platform– Norway – Wireless Future Programme– Finland – Dimes association– Ireland – Enterprise Ireland Informatics group– France – Agency for Industrial Innovation – Austria – Competence Centre programme– UK – Mobile VCE– Belgium – Institute for Broadand Technologies
• i2010 Initiative of EU Commission is promoting broadband communication infrastructure in Europe
• Rural areas are lagging behind
EU broadbandpenetration rate
Sources:• Commission of the European Communities: Bridging the Broadband Gap: Brussels, 20.3.2006.• Commission of the European Communities: “Broadband for all”: Commission mobilises all its policy instruments to bridge the broadband gap. IP/06/340,
Brussels, 21 March 2006.• Commission of the European Communities: European Electronic Communications Regulation and Markets 2005 (11th Report). COM(2006)68 final,
Brussels, 20.2.2006
• Establishment of an eMobility Working Group on “Broadband” in conjunction with Structural Funds in September 2006
• Discussion and preparation of eMobility statements on areas, where eMobility could support activities towards broadband in Europe
• Set up inter-platform working group “European Broadband Infostructure (EBI)”
– Prepare joint position on the value the platforms could bring to European scale plans
• eMobility
• ISI
• NEM
• NESSI
– Draft text for circulation to Member States for the use of Structural Funds for Telecommunications
Support and participation in the Working Group is welcome
eMobility “Broadband”Working Group
• Preparation of position paper for the establishment of broadband for lead markets
– Collection of positions from ICT Technology Platforms
– Preparation of joint position paper
• Investigation of different technical solutions for broadband systems depending on
– Scenarios– Application areas (technology parks, training, trial
systems, network deployment)– Economic needs and conditions
• Evaluation of interest and interaction with EU Commission and Member States – in particular New Member States – on the use of Structural Funds for broadband systems
Participation and contributions welcome
eMobility “Broadband”Working Group – Further steps
By February 2007
By June 2007
Continuous activityduring 2007
eMobility Projects in the FP7 timeframe
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Strategic Research Agenda
Thank you for listening!
http://www.emobility.eu.org/