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EIT ICT Labs mission is to turn Europe
into a global leader in ICT Innovation
Breed entrepreneurial ICT top talent via the transformation of higher
education to promote creativity and entrepreneurial spirit
Speed up ICT innovation by bringing people together from different
countries, disciplines and organizations via mobility programs
and co-location centers
Generate world-class ICT business via broader and faster
industrialization of research results
EIT ICT Labs operates from 5 Nodes
Paris
Helsinki
Eindhoven
Berlin
Stockholm
with associate nodes in Budapest, London, Trento
EIT ICT Labs unites top ICT players from
industry and academia
Germany Sweden Netherlands Finland France
with affiliate and associate partners.
Innovation nucleus
New business creation
Innovation in established companies
increase
collaboration
and
effectiveness by
physical
proximity
Creation Transition
Open Innovation Personal networks Innovation culture Attractive environment Benchmarking
Acceleration
Breed
entrepreneurial
talent through
education
Driving commercialization of
R&D results through
established companies
Driving commercialization of
R&D results through
empowering entrepreneurship
Generate
knowledge
through
excellent R&D
Co-location
Our Open Innovation Framework integrates
Education, Research & Business
EIT ICT Labs develops innovation
catalysts in its knowledge triangle
Education Research
Business
Creating a new breed
of entrepreneurs
Enabling excellent individuals
and multidisciplinary teams to
develop breakthrough ideas
Supporting innovators all the way to the market
New business creation
Innovation in established companies Innovation nucleus
Co-
location
centers
Creation Transition
Open Innovation Personal networks Innovation culture Attractive environment Benchmarking
Acceleration
Roadmapping
workshop
Mobility for university-
industry crossover
Innovation Radar and
foresight studies
Seed
investors € Business
Angels Club €
Partnering with
Venture Capitalists
Technology transfer
center
Business
Club B
Club
Entrepreneurs
Club E
Club
Entrepreneurship
Support System
MSc
Master
School PhD
Doctoral
School
Post-Doctoral
Program (start 2012)
Computing in
the cloud
VC Internet Technologies
and Architectures
ICT-mediated
Human Activity
Business
Angels Club €
Access to
finance
EIT ICT Labs deploys a carefully selected
set of innovation catalysts
Innovation nucleus
Creation
Open Innovation Personal networks
Innovation Radar and
foresight studies
MSc
Master
School PhD
Doctoral
School
Post-Doctoral
Program (start 2012)
Computing in
the cloud
ICT-mediated
Human Activity
Innovation culture Attractive environment Benchmarking
EIT ICT Labs Education catalysts
Internet Technologies
and Architectures
Co-
location
centers
Transition
Industrial Innovation System
Entrepreneurial Innovation System
Master School
New business creation
Innovation in established companies Innovation nucleus
Creation Transition
Open Innovation Personal networks Innovation culture Attractive environment Benchmarking
Acceleration
Roadmapping
workshop
Mobility for university-
industry crossover
Innovation Radar and
foresight studies
Seed
investors € Business
Angels Club €
Technology transfer
center
Entrepreneurship
Support System
MSc
Master
School PhD
Doctoral
School
Post-Doctoral
Program (start 2012)
Business
Angels Club €
Access to
finance
Co-
location
centers
EIT ICT Labs Research catalysts
Transition
Industrial Innovation System
Entrepreneurial Innovation System
Acceleration
Roadmapping
workshop
Mobility
program
Seed
investors € Business
Angels Club €
Technology transfer
center
Entrepreneurship
Support System
include people, knowhow, research infrastructure and
networks
are used to create networks and jointly attract R&D
funding from all relevant sources: EU FP, national
identify and exploit synergies between thematic areas
build on Europe’s world-class strengths
Computing in
the cloud
ICT-mediated
Human Activity
Internet Technologies
and Architectures
EIT ICT Labs Research catalysts
Innovation nucleus
Creation
Transition
Open Innovation Personal networks Innovation culture Attractive environment Benchmarking
Innovation Radar and
foresight studies
PhD MSc
Master
School
Doctoral
School
Post-Doctoral
Program (start 2012) Industrial Innovation System
Entrepreneurial Innovation System
Co-
location
centers
Innovation
objective
Internet Technologies and Architectures
To foster the development of new communication
technologies and networking architectures. Host a
dedicated lab on networking in one of the co-location
nodes. Build a large scale testbed with heterogeneous
devices (sensors, computers, …).
European
dimension
Aalto, Deutsche Telecom, Ericsson AB, France
Telecom Orange, INRIA, Institut Telecom, KTH, MPG,
Nokia, SAP, SICS, Technicolor, Teliasonera, TU
Berlin, U. Paris 6, U. Paris XI, VTT
Internet Technologies
and Architectures
ICT-mediated
Human Activity
Computing in
the Cloud
New business creation
Innovation in established companies Innovation nucleus
Creation Transition
Open Innovation Personal networks Innovation culture Attractive environment Benchmarking
Acceleration
Roadmapping
workshop
Mobility for university-
industry crossover
Innovation Radar and
foresight studies
Seed
investors € Business
Angels Club €
Partnering with
Venture Capitalists
Technology transfer
center
Business
Club B
Club
Entrepreneurs
Club E
Club
Entrepreneurship
Support System
MSc
Master
School PhD
Doctoral
School
Post-Doctoral
Program (start 2012)
Computing in
the cloud
VC
ICT-mediated
Human Activity
Business
Angels Club €
Access to
finance
EIT ICT Labs Business catalysts
Co-
location
centers
Thematic Action Lines
Health & Well-being including ambient assisted living,
digital medicine
Smart Spaces
including service-centered home
Intelligent Transportation Systems novel forms of safer &
sustainable traffic and transportation systems
Smart Energy Systems
smart energy management, Green ICT
Future Media & Content Delivery
entertainment, education, accessing media
EIT ICT Labs obtains focus through
Thematic Action Lines
Digital Cities
towards intelligent and sustainable digital cities
A Thematic Action Line …
Has a Strategic Ambition
which includes a clear
vision and a measurable
long-term business
objective.
Has clear leadership and
addresses a European-
wide challenge.
EIT ICT Labs thematic action lines cover
the complete value chain
Communication
systems
System
providers
Software
platforms
Service
providers
Services
User
applications
Thematic Action Lines integrate
Education, Research and Business
Health & Well-being
EIT Health retreat
EIT labeled PD eng
…
Core master Service Design & Engineering
Creation of a Service Space
Sharing resources for HWB
Mobile Life Affective Health stress mgt.
Flagship Project: AAL
…
AAL business support
AAL business support and benchmarking
Education
Research
Business
…
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