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From R&D to competitiveness Tom Bo Clausen Embedded Systems, IST Programme

From R&D to competitiveness Tom Bo Clausen Embedded Systems, IST Programme DG Information Society and Media European Commission. Political Agenda. Aho (Former prime minister of Finland) report, effort are needed on three fronts: Creation of a market for innovative products and services

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From R&D to competitiveness Tom Bo Clausen Embedded Systems, IST Programme

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  1. From R&D to competitiveness Tom Bo Clausen Embedded Systems, IST Programme DG Information Society and Media European Commission

  2. Political Agenda • Aho (Former prime minister of Finland) report, effort are needed on three fronts: • Creation of a market for innovative products and services • Providing sufficient ressources for R&D and innovation • Improving the structural mobility and adaptability • EU Presidency views prior to the Lahti Summit on 20 October 2006: • More company driven innovation policy • Dismantling of barriers to innovation • European R&D is too fragmented

  3. ARTEMIS Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) • Single R&D programme that focuses on specific joint objectives (SRA) • Bringing together fragmented efforts, building critical mass (ERA) • combining,for the first time, national, EC and private funding • Ramping up R&D investment in Europe • Provide incentives to industry and Member States to increase R&D investments • Combining the strengths of trans-national (EUREKA) and of European programmes – while overcoming their weaknesses • No budget uncertainty (e.g. compared to Eureka) • No duplication of evaluation/monitoring procedures (as in Eureka) • Shorter time-to-contract • No additional red tape for participants This could pioneer new ways for running industrial R&D programmes in Europe !

  4. ARTEMIS Innovation Environment • CoE (Centre of Excellence) • To integrate regional innovation initiatives in Europe (Pôles de compétitivité, Clusters and similar cross-partners organisations) into the ARTEMIS innovation environment • SME Policy • Growth of existing SMEs by: • Facilitating market access for SMEs • Taking advantages of ARTEMIS members complementary profiles • Creation of new successful SMEs by: • Selecting promising R&D projects, facilitating access to venture capital, educating entrepreneurs • Open standards and OSS Policy • First initiative in the area of middleware for Embedded Systems • Structuring the academic research and education community

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