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SMEs in the EU R&D context

SMEs in the EU R&D context . Dr Marta MARTÍNEZ-VÁZQUEZ. Dinner Debate , European Parliament , 29 January 2013. A personal experience. About me About IMST VISTA: another COST Action on antennas?! IMST’s COST & EU experience Wishes for future R&D Conclusions. Presentation Overview.

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SMEs in the EU R&D context

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  1. SMEs in the EU R&D context Dr Marta MARTÍNEZ-VÁZQUEZ Dinner Debate, European Parliament, 29 January 2013 A personal experience

  2. About me • About IMST • VISTA: another COST Action on antennas?! • IMST’s COST & EU experience • Wishes for future R&D • Conclusions Presentation Overview

  3. PhD Electrical Engineering, UP Valencia (Spain) • Senior Engineer & Project Manager at IMST GmbH (Germany) • Chair of IC1102 VISTA • Previously: COST Actions 260, 284, IC0603 • EU Projects • Networking & teaching activities About me...

  4. Foundation: 1992 • Staff: 180 • Headquarters: Kamp-Lintfort, Germany About IMST

  5. Research & development • Design of RF components & systems • Transfer to manufacturing • Test services & type approval IMST Services

  6. Telecom / IT • Automation • Automotive • Medical devices • Security Target markets

  7. Strategy: • Know-how through targeted R&D projects • Technology transfer in industrial projects • Germany • Regional (NRW) • National (BMBI/BMBF) • EU • FP6/FP7IP: STREP, NoE, Coordinating Actions, InterRegio • Eureka/Medea+ • ESA IMST & publiclyfunded R&D

  8. COST 259 “Wireless Flexible Personalized Communications” • COST 260 “Smart Antennas” • COST 273 “Towards Mobile Broadband Multimedia Networks” • COST 281 “Potential Health Implications from Mobile Communication Systems” • COST 2100 “Pervasive Mobile & Ambient Wireless Communications” • COST IC0603 “Antenna Systems & Sensors for Information Society Technologies (ASSIST)” • COST IC1004 “Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments” • COST IC1102 “Versatile, Integrated, and Signal-aware Technologies for Antennas (VISTA)” IMST & COST Actions

  9. Once upon a time… in 1998

  10. Whatis COST?

  11. …Yet another COST Action on Antennas?! COST IC1102 VISTA

  12. Still needed?

  13. Antennas: From guided to radiated signal and viceversa The tyres !! Channel propagation, Navigation systems, Global Integrated Networks , Atmosphere; Meteorology The track RF-Electronics: (Microwaves, optoelectronics) Signal Processing…) The engine “Interfacing” activity

  14. Source: Airbus Source: BMW Antennas are everywhere…

  15. Wireless systems of tomorrow

  16. WG2 WG1 WG3 WG4 Vision of VISTA

  17. VISTA & industry

  18. VISTA participants

  19. VISTA outputs

  20. COST experience for IMST

  21. Good support for internal R&D • Long-term projects • International presence • Financial security during project lifespan IMST experience in EU projects

  22. Complete system solution expected • ‘Academic thinking’: expectations, planning, etc. • Too high-tech / ‘fashion-driven’ • Consortium building: who to call? • i.e.: Linknovate, a ‘LinkedIn for science' • On-line information confusing • Proposals: costly procedure • Accounting issues IMST experience in EU projects

  23. Exploitation: product definition, business cases, market introduction • Gap research/product: • Industrialisation • Standard conformance, testing etc.  • Possibility of small proposals (small consortium/single partner) • Short proposal cycles / quick start • Limited time for innovation • Support in IP protection • Stable financial basis: funding schemes that match SMEs’ costs over the project time Wishesforfuture R&D

  24. COST as‘way of life’ • SMEs needmoreattractiveconditions • EU-fundedproject vital for SMEs • Framework shouldbeimproved Conclusions

  25. Dr Marta MARTÍNEZ-VÁZQUEZ IMST GmbH COST Action IC1102 ‘VISTA’ www.cost-vista.eu martinez@imst.de Thankyouand Hasta la ! www.cost.eu

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