ICT innovation for Society

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1 Global ICT industry 20 Oct. 11 ICT innovation for Society Future challenges and recommendations Tom Togsverd, Digital Europe Director General, Ph.D., Danish ICT and Electronics Federation

2 European ICT industry strenghts Advanced users Combining ICT with strong domain knowledge in automotive, health, energy, efficiency etc. Strong academic environment Creativity - many new ideas 2

3 European ICT industry weaknesses Fragmentation - language - markets Lack of high skills - research capacity Cost structure - compared to Asia Poor ability to commercialize ideas Poor venture capital market 3

4 Opportunities Developing smart solutions with customers/users Utilizing growth layer in innovative SME's Joining European efforts Take advantage of globalization - East - West Manage the IPR challenges 4

5 Threats Europeans become implementors of others products and services IPR's, value creation and all future platforms are created outside EU Europe as a looser region! 5

6 Closing the innovation gap? Better interaction with universities Political focus on strengths/potential - EU - national - bold programs Better commercialization of ideas Creating European venture capital market 6

7 Technology strongholds and growth areas Examples of technologies - The Danish Case Energy Efficiency ehealth Embedded Systems ICT in Manufacturing Future Network Technologies Cognitive Systems and Robotics Sound Technology ICT Finance 7

8 Energy Efficiency Tom Togsverd Challenges in technology Lower cost Lower material use/sustainability Reliability Efficiency Low operational and maintenance cost Intelligence and integrated design Key growth areas Appliances E-mobility Buildings Industry Renewable generation/ Smart Grid Commu- nication Power Electronics & Automation 60% of electricity in the modern world is consumed by electrical motors - application of solid-state electronics for the control and conversion of electric power Core disciplines ICT enables the modern society - teleinfrastructure, mobile and software, green ICT Eco-design towards a sustainable world - More goods and services while using fewer ressources and creating less waste and pollution 8

9 ehealth research and innovation areas Examples of research areas: Self-care and patient empowerment Medical Image Analysis Biotechnology Approach: User-driven innovation; participatory design and co-creation involving patients and clinicians Room for small-scale bottom-up ehealth research and partnerships based on open concept 9

10 Embedded Systems Maintain Europes leadership in embedded computing technologies Why: Smart systems: every where, every product, every market Societal challenges societal competitiveness High growth > 10 pct market How: Open robust networks System-of-systems approach Radical system development framework Design and methodology - New paradigm for programming 10

11 ICT for Competitive Manufacturing Challenges Welfare and growth rests upon Europes Manufacturing base Innovation emerges with, rather than independently from, manufacturing Our manufacturing competences and innovation ability are at risk of being eroded as manufacturing is globalised ICT enabled answers Cost neutrality i.e low-volume flexible manufacturing as efficient as highvolume standardised production Carbon footprint by 2025 must be zero and cost efficient Product lifetime must be doubled, and customers continually offered new facilities 11

12 Future Network Technologies - fundamental for a smart and sustainable economy Telecom operators and equipment manufacturers withdraw and entrance of Non-european players Internet,IP based infrastructure, Sensors, Cloud Computing and technology driven Convergence Focus on content and new business models Cloud computing and Intercloud Sensors for short range networks ICT technology Convergence Interdisciplinarity 12

13 Some Danish challenges Few and small ICT research environments If ICT shall enable other industries, we need a stronger ICT R&D base Lack of critical mass Motivation of SME's to participate in EU research projects 13

14 Summing up Public investments in ICT research should be doubled in 2020 on all levels ICT in itself must have its own priority budget in Horizon 2020 and in national programs. Collaboration inside EU is key Cooperation with Asia and USA is important More intensive cooperation with and within universities E-skills! Collaboration! Bridging gaps Scaling up Improve framew. Conditions Joining up 14