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05.10.2018

Manfred HALVER I ICT Expert in H2020

ICT AUTUMN CALL


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Manfred Halver is working at FFG as expert for European ICT programmes and is National Contact Point for Research Infrastructures since 2006

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Computing tech and engineering models for CPS (ICT-01-2019)

Photonics manufacturing lines (ICT-03-2018-2019)

Application driven Photonics comp. (ICT-05-2019)

Unconventional Nanoelectronics (ICT-06-2019)

Robotics (ICT-09-2019-2020, ICT-10-2019-2020)

Data markets, data economy (ICT-13-2018-2019)

Cloud computing (ICT-15-2018-2019)

5G Long Term Evolution (ICT-20-2019-2020)

Next Generation Internet (ICT-24-2018-2019, ICT-30-2019-2020, ICT-31-2018-2019)

Startup Europe, Innovation Radar (ICT-33-2019)

Pre-commercial Procurement (ICT-34-2018-2019)

OPEN TOPICS WITH DEADLINE 28. MARCH 2019


Smart Anything Everywhere (DT-ICT-01-2019)

Digital Manufacturing Platforms for Connected Smart Factories (DT-ICT-07-2018-2019)

Big Data Solutions for energy (DT-ICT-11-2019)

OPEN TOPICS WITH DEADLINE 02. APRIL 2019


a) No, I am just curious

b) Yes, in a specific topics*

c) Yes, most likely in several topics*

d) I am supporting others that will submit*

e) Maybe, but do not contact me

* Your choice is visible to the organisers. We may get in touch with you for discussing how we can support you

Q: DO YOU PLAN TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO THIS CALLS?


TIMELINE OF THE CALL

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Call opening: 16.10.2018

Call deadline: 28.3.2019, 2.4.2019

Evaluation results: 28.8.2019, 2.9.2019

earliest project starts: 1.12.2019

write wait prepare contract work

Proposal Evaluation Contract Project


TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIGITISING EUROPEAN INDUSTRY (ICT-01 – ICT-10)

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Policy Context:

• Main policy for ICT to establish next gen. digital platforms and re-build the digital supply chain (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/digitising-european-industry), part of the Digital Single Market policy (https://ec.europa.eu/priorities/digital-single-market_en)

Hints:

• Carefully read the policy documents; clearly show how your idea strengthens the area

• Within your proposal refer to targets of the policy and how your project will contribute towards achieving them

• Topics are about ICT core technologies (“KET – Key Enabling Technologies), but credible links to application areas have to be presented (strong use-cases!)

• Put your idea into perspective of former/current projects (“project portfolio” of DG CNECT)

• Strong industrial commitment needed (partners!)

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/digitising-european-industry











https://ec.europa.eu/priorities/digital-single-market_en







ICT-01-2019 COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENGINEERING METHODS FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS (RIA)

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• Project Type(s): Research & Innovation Action, Coordination and Support Action

• Budget: 38mn. € (3-5mn. per project)

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-01-2019.html

Summary Topic content:

• CPSoS interaction with computing elements and humans; bringing a step change to engineering techniques; radically new solutions at computing level

• RIA: dependable physically-entangled systems for industrial sector (TRL 2-5); working prototype in min. 2 use cases; Areas:

Computing software, systems design; reliable, robust, energy-aware solutions for autonomous & safety-critical systems; energy-efficiency, testability, trust, cyber-sec, different levels of criticality

Models, tools, methods for design-operations continuum; complete lifecycle of CPSoS, autonomic solutions guaranteeing overall reliability & security even when components/subsystems not fully reliable or unforeseen conditions

Summary Expected Impact:

• Innovative tech. for computing-intense apps. in industrial/professional domains

• Engineering practises & tools for CPSoS improving quality & cost of development & operation for large Systems of Systems

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-01-2019.html







ICT-01-2019 COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENGINEERING METHODS FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS (CSA)

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• CPSoS interaction with computing elements and humans; bringing a step change to engineering techniques; radically new solutions at computing level

• CSA: structure, connect & cross-fertilise academic & industrial R&I communities; tech-watch, take-up of tech in real-world use cases,

know-how transfer; Constituency building, project clustering, liaison with ECSEL and EUREKA, impact analysis, communicating project results, pre-normative activities, road-mapping;


• Increased synergies and collaboration between academia and industry; high-quality roadmap for future R&I








ICT-03-2018-2019 PHOTONICS MANUFACTURING PILOT LINES FOR PHOTONIC COMPONENTS AND DEVICES

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• Project Type(s): Innovation Action


• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-03-2018-2019.html


• Accelerate design, development and uptake of photonics tech. by industry (esp. SME); provide low-barrier volume production and components; Pilot lines form basis of future Photonics Digital Innovation Hub (DIH)

• Provide open access to manufacturing (all stages through to testing) of adv. photonics

components & systems, related services incl. design & characterisation; cover low – med. volume, scalable to high volume; validate pilot line offer with externals; aim at long-term sustainability (link to DIH-topics!); min. one of:

Next-gen. free-form optics

Adv. optical medical device tech. for diagnostics


• Significant improve uptake of photonics

• Greatly accelerate time-to-market

• Sustainable manufacturing capabilities

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-03-2018-2019.html









ICT-05-2019 APPLICATION DRIVEN PHOTONICS COMPONENTS (IA)

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• Project Type(s): Research & Innovation Action, Innovation Action, Coordination and Support Action

• Budget: 76.5mn. € (3-6mn. for RIA and IA, 1-1.5 mn. € for CSA)



• Methods to provide clinicians with photonics enabled tools to improve/assess therapy success; Advanced techniques for sub-system integration of multiple technologies; photonic sensor tech. for monitoring of process/product parameters; IA Sub-topics:

Support monitoring of therapeutic success; develop reliable, safe, cost-effective, fast diagnostic devices using already clinically validated approaches; driven by medical equipment manufacturer incl. medical experts; address gender issues; clinical trials excluded (!)

Sensor-based production process optimisation; prototyping, demonstration, optimisation, validation in industry setting; broadband (ultraviolet – far infrared); cost-effective, process-integrate; embedded pre-processing of raw data


• Strengthen industrial competitiveness in biophotonics related market

• Strengthen production industry competitiveness, contribution to digitisation of European industry








ICT-05-2019 APPLICATION DRIVEN PHOTONICS COMPONENTS (RIA)

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• Methods to provide clinicians with photonics enabled tools to improve/assess therapy success; Advanced techniques for sub-system integration of multiple technologies; photonic sensor tech. for monitoring of process/product parameters; RIA Sub-topics:

SoC/SiP for optical interconnect applications; adv. techniques for intimate combination of photonic IC technology with other enabling circuits, devices, mother boards (design to test); advances in capability, performance, complexity; target network, datacentre, consumer communication;

Advanced imaging for diagnostic-driven therapy; ground-breaking, reliable, safe, cost-effective fast imaging systems for diagnosis of major diseases; involve medical experts; address gender issues; Clinical trials excluded (!)


• Massive deployment of PIC-based optical transceivers in data centre environments; drastically reduced costs

• Strengthen competitiveness in biophotonics; more effective medical interventions








ICT-05-2019 APPLICATION DRIVEN PHOTONICS COMPONENTS (CSA)

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• Methods to provide clinicians with photonics enabled tools to improve/assess therapy success; Advanced techniques for sub-system integration of multiple technologies; photonic sensor tech. for monitoring of process/product parameters; CSA Sub-topic:

Fostering careers in photonics; Outreach to STEM graduates, PhD students, young postdocs; encourage careers in photonics; enhance “industry readiness” of students, providing training, encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship; address gender issues;


• More and better prepared professionals in photonics sector











ICT-06-2019 UNCONVENTIONAL NANOELECTRONICS

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• Project Type(s): Research & Innovation Action




• Demonstrate viability of new approaches to computing components at transistor/circuit level; highly improved performance for generic/specific applications; material/computing unit architecture/circuit level; focus on devices, components, processing tech.; TRL up to 4; International cooperation with high-tech countries encouraged;

Scalable concept validation in controlled environment (lab/research line); provide industrial relevance.

Energy-efficient computation beyond CMOS

Energy-efficient computation circuit architectures

Sequential / monolithic 3D-stacks; cryogenic electronics; demonstrate functionality at circuit level

Design for adv. nanoelectronics technologies; energy efficiency, reliability, robustness


• Applications benefitting from approach identified; indication of key parameters

• Mid-term viability of nanoelectronics industry

• Sustain integration requirements (3D, cryo)

• Capability to design adv. circuits for industry











ICT-08-2019 SECURITY AND RESILIENCE FOR COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS

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• Cater for issued of FoF cPPP multi-annual roadmap; tools & services guaranteeing data security for digital collaboration between manufacturing environments & value chains; practical usability in real environments; threat

detection and countering, evolution, real-time response; semi-/full-autonomous solutions; little to no local supervision needed; TRL 5-7 with min. 1 use case


• Take-up of practical solutions by industry; significant increase in cyber-security in daily operations of manufacturing facilities & other actors in the value chain








ICT-09-2019-2020 ROBOTICS IN APPLICATION AREAS (RIA)

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• Budget: 50mn. € (3-5mn. for RIA, 7-9 for IA)



• Address technological/non-tech issues of new robotic application areas in modular, open way; reduce barriers to widespread adoption; Priority areas: healthcare, infrastructure inspection and maintenance, agri-food, agile production; address user-needs, ethics, legal,

societal, economic aspects; privacy, cyber-sec, security by design, data integrity (if needed);

• RIA: application-driven improved solutions to tech. issues; low-TRL to validation in realistic environments; all areas excluding (!) priorities above; connect to robotics DIH & platforms


• European excellence in robotics S&T

• Boosting use in promising areas; open new markets

• Lowering barriers in deployment of robotics-based solutions










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• Address technological/non-tech issues of new robotic application areas in modular, open way; reduce barriers to widespread adoption; Priority areas: healthcare, infrastructure inspection and maintenance, agri-food, agile production; address user-needs, ethics, legal, societal, economic aspects; privacy, cyber-sec,

security by design, data integrity (if needed);

• IA: Inspection & maintenance; large-scale pilots, advances prototype applications in realistic environment; step forward on platform development; ref. architectures, platform interfaces, ecosystem building, standardisation; utilise existing infrastructure, link to other funding sources; long-term sustainability; scalability & metrics; engage industry (esp. SME);


• Show potential in target area to stakeholders; develop eco-system; reduce deployment risks; demonstrate platforms operating over extended periods; contribute to standards










ICT-09-2019-2020 ROBOTICS IN APPLICATION AREAS (CSA)

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• Address technological/non-tech issues of new robotic application areas in modular, open way; reduce barriers to widespread adoption; Priority areas: healthcare, infrastructure inspection and maintenance, agri-food, agile production; address user-needs, ethics, legal, societal, economic aspects; privacy, cyber-sec,

security by design, data integrity (if needed);

• CSA: Robotics competitions (public events) with sponsors and ext. partners; reduce tech. & commercial risks by gathering and assessing data; provide real/near-real environment for long-term trials and testing of deployment strategies; Address delivery of challenge-led robotics competitions in the priority areas; stimulate public engagement, link to DIHs


• Public exposure to robotics capabilities

• Engangement with competitions from commercial organisations in priority areas










ICT-10-2019-2020 ROBOTICS CORE TECHNOLOGY

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• Develop modules (open, non-proprietary) and toolkits for applications in priority areas (see ICT-09) in 1 of the core tech areas, link to DIH (DT-ICT-02-2018)

AI & cognition; make systems cognitive; enabling interaction, learning, categorising, decision making, knowledge deriving

Cognitive Mechatronics; improve control, motion, interaction, adaption & learning; safer systems

Socially cooperative human-robot interaction; collaboration is a critical capability in many working environments

Model-based design & configuration tools; easy-to-use configuration, embedding and sharing of knowledge between tools, standardisation across interfaces to connect systems and modules


• Improve technical capabilities in each core tech.

• Greater range of applications in priority areas demonstrated at TRL3 or higher

• Lower technical barriers in priority areas










EUROPEAN DATA INFRASTRUCTURE: HPC, BIG DATA AND CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES (ICT-13, ICT-15)

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Policy Context:

• Communication “Building the European Data Economy” (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/building-european-data-economy); Big Data Value Association Public Private Partnership (http://www.bdva.eu)

• European Cloud Initiative (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/%20european-cloud-initiative)

• NO link to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

Hints:

• Carefully read the resp. policy documents and relate your proposal to those policies;

• Within your proposal refer to targets of the resp. initiatives and how your project will contribute towards achieving them

• Separate your project idea well from the previous call (ICT-13), although parts of (not funded) projects could be re-used here

• Strong industrial commitment (partners!) is preferable

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/building-european-data-economy












http://www.bdva.eu/

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/ european-cloud-initiative












ICT-13-2018-2019 SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCE OF DATA MARKETS AND THE DATA ECONOMY

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• Overcoming lack of trusted/secure platforms, privacy-aware analytics methods for personal data, ICT & data skills; Give SMEs access to data and technology; IT standards in face of converging tech. and federated systems

• Set-up & operate platforms for secure & controlled sharing of „closed data“; technical, legal, commercial aspects building on existing

computing platforms; Sub-topics:

Personal data platforms

Industrial data platforms

• link to / bring in industrial data providers (not necessarily as project partner); provide conditions in proposal


• Improved personal data protection & easier GDPR compliance for private sector

• Trust & privacy-aware transparency

• Value-creation from personal/proprietary data

• specific annual increases in key indicators














ICT-15-2018-2019 CLOUD COMPUTING (RIA)

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• Budget: 30mn. € (3-5mn. per RIA)



• Cloud solutions based on adv. cloud platforms/services, software & data apps; security, data protection, performance, resilience & energy-eff.; link to NGI & IoT

• RIA: at least one of the following points:

i) new modelling techniques and mechanisms for heterogeneous clouds & hybrid cloud models; privacy, security, identity essential

ii) Edge computing techn. integrating limited memory, storage & computation nodes; allowing intelligent decisions where to compute (edge/cloud)

iii) Strategies for efficient, coordinated, robust, secure, service agnostic mgt. of resources (combining cloud, IoT, Big Data & fog comp.)


• Contribution to ecosystem responding to future digitisation needs of industry & public sector; cloud-based services & infrastr. and foster industrial capabilities

• European providers (esp. SME) develop & offer cloud-based services

• Supp. development, deploymend of next gen. cloud applications for private & public sector










ICT-15-2018-2019 CLOUD COMPUTING (CSA)

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• Budget: 30mn. € (3-5mn. per RIA)



• Competitive cloud solutions based on adv. cloud platforms/services, cloud-based software & data applications; address security, data protection, performance, resilience and energy-efficiency; link to NGI & IoT

• CSA: awareness & coordination of stake-holders, disseminating R&D results, events, roadmapping, pre-standardisation


• sustainable European forum of stakeholders (research, industry, users)










5G (ICT-20)

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Policy Context:

• Topic is covering the last Phase (phase 3b) of the 5G Public Private Partnership (PPP)

• Consortia have to strongly take into account existing and finished projects from prior calls in this context

• Further, tackling concrete points of the relevant 5G PPP documents is a must (see https://5g-ppp.eu/)

Hints:

• We strongly recommend to collaborate within a consortium with relevant players that already have had successful projects in H2020 5G PPP topics (phases 1, 2, 3a)

• 5G PPP offers a dedicated brokerage platform for 5G project participations (https://5g-ppp.eu/brokerage-platform-new)

https://5g-ppp.eu/

https://5g-ppp.eu/

https://5g-ppp.eu/

https://5g-ppp.eu/brokerage-platform-new/









ICT-20-2019-2020: 5G LONG TERM EVOLUTION

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• Project Type: Research and Innovation Action

• Budget: 44mn. € (4-6 mn. per project)


Summary Topic Content:

• Pervasive mobile virtual services to transform the network into a low energy distributed computer

• Strand 1: extension of virtualisation technologies and architectures for Network Management to support 6 critical applications

• Strand 2: Security. Enable trusted deployment of critical workloads, cover Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) secure provisioning and their remote management

• Strand 3: Radio network enabling technologies, architectures and advanced signal processing targeting 7 applications


• Strand 1: Evolution towards OTT like platforms, new service models to telecom/ISP providers, new user controlled connectivity paradigms

• Strand 2: secure and trusted environments for software based virtualised networks, enabling trusted multi-tenancy

• Strand 3: Improvements of radio spectrum usage, novel strategies for coverage

• Strand 1 & 3: Dynamic scalability of network; network energy consumption reduction, a factor of at least 10 is targeted












NEXT GENERATION INTERNET (ICT-24 – ICT-30)

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Policy Context:

• Conviction that internet steers off its original concept of free decentralized open communication platform =>

• NGI aims at developing a more human-centric internet supporting values of openness, cooperation across borders, decentralisation, inclusiveness and protection of privacy giving the control back to the users

Hints:

• Check the background documents and recent development at https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/next-generation-internet

• Check slides from EC Infoday in January 2018 https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/ files/ged/ngi_info_session_31012018.pdf

• Watch out for the 2019 specific sub-topics in the call text

• Pay attention to heavy focus on third party projects: 80% to be given to sub-grantees (Financial support to third parties - FSTP)

https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/next-generation-internet





https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/system/files/ged/ngi_info_session_31012018.pdf









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ICT-24-2018-2019 PROGRAM LOGIC

1 R&I Project on Strengthening internet trustworthiness

1 R&I Project on Service and data portability

1 R&I Project on Open Internet architecture renovation


ICT-24-2018-2019 NEXT GENERATION INTERNET - AN OPEN INTERNET INITIATIVE

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• Budget: 21mn. € (7mn. € per project)

• https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-24-2018-2019.html


• Main goal: Provide support to 3rd party projects from academic research groups, hi-tech startups and SMEs, so that multiple 3rd parties will be funded in parallel contributing to the same research area

• Research areas in 2019 (proposals should address only one of these areas):

i-b) Strengthening internet trustworthiness with electronic identities

ii-b) Service and data portability

iii-b) Open Internet architecture renovation


• Shape a more human-centric Internet

• Integrate R&I communities: develop common visions and enhanced science-industry collaborations in each of the research areas

• Generate new business opportunities

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-24-2018-2019.html











ICT-30-2019-2020 AN EMPOWERING, INCLUSIVE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET

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• Project Type(s):

a. Innovation Action: Digital Learning Incubator

Budget: 7 M€ (1 project to be financed)

b. Coordination Support Action: Digital Learning

Budget: 1 M€ (1 project to be financed)



• Set up an Incubator bringing together all relevant stakeholders to achieve fast-paced breakthroughs in the area of personalised and inclusive learning

• Launch open calls for promising small scale projects on a topic set out in a roadmap

• Stimulate collaboration between all EU-funded FP7 and H2020 projects on digital learning, ensure their integration within the Next Generation Initiative


• Increase in the uptake of technology for personalised and inclusive learning for all

• Increase in the number of learning solutions for children with special educational needs

• Increase in the number of relevant start-ups and SMEs











ICT-31-EU-US COLLABORATION ON NGI

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• Budget: 3.5 M€ (1 project to be financed)



• Joint experiments by EU/US teams on emerging topics for the Next Generation Internet / Tomorrow's Internet programs on top of EU/US experimental platforms.


• Enhanced EU-US cooperation in NGI, incl. of startups, SMEs and internet-related communities

• Developing interoperable solutions and joint demonstrators, contributions to standards

Note: US partners will not get funding from H2020 but could apply for funding by NSF, https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp? pims_id=505516













https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505516







CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES (ICT-33, ICT-34)

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ICT-33:

• Reinforcing of on-going activities: Startup Europe (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/startup-Europe) and Innovation Radar (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/innovation-radar)

• Check the initiatives carefully and seek strong synergies

ICT-34:

• Initiative supposed to open up new market potential for innovative solutions by transforming public procurers into “lead users”

• https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/pre-commercial-procurement

• Strong Austrian group: Innovationsfördernde Öffentliche Beschaffung (http://www.ioeb.at/)

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/startup-Europe








https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/innovation-radar








https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/pre-commercial-procurement









http://www.ioeb.at/

http://www.ioeb.at/

http://www.ioeb.at/


ICT-33-2019 STARTUP EUROPE FOR GROWTH AND INNOVATION RADAR

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• Project Type(s):

a. Innovation Action:

Budget: 10 M€

b. Coordination Support Action

Budget: 1,5 M€

• https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-33-2019.html


a. Connecting 4-5 local deep-tech startup ecosystems incl. linking them to Startup Europe one-stop-shop

b. Providing targeted and tailored go-to-market

support to SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups, spin-offs and market-oriented researchers, who are supported by EU ICT projects


a. Increase connectedness among members of deep-tech startup ecosystems

Increase cross-border access to customers, skilled employees and finances

Stimulate investments in deep-tech digital sectors

b. Increase the number of digital spin-offs, start-ups and scale-ups or successfully transferred technology from EU ICT projects

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-33-2019.html








ICT-34-2018-2019 PRE-COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT

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• Project Type(s): Precommercial Procurement (PCP)

• Budget: 6 M€ (1 project to be financed)



• Support to PCP of consortia of public procurers in all areas of public sector interest requiring innovative ICT based solutions

• More info to the instrument: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/pre-commercial-procurement


• Reduced fragmentation of demand for innovative solutions

• Increased opportunities for wide market uptake and economies of scale






















DIGITISING AND TRANSFORMING EUROPEAN INDUSTRY AND SERVICES: DIGITAL INNOVATION HUBS (DIH) AND PLATFORMS*

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Policy Context:

• Digitising European Industry is a major policy of the European Commission (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/digitising-european-industry)

• DIH and Platforms are a complementary, new set of initiatives to help implement this policy

• DIH are targeting the deployment of market-ready new digital technologies and solutions in “traditional” companies with a focus on SMEs by providing Centres of Excellence that offer respective services, test & pilot-facilities up to complete digital solutions

• Digital Platforms generally aim at larger companies as innovation drivers or at whole industry sectors / cross-sector solutions.

Hints:

• Understanding the differences between DIH and Digital Platforms is important when preparing a proposal for this call

• Involvement DIH and Platforms require long-term engagement of involved organisations as well as an extensive set of supporting activities accompanying technological progress. Preparation of proposals is more time consuming than usual

* refer to past webinar Platforms and Pilots: https://www.ffg.at/europa/akademie/webinare/aufzeichnungen#“proginfo“











https://www.ffg.at/europa/akademie/webinare/aufzeichnungen#“proginfo











DT-ICT-01-2019 SMART ANYTHING EVERYWHERE

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• Project Types: Innovation Action, Coordination and support action

• Budget: 49mn. € (up to 8mn. per IA project)

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/dt-ict-01-2019.html


• Phase 3 of Smart Anything Everywhere

• Area 1: Cyber-physical and embedded systems

• Area 2: Customised low energy computing powering CPS and the IoT

• Area 3: Flexible and Wearable Electronics

• Area 4: Widening Digital Innovation Hubs (all of

above + I4MS)

• 4 requirements for 'Support to Hubs' are a must

• may contain „cascading funding“* / mandatory multi-actor approach**


• Attract a significant number of new users of advanced ICT in the manufacturing sector, in particular SMEs and mid-caps.

• Creation of a sustainable network of Digital Innovation Hubs

• Availability of Digital Innovation Hub services across Europe with strong industrial capacities

* refer to past webinar on cascading funding: https://www.ffg.at/europa/akademie/webinare/aufzeichnungen#“special“ ** refer to http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-food_en.pdf

https://www.ffg.at/europa/akademie/webinare/aufzeichnungen#“special










http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-food_en.pdf









DT-ICT-07-2018-2019 DIGITAL MANUFACTURING PLATFORMS FOR CONNECTED SMART FACTORIES

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• Project Types: Innovation Action, Coordination and Support Activities

• Budget: 47mn. € (up to 16mn. per IA, 2mn. 1x CSA)

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/dt-ict-07-2018-2019.html


• Target at least one of the following ‘grand challenges’: “The human factor: human competences in

synergy with technological progress “ “Sustainable Value Networks: manufacturing

in a circular economy”

• Proposals need to address all of the key four activities: platform building, large-scale piloting, ecosystem building, and standardisation.

• At least one Innovation Action is supported for each ‘grand challenge’.


• Significant increase in the options for SMEs and mid-caps to integrate different technologies, unlock the value of their data

• Deploy complementary applications and become a more responsive link in changing supply and value networks.

• Increased cooperation between industrial and academic communities

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/dt-ict-10-2018-19.html













DT-ICT-11-2019 BIG DATA SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY

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• Project Type: Innovation Action

• Budget: 30mn. € (10 mn. per Project)

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/dt-ict-13-2019.html


• Large-scale pilot test-beds for big data application in the energy sector.

• Develop/pilot and deploy a reference architecture for large-scale multi-party data exchange, management & governance and real-time processing

• Projects shall collaborate with EU-funded projects through the BRIDGE initiative (http://www.h2020-bridge.eu/)


• Effective integration of relevant digital technologies in the energy sector

• Enhancing energy asset management, increasing consumer participation, creating new data-driven business models

• Increasing the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency based on optimised energy asset management

• New data-driven paradigms for energy management systems

• Improving availability of big data and big data management & analysis facilities for real-life scale research, simulation and test purposes.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/dt-ict-13-2019.html








http://www.h2020-bridge.eu/





AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY JULY - DECEMBER 2018

UPCOMING INTERESTING EVENTS

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ICT CONFERENCE 2018, 4.-6. DECEMBER, VIENNA

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/events/ict-2018-imagine-digital-connect-europe

• Largest bi-annual Conference on ICT Research and Innovation in Europe • Interesting Keynotes, Workshops, Exhibition and Networking, Innovation- and Start-up-

Forum • Registration (free) and Programme:

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INDTECH2018 Innovative industries for smart

growth

29-31 October, 2018

Vienna, Austria

www.indtech2018.eu @IndTech2018 ‏

#IndTech2018

• Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Messeplatz 1

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 767162.

• 1000 expected participants

• 80 speakers from more than 30 countries in Europe and across the globe

• 20 talks in 3 parallel sessions: 1. Technologies for sustainable growth

2. Innovative Industry for citizens

3. Ecosystem and framing conditions

• Interactive discussions in world cafés and fish-bowls

• Matchmaking event

• Site visits to 5 leading Austrian companies

• Exhibition with over 20 leading international organisations

• 10 Thematic Workshops on 29 October

http://www.indtech2018.eu/



https://twitter.com/IndTech2018





CYBER SECURITY CONFERENCE, 3.-4. DECEMBER, VIENNA

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• Take stock of the developments and achievements of the Cybersecurity work programme of the Trio Presidency (Estonia-Bulgaria-Austria)

• Raising awareness of cybersecurity in Europe and at the level of decision-makers in R&D, Businees and Policy

https://www.eu2018.at/calendar-events/political-events/BKA-2018-12-03-Cybersec-Conference.html



















Manfred HALVER Expert Information and Communication Technologies in H2020 Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft Sensengasse 1, A-1090 Wien T +43 (0) 5 77 55 – 4207 [email protected] www.ffg.at https://www.ffg.at/disclaimer

http://www.ffg.at/


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• Discuss your project ideas:

internally with colleagues

with your National Contact Point (FFG)

• Set up clear project objectives right from the start

• Start project preparations (idea; core partners) before the call opens

• Look out for ICT-related topics in other Horizon 2020 program parts (ask us for more information)

• We offer an extensive set of services, e.g.

during the proposal preparation phase get in touch with us EARLY

• Everything you tell us is strictly confidential

• FFG services are free of charge

• Relevant Webinars (including on DIH and platforms, Standardisation, FSTP etc.) are available as recordings following the link https://www.ffg.at/europa/akademie/webinare/aufzeichnungen

https://www.ffg.at/europa/akademie/webinare/aufzeichnungen



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