what next: ict research and innovation in norway, anne kjersti fahlvik, norges forskningsråd
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What Next:ICT Research and Innovation in Norway
The VERDIKT Conference 2013
Anne Kjersti FahlvikExecutive Director, Division for Innovation
Summing Up: Demonstration of active R&I in the front
over a wide field on and about ICT and ICT use
ICT R&I in Norway today and tomorrow
Fordelt pr. sektor: Growth in industry-driven R&I
ICT R&I expanding into many areas and into
growing social challenges
Public sector-initiated R&I show promising tendency
The RCN evaluation report asks:
Why underinvestment in ICT R&D?
Our advice: Growth, capasity building, societal
challenges and innovation in all sectors
ICT in SkatteFUNN
Evaluation of VERDIKT
Preliminary results
VERDIKT did clearly take on high ambitions over a wide scope, but:
Some contribution to quality level, good contribution on PhD
and Post Doc
No appearent strategic coordination with the EU-FP
However:
Participating companies are reporting positive effects, specificly on
mobility of competence in their direction
The stimulation of international R&I cooperation works well
Valuable input to carefully consider in a new initiative
National research policy priorities
ICT is a main priority and a key issue in major thematic priorities
Primary efforts
Strategic ICT focus
Secondary efforts
Including ICT-R&I in
thematic and structural
priorities
ICT R&D strategy and RCN’s plan
ICT-R&I to strengthen Norway's
position in front
ICT-R&I to stimulate value creation in
private and public sectors
ICT-R&I to address societal challenges:
Information safety
Infrastructure and public sector efficiency
Health and care
ICT R&I in Horizon 2020
Excellent science
ERC, FET, Marie Curie, eInfrastructures
Industrial leadership
ICT programme
Societal challenges
ICT is key for solving societal challenges
Interdisciplinary projects
Opportunities for ICT in all areas Major funding
opportunities
First calls to be published December 11th 2013
RCNs ambitions
A dynamic, flexible and strategic R&D approach
Tentative: First call June 2014
The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high
and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it.
Michelangelo
Testing newsolutions to complex
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