Brach Associations and Technology Platforms Alberto Brunete AETIC

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2. Overview • Role of branch associations in national and EU ICT projects • Projects Management Office (national) • AproTECH (international) • Technology Platforms and its benefits • Spanish Technology Platform • ETPs

3. What is AETIC? • AETIC, is a non-profit organization that represents the Spanish companies of the • Electronics • Information Technologies • Telecommunications sector. • Aim: to defend the general interests of these industries before the Administration, corporations and organisations of any nature. • AETIC is a meeting point for its associates to voice actions that promote the development of these industries.

4. Whodoes AETIC represent? • AETICbrings together more than 1300 companies: • 300 companies directly • more than 1.000 indirectly (through smaller associations or corporate groups) • The representativeness of AETIC surpasses 90% of the sector. • In 2008, the business of the member companies of AETIC had a market value equal to 77.977 million euros and they were responsible for the most part of the national private R&D&i effort.

5. The advantages of industry associations • Knowledge of needs and problems of their member companies • Unique position in terms of industry reach and networking power • Not tight up in day-to-day commercial operations, able to look at the bigger picture in economic, political and regulatory terms and think more long-term. • Multi-linguistic and international management skills

6. Goals I • Protect the collective, professional interests of its members through the promotion of its industries. • Create added value and economic activity in Spain • Contribute to the development of products and services, in defense of the industry’s interests • Represent its members before the Government, regional and local authorities, as well as other public and private, Spanish and foreign institutions • Enhance the economic, social and work conditions of the community.

7. Goals II • Draft recommendations on socio-economic issues (economic policy and planning) • Enhance business management techniques and methods, in particular through research, knowledge transfer, training and information mechanisms • Strengthen communication channels that link to relevant domestic and international organisations • Provide services that professional organisations demand.

8. Servicesprovidedtomembers • Strengthens standards and quality control • Promotes exports • Develops the domestic market • Improves management capacities through foundation fti (training) • Supports efforts in R&D&I • Protects the sector against piracy, unfair trade and fraud • Promotes enviroment-friendly technologies

9. Structure I • GROUPS • Six sub-sectorial groups representing the sector’s interests through the association as a whole.

10. Structure II • COMMITTEES • AETIC’s structure is backed up by five working committees which act in areas of common interest for all the member companies.

11. Structure III BOARD OF DIRECTORS • AETIC’s Board of Directors is chosen every 4 years. • It comprises representatives from Multinationals as well as from SMEs. • It also represents the sub-sector and regional distribution of AETIC’s members.

12. R&D Department: Overview • AETIC’s R&D+I Department has the main objective of promoting an effective participationby companies, particularly SMEs, in the electronics, IT and telecommunications sector in: • European R&D+I programmes, in particular the 7th Framework Programme, CIP and EUREKA • Spanish National and Regional R&D+I Plans: AVANZA2 Programme, CENIT Programme, etc. • The main instruments to achieve this objective are: • AproTECH Office • Projects Management Office • Spanish Technology Platforms

13. Projects Management Office • Service for technical and economic/administrative management of projects • Help companies to develop R&D&I proposals • Two services: • Technical Office • Economic /Administrative Office • Main tasks: • Analizing the suitability of a proposal for a funding program • Helping finding partners and making the consortium • Writing the proposal • Meetings, Deliverables, Reports • Disemination

14. PROJECT CYCLE STAGE 3 (after) STAGE 1 (before) STAGE 2 PHASE 1 PHASE 2 ADAPT PROPOSAL TO PROGRAM APPLY PROJECT EXECUTION AND JUSTIFICATION FUTURE PROPOSALS OPERATIVES GATHER INFORMATION CONTROL AND TRACKING PROJECT EXECUTION T A S K S ANALYSIS PROJECT FEEDBACK ANALYSIS OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT PROPOSAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORT TO LEADER AND PARTNERS DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT RESOLUTION OF MATTERS AND DOUBTS Projects Management Office

15. AproTECH: EuropeanProjects Office • Creation of AproTECH : February 2003. • Institutional supports: Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade). AproTECH has also the support of the Spanish Centre for Technology and Industrial Development, CDTI. • Aims: • Promotion of the participation of the Spanish enterprises in the R&D European programmes (such as 7th FP, EUREKA/IBEROEKA) • Preparation of the Spanish enterprises for the new challenges regarding the 7th EU Framework 2007-2013 and the Technology Platforms, as well as the new Programme for the Innovation and Competitiviness, CIP. • Promotion of the competitiviness of the Spanish industrial sector.

16. AproTECH: Aims • Main characteristics: • offers free information and advice for companies • guidance on preparing and submiting proposals • search for partnerts • adaptation to the program/call • support to enable SMEs to participate in projects • preliminary evaluation of proposals and negotiation with the European Commission

17. AproTECH’sWorkProcedure • AproTECH OFFICE: PROPOSAL PREPARATION • AproTECH participation: • Administrative coordinator of the proposal • Partner • Without participation in the project • Services: • Addressed the idea to the correct call and programme • Search for partners • Creation of the consortium • Assintance in writing the proposal ENTERPRISE Project IDEA ENTERPRISE Project proposal Evaluation Report AproTECH Office: PRE-EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSAL AproTECH: Support for the consortium and CE negotiation YES ENTERPRISE Proposal submission SUCCESS AproTECH- R&D&I Dpt. of AETIC Exploration of other alternatives NO

18. Global Results of AproTECH Activities 03/07

19. FundingOpportunities • EUROPEAN COMISSION • FP7- SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (2007-2013) • CIP - COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (2007-2013) • Information Communication Technologies Policy support Programme (ICT PSP) • OTHER • COST • eCONTENT PLUS • SAFER INTERNET PLUS • ERA NET PLUS • EUROSTARS • EUREKA

20. PRODUCT USER PRECOMPETITIVE MARKET IMPLEMENTATION IDEA FP7 EUREKA CIP University Technology Centre Company – R& D Dept. User Research Development Innovation Implementation and/or explotation Europeanfundingpolicy

21. AproTECH LatAm • Focused on Latin America • Enhance R&D&I cooperation Spain - Latin America • 7th FP • IBEROEKA • SALA+ • Is a Support Action (SA) intended to foster International Cooperation in the area on Networked Media between Europe and Latin America. • It will create a channel to set up a permanent and sustainable cooperation structure between Europe and Latin America by • Developing a R&D roadmap • Promoting join initiatives • Creating a European –Latin American Networked Media Council

22. Stakeholders getting together to define a Strategic Research Agenda on a number of strategically important issues with high societal relevance where achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainable objectives is dependent upon major research and technological advances in the medium to long term. EuropeanTechnology Platforms (ETP) The

23. ETPs: Stakeholders • Industry (large, medium and small, embracing the whole production and supply chain) • Public authorities (given their role of policy-makers and funding agencies, as well as promoters and consumers of technologies) • Research institutes and the academic community • Financial community (e.g. Venture capital organisations and the European Investment Bank) • Civil society, including users and consumers

24. ETPs: Hierarchy of objectives

25. ETP: Strategic Research Agenda • Strategic Research Agenda addresses: • the technological R&D challenges which are essential for Europe's future competitiveness • and the barriers to the development and deployment of new technologies and the new technology-based public goods and services.

26. ETP: Creation Stages Stage 1:Stakeholders get together to agree a common vision for technology Stage 2: Stakeholders define a Strategic Research Agenda setting out the necessary medium- to long-term objectives for the technology Stage 3: Stakeholders implement the Strategic Research Agenda with the mobilisation of significant human and financial resources

27. ETPs: Its ‘Life-cycle’

28. ETP: Advantages • R&D&I project incubator • Give market visibility to Innovation Centres and Universities • Allow to know private/public user needs (early demand) • Allow a better strategic coordination and lobby towards european and national R&D funds • Allow a coordination between local and national R&D&I aids, increasing synergies • Allow to know education needs in strategic fields

29. ETP: A few things to take into account • The technology fields should be of strategic importance for Europe • Requiring intensive research and technology progress • There is a need to create a critical mass • public and private resources at regional, national and European level. • There is a well identified industrial and research community • ready to collaborate in a common Strategic Research Agenda. • There is a clear commitment from the stakeholders to invest in the implementation of the SRA • (industry, academia, Member States, the EU, financial institutions etc.). • The platforms are open • to include new relevant players at any time

30. Benefits of Joining the ETP • For the Industry, including SMEs, research institutes, universities, and NGOs: • accesses to information and experience • building partnerships • risk sharing • more active participation in FP7 and CIP • adoption of good practices • For the government institutions • alignment with the European programmes • improvement of national policies and programmes in R&D

31. ETPs in the ICT area 34 in total • ARTEMIS (Embedded systems) • ENIAC (Nanoelectronics) • eMobility (Mobile and wireless communications) • EUROP (robotics) • NEM (Networked and Electronic Media) • NESSI (Networked European Software & Services Initiative) • ISI (The Integral Satcom Initiative) • Photonics21  (Photonics for the 21th Century) • EPoSS (Smart Systems Integration) http://cordis.europa.eu.int/technology-platforms/

32. JointTecnnologyInitiatives • Derive from ETPs with the purpose to implement a substantial part of the SRA • They are legal entities which are proposed as a new way of realising public-private partnerships , involving industry, the research community and public authorities at European level to pursue ambitious common research objectives. • A mechanism for performing research at EU level. Now they are PPPs. • JTIs will support large-scale multinational research activities in areas of major interest to European industrial competitiveness and issues of high societal relevance. • A JTI focuses on one specific industrial area, has a well defined objective, addresses a market failure and is funded by a combination of private and public investments.

33. SpanishTechnologyPlatforms • In coordination and cooperation with the Spanish Ministries of Industry and Education as well as with CDTI, several Technology Platforms have been launched in the area of Information and Communications Technologies. • Same objectives as the ETPs • Focus on: • Working groups main goal -> Create R&D project • WG appear/dissapear as needed

34. SpanishTechnologyPlatforms: Aims • Todevelop a nationalvisiontowardsresearchpriorities and nationalcompetencies. • To complete and keepupdatedtheStrategicResearch Agenda. • Toadvisenationalauthorities (Ministries, CDTI, Regional authorities) ondefiningtheirnationalresearchprogrammes. • TostrengthentheSpanishparticipation in theEuropeanprogrammes • Tosupportstrategicnational and highqualityproposalsin theappropriatecall,atanylevel: European, nationalor regional.

35. SpanishTechnologyPlatforms • Through its R&D+I Department, AETIC promotes and provides a secretariat for the following Spanish platforms: • eNEM: Networked Media • eMOV: Mobile Communications • eSEC: Security and Dependability • eISI: Satellite Communications • eVIA: Independent Life and Accesibility • es.Internet :Convergence towards the Internet of Future

36. SpanishTechnologyPlatforms • And the Newest: • Spanish Water and Irrigation Technology Platform • Spanish Hotel Technology Platform

37. Some data 334 Experts (154 Entities) 342 Experts (163 Entities) 241 Experts (120 Entities) 80 Experts (43 Entities) 402 Experts (270 Entities) 121 Experts (62 Entities) • About 50 new initiatives (170 M€) havebeenpresentedtoeachplatform • In thelastthreeyears, cooperationprojects of about 75 M€ havebeenpromoted.

38. Example: eNEM & eMOV

39. ETP and JTI: Conclusions • ETP and JTI can be of high value to stakeholders and to European economy and society • build partnerships to sharerisk in research, concentrate resources, and compete • speed up innovation by knowledge and experience sharing • build consensus to turn research results into products and services • increase research effort and Improve return on investment in RTD • But: • should be open and avoid closed club

40. Thank you for your attention! AETIC Príncipe de Vergara 74, 4ª planta 28006 MADRID Telf. +34 91 590 23 00 www.aetic.es aprotech@aetic.es Alberto Brunete abrunete@aetic.es