Building a Europe of Knowledge

1. Building a Europe of Knowledge Towards the SeventhFramework Programme2007-2013

2. Summary • European research: increasing budgets • FPs: significant impacts on S&T and the economy • FPs: strong impact on the integration of the ERA • Why double the FP7 budget? • Projected FP7 economic impacts • What’s new?

3. EU research: the story so far 1952: ECSC treaty; first projects started March 1955 1957: EURATOM treaty; Joint Research Centre set up 1983: ESPRIT programme 1984:First Framework Programme (1984-1987) 1987: ‘European Single Act’ – science becomes a Community responsibility; Second Framework Programme (1987-1991) 1990:Third Framework Programme (1990-1994) 1993: Treaty on European Union; role of RTD in the enlarged EU 1994:Fourth Framework Programme (1994-1998) 1998:Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002) 2000: European Research Area 2002:Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006) 2005: Proposal for the Seventh Framework Programme (2007-2013)

4. Research: filling the gapTotal expenditure on R&D, % of GDP – Barcelona Summit, 2001

5. What’s new? Main new elements compared to FP6: • Duration increased from five to seven years • Annual budget doubled (€5 billion €10 billion) • Basic research (~ €1.5 billion per year) • New structure: cooperation, ideas, people, capacities • Flexible funding schemes • Joint Technology Initiatives • Simpler procedures • Logistical and administrative tasks external structures

6. Information and Communication Technologies • ICT Technology Pillars • Integration of Technologies • Applications Research • Future and Emerging Technologies

7. Environment (inc. climate change) • Climate change, pollution and risks • Sustainable management of resources • Environmental technologies • Earth observation and assessment tools

8. Protection against terrorism and crime Security of infrastructures and utilities Border security Restoring security in case of crisis Security systems integrationand interoperability Security and society Security research Coordination and structuring Space-based applicationsat the service of the European society Exploration of space RTD for strengthening space foundations Security and Space

9. JRC – Research-based policy support Five policy themes for FP7 • Sustainable growth • Conservation and management of natural resources • Citizenship • External responsibility and global security • EURATOM programme

10. How FP7 and CIP complement each other • Complementary and mutually reinforcing actions • Competitiveness and dissemination remain key elementsof FP7 • Designed to operate side by side in support of Lisbon objectives • Close coordination FP7: Dissemination of knowledge and innovation-related activities (within projects) CIP: Innovation support networks and take-up of proven technologies

11. FP7 Timetable Commission’s proposal Specific programmes’ proposal First reading at EP Common position at Council Second reading and approval at EP Adoption First calls for proposals Launch conference 6 April 2005 September 2005 December 2005 January 2006? March 2006? June 2006 November 2006 February 2007

12. ICT – Key to Future Wealth & Welfare • ICT – a key enabler for productivity growth competitiveness • ICT investments contribute half of Europe’s productivity gains • ICT – an important sector in its own right • From 4% of EU GDP in early 90s to close to 8% today • ICT – a facilitator for more efficient public services • ICT also allows more participation in democracy and public life • ICT – providing tools for addressing societal challenges • Ageing population, health and social care, security, etc. • ICT – underpinning progress in all science& technology fields • GÉANT, the world-leading research network, Grid infrastructures, etc.

13. Objectives: ‘Making a Difference’ ‘To enable Europe to master and shape the future developments of ICT so that the demands of its society and economy are met’ • Thereby: • Strengthening the competitiveness of all industry in Europe • Master ICT for innovation and growth • Reinforcing the competitive position of European ICT sector • Build industrial and technology leadership • Supporting EU policies • Mobilise ICT to meet public and societal demands • Strengthening the European science & technology base • A pre-condition for success

14. ICT Technology Pillars‘Pushing the limits of performance, usability, dependability, cost-efficiency’ • Nano-electronics, photonics & integratedmicro/nano-systems • Ubiquitous and unlimited capacity communication networks • Embedded systems, computing and control • Software, grids, security and dependability • Knowledge, cognitive and learning systems • Simulation, visualisation, interaction and mixed realities • New perspectives emerging in ICT drawingon other science and technology disciplines

15. Applications Research‘Providing the knowledge and the means to develop a wide range of ICT-based services and applications’ • ICT meeting societal challenges • Health; inclusion; mobility; environment; governments • ICT for content, creativity and personal development • New media and content; learning; digital cultural assets • ICT supporting businesses and industry • Business processes; collaborative work; manufacturing • ICT for trust and confidence • Identity; authentication; authorisation; privacy; rights

16. Environment 1/3 • Climate change, pollution and risks • Pressures on environment and climate • Environment and health • Natural hazards • Sustainable Management of Resources • Conservation and sustainable management of natural and man-made resources • Evolution of marine environments

17. Environment 2/3 • Environmental Technologies • Environmental technologies for observation, prevention, mitigation, adaptation, remediation and restoration of the naturaland man-made environment • Technology assessment, verification and testing • Earth observation and assessment tools • Earth observation • Forecasting methods and assessment tools

18. Environment 3/3 • Environmental Research to support EU International commitments such as: • Kyoto Protocol • UN Convention on Biological Diversity • World Summit on Sustainable Development • Environmental Research to contribute to: • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) • Global Earth Observation Initiative (GEO)

19. Space Objectives • To support a European Space Programme focusing on applications such as GMES, with benefits for citizens and for the competitiveness of the European space industry • This will contribute to the development of a European Space Policy, complementing efforts by Member States and by other key players, including the European Space Agency Rationale • User-driven applications: benefits to public authorities and decision-makers (in fields such as agriculture, environment, fisheries, security, telecommunications, transport) • Benefits to European industry: better definition of common objectives based on user requirements and policy objectives • Coordination of activities: to avoid duplication, maximise interoperability and define standards

20. Space activities Activities • Space-based applications at the service of the European Society • GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security):user driven approach to: • Development of satellite-based monitoring systems • Integration with in-situ monitoring systems • Use and delivery of GMES data and services • Innovative satellite communication services in public application sectors (e.g. civil protection, tele-medicine) • Technologies for reducing the vulnerability of space-based services and for the surveillance of space

21. Budgets of the EU Framework Programmes 1984-2013 NB: Budgets in current prices. Source: Annual Report 2003, plus FP7 proposal

22. EC FP7 Budget breakdown

23. FP7 2007-2013 ‘Cooperation’ budget Budget (€ million, I. Cooperation current prices) 1. Health 8 317 2. Biotechnology, food and agriculture 2 455 3. Information society 12 670 4. Nanotechnologies, materials and 4 832 production 5. Energy 2 931 6. Environment 2 535 7. Transport 5 94 0 8. Socio - economic research 792 9. Security and space 3 960 Total 44 432 * * Not including non - nuclear activities of the Joint Research Centre: €1 817 million

25. Creation of a European Research Area for Grid Research GridCoord • Objectives and Benefits • Overcome fragmentation and dispersion across EU to reinforce impact of national and Community research • Strengthen Europe’s position on Grid Research and its exploitation • Requirements endorsed by 10 Member States – July 2003 • Inventory and analysis of national and EU initiatives • Establishment of a regular forum on European Grid Research • Better co-ordination of fragmented national and EU efforts • Further investigation on the development and delivery of industrial-strength Grid MW • Actions towards the use of Grid in business and industry

27. FP5 IST - Grid -related Projects • Grid Project Portfolio • Infrastructure • DataTag • Computing • EuroGrid, DataGrid, Damien • Tools and Middleware • GridLab, GRIP • Applications • EGSO, CrossGrid, FlowGrid, BioGrid, OpenMolGrid, Moses, COG, GEMSS, Grace, Mammogrid, Selene • P2P / ASP / Webservices • P2People, ASP-BP, WEBSI, MMAPS, GRASP, GRIA • Clustering • GridStart

32. Grids for Complex Problem Solving Architecture, design and development of the next generation Grid Enabling application technologies DG IST - F2 Research Infrastructure eInfrastructures Deployment of specifichigh performance Grids Deployment of high-capacityand high-speed communi-cations network - GEANTDG IST - F3 Grid projects within the EU FP6 Application-orientedStrategic Objectives e.g. eBusiness, eGov, eWork, eHealth, risks management,environment, transport R&D Research & Development Deployment 125 M€ (IST) 200 M€ RI Technology-orientedstrategic objectives, e.g. semantic web, embedded systems software and services R&D

33. User involvement… Real time Grid for remote control of instruments …technology validation Optical solutions for Grid infrastruct. New user communities using Grids – Digital Libraries Flexible Quality of Service Assurance GRIDCC MUPPET DILIGENT EUQoS EGEE DEISA SEE-GRID IPv6TF SC eInfrastructure EUROLABS IPv6 Task Force support Experimental testbeds LOBSTER Specific Support Actions Traffic monitoring Unit F3 - eInfrastructureGrid projects http://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/

34. Unit F2 - Grid Research - Grid projectshttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/grids Started: SUMMER 2004 GRIDCOORDBuilding the ERA in Grid research GRID@ASIA Collaboration with China/South-Korea K-WF GridKnowledge basedworkflow & collaboration inteliGRIDSemantic Grid based virtual organisations Grid-based generic enabling application technologies to facilitate solution of industrial problemsSIMDAT OntoGridKnowledge Services for the semantic Grid UniGridSExtended OGSAImplementation based on UNICORE EU-driven Grid services architecture for businesS and industry NextGRID Mobile Grid architecture and services for dynamic virtual organisations Akogrimo DataminingGridDataminingtools & services HPC4UFault tolerance,dependabilityfor Grid European-wide virtual laboratory for longer term Grid research-creating the foundation for next generation Grids CoreGRID ProvenanceTrust and provenance for Grids Specific support action Integrated project Network of excellence Specific targeted research project

35. Integrated Project • Main Application Areas: • Data mining legal sector • Broadcasting and entertainment • Financial modelling • Digital media • Supply chain management • Main Research and Development Areas: • Grid architecture • Foundations & core services • Dynamic federation and VO • Grid business models • Reference implementations • Standards and applications Conceptualisation Analysis Design Feedback for next iteration Implementation Evaluation Next Generation Grid services architecture for business and industry Application developers / users: SAP First derivatives Kino Research org.: EPCC IT Innov. FZJ USTUTT KTH NTUA QUB UvA CNR-ISTI Technology providers: Grid Systems HP Intel Microsoft Nec Service providers: Fujitsu BT T-Systems Datamat

36. Domain and Application Specific Services Complex Grid Services The Next AKoGriMo Generation Focus Core Grid Services ”GRIDNET” Network Middleware Mobile Internet Integrated Project • Two testbeds • E-Learning • Hospital • Generalisation to • other applications • Technology Vision • NGG based on next generation IPv6 networks and supporting security, QoS, accounting /billing, user & context awareness. • Use of mobile comm’s beyond 3G. • Dynamic Virtual Organisations based on trust management Mobile Grid architectures and services for dynamic virtual organisations Universities - Uni BW München (D) - CRMPA (I) - NTUA (Gr) UPC(SP) IT Industry (tools & services) - BOC (UK) - SchlumbergerSEMA Grid Providers & Industry - HLRS (D) - CCLRC (UK) - Uni Hohenheim (D) - Datamat (I) Telcom operators - Telefonica I&D (SP) - Telnor (N) - Tel Inst (P)

37. Grid Technologists End Users Integrated Project SIMDAT • Four sectors of international economic importance: • Automotive • Pharmaceutical • Aerospace • Meteorology • Seven Grid-technology development areas: • Grid infrastructure • Distributed Data Access • VO Administration • Workflows • Ontologies • Analysis Services • Knowledge Services The solution of industrially relevant complex problems using data-centric Grid technology Capability Providers

38. The CoreGRID Network of Excellence • To build a European-wide research laboratory • To avoid fragmentation of Grid research activities in Europe • Create the European “Grid Lighthouse” and be seen as such worldwide • To achieve integration and sustainability • To build solid foundations for GRID and P2P technologies • Both on a methodological basis and a technological basis. • Support medium and long term research activities • Achieve and promote scientific and technological excellence within & beyond the Grid research community • Gather and disseminate European research • A think-tank for spin-off projects • EC funded, bilateral projects, international cooperations, … NORDUGRID E-SCIENCE DAS SGIGRID D-GRID METACENTER BE-GRID H-GRID ACI GRID SWISSGRID GRID.IT IRISGRID BG-GRID HELLAS-GRID CYGRID

39. Call for proposals - Unit F2 • 2.5.4 Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems and Services • Grid Foundations: Architecture, design and development of technologies and systems for building the invisible Grid • Grid-enabled applications and services for business and society: Research, development, validation and take-up of generic environments and tools • Network-centric Grid operating systems: Research and development on new or enhanced fabrics for future distributed systems and services • Co-ordination of relevant research activities in Member and Associated States in the Framework of ERA building on existing initiatives and linking to Grid industrial actors • Budget : 55 M€ • Instruments: IP (70%), STREP, CA, SSA (30%) • Deadline : 21 September

40. Call for proposal - Unit F3 • eInfrastructure – Grids initiatives • Continue building advanced Grid-empowered infrastructures: consolidation, extension, deepening… • Emphasis on: • Production quality & ready-to-use • SW-infrastructures • Address industry requirements • Environments dynamically adaptable to user needs • Instruments: I3, CA, SSA • Budget : 55 M€ • Deadline : 8 September

41. WGISS & GMES & GEO to capitalize on "generic devt ?" Grid open MiddleWare European organized general purpose GRIds Upcoming Grid UpperWare World-wide integrated information systems WAG/IVEO and EC R&D direction are going the same direction : create a "internet" like infrastructure enabling applications to be deployed on a generic ressources layer.