Centre of Excellence in Mobility

1. Centre of Excellence in Mobility December, 2003

2. Background • Significant high-tech presence • Technical University • Existing Incubator • Excellent localization • Highly developed mobile communications sector in Portugal

3. Opportunities • Maturity and size of Portuguese mobile sector • Favourable environment for development of new services • Focus on competence brings competitiveness • Portugal can create a position in Software • Contribution to “Action Plan for the Information Society” • A good channel to spread the Mobile advantage

4. University, international and national telecom and IT companies, and Taguspark join to support objectives of parts of the initiatives for the Information Society and create a “Centre of Excellence in Mobility” (LEMe) based on industry and market leadership

5. Mission • Develop superior competence in mobile technologies, content, and services • Promote Cooperation of specialists, institutions, and interested parties • Provide a unique development and testing laboratory for services and applications

6. Mission: Competence Develop superior competence in technologies, software, and business aspects relevant to mobile technologies, content, and services • IST – Taguspark to closely work with industry to adapt curricula to current and future requirements • Provide access to technologies and competence • Use laboratory for providing competence development purposes

7. Mission: Cooperation Creating a network of specialists, institutions, and interested parties where information is freely exchanged to promote innovation • LEMe is open to all interested parties willing to support its goals • Participation in international projects to further the creation of competence and competitiveness • Collaborate with international bodies according to lab strategy

8. Mission: Laboratory Establish a unique development and testing laboratory for mobile services and applications for the benefit of the entire mobile community • To provide input and to support development of University curricula • Proof of concept testing by academia, in collaboration with industry and SMEs • To demonstrate most recent advances in mobile communications • Generate media opportunities to announce the “Mobile Paradigm”

9. Objectives 1 • Short-term (2004): • Start operations in January 2004 and 8 members by September 2004 • First review of IST curricula done by March 2004 • Establish a grant + scholarship (20) program in co-operation with domestic bodies (e.g. UMIC) by July 2004 • Laboratory with development and test platforms for Java, OSA/Parlay, Symbian, … operational from August 2004 • Set up the private non-profit association by September 2004

10. Objectives 2 • Medium-term (2005): • Yearly support to 50 course finalists and 15 graduate (Ms + PhD) thesis by 2005 • To start 10 University/Industry R&D projects (joint teams) • 5 seminars/conferences p.a. on pertaining subjects attended by 50 people each, of which 30% non-University • Annual review of curricula of IST and other Universities

11. Objectives 3 • Long-term (2007): • Minimum of 20 members in total, among • Universities • multi-national companies • local Portuguese companies • Creation of 3 start-up companies via Incubator of Taguspark or similar

12. Activities Financing Members share profit Membership fee LISACTION RTD&D Projects Superior Competence Development LAB & Equipment

13. Governance • LEMe governance bodies • Steering Committee (proportional votes) • Executive Board (3, one IST) • Founding members sign protocol establishing • mission, • objectives, and • bylaws and • allows LEMe to start operations

14. TAGUSPARK – Construção de um Futuro26 de Janeiro de 2004