The Fifth Framework ProgrammeCreating a User-FriendlyInformation Society: The Fifth Framework Programme Creating a User-Friendly Information Society Buenos-Aires June 26th 2000


Slide2: Jean-Yves ROGER European Commission Directorate General Information Society Information Society Technologies Programme (IST) International Aspects of the IST Programme


Slide3: Directorate General INFSO activities  Communications services : Policy & Regulatory Framework  IST: Information Society Technologies Programme


R&D and the European Commission : Supported through successive four year periods called Framework Programmes (FP) Major strategic reorientations and financial scope decided at the beginning of each FP FP5 covers 1998 to 2002 (1st call : 15/03/1999) R&D and the European Commission


The fifth framework programme1998-2002: The fifth framework programme 1998-2002 Total: 16.3 BEURO


Slide6: Fourth Framework Programme (1994 - 1998) ACTS


Slide7: Convergence and the Global Networked Society


Slide8: THE IST Programme The strategic objective of the Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme is to realise the benefits of the information society for Europe both by accelerating its emergence and by ensuring that the needs of individuals and enterprises are met.


The Programme strategy: The Programme strategy Maintain and strengthen Europe’s : research potential knowledge-based excellence high-quality technology Support economic and social objectives of EU  Put S&T progress at the service of the EU and its policies


The IST Programme3.6 BEURO: The IST Programme 3.6 BEURO


Slide11: Annual workprogramme update IST workprogramme 1999 IST workprogramme orientations IST workprogramme 2000 Technology and market evolution IST Committee (member states) IST Advisory Group (experts, business)


Slide12: ISTAG Vision “orientations for WP2000 and beyond” ”Create an ambient intelligence landscape (for seamless delivery of services and applications) in Europe relying also upon testbeds and open source software, develop user-friendliness, and develop and converge the networking infrastructure in Europe to world-class” http://www.cordis.lu/ist/istag.html


Slide13: IST vision - Ambient intelligence In the car Route optimisation & navigation (efficiency) Interpretation and reaction to obstacles (safety) Communications (mobile office) At home Services accessible everywhere (convenience) Security (protection), comfort (control) and care (illness) In the office Where is my office ? Where is my integrated toolset ? ‘Our surrounding is the interface’ to IST applications and services


Slide14: WP2000 - priorities Integrated approach to natural interactivity and user-friendliness Networked embedded devices (mobile and fixed) Convergence of infrastructure ( Mobile, IP, ..) Integration of interactive and broadcasting services Supporting dynamic business value chains Reconsidering service development and provision Strengthening trust and confidence


Key Action ISystems & services for the citizen: Key Action I Systems & services for the citizen Foster the creation of the next generation of user-friendly, dependable, cost-effective and interoperable general-interest services, meeting user demands for flexible access, for everybody, from anywhere, at any time. RTD Priorities: Health Elderly and disabled Administrations Environment Transport & tourism


Main highlights : Key Action I: Main highlights : Key Action I Stronger focus on advancing the state-of-the-art for improved services: Innovation: System integration, specific targeted components Ubiquitous/mobile access and advanced interaction modes New value chains Strong industrial/user participation desirable New: example All Als reshaped health, elderly and disabled, administrations, Best practice and demonstrations in regional healthcare Best practice and demonstrations in electronic fee collection


Key Action IINew methods of work and electronic commerce: Key Action II New methods of work and electronic commerce Support innovation in work and business in Europe through the development and use of advanced information society technologies and improve the quality of the individual’s working life. RTD Priorities: Work organisation Business and market organisation Business and market processes Trust and confidence


Main highlights : Key Action II: Promoting visionary RTD with high potential payoffs - Two new themes cutting across the Key Action: Mobile & Ubiquitous eCommerce and eWork Knowledge Management for eCommerce & eWork - Four refocused core themes: Dynamic Value Constellations, Trust&Security Sustainable Workplace Design, “Smart” Organisations Promoting Early Exploitation & Broad Adoption Socio-economic research Main highlights : Key Action II


Key Action III Multimedia content & tools : The aim of this work is to improve the functionality, usability and acceptability of future information products and services to enable linguistic and cultural diversity and contribute to the valorisation and exploitation of Europe's cultural patrimony, to stimulate creativity, and to enhance education and training systems for lifelong learning. Key Action III Multimedia content & tools RTD Priorities: Electronic publishing Cultural heritage Education and training Language technologies Information access & handling


Main highlights : Key Action III: Main highlights : Key Action III Emphasis on cross-media content Natural interactivity Scope Applications: personalised Web, advanced digital libraries, school of the future, etc Middleware technology: for cross-media, multilingual, multimodal applications (IP/mobile/fixed) Standards and consensus: media representation & exchange, New: Mobile and domestic content processing and access Personalisation in content creation


Key Action IVEssential Technologies and Infrastructure: Key Action IV Essential Technologies and Infrastructure The aim of this work is to promote excellence in the technologies which are crucial to the Information Society, to accelerate their take-up and broaden their field of application. RTD Priorities: Information processing, communications & networking Software, systems & services Simulation & visualisation Mobile & personal communications & systems Interfaces Peripherals, subsystems & microsystems Microelectronics


Main highlights : Key Action IV: Strengthening infrastructure convergence IP/Mobile/fixed Broadcasting and communications Higher visibility to networked embedded devices, and related architectures Embedded devices, Software, real-time systems Highlighting open source software and open systems Includes a comprehensive range of take-up measures Two-phase perspective Integration in short to medium term Higher performance and adaptivity in longer term Main highlights : Key Action IV


Future and Emerging Technologies: Future and Emerging Technologies High risk or longer term research Potential for breakthroughs and social or industrial impact


Future & emerging technologies: Proactive Initiatives to be launched in 2000: - Disappearing computer Everyday objects infused and augmented with IT… … forming collections of artefacts that act together… … to create new behaviours and augmented environments... … that enrich everyday life simply and naturally - Neuro-informatics for “living” artefacts Exploring synergies between neurosciences and IT Construction of hardware/software artefacts that self-adapt and evolve in the real world Joint call with DG Research Future & emerging technologies


Research Networking: Research Networking Broadband interconnection of national research, education and training networks, and testbeds Testbeds for advanced networking and application experiments


Slide26: Structure of the IST Programme


Cross-programme Themes: Objective: Strategy - Integration & coordination - Programme level actions - Multidisciplinary RTD - Clustering and Concertation Cross-programme Themes Home environments (ambient intelligence at home) Natural interactions and dialogue modes (enjoyable…) Mobility (mobile services..) Survivability of large scale systems (trust and confidence..) Smart cards (seamless services..) Next Generation Networks ( convergence of infrastructure) Socio-economic (usability, acceptability,…) Statistical tools, methods, indicators & applications for the Information Society


Forms of participation: Forms of participation Shared cost RTD (Research, Demonstration, Combined R&D) Coordination (Concerted Actions, Thematic Networks) Accompanying Measures (Take-up) Fellowships (Marie Curie) SME Awards / Cooperative Research


Slide29: “Take-up” “Aimed at transferring leading-edge as well as established but insufficiently deployed methodologies and technologies to industry and other organisations in order to achieve greater efficiency”


Slide30: INTERNATIONAL RTD COOPERATION IN FP5 (1998-2002) Participation possibilities of third countries in thematic programmes Jean-Yves ROGER European Commission DG INFSO IST programme


Slide31: Fifth Framework Programme association Jean-Yves ROGER European Commission DG INFSO IST programme


Slide32: International Co-operation in the IST Programme National Funds Banks Industry EU Programmes EU - LATIN AMERICA


Slide33: EU-Latin America cooperation in IST Rules for participation  On a project by project basis  In conformity with interests of the Community  Of substantial added value for implementing SP  Together with the minimum number of legal entities from the Community and Associated States.  Without Community funding. If duly justified as being essential for achieving the objectives of the project the Community can exceptionally fund this participation


Slide34: Argentina : S&T agreement. 3M$ per year to cover Argentinian participation in FP5 Brazil : IST - CNPq arrangement 2.7M$ for 3 years to cover Brazilian participation in the IST programme EU-Latin America cooperation in IST


Slide36: EU-Latin America cooperation in IST THE EUROLATIS PROJECT: Objective: Boost Euro-Latin American collaboration in areas of application of Information Society Technologies. More specifically to boost the number of concrete actions undertaken by consortia of European and Latin American companies, researchers and intermediaries, in areas of importance for social and economic development in the Latin American region. Argentine contact point: Albornoz, Mario albornoz@ricyt.edu.ar Universidad Nacional de Quilmes


Information Society Technologies: Information Society Technologies Fourth IST call


Slide38: 1999 Jan Apr Jul Oct 2000 Jan Apr Jul Oct 2001 Jan Apr Jul Oct 2002 Jan Apr Jul Oct Budget 1999 Budget 2000 Budget 2001 Budget 2002 Call-1 Call-2 Call-3 Call-4 Call-5 Call-6 Call-7 Call-8 IST timetable


Preparing for the fourth Call: Preparing for the fourth Call July 2000 4th Call - Publication October 2000 4th Call - Deadline November 2000 4th Call - Evaluation Indicative budget: 450 MEUROS


Fourth IST call (Second call in 2000) : Fourth IST call (Second call in 2000) KA1: 5 RTD ALs and one Take-up/demo KA2: 4 RTD ALs + 1 AM + 4 take-up KA3: 5 RTD Als + 1 AM + 4 take-up KA4: 12 RTD Als + 1 AM+ 9 take-up 2 CPA’s, 1 FET Proactive


Fourth call: KA I: Fourth call: KA I Administrations: IST 2000 - 1.3.1 Smart Government 2005-2010 Environment: IST 2000 - I.4.1 Intelligent environment management, risk and emergency systems (focusing on generic systems) Transport and Tourism: IST 2000 - I.5.1 Intelligent transport structures IST 2000 - I.5.2 Intelligent vehicle systems IST 2000 - I.5.4 Intelligent systems for improved tourism and travel services IST 2000 - I.5.3 Best Practice and demonstrations actions in e-fee collection (Take-up)


Fourth call: KA II: Work Spanning KAII - IST 2000 - II.1.1 New Perspectives for work and business (RTD and take-up) - IST 2000 - II.1.2 Knowledge management for eCommerce and eWork - IST 2000 - II.1.4 Early exploitation and adoption of eCommerece and eWork (Trials, demonstrations) - IST 2000 - II.1.5 Promoting broad adoption of eCommerce an eWork (Best practice, demonstrations) - IST 2000 - II.1.6 Specific Support measures Management Systems for Suppliers and Consumers - IST 2000 - II.3.1 Dynamic value constellations Security and other Confidence Building Technologies - IST 2000 - II.4.2 Large-scale trust and confidence (RTD and take-up) Fourth call: KA II


Fourth call: KAIII: Fourth call: KAIII Interactive Publishing, digital content and cultural heritage IST 2000 - III.1.1 Authoring interactive web content IST 2000 - III.1.6 Virtual representations of cultural objects IST 2000 - III.1.3 Trials and best practice in digital content (Take-up) IST 2000 - III.1.5 Trials on cultural and scientific content (Take-up) Education and training IST 2000 - III.2.3 Tials and best practice for on-the-job training (Take-up) Human Language Technologies IST 2000 - III.3.3 Multilingual communication services and appliances Information Access, Filtering, Analysis and Handling IST 2000 - III.4.1 Content-processing for domestic and mobile multimedia platforms IST 2000 - III.4.2 Information visualisation IST 2000 - III.4.3 Trials and best practice in Information access and filtering (Take-up) Specific support measures IST 2000 - III.5.1 Working Groups, Awareness and Dissemniation


Fourth call: KAIV : Fourth call: KAIV Spanning KAIV IST 2000 IV.1.1 Implications assessmment Computing, Communications and Networks IST 2000 - IV.2.2 Real-time systems IST 2000 - IV.2.4 Terabit core networks IST 2000 - IV.2.5 Computing, Comminications and Networks: Take-up Technologies and engineering for Software, systems and services IST 2000 - IV.3.1 Distributed developments of software and systems IST 2000 - IV.3.4 Software, systems and services: Take-up Real-time and Large-scale simulation and visualisation technologies IST 2000 - IV.4.1 Real-time simulation and visualisation technologies and services IST 2000 - IV.4.2 Mixed realities and new imaging frontiers for innovative app.&serv. IST 2000 - IV.4.3 Real-time simulations and mixed realities: Take-up Mobile and personal communications and systems,.. IST 2000 - IV.5.4 Fourth G. system and network concepts for wireless comm.


Fourth call: KAIV (continue) : Interfaces making use of the various senses IST 2000 - IV.6.1 Adv. displays and sensors to support syst. and serv. level interfaces IST 2000 - IV.6.2 User and serv. interfaces and buffers for seamless end-to-end serv. IST 2000 - IV.6.3 Take-up on advanced displays and sensors Peripherals, sub-systems and microsystems IST 2000 - IV.7.1 Peripherals and network embedded technologies IST 2000 - IV.7.3 Microsystems IST 2000 - IV.7.5 Subsystems: Take-up IST 2000 - IV.7.6 Microsystems: Take-up Microelectronics - Optoelectronics IST 2000 - IV.8.4 Opto-electronic technologies IST 2000 - IV.8.5 Advanced micro and opto-electronics IST 2000 - IV.8.6 µelectronics design and test: Take-up IST 2000 - IV.8.7 Application Specific micro-electronics: Take-up IST 2000 - IV.8.8 Industrial µelectronics technologies: Take-up Fourth call: KAIV (continue)


CPAs and FET: CPAs and FET CPAs IST 2000 - V.1.1 (CPA1) Extended home environment IST 2000 - V.1.2 (CPA2) User friendliness, Human Factors, multilingual and multimodal dialogue modes FET proactive IST 2000 - VI.2.2 P2: Neuroinformatics for “living” artefacts


Open submission: Open submission FET open scheme Support Activities IST 2000 - VIII.1.1 Project Clusters IST 2000 - VIII.1.2 Networks of Excellence and working groups IST 2000 - VIII.1.3 Channelling of Standardisation and Interoperability initiative IST 2000 - VIII.1.4 Improving Human Capital in IST-Research (IHC) IST 2000 - VIII.1.5 Enabling RTD Co-operation with Newly Associated States IST 2000 - VIII.1.6 Enabling RTD Co-operation with 3rd Countries


Slide48: Call date: September 2000 Deadline: December 2000/January 2001 Budget: ~200 MEuro Als opened: KA1: --- KA2: 1 Support Measures KA3: 2 Take-up/ Support Measures KA4: 9 RTD + 5 Take-up/support measures CPAs: 2 RTD FET: --- Roadmap: Fifth IST call (3rd 2000)


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Slide50: Jean-Yves ROGER European Commission DG INFSO-F4 BU-9 0/187 200 Rue de la Loi B-1049 Brussels Phone: +32.2.2993886 Fax: +32.2.2996192 E-mail: Jean-Yves.Roger@cec.eu.int