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ASPICE – Action to Support
Photonic Innovation Clusters in Europe
Alastair Wilson ASPICE - Coordinator
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Project
• FP7 project funded under Collaborative Support Action (CSA) to promote cooperation and collaboration across Europe’s photonics clusters.
• Project commenced in Sept 2011 and will have a duration of 3 years
• EU regards clusters as powerful engines of economic development and drivers of innovation
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What is a cluster?
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“Clusters are geographically close groups of interconnected companies and associated institutions in a particular field, linked by common technologies and skills. They normally exist within a geographic area where ease of communication, logistics and personal interaction is possible. Clusters are normally concentrated in regions and sometimes in a single town”. Michael Porter
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Cluster initiatives in Europe• European Cluster Observatory – an
online platform providing a single access point to information and analysis of clusters and cluster policy in Europe.
• European Cluster Alliance – an open platform fostering transnational cooperation between policy makers to improve cluster policies
• European Cluster Collaboration Platform - improvement of cluster performance and competitiveness through stimulation of European and international cluster collaboration.
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What is ASPICE about?Purpose:• Foster collaboration across EU Photonics clusters to:
– Increase level of research and innovation,– Strengthening European economy and competitiveness– Focus collaboration on application of photonics to two of
Europe’s societal challenges:• Healthcare for aging society,• Safety and Security for Europe’s citizens (excluding
military).– Improve operation of Europe’s value chains
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Project team
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National University of Ireland, Galway
Southern European Cluster in Photonics and Optics
Opticsvalley
ESP Central
OptoNet
Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas
Wroclaw Research Centre EIT
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Outcomes and deliverables
• Best practices for clusters and strategy for implementation
• Value chain analysis for technologies that are:• Part of healthcare or security• Are present in EU clusters• Have a big market and market growth
• Identifying areas in need of cross cluster collaboration, strategy document on increasing collaboration
• Dissemination and Matchmaking activities
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Approach to the project
Questionnairies
Interviews
Consultation Workshop
Questionnairies
Interviews
Value/Supply Chains Models
Value/Supply Matchmaking
Service
Cluster Practitioners
Best Practices approach
Value Chain Leveraging approach
Cluster Practitioners and Cluster Members
KO3: Supporting Cooperation and Collaboration
KO2: Realising Collaboration Opportunities
in Value/Supply Chains
Best Practices Blueprint paper
KO1: Best Practice Analysis
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Best Practice Analysis
• Formulate database of Photonics Clusters in Europe – 40 photonic clusters / national platforms in Europe have been
identified.
• Survey of best practices for transnational collaboration and coordination
– We need your cooperation in this area• Develop a reference guide of good practices. • Validate the results in a consultation workshop• Disseminate the results to all clusters and platforms
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In progress
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Best Practices• Coordination of collaborative research projects at a local,
national and EU level• Online member competence database• Regional technology roadmapping• Student placements or hiring scientists and engineers• Organisation of technology showcase events• Special Interest Groups in key applications of photonics
technology• Support to start-ups - university technology transfer• Mentoring of new cluster members• Provision of specialised technical facilities• Inter-cluster networking and collaboration16/04/2012
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Realising Collaboration Opportunities in Value/Supply chains • Phase 1 – Definition and analysis of photonics
technologies and products in the 2 selected challenges
• Phase 2 – Value chains and photonics clusters positioning analysis
• Phase 3 – Action plan for cooperation between European photonics clusters
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Healthcare in an Aging Society• Societal cost of healthcare is
increasing• Different diseases will become
more predominant for which treatments have to be developed,
• Having an older but healthy workforce will become essential since people will be required to work longer to relieve the financial burden on society,
• Technological innovation will become necessary to overcome these problems.
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Selection Criteria for Healthcare
Prevalence of Illness
Healthcare Cost
Impact on Quality of Life
Importance of Photonics in Technology
Which Photonic
Technologies / Products?
Selection is difficult. Literature disagrees about selection criteria for supporting medical technologies. We have the same issues.
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Market Data
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Healthcare areas under consideration • Cardiovascular• Cancer• Diagnostics• Vision• Rehabilitation • Diabetes• Telehealth and
Telemedicine
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Photonics and Healthcare• Microscopic and spectroscopic methods to manipulate
cell processes, tissues and whole organisms. • Non- invasive imaging methods• Diagnostics utilising ‘lab on a chip’ biosensors.• Non-invasive or minimally invasive treatments e.g.
PDT• New labels that can be used for in vivo diagnostic
imaging in humans • High bandwidth optical communication in
combination with diagnostic imaging and telemedicine
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Safety and Security for Europe’s citizens
• Safety and Security covers all means to counter collective and individual risks and threats– Security – preventive measures against physical and intentional
attacks– Safety – reduction of possible dangers from the operation of
systems and machinery or from environmental hazards
• Safety and Security can be grouped into 4 areas– Intelligence surveillance and border Security– Security of citizens– Critical infrastructure protection– Restoration of safety and security in crisis
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Photonics and Security for Europe’s citizens• Surveillance - Cameras, sensor network
architectures, (in-depth) active imaging, smart pixels, eye-safe sources, SWIR imaging, bolometer
• Dangerous and prohibited goods (CBRN and explosive detection) - THz sources and detectors, MWIR sources and detectors, multispectral approaches, X rays sources and detectors
• Access (Sea, Land and Air Border control) - biometry, face recognition
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Photonics and safety for Europe’s citizensApplications
• Pollutant detection (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear) - CBRN)
• Food and Drinking Water safety • Mobility and Transportation
safety, Air Traffic Management • Structural Health Monitoring• Energy and Communication Grid
networks
Photonics technology
• Deep UV sources, MWIR sources and detectors, low cost bolometers, SWIR imaging, high resolution and large bandwidth spectroscopy tunable sources, fibre optic sensor networks, distributed fibre sensors.
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Get Involved
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If your company/cluster would like to get involved in:
• Healthcare in the Aging Society
• Safety and Security for Europe’s citizens
and would like to collaborate/cooperate with photonics companies/clusters across Europe please contact myself at:
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Dissemination
• Website - http://www.fp7-aspice.eu/ • Quarterly Newsletter – available on above
website• Linked in: ASPICE open group• Twitter - @ASPICE1
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Submit your material for forthcoming Newsletters toStavros Pissadakis, [email protected]
