History and Future of ETPs( European Technology Platforms )

Horst SobollMember of RISE

Research, Innovation and Science policy Experts advisory group to EC / DG Research and Innovation

Stuttgart 28, April 2015horst.soboll@web.de

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Lisbon Summit and Strategy 2000

"... to become the world's most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy by 2010 "

Barcelona Target 2002

Increase EU investment in research, technological development and innovation to3 % of GDP (⅔ private, ⅓ public sector)

Europe’s growth and innovation policy

Contribution to the Lisbon objectives: economic growth, employment creation, environmental protection, social

challenges: fight poverty, improve human health and quality of life

(GSM, remote working, safe roads, etc.)

The Knowledge Triangle

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Research

Market Society

Innovation needs more than research

The Innovation ProcessA Complex Task on European Scale

Characteristics and Essentialsof a European Technology Platform

Characteristics of a successful ETP mission oriented; based on road map; larger financing scale and diversity of technologies; leadership and commitment by the stakeholders, who drive the commercialisation of results; flexibility in type and structure of different ETPs; political awareness and visibility incl. platform title; European added-value by the new instrument; based on secure funding.

ETP has to promote innovation on a European scale!

European Commissionimportant role as catalyst

The EC should: support the identification of the major European problems;

provide bridges for ETP - coherent regulations, financial sources, appropriate DGs;

match funding to project types, provide catalytic funding for new ETP-initiatives;

foster coordination of public investment, help to shape the European Research Area;

help to coordinate public RDI-investment with other elements of the innovation process.

Benefits to participiants of ETPs

R&D communityLong-term road map gives guidance for scientific and technological research.Europe becomes good location for successful science and R&D investment.Launch-pad for increased multi-disciplinary research.

IndustryClear interfaces (research community, public and regulatory authorities).

GovernmentMore efficient coherence in policies,less duplicate funding,potentially efficient and coherent standards, regulations and markets.

ConsumerMore rapid and appropriate solutions to the consumers real-life problems.

Five Guiding PrinciplesPlatforms should be

1 A Response to Major European Challenges ETPs are mission-oriented, address major EU economic-environment technical - social challenges;

2 A Strategic European InitiativeSet-up only when clear European added-value and strategic need visible;

3 Politically Highly Visiblein order to affect changes across national, industrial and technological boundaries;

4 Industry ledand driven by actors from the problems/applications end of the innovation chain;

5 Effectively Planned and Executedusing long-term road maps with sound strategies to achieve the visionary targets.

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ETPs can be developed further

involving ETPs, Member States and EC

• Focus ETP activities on potential solutions for the EUs Societal Grand Challenges

• Help to join all relevant forces across EU in working towards solutions for Societal Grand Challenges

• Recognise that the complete innovation chain needs be involved in solving Societal Grand Challenges

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Towards solutions to Societal Grand Challenges • Incentivise ETPs to join forces in activity clusters, to be

called European Technology and Innovation Platforms (ETIPs)

• Ensure ETIPs focus on Societal Grand Challenges, and have common obligations, rights and branding

• Develop compliance criteria for ETIP participation, including involvement of all relevant stakeholders, and action plans for research, education and innovation

• Engage all actors, e.g. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), EC/DGs, Member States, relevant authorities, and adopt variable geometry as appropriate

The greatest riskforresearch and innovation isto stop taking risks !

Risk and Innovation

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Solving Societal Grand Challenges involves the complete innovation chain 1

• Stimulate high-risk projects in publicly financed research as work share between public and private sectors

• Use ETP / ETIP priorities as the major input for national, multinational and European research and innovation programmes

• Ensure involvement of all stakeholders for successful innovation, especially where solutions are non-technological

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Solving Societal Grand Challenges involves the complete innovation chain 2

• Emphasize the role of education within the Knowledge Triangle via Education Action Plans

• Develop ETIPs innovation plans in cooperation with dedicated EC Innovation Programmes beyond CIP and Lead Market Initiative

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Solving Societal Grand Challenges involves the complete innovation chain 3

• Ensure that mandatory ETIP Innovation Action Plans address clearly how to:o initiate more demonstration activites o facilitate standards and systems integrationo help to improve regulations and their

implementationo strengthen the demand side / procuremento aim at public appreciation, beyond

acceptanceo take into account knowledge based

services

Other possible themesto be identified later…

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for a Sustainable Energy

Future

Aeronautics and Air Transport

Global Monitoring for Environment

and Security

Embedded systemsInnovative Medicines

for the Citizens of Europe

Towards new Nanoelectronics

Approaches

Joint Technology Initiatives

Had government funding of scienceexisted in the stone age

mankind would now have splendid stone machines -

and no metal.

Lord Kelvin, physicist 1824 - 1907

Subsidies are addictive

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Background Societal Challenge“Secure, clean and efficient energy” 1. ETPs: There are 42 ETPs. There are few sectorial

and cross cutting ETPs. There are 8 ETPs related to energy in Europe.

2. Associations: There are more than 15 associations related to energy in Europe.

State of Art : It is difficult for Industry to take part in all of these

different groups (ETPs & Associations) Commission is overwhelmed with reports and

recommendations which could have been streamlined between ETPs & Associations

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