The Coalition for Action on ICT enabled change

in Europe

Focus - Coalition for Action – Knowledge Sharing

Consumer /

Business Demand

NewApplied innovation: Existing

technologies used in new ways

Radical Innovation: New technologies that make new

things possible

More ‘blue sky’ vendor driven innovation, need to educate the user market

ExistingIncremental Innovation : Improvement of existing

technologies

Modular Innovation: New technologies that solve

existing problems

User – driven / demand and consumer pull, need speed of response

Existing New Impact

Enabling technologies

CfA Aims

Vision (synthesis of meetings so far)• Formulation and animation of networks that bring together Regional/National ICT, Research &

Innovation, Entrepreneurs and (SME) Businesses to develop and implement next generation ICT solutions in Europe

• Focused on key European policy and strategy initiatives, to evolve innovative ICT’s solutions that transform policy into practice.

• To deliver solutions that become a cornerstone of Economic recovery and growth in Europe 2020.

Mission (synthesis of meetings so far)Operating a European wide network of networks, dedicated to the development of the next generation of ICT enabled solutions that deliver economic, social and environmental benefits to citizens and business in Europe.• A managed a knowledge portal• Tools and guidance to support proposals and project delivery• Access to European resources / expertise / capacity and capabilities• Focused workshops / conferences to build relationships, understanding and co-operation• Leading edge processes and practices to support innovation with ICT• Local / national coalitions aligned to the European agenda to facilitate top down and bottom

up dialogue

Ambition

Concept Prototype Develop Product

Commercialisation of research and innovation

being a key area for focus

Insight to implementation

The Coalition for Action

Smart Specialisation Strategies

Horizon 2020

The Digital Agenda

The Connecting Europe Facility

…

Key policy programmes across Europe running to 2020 designed to deliver maximum social, environmental and economic impact.

The challenge: - how can we best prepare to get the best from these funds, support the most beneficial ideas and concepts, attract the right capabilities and resources and focus on ‘capturing the value’ in Europe?

Establishing coherent solutions that bring together the ambitions of each programme.Focus on the contribution of a specific sector - ICT

Our Vision (draft)

Formulation and animation of networks that bring together Regional/National ICT, Research & Innovation, Entrepreneurs and (SME) Businesses to develop and implement next generation ICT solutions in Europe• Focused on key European policy and strategy initiatives, to evolve innovative ICT’s solutions

that transform policy into practice.• To deliver solutions that become a cornerstone of Economic recovery and growth in Europe

2020.

Concept Prototype Develop Product

Commercialisation of research and innovation being a key area for

focus

Insight to implementation

The Mission (draft)

Mission (draft)Operating a European wide network of networks, dedicated to the development of the next generation of ICT enabled solutions that deliver economic, social and environmental benefits to citizens and business in Europe.• A managed a knowledge portal• Tools and guidance to support proposals and project delivery• Access to European resources / expertise / capacity and capabilities• Focused workshops / conferences to build relationships, understanding and co-operation• Leading edge processes and practices to support innovation with ICT• Local / national coalitions aligned to the European agenda to facilitate top down and

bottom up dialogue

Who should ‘join’ the CfA

Regional / National ICT• Policy• Programme Mangers• Infrastructure Project• Economic DevelopmentRegional / National Innovation bodies• Universities• Dedicated research (ICT) institutions• ICT / Sector representativesRegional Businesses• Entrepreneurs• Investors• Small to medium enterprises

Current Status

Foundation workshops (next one is tomorrow in Avenue Beaulieu)

Formal launch later this year

Website and workshop support to focus on funding opportunities are likely first products

Governance structure currently being supported for• pan European• National represenatative bodies

Building interfaces with exisiting bodies (not starting from scratch)

Positioning the CfA – Roger Williams

CfA Position Paper

1. Aims

Vision

Mission

Ambition

2. Organisation

Structure

Roles

Governance

3. Activities

Events

Bids

Projects

4. Marketing

Propositions

Branding

Campaigns

5. Technology

Website

CRM

Communication

6. Knowledge

Case Studies

Methods

Intelligence