ICT for Enterprise Networking WP 2005 -2006 Opportunities

ICT for Enterprise Networking WP 2005 -2006 Opportunities in the 5 th Call Alain JAUME IST Programme. DG INFSO/ D 5 ICT for Enterprise Networking

Overview 1. ICT for Enterprise Networking. Background information related to Call 5 Cluster Technologies for Digital Ecosystems Cluster Ambient Intelligence Technologies for the Product Lifecycle 2. Call 5 Key Objectives Focus Instruments ICT for Enterprise Networking

ICT for Enterprise Networking

Research in « ICT for Enterprise Networking » To perform collaborative research on ICT breakthroughs crucial for the delivery of distributed & collaborative solutions for the product lifecycle and of innovative inter- and intraorganisational systems & services in the enterprise environment. Future business, more competitive, innovative, agile and value creating, will require new technologies, applications and services to enable them to work as networked knowledge-based businesses. Challenges Orientation * Stimulate targeted international co-operation * Strengthen co-ordination of research activities * Promote convergence of research & innovation policies at national, regional, EU level * technology driven * R&D / Policy interactions * Long-term + intermediate results * Industry-driven ICT for Enterprise Networking

Clusters in ICT for Enterprise Networking

Ambient Intelligence Technologies for the Product Lifecycle Objective To improve the knowledge about the product & production processes & contribute to the modernisation of industries (manufacturing & service sectors), by developing: new product concepts related business models Areas of research Frameworks (Business, process & service methodologies & models) Develop. & governance of intelligent & networked products Agent based systems Real-time monitoring Smart objects identification/Wireless radio frequency technologies Secure and trusted communication Self-configuring networks / intelligent & reliable infrastructures Major Projects: ILIPT (IP), SPIDER-WIN (STREP), V-CES & VERITAS (SSA), CO-DESNET (CA) + 3 STREPs in negotiation ICT for Enterprise Networking

ILIPT Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies l FP 6 Integrated Project l 30 Partners from 12 countries l 16. 2 M€ Cost / 9. 0 M€ Grant l 2004 - 2008 Key Themes: l The Modular Car (Mod. Car) l Flexible Supply Network (Flex. Net) l Integration of complex product processes (Inte. Pro) ICT for Enterprise Networking From the "stock push" and "mass production" thinking of the last century, to a stockless "build-to-order" (BTO) production strategy Contact: René Esser – Thyssen. Krupp esser@tka-drf. thyssenkrupp. com http: //www. ilipt. org

Technologies for Digital Ecosystems Objective To provide ICT applications & services to SMEs & micro enterprises, enabling their integration in local value chains through : – development of new technologies, paradigms & services to improve their efficiency, – implementation of an infrastructure & a community of digital services acting as digital ecosystems – support for business integration & synergies within EU territories Areas of research P 2 P, service-oriented Formal languages for expressing semantics & business models Models of Systems & architectures …. Major Projects: DBE (IP); SATINE (STREP); Legal-IST & EPRI-Start (SSA) ICT for Enterprise Networking

DBE Digital Business Ecosystem l FP 6 Integrated Project l 20 Partners from 9 countries l 14. 2 M€ Cost / 10. 5 M€ Grant l 2003 - 2006 Socio-economic context Business Computing Science Paradigms and open-source component-based infrastructure enabling the creation of networked local digital ecosystems for SMEs competitiveness and local development ICT for Enterprise Networking Regional policies Socio-economic dynamics Value systems Organizational forms Open Source/Open Standards Business modeling Requirements gathering, User profiling Regional Catalysts Training & adoption Regulatory framework Knowledge base, Recommender BML, SDL, Fitness Landscape Dynamic service composition DBE UML profile P 2 P networks, Architecture Test automation, Accounting Evolution Self-organisation Organisation & Networks Complex systems dynamics Language & DNA A digital ecosystem infrastructure adopting mechanisms from biological theories of self-organisation and evolution addressing networked software solutions & business models http: //www. digital-ecosystem. org Contact: Andrea Nicolai – T 6 - a. nicolai@t-6. it