ICT and energy topics in HORIZON 2020 M.Sc. Jasna Hivziefendic NCP for Energy and ICT

Overview of presentation: Content of Energy work programme for 2014/2015 Open calls in Energy Content of ICT work programme for 2014/2015 Open calls in ICT Further information

Energy Challenge - main challenges Support the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint Boosting development of renewable and alternative energy technologies and their integration in the energy system Making the grid more flexible (inclusion of new energy sources, lowering costs of necessary infrastructure upgrades) Decarbonising the power and other industrial sectors Increase the competitiveness of European industry Addressing the whole supply chain Increase energy efficiency in industry, decrease energy costs Building a European Research Area in the field of energy Coordinating research activities of Member States, Associated States and Regions (promoting SET-Plan)

Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy Three focus areas: Energy Efficiency Competitive Low-Carbon Energy Smart Cities and Communities synergy with other relevant areas, e.g. information and communication technologies. Industrial participation in the programme is crucial for developing new generations of low carbon technologies and rolling them out to the market. Given the central role of SMEs as a source of innovation, growth and jobs in Europe, this work programme features a number of topics particularly tailored to the needs of SMEs, including one topic for the SME instrument 11.

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Energy efficinecy calls This call covers the following areas: Buildings and consumers Heating and cooling Industry and products Finance for sustainable energy

Energy Efficiency Call Buildings and Consumers Research and demonstration activities: Buildings design for new buildings (EE2) Demand response in blocks of buildings (EE6) Developing new ICT-based solutions for improving energy efficiency (EE11)

Energy Efficiency Call Buildings and Consumers Accompanying support actions aiming at: Improve market conditions and remove barriers for renovation (EE5) Building capacities of public authorities for sustainable energy policies and plans (EE7) Empowering stakeholders to assist public authorities in sustainable energy policies and measures (EE9) Changing consumer behavior (EE10)

Energy efficiency calls Heating and cooling Improving technologies for district heating and cooling (EE13) Accompanying support measures for removing non-technological market barriers for efficient heating and cooling solutions (EE14)

Energy efficiency calls Industry and products Demonstration actions New technologies for recovering waste heat from industrial processes and transforming it into useful energy forms (EE18) Accompanying support actions aiming at effective implementation of ambitious EU product efficiency legislation (EE15) Removing market barriers for energy efficiency in industry through organisational innovations (EE16) Helping large buyer groups to demand energy products with high performance levels (EE17)

Energy efficiency calls Finance for Sustainable Energy Support Actions aiming at Improving finance ability of sustainable energy investments by stimulating new financial products and business models (EE19) Supporting project developers to set up innovative bankable sustainable energy investment schemes and projects (EE20) Rolling-out innovative energy services and financial schemes for sustainable energy (EE21) Deadline:

Competitive Low-Carbon Energy Renewable electricity and heating/cooling Support for Demonstration of renewable electricity and heating/cooling technologies (including photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind energy, ocean energy, deep geothermal energy and renewable heating and cooling) (LCE3) Accompanying market uptake measures removing non-technological market barriers for existing and emerging renewable electricity, heating and cooling technologies (LCE4)

Competitive Low-Carbon Energy Modernizing the European Electricity Grid Support for: Demonstration of innovative components for meshed off-shore grids linking off-shore energy generation resources with on-shore grids in different countries (LCE5) Demonstration of integration of the transmission system and the wholesale market (LCE6) Developing the next generation of energy storage technologies (LCE10) 13

Competitive Low-Carbon Energy Social, environmental and economic aspects of the energy system Support for Understanding the role of the human factor in the energy transition, including support for education and training networks (LCE20) Modeling and analyzing the energy system, its transformation and impacts (LCE21)

Smart Cities and Communities Support for Large scale demonstration of integrated solutions between the energy, transport, and ICT sectors through partnerships between municipalities and industries Accompanying support measures focusing on: Developing system standards for smart cities and communities solutions (SCC3) Prize competition for smart solutions (SCC5) 15

SMEs and fast track to innovation for Energy Support for Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system (SME instrument) (SIE1) Bottom-up approach Continuously open call Only SMEs eligible for participation 3 Phases: feasibility study, innovation project, commercialization phase 16

ICT in H2020 – Workprogram Advanced research to uncover radically new technological possibilities and ICT contributions to research and innovation are addressed in the ‘Excellent science’ part of the work programme, respectively under ‘Future and Emerging Technologies’, ‘European research infrastructures’ (‘eInfrastructures’); Research and innovation activities on generic technologies either driven by industrial roadmaps or through a bottom up approach are addressed in the ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ (LEIT) part of the work programme, under ‘Information and communication technologies’ Multi-disciplinary application-driven research and innovation leveraging ICT to tackle societal challenges are addressed in the different ‘Societal challenges’. 17

ICT in HORIZON

ICT in excelence science Research infrastructure (e-infrastructure) Development, deployment and operation of ICT-based e-infrastructures ICT e-infrastructures cover the following main priorities: development and integration of ICT infrastructure resources and services for research, access to and management of research data, implementation of the e-infrastructure part of the EU strategy on high- performance computing. FET - Future and Emerging Technologies – fostering new ideas EINFRA – Centres of Excellence for computing applications EINFRA – e-Infrastructures for virtual research environments INFRASUPP – New professions and skills for e-infrastructures 19

ICT in Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies This part covers the following ICT technological areas: 1. A new generation of components and system, 2. Advanced Computing, 3. Future Internet, 4. Content technologies and information management, 5. Robotics, 6. Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics. The work programme also includes cross-cutting, horizontal and international activities. 20

A new generation of components and system Electronics, microsystems and embedded systems This area addresses the broad range of systemic integration from smart integrated components to cyber-physical systems. ICT 1 – 2014: Smart Cyber-Physical Systems ICT 2 – 2014: Smart System Integration ICT 3 – 2014: Advanced Thin, Organic and Large Area Electronics (TOLAE) technologies Publication date

Advanced computing This area focuses on the integration of advanced components on all levels in computing systems. The strategic focus is to reinforce and expand Europe's industrial and technology strengths in low-power ICT. ICT 4 – 2015: Customized and low power computing Research & Innovation Actions – A mix of proposals requesting Small and Large contributions is expected Innovation Actions – A mix of proposals requesting Small and Large contributions is expected Coordination and Support Actions

Future internet The Future Internet topics will address the limitations of an Internet not designed to support the very large set of requirements imposed by an ever more diversified usage; support the advent of more efficient computational and data management models responding to the challenges posed by increased device / object connectivity and data-intensive applications; leverage the Internet to foster innovative usages of social and economic value also benefiting from the geospatial capabilities of the Future Internet.

Future internet ICT 5 – 2014: Smart Networks and novel Internet Architectures ICT 6 – 2014: Smart optical and wireless network technologies ICT 7 – 2014: Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services ICT 8 – 2015: Boosting public sector productivity and innovation through cloud computing services ICT 9 – 2014: Tools and Methods for Software Development ICT 10 – 2015: Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation ICT 11 – 2014: FIRE+ (Future Internet Research & Experimentation) ICT 12 – 2015: More experimentation for the Future Internet ICT 13 – 2014: Web Entrepreneurship ICT 14 – 2014: Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the Future Internet

Content technologies and information management machine translation, to overcome barriers to multilingual online communication which is still hampering a wider penetration of cross-border commerce, social communication and exchange of cultural content enabling the full deployment of the Single Digital market; tools for creative, media, knowledge and learning industries, mobilizing the innovation potential of the tens of SMEs active in the area; multimodal and natural computer interaction based upon multimodal, multilingual verbal and non-verbal communication. 25

Content technologies and information management ICT 15 – 2014: Big data Innovation and take-up ICT 16 – 2015: Big data - research ICT 17 – 2014: Cracking the language barrier ICT 18 – 2014: Support the growth of ICT innovative Creative Industries SMEs ICT 19 – 2015: Technologies for creative industries, social media and convergence ICT 20 – 2015: Technologies for better human learning and teaching ICT 21 – 2014: Advanced digital gaming/gamification technologies ICT 22 – 2014: Multimodal and Natural computer interaction 26

Robotics Smart automation and robotics are simply vital for maintaining manufacturing and associated services ICT 23 – 2014: Robotics ICT 24 – 2015: Robotics Research & Innovation Actions – A mix of proposals requesting Small and Large contributions are expected Innovation Actions – Proposals requesting a Large contribution are expected Innovation Actions – A mix of proposals requesting Small and Large contributions are expected Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) Cofund actions – Proposals requesting a Large contribution are expected Coordination and Support Actions 27

Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics Topics in this area address research and innovation in the two ICT Key Enabling Technologies (KETs), micro- and nanoelectronics and photonics. The objective is to take advantage of Europe's S&T excellence in these two ICT KETs to strengthen the competitiveness and market leadership of the related industries and develop innovative solutions to societal challenges. The micro- and nanoelectronics part will be implemented by the Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) on 'Electronic Components and Systems'25 and through this Work Programme. 28

Micro- and nano-electronic technologies, Photonics ICT 25 – 2015: Generic micro- and nano-electronic technologies ICT 26 – 2014: Photonics KET ICT 27 – 2015: Photonics KET ICT 28 – 2015: Cross-cutting ICT KETs ICT 29 – 2014: Development of novel materials and systems for OLED lighting 29

Factories of the future FoF 1 – 2014: Process optimization of manufacturing assets FoF 8 – 2015: ICT-enabled modeling, simulation, analytics and forecasting technologies FoF 9 – 2015: ICT Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS) 30

ICT in Societal challenges Important ICT contributions are expected in six out of the seven societal challenges in Horizon 2020: SC1: Health, demographic change and wellbeing, SC3: Secure, clean and efficient energy, SC4: Smart, green and integrated transport, SC5: Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials, SC6: Europe in a changing world – Innovative, inclusive and reflective societies, SC7: Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.

Health, demographic change and wellbeing Advancing active and healthy ageing Integrated, sustainable, citizen-centred care Improving health information, data exploitation and providing an evidence base for health policies and regulation. Calls: PHC 21 – 2015: Advancing active and healthy ageing with ICT: Early risk detection and intervention PHC 25 – 2015: Advanced ICT systems and services for Integrated Care PHC 27 – 2015: Self-management of health and disease and patient empowerment supported by ICT PHC 28 – 2015: Self-management of health and disease and decision support systems based on predictive computer modelling used by the patient him or herself PHC 29 – 2015: Public procurement of innovative eHealth services PHC 30 – 2015: Digital representation of health data to improve disease diagnosis and treatment

Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials ICT is expected to contribute to the activities foreseen in two calls: ‘Waste: A Resource to Recycle, Reuse and Recover Raw Materials’ (WASTE), ‘Water Innovation: Boosting its value for Eurpe’ (WATER). Calls: WASTE /2015: Towards near-zero waste at European and global level WATER /2015: Bridging the gap: from innovative water solutions to market replication WATER /2015: Harnessing EU water research and innovation results for industry, agriculture, policy makers and citizens

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