Cultural Heritage in Tomorrow ’s Knowledge Society Cultural Heritage in Tomorrow ’s Knowledge Society Bernard Smith Head of Unit Cultural Heritage Applications DG - INFORMATION SOCIETY Head of Unit Cultural Heritage Applications DG - INFORMATION SOCIETY

Agenda  Policies, Strategies and Programmes  Results and Future Plans  Cultural Heritage in IST  Digitisation Programmes

Policies, Strategies and Programmes Policies, Strategies and Programmes

European Employment Strategy … the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion Lisbon European Council March 2000

… ICT skills gap... … the knowledge economy means changing skills... Most pressing issues … unemployment in Europe is a story of unfilled potential...

The answer The political answer Europe e e & & The technological answer

Conclusions of the Lund expert meeting Conclusions of the Lund expert meeting Digitisation programmes Europe's cultural and scientific knowledge resources are a unique public asset forming the collective and evolving memory of our diverse societies and providing a solid basis for the development of our digital content industries in a sustainable knowledge society

 establish common policy profiles  qualitative benchmarking framework  disseminate good practice  set up national inventories  technical standards e.g. interoperability  improve quality/usability of content Key actions:  long-term preservation issues coordination forum

Information Society Technologies Information Society Technologies IST - Key Action III Multimedia Content and Tools striking a balance between competitiveness and the emerging cultural economy

 Electronic publishing  Cultural heritage  Education and training  Language technologies  Information access Information Society Technologies Information Society Technologies

Cultural Heritage in the IST Programme Cultural Heritage in the IST Programme

“access to scientific and cultural content through the networking of libraries, archives and museums” Building compelling and inclusive cultural landscapes in Europe “access to scientific and cultural content through the networking of libraries, archives and museums” Building compelling and inclusive cultural landscapes in Europe Extract from the 5th Framework Programme

Research and innovation needed  Improved access to heritage by expanding the contribution of libraries, museums and archives

Research and innovation needed  Improved access to heritage by expanding the contribution of libraries, museums and archives  Access to heterogeneous distributed and networked collections

Research and innovation needed  Powerful new functionalities for large-scale digital repositories

Research and innovation needed  Powerful new functionalities for large-scale digital repositories  Preservation of electronic materials and surrogates of fragile physical objects  Preservation of electronic materials and surrogates of fragile physical objects

This means working on  Advanced digital libraries

This means working on  Intelligent Heritage  Advanced digital libraries

 High quality cultural services and content This means working on  Intelligent Heritage  Advanced digital libraries

 Intelligent Heritage  High quality cultural services and content  Networking and co-operation This means working on

 Access  Preservation  Digital Collections  Virtual Representation  Heritage for All  Next Generation Collections Calls:

Results and Future Plans Results and Future Plans

Cultural Heritage IST Programme  Main results  Advanced Digital Libraries: resource discovery, meta-data, interoperability,...

IST Programme  Main results  Advanced Digital Libraries: new tools, new services and new business models for cross-domain content navigation... Cultural Heritage

IST Programme  Main results  Intelligent Heritage: visual representations, 3D and VR, user interaction and content understanding,... Cultural Heritage

IST Programme  Main results  Intelligent Heritage: innovative Web-based services, enhanced learning and game playing Cultural Heritage

IST Programme  Main results  Preservation: new techniques for film restoration, digitisation techniques, new business models for exploitation digitised assets Cultural Heritage

IST Programme  Main results  Community Memory: experimental delivery systems, universal access to memory, citizen-driven creation of future memory... Cultural Heritage

IST Programme  Main results  Consensus Building: networks of excellence, training, standards platforms, awareness building, benchmarking, evaluation fora,... Cultural Heritage

One of the Pillars of the Knowledge Society and Economy: INTELLIGENT ACCESS TO PERSONALISED CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES One of the Pillars of the Knowledge Society and Economy: INTELLIGENT ACCESS TO PERSONALISED CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES Future Research to ensure leadership in the generic and applied technologies and the development of a knowledge society for all to ensure leadership in the generic and applied technologies and the development of a knowledge society for all

Commission Proposal  Genomics and biotechnology for health  Information society technologies  Nano-technologies, intelligent materials and new production processes  Aeronautics and space  Food safety and health risks  Sustainable development and global change  Citizens and governance in the knowledge society  Anticipating science and technology needs

Budget  Genomics 2 B€  Information society technologies 3.6 B€  Nano-technologies, intelligent materials and new production processes 1.3 B€  Aeronautics and space 1 B€  Food safety and health risks 0.6 B€  Sustainable development 1.7 B€  Citizens in the knowledge society B€  Anticipating S&T needs B€

 Anticipating scientific and technology needs  Research for policy support  Frontier research  Specific SME activities  Specfiic international cooperation activities  JRC activities  Anticipating scientific and technology needs  Research for policy support  Frontier research  Specific SME activities  Specfiic international cooperation activities  JRC activities  Structuring the European Research Area  Research and innovation  Human resources and mobility  Research infrastructures  Science and society  Structuring the European Research Area  Research and innovation  Human resources and mobility  Research infrastructures  Science and society  Strengthening the foundations  Coordination of research activities  Development of research and innovation policies  Strengthening the foundations  Coordination of research activities  Development of research and innovation policies

 The “Global Knowledge Race” Public investment in the EU is 50% of that in the US –and the gap is widening Public investment in the EU is 50% of that in the US –and the gap is widening The US invests 3 times more on RTD in IST –52% of RTD effort in IST in OECD countries is in the US –only 17% in Europe (22% in Japan) The US invests 3 times more on RTD in IST –52% of RTD effort in IST in OECD countries is in the US –only 17% in Europe (22% in Japan) The EU effort is fragmented –critical mass is rarely reached in the Member States The EU effort is fragmented –critical mass is rarely reached in the Member States

 IST in the 6 th Framework Programme  Bring “people” to the foreground as the “centre of attention”  Build technologies for the background (almost invisible) which are trustworthy and embedded in everyday objects ambient intelligence the priorities - address the major societal and economic challenges, the development of mobile and wireless communications infrastructures and pushing the limits of miniaturisation

Key technologies for 2010  Very unobtrusive hardware  Seamless mobile/fixed web-based communication infrastructures  Dynamic and massively distributed device networks  Naturally feeling human interfaces  Dependability and security

Key acceptance factors  Interoperable enabling hardware  Open platforms  Security and trust technologies  Intuitive technologies  Supporting personal and community development  “meta” content services

e-inclusion, health, mobility, protection of people and property, environment, leisure, cultural heritage e-business and e-government, electronic and mobile commerce, e-work systems, e-learning Technologies for major societal and economic challenges Technologies for major societal and economic challenges GRIDs and complex problem solving in science, engineering, businesses and for society technologies for trust and confidence

Services and access to computing and communications infrastructures Services and access to computing and communications infrastructures mobile and wireless systems beyond 3G, spectral efficient protocols, all optical networks, interoperable network solutions, network audio- visual systems Software, systems and services, multifunctional service creation environments, control of complex distributed systems

Components and micro-systems Pushing the limits of CMOS, optical, opto- electronic, and photonic components, electron-based nano-devices Microsystems, displays, sensors, nano- devices and nano-systems,

Knowledge and interface technologies Knowledge and interface technologies Acquiring and modeling, representing and visualising, interpreting and sharing knowledge Design, creation, management and publishing of multimedia content Design, creation, management and publishing of multimedia content Interfaces and interactive surfaces, multilingual and multicultural access and communication

Cultural Heritage 6 th Framework Programme “For cultural heritage the effort will concentrate on intelligent systems for dynamic access to and preservation of tangible and intangible cultural and scientific resources.” public-private partnerships

 New forms of digital libraries and content infrastructures  Intelligent heritage and artistic expression  Electronic archival and digital preservation  Community memory and cultural inclusion Cultural Heritage Issues for further development

Instruments Three instruments: –networks of excellence –integrated projects –article 169 Three instruments: –networks of excellence –integrated projects –article 169 Different from FP5 instruments Externalisation is a key component of the Commission ’s proposal

Networks of excellence  Common programme of activities  Integrating part or totality of research activities of partners  Several M€/year  Selection by call for proposals  Support researchers from other countries via mobility instruments  Includes research activities

Integrated projects  Strong university/industry collaboration  Global funding involving public and private investment  Up to several M€/year  Selection by call for proposals  Large autonomy, including possibility to launch calls for applications  Can be implemented as a big project  3 rd country and SME participation

Article 169  Support to national programmes jointly executed according to art. 169  Common or priority issues  Increase impact of national efforts  Carried out by goverments, national research centres or regional authorities  Support to national programmes jointly executed according to art. 169  Common or priority issues  Increase impact of national efforts  Carried out by goverments, national research centres or regional authorities  EC funding used to support jointly executed programmes  Harmonised work programmes  Coordinated assignment of budgets  Launch joint calls for proposals  EC funding used to support jointly executed programmes  Harmonised work programmes  Coordinated assignment of budgets  Launch joint calls for proposals

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