1. WG: CENTRES OF INNOVATION EXCELLENCE (CoIE) WG Leader:
WG: CENTRES OF INNOVATION EXCELLENCE (CoIE) WG Leader: Heinrich Daembkes Report to Summer Camp in Rome
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2. Labeling criteria for ARTEMIS CoIE + Guide for application New CoIEs
Content
Status report:
Achievements
open issues
Labeling criteria for ARTEMIS CoIE + Guide for application
New CoIEs
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3. Activities and Achievements Status 06/2010
WS in Madrid (10/2009): Several candidates for CoIE identified
Several meetings held in Stockholm to get a new CoIE started: Kick off for ProcessIT = candidate, ready for CoIE
Labeling criteria for CoIE submitted to Steering Board for approval on
Application guide to become ARTEMIS CoIE final version available
Visibility for CoIEs via ARTEMIS-IA website and official register under preparation
New CoIEs under development.
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4. Open Issues / Activities to be done Status 06/2010
Tool to make visible CoIEs on ARTEMIS-IA website to become functional
Benefits to become ARTEMIS CoIE: Involve CoIEs into establishment of new SRA ! This should be done as of immediately
Continue support new CoIE candidates - identify potential CoIE candidates and partners - to apply for label - and to get started
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5. 2. Labeling Criteria for ARTEMIS CoIEs
Criteria to be granted “ARTEMIS CoIE” Label* by ARTEMIS-IA
Table of content:
Definition CoIE
Partners
Innovation and R&D
Relations to other networks and public authorities
Must Label Criteria
CoIE might do
Actions to be undertaken by ARTEMIS-IA for labeling a CoIE
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6. Definition CoIE
Definition CoIE For ARTEMIS, an Innovation Ecosystem will be a group of multi-country, multi-organization, interconnected R&D actors and businesses, including existing Centres of Innovation Excellence that, by efficient planning, acting and cooperation, achieve a significant advantage in innovation success in a specific market. Innovation ecosystems exist mainly to create new, self-sustaining business, which in turn drives employment, social responsiveness, etc. To be successful, innovation ecosystems must comprise a range of actors in a suitable environment and nurture a cooperation culture to work across boundaries by various forms of partnerships.
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7. Criteria for achieving the ARTEMIS CoIE label
Partners An ARTEMIS ecosystem must include partners that are active in the market. A partner could be an institution or an initiative based on a group of individuals or teams, or a local CoE, working closely together, with highly recognized experience and capabilities in their domain
CoIE might include as partners:
public and private bodies;
large companies, SMEs, intermediaries;
all levels in the supply chain - knowledge providers, generic technology providers, systems developers, systems integrators, service providers and product companies, and even end-users;
academic institutions at all levels;
bridging-institutions that help close gaps between actors;
other organizations public and private (venture capital firms, shared resources, training organizations
The minimum number of partners in a starting condition shall be three, coming from two different countries. A higher number of partners is desirable, but not mandatory for the start.
The minimum number of participants from industry shall be two.
Information shall be given on how the partners are positioned in the supply chain - knowledge providers, generic technology providers, systems developers, systems integrators, product companies, service providers etc.
Information shall be given on which end-users are involved in the CoE;
The geographical scope of the CoIE shall be provided;
To benefit from the support given by ARTEMIS-IA, the members of the CoIEs should be or become members of ARTEMIS-IA, at latest when they are receiving the first project in the ARTEMIS context.
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8. Innovation and R&D The actors shall share
common interests – potentially from key technology research to a market - that provide a focus both for the participants and for the outside world to recognise the ecosystem.
a culture of openness, trust, fairness and willingness to cooperate;
a base of world-class knowledge and experience.
a stimulating environment that facilitates and encourages, rather than inhibits, interaction, stimulating situations in which “solution ideas meet problem situations”.
support development of academic excellence regarding both technology and cooperation
The main R&D domain of the ecosystem should fit the ARTEMIS SRA
Relations to other networks and public authorities
Together they have enough mass to sustain their interactions to be visible and viable, and to attract interest and retain important impact on the market.
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9. “Must” Label Criteria
A CoIE must have a mission document of the CoIE and some basic rules of interaction.
A CoIE must nominate a Chairperson or Speaker, acting as point of contact for the CoIE to the outside world.
A CoIE must have an action plan that implements its mission:
The action plan describes the main activities driving the Innovation system forward, such as common meetings, workshops, pre-studies/pre-projects, R&D projects, different interest groups (technology, branch etc), events etc involving representatives from all stakeholders e g researchers, developers, producers, users, financers, marketing etc.
The action plan must be updated at least once a year.
A CoIE builds and maintains relations to other networks (it has an inter-cluster cooperation strategy) and the public authorities
A CoIE contributes to enhance the EU competitiveness
A CoIE has to demonstrate its activities on a regular base, e.g. publish a yearly activity and progress report that describes, amongst others, the progress made on ARTEMIS label criteria
A CoIE should provide networking and matchmaking facilities to encourage frequent interaction and the initiation of cooperative R&D projects;
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10. CoIE might do:
CoIE’s might also contribute to respect of ecological principles, recognising real concerns about safety, energy usage and sustainability;
actively stimulate SME participation in the ARTEMIS innovation ecosystem(s) and enhance their growth and success;
explore new business models for trading in the envisaged dynamic innovation environment, including incorporation of open source concepts;
stimulate the establishment of open European Tool Platforms that can evolve and interoperate with other tool solutions;
standardization in related domains
recommend adaptations to European educational systems and assist them to supply and sustain suitably skilled engineers and researchers;
stimulate the opening of supply chains, where beneficial, to create a more open innovation environment by means of the ARTEMIS Innovation Ecosystems;
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11. Actions by ARTEMIS-IA
Actions to be undertaken by ARTEMIS-IA for labelling a CoIE
Initial assessment of a CoIE by ARTEMIS-IA for labelling (via CoIE Committee or ARTEMIS-IA Steering Board directly).
The ARTEMIS label is awarded by the ARTEMIS-IA Steering Board.
A three yearly re-assessment of the CoIE ARTEMIS label by the ARTEMIS-IA. The label might be withdrawn if the criteria are no longer fulfilled.
The annual reporting of the CoIE is input to this assessment.
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12. New CoIEs “Golden reference”: EICOSE
European Institute for Complex Safety Critical Systems Engineering
First new one, ready for labeling:
ProcessIT Europe
Automation for Process Industries
New CoIEs under preparation:
- Embedded Technolgies for intelligent buildings ( E-Diana)
- Embedded Systems in Societal Security (to be improved)
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13. Summary
Boundaries for CoIEs established: Labeling criteria will be binding in July 2010
Awareness increasing: Networks of centers of excellence striving for Innovation Excellence becoming recognized in industry
Formation of new CoIEs progressing; will improve and speed-up with increasing visibility
 Impact on economical progress of European Society
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