1. Innovation in H2020 Net Futures
"Research is the transformation of money into knowledge. Innovation is the transformation of knowledge into money."
Geoffrey Nicholson, inventor of the Post-It™
DG CONNECT Unit Innovation
Helen Köpman

2. Digital Innovation Our goals
Key to achieving President Juncker's goal of re-industrialisation
Make Europe:
the most attractive place for investors and for skilled people
the place where sustainable innovations drive the economy
the place where startups can scale up

3. Europe is well placed to leverage potential of mobile connectivity, Internet of Things, robots and cyborgs, big data...

4. WP 16-17: Accelerate and diversify the innovation drive
Support core ICT industries through roadmap-based PPPs
Facilitate disruptive innovation
Reinforce large scale piloting in real-world environments involving end-users
Continue support ICT contribution to Societal Challenges
Embed security and responsible innovation in all activities
Become smarter in the use of innovation instruments
Demand
Providing seamless and coherent funding from idea to market
Supply

5. How to drive innovation into H2020 proposals?
Through emphasis in the programme:
Innovation topics and their impact
Through innovation instruments:
Research innovation actions
Innovation actions
Innovation procurement
Inducement prices
SME instrument
Fast track to innovation

6. Same evaluation criteria apply for all instruments
Excellence
Extent that proposed work is ambitious, has innovation potential, and is beyond the state of the art…
Impact
Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge…
...developing innovations meeting the needs of European and global markets and, where relevant, by delivering such innovations to the markets
Implementation
Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk and innovation management
Same evaluation criteria apply for all instruments
For IA and SME instrument: Impact is weighted with a factor 1,5
Criteria will be interpreted by evaluators within the context of the topic addressed by the proposal, taking into account the WP text, the type of action and the nature of the proposed activities.
Note: For Innovation Actions the score for 'Impact' will be weighted by a factor of 1.5

7. Innovation in the core of the approach/objectives?
Innovation potential
Is there entrepreneurial spirit in the consortium? innovation expertise (e.g. SMEs, entrepreneurs)
Innovation in the core of the approach/objectives?
Involvement of experts in innovation/markets in defining the objectives
Impact
Expected impact statement in WP
Delivering innovations to the market
Credible roadmap
Innovation management considered?
Project follow up activities

8. Innovation Management
"Innovation management is a process which requires an understanding of both market and technical problems, with a goal of successfully implementing appropriate creative ideas.
A new or improved product, service or process is its typical output.
It also allows a consortium to respond to an external or internal opportunity."

9. Innovation procurement
Fast Track to Innovation
SME instrument
Innovation procurement
Become smarter in the use of innovation instruments 9

10. DG CONNECT's "Innovation Radar"
Actively scans running projects for:
innovations with market potential
project innovators who can take them to market
Excellent innovation material in projects will be identified and championed
Furthermore, high potential innovators in projects will be offered relevant 'go-to-market' support
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11. Results
Steps to innovation commercialisation

12. External bottlenecks that could compromise exploitation
Results

13. Needs of innovators to fulfil market potential of their innovations
Results
Needs of innovators to fulfil market potential of their innovations

14. Digital innovation & entrepreneurship strategy
Access to EU market for SMEs and start-ups
Improve access to finance and investment readiness
Reward risk taking & promote entrepreneurship
Cross-border cooperation between digital hubs
Access to international markets
Broadband deployment
Upgrade digital skills
DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET
SKILLS
FINANCE
ECOSYSTEM

15. Areas of improvement…
Drive innovation activities towards user adoption
Mainstream support to startups and entrepreneurship
Improve ability to produce impact at large scale and impact on a sustained basis in innovation ecosystems across Europe
More demand-side measures unlocking private and public investments

16. Thank you for your attention!