1. 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

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

3. Policies, Strategies and Programmes Policies, Strategies and Programmes

4. 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

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

6. The answer The political answer Europe e e & & The technological answer

7. 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

8.  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

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

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

11. Cultural Heritage in the IST Programme Cultural Heritage in the IST Programme

12. “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

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

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

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

16. 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

17. This means working on  Advanced digital libraries

18. This means working on  Intelligent Heritage  Advanced digital libraries

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

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

21.  Access - 1999  Preservation - 1999  Digital Collections - 2000  Virtual Representation - 2000  Heritage for All - 2001  Next Generation Collections - 2001 Calls:

22. Results and Future Plans Results and Future Plans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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 0.225 B€  Anticipating S&T needs 2.345 B€

33.  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

34.  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

35.  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

36. 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

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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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,

41. 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

42. 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

43.  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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. For more information http://europa.eu.int/comm/information_ society/eeurope/index_en.htm  eEUROPE http://www.cordis.lu/  Framework Programmes bernard.smith@cec.eu.int

49. For more information http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3/digicult  IST: Cultural Heritage http://www.cultivate-int.org  Cultivate Network newsletter bernard.smith@cec.eu.int