1. 1 FP6 IST Call 4 SO 2.4.13 Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe

2. 2 Key Objectives –Innovative and efficient ICT-based systems and services in key application areas –Strengthening of integration of the IST European Research Area Focus –eLearning (ICT-based systems for teaching and learning) –eHealth (ICT-based eHealth systems and services) –eGovernment (ICT-based systems for delivery of key public services) –eBusiness (e-collaboration for SME clusters - B2B and B2C e- commerce) 63 MEuro Call 4

3. 3 Main socio-economic trends Increasing competition at a global scale –Also research is increasingly organised on an international scale –Including from emerging economies : China, India, … –De-localisation ; Open Innovation –Focus on higher parts of the value chain ; Faster innovation cycles Enlargement of the Union –An opportunity but requires further effort on ‘integration’ Ageing – Starting to feel the impact … Security concerns

4. 4 Main technology trends Increasing pervasiveness of ICT –Innovation from ICT “use” in different fields Increasing convergence –Within ICT Communications/computing/media, fixed/wireless, etc. –Between ICT and other fields Info-bio, ICT-cogno, ICT-nano-materials Higher levels of complexity –Combination of skills and know how –Building increasingly complex systems

5. 5 ICT “use“ : a driver for innovation Bringing closer services and technology developments –“Mobile service development platforms” shifted from “Applications and services for the mobile user” to “Mobile and wireless systems beyond 3G” –Micro-/nano-based subsystems: Focus on new application fields that drive innovation Trial of “Experience and Application Research“ –Early user involvement –The “use“ is integrated into the research activity –eInclusion, collaborative working environments