1. Information and Communication Technologies in Work Programme 2016-17
Horizon 2020
Information and Communication Technologies in Work Programme
Morten Møller DG CONNECT European Commission

2. The content of this presentation by the European Commission.
Warning
The content of this presentation
remains indicative until the formal approval of the work programme
by the European Commission.

3. Reminder: ICT in H2020 > LEIT-ICT
Excellent Science
Frontier Research (ERC)
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Skills and career development (Marie Skłodowska-Curie)
Research Infrastructures
ICT
ICT
Industrial Leadership
Leadership in enabling
and industrial technologies
ICT
Nanotech., Materials, Manuf. & Processing
Biotechnology
Space
Access to risk finance
Innovation in SMEs
Societal Challenges
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture, and the bio-based economy
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, resource efficiency, and raw materials
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Secure societies
ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
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4. ICT in Excellent science
Industrial leadership
Societal challenges 4

5. Excellent Science - ICT
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
FET Open: fostering novel ideas
FET Proactive: nurturing emerging themes and communities
FET Flagships: pursuing grand interdisciplinary science and technology challenges
Graphene
Human Brain Project
Research infrastructures
Developing the European research infrastructure for 2020 and beyond
Development, deployment and operation of ICT-based e-infrastructures
ICT infrastructure resources and services for Research
Access to and management of scientific data
High Performance Computing 5

6. Future and Emerging Technologies 2016-17
FET Open (259,5 M€)
Still open to all radically new technologies in all areas
Introduction of FET Innovation Launchpad (3 M€)
stimulate innovation by initiating entrepreneurial activities around results from FET research projects
FET Proactive (180 M€)
Boosting emerging technologies (95 M€)
Introduction of FET ERA-Net cofund actions (generic + specific on Quantum technologies)
High Performance Computing (85 M€)
Part of HPC PPP / complementary to eInfra and LEIT-ICT activities
FET Flagships (185 M€)
Continuation of Graphene and Human Brain Project flagships
Launch of an ERA-Net cofund for partnering projects in both flagships 6

7. Future and Emerging Technologies 2016-17
FET Proactive (180 M€)
Boosting emerging technologies (95 M€)
Future technologies for societal change (up to 20 M€)
Biotech for better life (up to 20 M€)
Disruptive information technologies (up to 30 M€)
New computing paradigms and their technologies
Quantum engineering
Hybrid opto-electro-mechanical devices at the nano-scale
New technologies for energy and functional materials (up to 20 M€)
High Performance Computing (85 M€)
Co-design of HPC systems and applications (41 M€)
Transition to Exascale Computing (40 M€)
Exascale HPC ecosystem development (4 M€) 7

8. Research Infrastructures 2016-17
eInfrastructures (122 M€)
Support the European policies on open research data, data and computing intensive science, research and education networking, high-performance computing and big data innovation.
Integration and consolidation of e-infrastructure platforms
Prototyping innovative e-infrastructure platforms and services for research and education communities, industry and the citizens at large
European Open Science Cloud for Research (10 M€)
pilot action that should demonstrate how wide availability of scientific data and data-analysis services for European researchers can be ensured through a cloud infrastructure
GEANT (64 M€)
Interactive Computing e-infrastructure for the Human Brain Project FET Flagship (25 M€) 8

9. What is research about today?
Data driven
Fast Broadband access
Computing resources
Our role is to support the research community.
The activity of the researcher has dramatically change over the last years.
From an isolated initiative within a lab of an individual or a group of people, research starts in assessing the state of the art knowledge and technology.
Access to available data and computing resources in a ubiquitous is the challenge and the first step of the researcher's journey today. 9

10. e-Infrastructures supporting every researcher becoming digital
The way forward on e-Infrastructures
From "operation centric" to "user centric"
From "technology offer" to "service offer"
Fostering long-term sustainability through:
Service reliability
Continuous Innovation
International Cooperation
Open Research Data
Horizontal support of cross-cutting initiatives

11. e-Infrastructures WP2016-17 focuses on:
Open research data
Data and computing intensive science
Research and education networking
High Performance Computing
Big data innovation

12. Challenges Service orientation
Catalogue of services publication
Digital registries
Maximizing the impact of e-Infrastructures
Use of KPIs
Socio-economic impact assessment
Innovation through co-design
Focus on partnership balance. Complementarity of roles and competences
Horizon 2020 as a catalyst for growth and jobs

13. e-Infra WP2016-17 consists of 3 themes
1 – Integration & Consolidation
Integration & Consolidation and consolidation of e-infrastructure platforms supporting European policies and research and education communities
2 – Innovation & Prototyping
Prototyping innovative e-infrastructure platforms and services for research and education communities, industry and citizens at large
3 – Policy Support
Support to policies and international cooperation

14. Theme 1 - Integration and consolidation
Activities
Coordination of operations (regional, national & European levels)
Exploiting synergies between operational e-Infrastructures
Disruption free service upgrades
Required
TRL6/TRL8*
Documentation of services on an open Service Catalogue
Services to be assessed by an external board (approved by the EC)
To conclude written collaboration agreements with GÉANT
*variations apply depending on Topic

15. Theme 2 – Innovation & Prototyping
e-Infrastructure platforms and services need to evolve through innovation actions to respond to the long-term needs of research and education communities, industry and the citizens at large.
Activities
Platform-driven innovation. Push from the supply side
User-driven innovation. Pull from the demand side
Required
TRL6 at the beginning; TRL8 by the end of the project*
*except procurement actions (PPI)

16. Support Actions Development of policy and international cooperation
Promotion of European leadership in the development of new capacity for research data, HPC and networking
Contribution to international standardisation activities, strategic alignment and best practices sharing

17. Other Actions
Call for proposals under the GÉANT Framework Partnership Agreement:
Operational excellence in networking services for the research and academia community. Prototyping the services, applications and resources to support the needs of extreme-scale systems
Trans-Atlantic submarine cable between Europe and South America
Call for proposals under the Human Brain Project Framework Partnership Agreement:
Support for peak requirements of computing power and memory footprint.

18. Specific conditions on e-Infrastructure topics
Proposals shall consider existing operational services to the greatest extent possible
All services developed should be made discoverable on-line by including them in searchable catalogues or digital registries
All software developed should be open source with appropriate licenses
All proposals are requested to suggest clear metrics (KPI) for monitoring results and impact
Detailed list of activities:
Theme 1: Focus on (i) Networking & (ii) Service activities
Theme 2: (i)Networking, (ii) Service & (iii)Joint Research Activities (JRA)

19. e-Infrastructures WP2016-17
Budget overview
Topic
Budget (M€)
Theme 1 - Integration and consolidation of e-infrastructure platforms supporting European policies and research and education communities
(55)
EINFRA Support to the next implementation phase of Pan-European High Performance Computing infrastructure and services (PRACE) 15
EINFRA Data and Distributed Computing e-infrastructures for Open Science 40
Theme 2 - Prototyping innovative e-infrastructure platforms and services for research and education communities, industry and the citizens at large
(67)
EINFRA – Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation 46
EINFRA – User-driven e-infrastructure innovation 21
3 - Support to policies and international cooperation
(10)
INFRASUPP Policy & Cooperation measures for research Infrastructures
2,5+1*
INFRASUPP Support to policies and international cooperation
7,5
Other actions including different type of instruments:
(a) FPA - GÉANT Partnership Projects
(64)
(b) FPA - Computing and storage e-infrastructure for the Human Brain Project FET Flagship (FPA)
(25)
 Total
221
INFRASUPP Counts with an additional €1M from RTD, so we can fund up to €3,5M

20. More information…

21. Call planning – 2016 (1/2) Main ICT call: 12 April, 8 Nov FET
FET Open: 11 May, 29 Sept
FET Proactive: 12 April, 27 Sept
Research Infrastructures: 30 March, 22 June, 20 Sept
LEIT
EU-Japan, EU-South Korea: 19 Jan
Main ICT call: 12 April, 8 Nov
SC1 (Health):
EU-Japan coop on Robotics: 12 Apr
Other topics from SC1 call: 16 Feb
SC3 (Energy)
Energy-efficiency: 21 Jan, 15 Sept
Competitive Low Carbon Energy: 5 April
SC4 (Transport): 20 Jan, 26 Jan

22. Call planning – 2016 (2/2) SC6 (Europe in a changing world)
Co-creation: 24 May
Reversing inequalities: 4 Feb
Understanding Europe: 4 Feb
SC7 (Security)
Digital security of health data: 16 Feb
Assurance and certification: 12 April
Other topics (CIP+DS): 25 August
Cross-cutting activities
ICT for FoF: 21 Jan
IoT: 12 April
Smart Cities: 8 March, 5 April
SME instrument
Phase 1: 24 Feb, 3 May, 7 Sept, 9 Nov
Phase 2: 3 Feb, 14 April, 15 June, 13 Oct
Fast Track to Innovation: 15 March, 1 June, 25 Oct

23. Guide to ICT-related activities in WP2016-17
Comprehensive coverage of the three H2020 pillars
Detailed list of calls and topics
Available on H2020 website (soon)
Draft versions of the WP parts available online:
/horizon2020/en /draft-work-programmes

24. info & registration: ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/ict2015
Conference sessions on EC policy and initiatives on R&I in ICT
Networking sessions
Exhibition showcasing results of most recent EU projects
Presentation of WP
info & registration: ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/ict2015 24

25. Find out more Horizon2020 web site Participants portal
Participants portal
H2020 Helpdesk, including FAQ
National Contact Points
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