Bringing industry into the European Open Science Cloud Sy Holsinger – EGI Foundation, Senior Strategy & Policy Officer / EOSC DIH Manager eosc-dih.eu DI4R 2018, Lisbon @EOSC_eu 11 Oct 2018 Dissemination level : Public EOSC-hub receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 777536.
Digital Innovation Hubs • What is a Digital Innovation Hub? • EC initiative definition: An ecosystem of start-ups, SMEs, large industries, researchers, accelerators and investors that fosters the creation of partnerships to stimulate innovation. • Objective: Establish a Pan-European network of Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) • Status: 100+ DIHs registered comprising both regional and European ones that focus on a variety of sectors and topics https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/digital-innovation-hubs • The EOSC DIH (initiated via EOSC-hub in Jan 18’) • Builds on the EC initiative to onboard industrial partnerships within the EOSC • Joint effort from years of individual e-Infrastructure industry engagement programs (spirt of EOSC- hub) • Focused on (not limited to) start-ups and SMEs • Starts with 6 business pilots selected during project preparation • To persist beyond the life of EOSC-hub
EOSC DIH: Overview https://www.eosc-dih.eu/ Key Figures Mission “To bring private companies into the Start: 1 st January 2018 European Open Science Cloud through concrete business cases.” 48 Service offerings Driven by 25 Partners 6 Pilots running
EOSC DIH: Objectives Offer access to e-Infrastructure resources to support pilots , prototyping, • scaling-up, design, performance verification, testing, demonstration, etc. Facilitate partnerships with SMEs/industry, innovation clusters, accelerators • and investors that stimulate innovation Increase visibility on a European/International level • Provide business coaching and training to “accelerate” market uptake and • exploitation results Support access to funding/grants • Develop long-term business relationships •
Technical Access and Resources https://www.eosc-hub.eu/catalogue Compute Thematic Data-Analytics Services Structural Particle Atlantic Coast Earth Climate Arts & biology Physics Forecast Observation Analytics EGI Cloud Container EGI Cloud Humanities Compute Compute Storage & Data Management EGI High-Throughput Compute EGI Online Services for B2Handle B2Share B2Drop EGI Data hub Storage Sensitive data Authentication CernVM File System Jupyter Notebook B2Stage B2Find B2Safe B2access EGI Check-in
EOSC DIH: Objectives Offer access to e-Infrastructure resources to support pilots , prototyping, • 2 Pilot Demos shown scaling-up, design, performance verification, testing, demonstration, etc. on Tues Facilitate partnerships with SMEs/industry, innovation clusters, accelerators • and investors that stimulate innovation 2 later in the session; Several other under discussion Increase visibility on a European/International level • Provide business coaching and training to “accelerate” market uptake and • Commercial services to follow exploitation results Support access to funding/grants • Pilot continuity; Provider Develop long-term business relationships • sustainability
EOSC-DIH: Services Technical access and Piloting and co-design Resources Pilots Federated HTC & Cloud Scaling-up Compute IaaS & PaaS Design Thematic data analytics Testing Data Management, curation & Demonstrators Preservation Performance Verification Processing of sensitive data Jupyter Notebook Human Services Visibility Technical expertise & support Trainings Promotion of service and Commercialization products in EOSC-hub service consultancy catalogue Brokerage to funding and business Facilitate collaborations and acceleration opportunities partnerships
Initial 6 Business Pilots Pre-selected to kick start the DIH
EOSC DIH: Our Initial 6 Business Pilots Space Weather Data for the DRACO ACTION Seaport CyberHAB Observatory Furniture Enterprise Analytics Bot Mitigation Engine Sport Smart Video Analysis Datafurn
EOSC DIH: Our Initial 6 Business Pilots Improving safety and operational A Cloud Framework for State-of-the- Using data cloud Services to manage performance of seaports art Space Weather harmful algae blooms Space Weather Data for the DRACO ACTION Seaport CyberHAB Observatory Solutions to secure online services Analysing Sport Performance through Platform-as-a-Service Data Analytics from Botnets Attacks a Coud-hosted platform for the Furniture Industry Furniture Enterprise Analytics Bot Mitigation Engine Sport Smart Video Analysis Datafurn
EOSC-hub: DIH Activity Overview Tasks and achievements to date
EOSC DIH: Task and KPIs EOSC-hub Project WP9 Joint Digital Innovation Hub • T9.1 Joint DIH ecosystem Establishing and evolving of the DIH • Collaborating with other DIHs (Lead: EGI Foundation) • Managing the DIH platform/tool • T9.2 Business Pilots Coordinating pilots (6 initially selected in open call) • Ensuring access to services and tech support • (Lead: PSNC) Assessing and validating results • Identifying additional experiments T9.3 Commercialization Support • Identifying business opportunities from the pilots • Supporting technology transfer process models (Lead: F6S) • Mentoring program towards pilots and competence centres • Defining pre-commercial agreements KPI Base Target Stretch Target Services/technologies increased in TRL via the DIH 7 10 Published business pilot success stories 5 8 Signed (pre-)commercial agreements for EOSC-hub services from DIH 3 6
EOSC DIH: Task Achievements EOSC-hub Project T9.2 Business Pilots • Detailed activity plans for each of the 6 initial business pilots; all 6 on schedule • Provided individual pilot webpages • Prepared 2 demos for DI4R 2018 (Tues) • Technical requirement gathering, analysis and provision of services/resources • DIH platform analysis; initial instance T9.3 Commercialization Support (started in June) Outlined initial service offering (next talk) • Coordinating with competence centre (WP8) and business • pilots mangers for support Initial preparation of webinar series on topics being • validated e.g. – 1. Business model canvas; 2. Marketing & Communication; 3. Business internationalisation; 4. Pitching; 5. Transfer technology models; 6. Public funding
Summary Upcoming events and final message
Upcoming Events • ELIXIR Innovation and SME Forum – Frankfurt, Germany – 15-16 Oct 2018 • Digital Innovation Hubs Annual Event 2018 – Warsaw, Poland - 27-28 Nov 2018 • ICT 2018 – Vienna, Austria - 4-6 Dec 2018 • Networking Session (5 Dec) "Matchmaking Industry with the European Open Science Cloud” • EOSC-hub Week – Location TBD – 9-12 Apr 2019
Final Message • Why should industry collaborate with research and academia? – Offer beyond what you can just get with a credit card • Diverse services; Exploit research data; Expertise; Wide visibility; Funding opportunities • Why should industry engage the EOSC? – Single point for discovery, request and access of services and expertise – Collaborate on a European and international scale – Promote services (agreeing to the ‘rules of participation’) – Participant in procurement framework • Are you already in a Digital Innovation Hub? – EC wants to create a pan-European ‘network’ of DIHs, we should work together • Still have questions or want further info? – Let’s discuss during the Q&A – Contact us directly: business@eosc-hub.eu
EOSC DIH Team • Sy Holsinger (EGI) • Roberta Piscitelli (EGI) Thank you • Marcin Plociennik (PSNC) • Agnieszka Rabenda-Tomczak (PSNC) for your attention! • Konrad Leszczynski (PSNC) • Claudio Arlandini (CINECA) • Giuseppe Fiameni (CINECA) Questions? • Nuno Varandas (F6S) • Hugo Cantão (F6S) • David Wright (UCL) eosc-dih.eu @EOSC_eu business@eosc-hub.eu
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