Connecting innovators across the value chain ICT for Manufacturing - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Connecting innovators across the value chain ICT for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS) June 2013 Dr Max Lemke Deputy Head of Unit CNECT A3 max.lemke at ec.europa.eu

Some Reflections • High tech SMEs want to/must innovate • SMEs need a market window of opportunity • SMEs must be connected along the value chain • SMEs often operate in the wake of the big ones • SME schemes must be quick and dynamic • SMEs need much more than €s: � access to technology & competences � access to infrastructures � access to new markets � on an EU-scale across sectors and regions � through networks of competence centres

Innovation for I4MS Manufacturing SMEs Focus: Fast adoption of four groups of ICT technologies expected to have particularly high impact on modernising Europe's manufacturing capabilities I4MS

Strong SME I4MS Focus SMEs in Manufacturing •Key role of SMEs in value chains: users and suppliers •SME need more than €s: access to competences and networks across Europe I4MS •2 customised measures: Application experiments Assessment experiments •Clustered around networks of competence centres •Collaboration in a network of innovation multipliers

Structured use of I4MS FP7 Instruments Open Calls to dynamically expand consortium

Structure of the I4MS Initiative ~ 77 M€ Advanced robot Intelligent sensor Experiments (7.2) ~ 50 Assessment solutions based equipment Experiments (7.1) ~ 100 Application EuRoc (IP) INTEFIX (IP) Network of innovation Innovative laser multipliers (7.2) HPC Cloud-based applications simulation services I4MS-Gate LASHARE (IP) Fortissimo (IP) Cutting across APPOLO (IP) CloudSME (IP) CNECT A domains CloudFlow (IP) Projects/Programmes of similar nature: ECHORD (Robotics, FP7) BEINGRID (Grid technologies, FP6) FUSE (Microelectronics, FP5) HPCN-TTN (HPCN, FP5) EUROPORT (HPCN, FP4) SEA (Semiconductor Equipment Assessment, FP4-6)

I4MS An example HPC-Cloud-based simulation services (Fortissimo, CloudFlow, CloudSME)

Analysis of I4MS Participation • New stakeholder communities: 2/3 newcomers • Open calls: 35% of budget • ~70% industrial, ~50% SME participation (~39% of funding) • Broadly covering Europe (~25 countries) Detailed SME participation analysis: SMEs (funds) Supply-side SMEs Demand-side SMEs 20 SMEs Robotics supplier Robotics users (2 M€) (12 %) (88 %) 110 SMEs Simulation codes/services Simulation users (14 M€) (47 %) (42 %) 20 SMEs Sensor-based control Machine tools industry (4 M€) systems suppliers (65 %) (35 %) 50 SMEs Laser suppliers Manufacturing equipment (10 M€) (70 %) suppliers (22 %) 200 SMEs (30 M€) 50 % 45 % - Totals include management and service SMEs - Data is extrapolated to full expansion after open Calls

Implementation I4MS Issues • Piloting experiments must be innovative beyond what is available on the market: � Novel use of emerging technologies � and/or provisioning of novel technologies • Rules for participation apply: � multi-nationality is applied across IP consortia and NOT by experiment � Funding regime: SMEs 75%, large industry 50% • Infrastructure and equipment: case by case basis, e.g. � Laser and sensor equipment: EC pays for the assessement and the set-up of the experiment, but not for the equipment � Cloud-based simulation: SW tools: free licenses by vendors limited to project, effort for customisation paid � Compute resources: built on existing infrastructures, experiments pay for resources � or get a limited quota within the project arrangement

Competitive Calls • Available in IPs/NoEs under FP6 and FP7 to expand consortia • Funding reserved at proposal stage with profile of activities and actors defined (WP 2013 Challenge 7: up to 50% of project budget) • Original project partners cannot apply • Basic rules defined by EC • Model Contract Article II.35 and Guidance Note • In the spirit of EC processes - but lighter: Wide call announcement Same basic evaluation criteria Reporting and EC approval after preparatory and after selection phase • Implemented through (normally one) amendment per Call • Timeline: 3-6 months from planning to contract http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/foi/le ad/fippp/Guidance_note_for_project_coordinators_plann ing_a_competitive_call.doc ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/fp7-ga-annex2- ••• 10 v6_en.pdf

I4MS Future • I4MS is part of the PPP Factory of the Future and the EFFRA vision • Open, SME-friendly • SMEs benefit along multiple dimensions • A model for innovation measures in H2020 • I4MS continued in WP 14/15 (CP 70%) • Further to explore: • Access to venture capital: H2020 finance instruments • Integrated use of features of the H2020 SME instrument