NEM and Future Internet

James Clarke

NEM Steering Board Member

Waterford Institute of Technology - TSSG

Agenda

EU Programme The Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI-PPP) andFIWARE

FI-CONTENT FIWARE Accelerators

International programme EU-INDIA FI-MEDIA

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The Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI-PPP)

Goal: capture opportunities derived from the new

wave of digitalization of life and businesses

Strategy: build a ecosystem that will work as

catalyst for capturing the opportunities

Tactical components:

• FI-WARE : a generic, open standard platform which

serve the needs of developers in multiple domains

• FI-Lab : a meeting point where takes place, an

opportunities can be incubated

• : a program that funds developers and

entrepreneurs, and ignites roll-out of the ecosystem

• : the suite of tools easing deployment

and operation of FI-WARE instance nodes

• : enabling global footprint, open to

regions who share the ambition

eHealth

tourism

Transport,

Mobility

and

Logistics

e-government

Smart

Energy

Grid

…

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FI-PPP Ecosystem and platform: two tied concepts

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Open Standard

Platform

Sustainable Open

Innovation Ecosystem

FIWARE = advanced OpenStack-based Cloud +

rich library of Generic Enablers

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Sustainability

ensured

Driven by

implementation

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What is it?FIcontent is a EU-funded project that offers FIWARE Enablers dedicated to media and content.

These Enablers can be used by developers and SMEs to build their applications for Social Connected TV, Smart City Services or Pervasive Games.

FIcontent is part of the FIWARE initiative, which offers Generic Enablers, dedicated to more common issues such as security, privacy, cloud infrastructure, IoT, etc.

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Release of the FIWARE Media & Content Lab

FIcontent has recently released an online “Lab” to deliver FIWARE Enablers for media and content applications, in order to complement the FIWARE catalogue of Generic Enablers (GEs).Online web portal at http://lab.mediafi.org/Contains everything the developer needs to test, develop and run applications using FIWARE Media & Content enablersAddresses the needs of SMEs and developers by means of four support levels:

Discover: Access information about the Enablers (Description / Programmer guide / Installation guide / Tutorial / Usage videos / Terms & Conditions / How to get support)Try: Test live demos of EnablersTweak: Modify and run the Enablers client-side code, in a developer playgroundRun: Start and monitor instances of Enablers via various SysOp tools (Layered on top of FIWARE Lab, using advanced tools for facilitating usage and deployment)

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FIWARE Acceleration Programme

Aims at promoting the take-up of FIWARE technologies among solution integrators and application developers, with special focus on SMEs and start-ups.

Linked to this program, the EU launched an ambitious campaign in September 2014 mobilizing 80M€ to support SMEs and entrepreneurs who will develop innovative applications based on FIWARE.

Similar programmes may be defined in other regions

Updated info about FI-PPP accelerator results here:https://data.lab.fiware.org/dataset/fiware-accelerators-results

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Currently two open calls related to Media & Content

1. CreatiFI's - bridge the innovation gap between European Creative Industries and other regions in the world, while also boosting Europe's unique strengths of cultural diversity, which define its creative output. Applicants will be SMEs and web-entrepreneurs established in an EU member state (among others), using FIWARE technologies and preparing a CreatiFI programme.The CreatiFI project will address the domains of Media & Content and Smart Cities. With a total grant amount of 4 million EUROS, the project will offer up to 150,000 € to SMEs and web-entrepreneurs developing FIWARE based applications addressing creative industries in Europe. The First Open call was published from October 1st until November 30th 2014. The Second Open Call will be from the 1st August to 30th September 2015.

Contacthttp://www.creatifi.eu/http://www.f6s.com/fiware-creatifi

To apply, go to https://www.f6s.com/fiware-creatifi#/apply

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Currently two open calls related to Media & Content

2. CEED Tech is a consortium of five startup accelerators, operating in Central and Eastern Europe, aiming to help young companies build viable products, launch them quickly and successfully raise capital.

Its acceleration processes are designed around the specific needs of participants, employing the best practices used by world-leading accelerators. In only three years, it has launched 94 technology companies and helped them to raise over €5M in seed and venture capital.

About the Open Call : The CEED Tech project will address the domains of Smart Cities, Energy & Environment, Media & Content, Manufacturing & Logistics.

The project will offer between 30,000 and 250,000 € to SMEs and web-entrepreneurs developing innovative products/services. Projects in the areas of data, cloud services, analytics, transactional technologies, fintech and e-commerce, B2B technologies, location based services and security are encouraged to apply.

The second open call will run from July - October 2015 and the teams will start the accelerator programme in December 2015.

Contact: Grete Gutmann, info@ceedtech.eu, www.ceedtech.eu, Twitter: @ceedtech

To apply, go to http://www.f6s.com/ceedtech

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EU – India Cooperation Platform in Future Internet & Electronic Media project – building cluster to cluster partnerships between EU and India based on basic ground rules:

Relevance – A focus on relevant and timely topics of mutual benefit to both countries, especially if linked to current government programmes of high priority;

Expertise – A focus on topics where each country has specific expertise to contribute;

Existing clusters – a focus on already established, highly relevant clusters/WGs/initiatives/platforms before delving on the setting up new ones from scratch;

Balance - Equal representation of Academic/Research and industry, especially SMEs;

Authenticity - An authentic need and desire to form a cluster to cluster partnership with the other country must be evident;

Sustainability - Having sustainability of cluster to cluster partnerships formed as a foundational value before setting up.

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Our approach:

Identify hot FI-MEDIA topics for clustering

Mapping India-EU landscape

Form cluster to cluster

partnerships

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Main topic areas scoped between India and EU in year 1:

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Where we are now (year 1 of 4 year project)

Identify Clusters in topic areas related to FI and Media

Set up mobility scheme to enable EU-India cluster developments

Form / sustain Cluster-to-cluster partnerships (e.g. via workshops, mobility)

Disseminate and feed back results to community in EU and India e.g. H2020 planners

Iterated on regular basis

Activity Cycle

We are here

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End goal is sustainability of clusters

Roadmap: Successful & Sustainable R&I and Business Engagement

Project Life Time Post Project Sustainability

Project promotion &

cluster formation

Facilitating C2C Engagement

Successful R&I and Business

Roll-out

Synergy Identification &

Fruitful engagements

Repeat Performance &

Sustained R&I and Business

relationships

jclarke@tssg.org

Waterford Institute of Technology - TSSG

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