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Big Data Value policy context and PPP

Big Data Europe SC2 workshop

Brussels, 30 September 2016

Kimmo Rossi, Head of R&I sector, CNECT.G1

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Policy context - mandate

• Council conclusions of Oct 2013 called for EU action to provide the right framework conditions for a single market for big data and cloud computing

• Towards a Thriving Data-Driven Economy COM(2014)442 – framework conditions for a data-based economy in the EU – mandate for the PPP

• A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe COM(2015)192, Third Pillar: launch of a Free Flow of Data Initiative

• Digitisation of European Industry COM(2016)180 – Big Data is an important contributor/element in the DEI

• Communication & legislative proposal: Building a European Data Economy (coming up by the end of 2016)

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Strategic objectives

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I. EU leadership in Big Data technologies through increased investments

II. Create a data market

III. Create a thriving data economy – engine for growth and jobs

Europe needs an efficient data ecosystem

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Big Data is transforming Business models

Big Data Value PPP - characteristics

Industry-driven – because it needs to mobilise and transform (both IT and user) industries in order to break a new path to growth and jobs

Broad and horizontal – because data challenges appear in most industrial and societal domains – need to achieve synergies and create links with user industries, other PPPs, Societal Challenges, national and regional initiatives

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Lighthouse Projects (ICT-15)

•Demonstrate Big Data Value in a target industrial sector

• Large-scale data-driven demonstrations

•Propose replicable solutions by using existing technologies or very near to market technologies

•Create high level impact and broadcast visibility

Agriculture is hot topic in H2020 ICT

Big Data Lighthouse project – the 2016 call A lighthouse project (over 10 MEUR) currently under grant preparation

in the domain of agriculture, forestry, fisheries

Planned project start 1/1/2017

IoT large scale pilot in Smart Farming & food security Large scale (about 30 MEUR) innovation action currently under grant

preparation

Precision farming

Tracking and following the entire food life-cycle from farm to fork

Planned project start: 1/1/2017

What about SC2? Discussions on cooperation with SC2 have been on since the beginning

of H2020, good progress has been reached

Now there is a good opportunity to introduce a Big Data topic for WP 2018-20 – in close collaboration between CNECT, RTD and AGRI

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Thank you for your attention!

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