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“ASIAN RISE IN ICT R&D – Looking for evidence”16 February 2011

Brussels

Dr. Stephan Pascall

Advisor to the Director Directorate C "Policy Coordination and Strategy“

DG Information Society and Media, EC

International Cooperation in ICT RTD International Cooperation in ICT RTD ––

A luxury or a necessity?A luxury or a necessity?

Stephan Pascall - “Asian Rise in ICT R&D – Looking for evidence” – 16.02.2011, Brussels

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Content

I. The global importance of ICT

II. The need for international cooperation in ICT Research

III. EU FP6&7 IST/ICT Cooperation with Asia

IV. The Challenges

V. Conclusion

VI. Questions and Answers


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I.

The Global Importance of ICT


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ICT: driving innovation across the economy and society

Electronic Components

ICT equipments

ICT devices


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ICT R&D and innovation: Global figures

• ICT: a market of around 2000 Billion Euro– Driven by “more for less”– Performance doubling every 18 months

• High research intensity – ~15 % of turn over – reaching more than 20% in some areas

• ICT accounts for ~30 % of total R&D effort World Wide


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Contribution of the ICT sector to total BERD* intensity (BERD/GDP): 2002-2007

(*Business Enterprise R&D)


Source: JRC-IPTS based on data from Eurostat, OECD, EU KLEMS and national statistics

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ICT R&D&Innovation in Europe

• A market of more than 660 Billion Euro – Largest market World wide, ~34% of world market

• EU produces 23% of the world ICT value added– ICT, one of the largest exports sectors of the EU (10%); – ICT a large part of our imports (14,5 %).

• More than 30% of research workforce is in ICT

• Around 40 B€ in total spending on ICT R&D, – 85% in the private sector


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Other sectors30.3%

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology

13.0%

Automotive15.3%

Machinery and equipment 7.9%

Aerospace7.1%

ICT26.4%

Business investment in R&D in EuropeBusiness investment in R&D in Europe Total 127.7 B€


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ICT R&D and innovation, a pillar of ICT policy

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Objective

“Enable Europe to exploit the full potential of ICTs for

sustainable growth, employment and to address

the societal challenges ”


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Europe’s technological strengths in a nutshell

• Networks and services– communication equipment, services and business sofware– EU ICT based companies: ~40% of world market share

• Components and embedded systems– Strong presence in vertical markets

• Automotive, medical, telecom …– Low power consumption processors, real time systems..

• A strong academic research community– in core ICT fields and in other disciplines relevant for ICT:

biotech, materials, cognitive sciences …


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Opportunities ahead: Technology driven

• Future Internet: services, network, access devices

• Alternative paths to ICT components– Photonics, organic electronics, biochips

• Cognition, robotics, adaptive and learning systems

• Technology convergence – ICT + bio + cogno


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Opportunities ahead The user drive

• Energy efficiency and low carbon economy– Green ICT and ICT for greening, green transport, fully electric

vehicles,..

• Health– Personalised health systems, implants, imaging..

• Ageing, inclusion– Active ageing, social interaction, health monitoring

• Content: – user generated, social networking, games..

• Manufacturing and production systems – Smart manufacturing, virtual manufacturing, etc..


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Significance of the intervention

• Private investment in ICT research: 30-35 B€/year– > 90% on “development”. – Mid to long term R&D less than 3.5 B€

• Total public investment in ICT RTD : ~5 B€/year

• ICT in FP7: ~1,3 B€/year. – ~25% of total public,~ 30% of private mid to long term

• Community funding logic– medium to long term collaborative research requiring risk

sharing with industry and the academic research community.


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II.

The need for international cooperation in ICT Research


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The Drivers

1. Globalisation of RTD activities and production

2. RTD in ICT becomes multidisciplinary

3. Lack and/or imbalance of skills on a global scale

4. The cost of RTD


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The Results

1. Natural drive towards research teams spanning borders and continents as companies become more and more global

2. Harvesting talent from a global skill pool to create multidisciplinary teams to solve complex problems

3. The coupling of research activities to market opportunities

4. Reduction of the increasing cost of ICT RTD by utilising the most cost effective skilled research capacity worldwide


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III.

EU FP6&7 IST/ICT Cooperation with Asia


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Comparative data on number of projects in FP6 and FP7

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Comparative data on submitted and retained proposals in FP7


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IV.

The Challenges


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The Challenges

1. Protection of IPR

2. Reciprocity, mutual access to national programmes by international players

3. Language and time zone barriers

4. Technology Transfer issues

5. Competitive advantage issues of national/regional character


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Barriers to RTD Cooperation

1. Lack of Reciprocity– Participation in each other’s national programmes– Un-balanced two way traffic of exchange researchers

Number of incoming scientists by nationality

Source: EU-China Cooperation on Information and Communication Technologies in - Status and the way ahead. Dr. Stephan Pascall, European Commission – Information Society and Media Directorate General, February 2010.

2. LanguagesNational program documents and follow up procedures are in local languages. Mostly no English version exist.

Rank 1 2 3 4

Nationality Russia US China India

Number of incoming scientists

95 87 59 45


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V.

Conclusions


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Conclusions

1. International cooperation is not a luxury but a need.

2. Asian countries are developing fast their RTD Capabilities in ICT, particularly South Korea and Taiwan.

3. The increased spending in ICT RTD particularly by companies is reflected in their increasing export volumes in related products.

4. For effective international cooperation, barriers related to IPR, reciprocity, balance and language need to be addressed.


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Any Question ???


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Thank you!

Information Society and Media:http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/

http://cordis.europa.eu/ist

Dr. Stephan Pascall

Advisor to the DirectorDG Information Society and Media

European CommissionEmail: [email protected]

Information Society and Media:http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/

http://cordis.europa.eu/ist

Dr. Stephan Pascall

Advisor to the DirectorDG Information Society and Media

European CommissionEmail: [email protected]


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