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September 11, 2008

ICT research & innovation strategy consultation until 7 November

A public consultation on ICT research and innovation, asking industry, experts and policymakers to help overhaul the EU's agenda in this field towards an integrated strategy, has been launched.
The exercise, which is open until 7 November, aims to gather stakeholders' views on the main challenges ahead for ICT research and innovation in the EU over the next decade on issues such as finding the means to remove barriers to innovation and promote stronger interaction between users, researchers and business, in particular in regional innovation systems.
The strategy that emerges by spring 2009 is expected to set out key priorities and identify new areas on which the Union should concentrate its efforts to attain excellence. Energy, health and ageing are thought to be among the front-running fields of focus given that these are sectors where ICT already offers viable solutions. Defining the role of public policy on standardisation, licensing and intellectual property regimes to support commercialisation of research results and make Europe the world leader in ICT innovation will be another feature.
Consultation: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=ICTRDI

Posted by iroronan at September 11, 2008 07:03 PM