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IMPACTS 2006 Conference
EU Opportunities in FP7
André Vits
Head of Unit
ICT for Transport
European Commission
Directorate General Information Society and Media
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Vienna, 14th March 2006
Content
 FP7 Proposal
 FP7 Cooperation programme: Transport Research
 “Transport” (including Aeronautics)
 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
 i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative
 eSafety Initiative
 What are the challenges?
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FP7: Four inter-linked objectives
• Gain leadership in key fields by supporting cooperation
– Essential « core business», high European added value
• Stimulate excellence through competition
– Attracting the best brains, frontier research
• Develop and strengthen Human Capital of research
• Improve research and innovation capacity
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FP7 approach: Continuity & New Impetus
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Continuity
– Thematic priorities
– Scaling up ERA coordination actions
– Scaling up Marie Curie actions
– Scaling up SME measures
• Seven years duration
• New Impetus
Leverage effect on
Member States +
private investments
– Doubling of budget per year
– European Research Council
– Joint Technology Initiatives
– New research infrastructures
– Mainstreaming NEST/FET, SSP/Priority8, Int’l Cooperation
– New management schemes
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FP7 Specific Programmes
Cooperation: 44432 m€
Ideas: 11862 m€
People: 7129 m€
Capacities: 7486 m€
JRC: 1817 m€
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Timetable
Call 1 Call 2 Call 3 Call 4 Call 5 Call 6
FP6
2003
2004
2005
2006
FP7
2007 - 2013
Communication on
FP7 orientations
Adoption
FP7, SPs, RfP
FP7 Work Programmes + Calls
proposals
New Financial Perspectives
Communication on
new financial perspectives
2007 - 2013
Agreement
Legislative proposals
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Content
 FP7 Proposal
 FP7 Cooperation programme: Transport Research
 “Transport” (including Aeronautics)
 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
 i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative
 eSafety Initiative
 What are the challenges?
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“Cooperation” – Collaborative Research – Themes
ICT: 12670 m€
Nano, materials, production: 4832 m€
Energy: 2931 m€
Environment: 2535 m€
Food, agri, biotech:
2455 m€
Transport: 5940 m€
Socio-econ research: 792 m€
Health: 8317 m€
Space and security: 3960 m€
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Transport: 5 sub-activities objective-oriented
• The greening of surface transport
• Encouraging modal shift and decongesting
transport corridors
• Ensuring sustainable urban mobility
• Improving safety and security
• Strengthening competitiveness
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Content
 FP7 Proposal
 FP7 Cooperation programme: Transport Research
 “Transport” (including Aeronautics)
 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
 i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative
 eSafety Initiative
 What are the challenges?
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“Cooperation” – Collaborative Research – Themes
ICT: 12670 m€
Nano, materials, production: 4832 m€
Energy: 2931 m€
Environment: 2535 m€
Food, agri, biotech:
2455 m€
Transport: 5940 m€
Socio-econ research: 792 m€
Health: 8317 m€
Space and security: 3960 m€
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FP7 : The challenge
• Investment in Research is key to achieve the revised
Lisbon Agenda
• FP7 aims to address part of that, but Member States
and the private sector must equally play their part
• Europe lags particularly in investment in ICT Research
ICT R&D
EU 15
US
Japan
Investment per
Inhabitant
80 EUR
350 EUR
400 EUR
% ICT /
TOTAL R&D
18%
34%
35%
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ICT in FP7 – Objectives
“To enable Europe to master and shape the future
developments of ICT so that the demands of its society
and economy are met”
Thereby:
– Strengthening the competitiveness of all industry in Europe
• Master ICT for innovation and growth
– Reinforcing the competitive position of European ICT sector
• Build industrial and technology leadership
– Supporting EU policies
• Mobilise ICT to meet public and societal demands
– Strengthening the European science & technology base
• A pre-condition for success
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ICT in 7FP - Main Themes and Activities
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ICT Technology Pillars
• pushing the limits of performance, usability, dependability, costefficiency
 Integration of Technologies
• integrating multi-technology sets that underlie new functionalities,
services and applications
 Applications Research
• providing the knowledge and the means to develop a wide range of
ICT-based services and applications
• Future and Emerging Technologies
• supporting research at the frontiers of knowledge
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7th FP - ICT for Transport areas (1)
Integration of Technologies
Intelligent infrastructures
(e.g. Transport infrastructure)
– making infrastructure more efficient, easier to adapt and
maintain, more robust to usage and resistant to failures
– data integration tools
– systemic risk assessment,
early warning and
automated alerts
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7th FP - ICT for Transport areas (2)
Applications Research
ICT meeting societal challenges for mobility,
e.g.
– Integrated ICT-based in vehicle
safety systems based on open,
secure and dependable architecture
and interfaces
– Interoperable cooperative traffic management and safety
systems
– Personalised, location-aware info-mobility services, including
navigation
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Content
 FP7 Proposal
 FP7 Cooperation programme: Transport Research
 “Transport” (including Aeronautics)
 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
 i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative
 eSafety Initiative
 What are the challenges?
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i2010 – Commission Communication
Road Transport Issues
A European Information Society for growth and employment
i2010 is a joint effort of the EC, Member States and economic actors
aiming to accelerate the take-up of knowledge society in Europe
It proposes three principal lines for action:
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A single European information space
Will improve vehicle and road safety, provide mobile access to new content and
introduce new advanced services.
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Strengthening innovation and investment in ICT Research
The automotive sector will benefit from bigger investment in RTD
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Achieving an inclusive European Information Society
ICT offers tools to further improve safety, efficiency and sustainability of the
European transport systems.
The i2010 communication launches a flagship initiative in the area of safe and
clean transport, focusing on INTELLIGENT CAR.
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i2010 - Intelligent Car Initiative
The objective is to improve the quality of the living environment by
supporting ICT solutions for
safer, smarter and cleaner mobility of people and good.
Smarter
Intelligent communication
and interaction with other
Vehicles and with the
Transport infrastructure
to improve efficiency and
safety.
Cleaner
Intelligent Car
Improve traffic management
through intelligent driver
assistance systems
(including Real-Time
Traffic and Travel Information
(RTTI) and multi-modality),
thus contributing to reduce
polluting emissions.
… addressing environmental and safety
issues arising from increased road use
Safer
Active ICT-based safety systems and devices
helping to prevent accidents and
mitigate their impact.
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Intelligent Car Initiative: the Challenges
1. Congestion
• Costs amount to 50 billion €/ year
• 10 % of the Road network is affected daily
by traffic jams
2. Energy Efficiency & Emissions
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Road transport consumed 83% of the
energy consumed by the whole transport
sector 85% of the total CO2 transport
emissions
3. Safety
• still over 40.000 fatalities and 1.4 million
accidents in the EU cost represent 2% of
the EU GDP
• Human error is involved in almost 93% of
accidents
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Intelligent Car: Objectives
Objectives of the Intelligent Car Initiative
1. Coordinate and support the work of relevant
stakeholders, citizens, Member States and the
Industry
2. Support research and development in the area of
smarter, cleaner and safer vehicles and facilitate
the take-up and use of research results
3. Create awareness of ICT based solutions to
stimulate user’s demand for these systems and
create socio-economic acceptance
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Intelligent Car: Structure
The i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative will build on the work of the
eSafety initiative and follow a three – pillar approach:
(1) The eSafety
Initiative and the
Intelligent Car
Initiative
The eSafety
RTD in ICTs
Forum
FP5, FP6, FP7
Awareness
Raising Actions
(2) RTD in
Information and
Communications
Technologies
(3) Awareness
raising Actions
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First Pillar: eSafety
The Focus in the eSafety Initiative will
remain in Deployment:
– Pan-European Deployment of eCall by 2009
– Updated European Statement of Principles ESoP
(HMI) – Commission adoption, May’06
– Launch of the eSafety Communications
Platform, September’06
– Adoption of the EP Report on eCall, April 2006
– i2010 High Level Conference-Helsinki,
September’06
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Second Pillar: The Research Programme
• The Intelligent Car Initiative activities
build upon the achievements and
results of EU Framework
Programmes on research and
technological development.
• The long-term objectives of the
Intelligent Car Initiative will be part of
the ICT priority in FP7
• The research priorities of the Intelligent
Car fully support the ERTRAC strategic
research agenda
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Third Pillar: Awareness Actions
The awareness pillar of the Intelligent Car
Initiative will promote, active information
dissemination to a wide audience:
• To raise drivers and policy maker’s
knowledge about the potential of
intelligent vehicle systems
• To stimulate user’s demand and create
socio-economic acceptance
• To facilitate the deployment of mature
technologies and systems in the initial phase
of market penetration
• To encourage stakeholders initiatives
supporting i2010
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Of particular interest for the Structural Funds
• Field Operational Test (FOT)
Examples: Pedestrian protection;
Driver hypo-vigilance monitoring and
warning; …
• Demos of IST results with significant impact on socio-economic cohesion
and regional development
Example: 6th FP IST projects; demonstration more open and targeted to the
citizen
• Awareness campaigns
Example: Support the production of short, well targeted TV series or
documentaries (“Discovery Channel” or “National Geographic”…)
on ICT based systems
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Content
 FP7 Proposal
 FP7 Cooperation programme: Transport Research
 “Transport” (including Aeronautics)
 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
 i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative
 eSafety Initiative
 What are the challenges?
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The eSafety Initiative
Synergies between 3 activities conducted in parallel
• Intelligent Car Flagship
• R&D and Innovation, preparing future generation of Intelligent Car (second pillar)
• eSafety – Forum of industrial stakeholders
The eSafety Initiative was launched in 2002 as a joint initiative of the European
Commission, industry and other stakeholders.
It aims at accelerating the development, deployment and use of Intelligent
Integrated Safety Systems that use Information and Communication
Technologies (ITC) in intelligent solutions, in order to increase road safety and
reduce the number of accidents on Europe's roads.
• Forum Plenary: Platform for consensus among stakeholders (currently over
150 members)
• High-Level Meetings with Industry and Member States defining strategy
• Working Groups: Solution-oriented, reporting to the Forum
Mailbox info: [email protected]
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Road Fatalities in Europe …
Main Causes and driving errors:
 95% of all road accidents involve some human error
 In 76% of the cases the human is solely to blame
 Misjudging, driving dynamics, weather (50%)
 Distraction (38%)
 39% of Passengers vehicles and 26% of trucks do not activate brakes before a collision
 Some 40% more do not brake effectively
Underlying Causes:
 Alcohol
Inexperience
Tiredness
Transport in EU25
Road Accidents (2004 data)
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45.300 fatalities
1.3 million accidents
involving injury
2.0 million injuries
Source: DG TREN-Statistical Pocket Book 2004
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The 1st eSafety Communication
“Information and Communications
Technologies for Safe and
Intelligent Vehicles”
COM(2003)542 Final, 15.9.2003
3 priorities:
– eCall (Pan-European eCall)
– RTTI (Real-Time Traffic & Travel
Information)
– HMI (Human-Machine Interaction)
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The 2nd eSafety Communication
2nd Commission Communication on
eSafety:
Bringing eCall to Citizens
COM(2005)431 Final 14.9.2005
• eCall: A key recommendation of the
1st eSafety Communication
• Significant progress towards the full-scale
roll-out of eCall
But: Roll-out can be delayed if the national
and regional governments do not invest in
the necessary infrastructure for eCall
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Content
 FP7 Proposal
 FP7 Cooperation programme: Transport Research
 “Transport” (including Aeronautics)
 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
 i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative
 eSafety Initiative
 What are the challenges?
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Challenges (1)
Progress in ICT has created enormous opportunities for the design and
management of urban transport systems, but also many challenges:
Speed of technology changes and uncertainty of life time
Where should I invest, and how long will it last?
Consumer products < > public investments
Solution determined by user needs, social perception
Why does the user accepts one and not the other?
What is he willing to pay?
What is the business case?
Fragmentation of markets results in low performance and high costs
The” invented here” syndrome is expensive!
Joining forces is cost effective
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Challenges (2)
Focus on performance rather than technological solutions
Developments have to be objective driven
Technology helps in achieving the objectives
From exchange of Best Practices to common architectures
Use formal methods as a basic tool (i.e. FRAME)
Standards versus organisation driven specifications
Maintaining a high quality service is an enormous difficult tasks,
in an environment where objectives and priorities are changing
High commitment is necessary!
While effort not always visible – in most cases, only
when things go wrong
While industry has large RTD departments at their disposal,
public authorities depend mainly on academic research and consultancy services
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More information
eSafety Mail Box:
[email protected]
Mailbox of the Unit:
[email protected]
eSafety Web-site:
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/program
mes/esafety/index_en.htm
eSafety on CORDIS website:
www.cordis.lu/ist/so/esafety/home.html
eSafetySupport website
www.eSafetySupport.org
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Thank you
for your attention
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