VERDIKT conference 2013

1. What Next:
ICT Research and Innovation in Norway
The VERDIKT Conference 2013
Anne Kjersti Fahlvik
Executive Director, Division for Innovation

2. Summing Up: Demonstration of active R&I in the front
over a wide field on and about ICT and ICT use

3. ICT R&I in Norway today and tomorrow
 Growth in industry-driven Fordelt pr. sektor:
R&I
 ICT R&I expanding into many areas and into
growing social challenges
 Public sector-initiated R&I show promising tendency
 The RCN evaluation report asks:
Why underinvestment in ICT R&D?
 Our advice: Growth, capasity building, societal
challenges and innovation in all sectors

4. ICT in SkatteFUNN

5. Evaluation of VERDIKT
Preliminary results
VERDIKT did clearly take on high ambitions over a wide scope, but:
 Some contribution to quality level, good contribution on PhD
and Post Doc

No appearent strategic coordination with the EU-FP
However:

Participating companies are reporting positive effects, specificly on
mobility of competence in their direction

The stimulation of international R&I cooperation works well
Valuable input to carefully consider in a new initiative

6. National research policy priorities
ICT is a main priority and a key issue in major thematic priorities
Primary efforts
Strategic ICT focus
Secondary efforts
Including ICT-R&I in
thematic and structural
priorities

7. ICT R&D strategy and RCN’s plan
 ICT-R&I to strengthen Norway's
position in front
 ICT-R&I to stimulate value creation in
private and public sectors
 ICT-R&I to address societal challenges:
 Information safety
 Infrastructure and public sector efficiency
 Health and care

8. ICT R&I in Horizon 2020

Excellent science
 ERC, FET, Marie Curie, eInfrastructures

Industrial leadership
 ICT programme

Societal challenges
 ICT is key for solving societal challenges
 Interdisciplinary projects
 Opportunities for ICT in all areas  Major funding
opportunities

First calls to be published December 11th 2013

9. RCNs ambitions
 A dynamic, flexible and strategic R&D approach
 Tentative: First call June 2014

10. The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high
and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it.
Michelangelo
Testing new
solutions to complex
problem

11. Thank you for your attention!
For further contact:
afm@forskningsradet.no
olr@forskningsradet.no