1. Bridging the gap between research and standardization Ultan Mulligan Director, Strategy and New Initiatives ETSI Secretariat

2. ABOUT ETSI © 2010 – Proprietary and Information of ETSI

3. European roots, global outreach ETSI is a world-leading standards developing organization for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Founded initially to serve European needs, ETSI has become highly-respected as a producer of technical standards for worldwide use 3 © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI

4. Technical specifications and standards with global application Support to industryand European regulation Specification & testing methodologies Interoperability testing 4 © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI Products & services

5. Standards & Innovation © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 5

6. Bridging the Gap © ETSI 2009 The Standards Process Is a Business Process supporting Research, Product Development, Marketing and Promotion processes Putting your IPR into standards Return on R&D investment, or securing your investment A source of competitive intelligence A place to form partnerships An opportunity to meet customers Allows SMEs to punch above their weight Technical competence is what counts, not size or votes Leverage other (larger) companies marketing budget! Common marketing of a standardised technology

7. Bridging the Gap © ETSI 2009 Benefits of Standards Lower development & production costs Give improved product confidence and Interop Allow access to new markets Increase competition - good for the customer Encourage innovative cooperation Turn good ideas in to commercial success

8. Standards are important… ICT markets are shaped by standards de facto, industry, fora, SDOs Communications system standards IT and software systems File formats Physical, environment and packaging © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 8

9. …for Researchers European strength in collaborative R&D for ICT European R&D in ICT must lead to standards activity To develop new products, new services, new markets Future Internet Research is an extreme example Today’s communications networks are highly standardized © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 9

10. Meeting the innovation challenge © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 10

11. Issues for research projects What to standardise? Choosing the right standards body Getting the timing right Funding – for membership, travel and time Which partner(s) participate IPR ownership, or who can contribute what? © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 11

12. Issues for standards bodies Reduce barriers to input from R&D projects Membership cost Participation cost Access to information Guidance and help in navigating an SDO Incubator or start-up groups for new topics Improve visibility of R&D project impact on standards Recognition for submissions Recognition for retained results Maintain dialogue between SDOs and R&D community © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 12

13. ETSI open to research results Incubator or pre-standardisation groups Industry Specification Group Workshops and events with R&D community Hosting at ETSI, and attending, listening Reduced barriers to access and participation Reduced membership fees and easier access For Universities & Public Research Bodies For SMEs Electronic participation Standards available for free on the internet Partner in selected R&D projects Creation of ‘New Initiatives’ team in Secretariat Help on creating an ISG , finding existing TBs, founding a new TB © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 13

14. Future Internet in ETSI? © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 14

15. ETSI and Future Internet Standards 3 ETSI Industry Specification Groups (ISGs) Resulting from FP7 Future Networks related R&D projects Open to all – members and non-members of ETSI AFI: Autonomic network engineering for a self-managing Future Internet INS: Identity and access management for Networks and Services MOI: Measurement Ontology for IP traffic Sector-specific standardization committees: M2M (Smart Meters, Smart Grids), eHealth, ITS, MCD & BROADCAST, RFID & IoT, Grids and Clouds, and traditional network technologies Culture of co-operation with other standards bodies such as IETF, ITU-T (and 3GPP!) © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 15

16. Standards and the Future InternetPublic Private Partnership “An essential characteristic of the PPP should be to develop open, standardised, cross-sector service platforms” Large-scale Usage Area projects for applications in eHealth, M2M, Smart Grid and ITS sectors All industries currently active in ETSI standardization! Need to define architectures, interfaces, information flows for common enablers Open specifications needed for an open cross-sector platform, with open interfaces to enable new applications © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 16

17. Thank you ultan.mulligan@etsi.org © 2010 – Proprietary Information of ETSI 17