TCI 2016 Clusters as Drivers for Innovation in Smart Cities TCI Network
Tamara Högler presented on clusters as drivers for innovation in smart cities. She discussed the Technology Region Karlsruhe initiative and ecosystem for innovation, which includes organizations like CyberForum. CyberForum is a large IT network that connects over 1,100 members and aims to be a connector and innovation trigger. The Urban Inno project seeks to establish quadruple helix innovation clusters across Central Europe and develop participatory methods to engage users and industries in innovation processes. The goals are to maximize innovation potential in cities and link regional innovation ecosystems.
TCI 2016 ZLTO: Southern Agriculture and Horticulture OrganisationTCI Network
Henk Raaijmakers from ZLTO, the Southern Agriculture and Horticulture Organisation, gave a presentation on a Touring Day for the Agrifood Cluster. ZLTO represents farmers and growers in the south of the Netherlands. It aims to support the farming community through initiatives like its investment vehicle NCB Ontwikkeling and by fostering clusters in the vertical supply chain. ZLTO also works to promote innovation, livelihood, and sustainability in agriculture through areas like water, the environment, biodiversity, recreation, and new technologies. It envisions a future with smart and social innovation through cross-sector collaboration to support farmers.
The Automotive Campus is a hub for automotive and smart mobility research, engineering, education and innovation located in the Netherlands. It is home to over 30 companies, research centers and education institutes working on topics like green technologies, automated driving and smart mobility solutions. The campus provides top testing facilities, piloting opportunities in both closed and public environments, and access to partners, knowledge, talent and networks. It aims to stimulate collaboration and knowledge sharing between industry, academia and government in an independent, well-managed setting close to major automotive regions in Europe.
011 - That’s the way to do it? Results launch from two pan-European studies: ...djhutch
Presentation given by Catherine Teeling and Lee Woods (Portsmouth School of Architecture, School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Portsmouth) at UPEN workshop - Climate change and the Solent: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
The document summarizes an innovation network event hosted by the Centre for Defence Enterprise on June 30, 2016. It discusses challenges related to protection, communication, mobility, situational awareness, data, human performance, power and energy, lethality, and lower cost of ownership. A total of £18M in funding has been provided since 2008, with 225 proposals funded out of 2040 received. The next funding application close date is July 20, 2016. The document also discusses issues related to situational awareness and data volume, veracity, velocity, variety, and bandwidth constraints creating a data deluge and decision paralysis. It demonstrates one way to address these issues through a specific use case using scripted scenarios and output from the S
TCI 2016 Clusters as Drivers for Innovation in Smart Cities TCI Network
Tamara Högler presented on clusters as drivers for innovation in smart cities. She discussed the Technology Region Karlsruhe initiative and ecosystem for innovation, which includes organizations like CyberForum. CyberForum is a large IT network that connects over 1,100 members and aims to be a connector and innovation trigger. The Urban Inno project seeks to establish quadruple helix innovation clusters across Central Europe and develop participatory methods to engage users and industries in innovation processes. The goals are to maximize innovation potential in cities and link regional innovation ecosystems.
TCI 2016 ZLTO: Southern Agriculture and Horticulture OrganisationTCI Network
Henk Raaijmakers from ZLTO, the Southern Agriculture and Horticulture Organisation, gave a presentation on a Touring Day for the Agrifood Cluster. ZLTO represents farmers and growers in the south of the Netherlands. It aims to support the farming community through initiatives like its investment vehicle NCB Ontwikkeling and by fostering clusters in the vertical supply chain. ZLTO also works to promote innovation, livelihood, and sustainability in agriculture through areas like water, the environment, biodiversity, recreation, and new technologies. It envisions a future with smart and social innovation through cross-sector collaboration to support farmers.
The Automotive Campus is a hub for automotive and smart mobility research, engineering, education and innovation located in the Netherlands. It is home to over 30 companies, research centers and education institutes working on topics like green technologies, automated driving and smart mobility solutions. The campus provides top testing facilities, piloting opportunities in both closed and public environments, and access to partners, knowledge, talent and networks. It aims to stimulate collaboration and knowledge sharing between industry, academia and government in an independent, well-managed setting close to major automotive regions in Europe.
011 - That’s the way to do it? Results launch from two pan-European studies: ...djhutch
Presentation given by Catherine Teeling and Lee Woods (Portsmouth School of Architecture, School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Portsmouth) at UPEN workshop - Climate change and the Solent: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
The document summarizes an innovation network event hosted by the Centre for Defence Enterprise on June 30, 2016. It discusses challenges related to protection, communication, mobility, situational awareness, data, human performance, power and energy, lethality, and lower cost of ownership. A total of £18M in funding has been provided since 2008, with 225 proposals funded out of 2040 received. The next funding application close date is July 20, 2016. The document also discusses issues related to situational awareness and data volume, veracity, velocity, variety, and bandwidth constraints creating a data deluge and decision paralysis. It demonstrates one way to address these issues through a specific use case using scripted scenarios and output from the S
The document introduces the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) and its aim to foster innovation through enduring competition. It discusses two routes for funding - enduring and themed competitions. The enduring competition provides £3M annually for radical innovation in enduring challenges like situational awareness, power and energy, and human performance. Themed competitions focus funding around specific challenges within set timeframes and budgets. Recent themed competitions provided funding around challenges in security, autonomy, synthetic biology, and more.
Presented at the 4th Global Infrastructure Basel Summit 21 & 22 May 2014.
Read more about the world leading platform for Sustainable Infrastructure Finance at www.gib-foundation.org.
Next Summit: 27 & 28 May 2015 in Switzerland
(EN): Examining Best Strategies For Introducing E-Bikes Within A Specific Eur...TZprojects
Presentation hold at E-Bikes forum Barcelona (12/04/2011) by Inocencio González:
General Manager at CLUSTERMOTO
Project Manager - ZEVs at RIEJU
Managing Director at TraZeless ZEVs
Data, innovation & transformation in the public sectorAtkins
Atkins’ geospatial lead, Colin Henderson, gave a masterclass on how public sector organisations can use data in innovative ways to provide better services to the public. Colin presented two case studies on how innovative data analysis is being used to deliver cost effective broadband services in rural Scotland and how data is being used to understand and develop the Scottish ICT infrastructure.
This presentation was first delivered in June 2014 at One Public Sector Scotland in Edinburgh, UK.
Read more: http://atkinsglobal.com/en-GB/media-centre/events/atkins-lectures/2014/data-innovation-and-transformation-in-the-public-sector
#TCI2019 Break- out sessions: Presentation BOMTCI Network
The document discusses the Netherlands' goal of becoming fully circular in its economy by 2050 and reducing fossil fuel use by 50% by 2030. It focuses on how the smart manufacturing industry in Brabant can help drive this transition to a circular economy by identifying and accelerating innovations, though there are challenges around engaging all companies, the feasibility of 100% circularity, and developing a shared strategy. The region has strengths in its manufacturing ecosystem and big companies that can be built upon.
Infrastructure Seminar | The Infrastructure Systems competition scope | Harsh...Invest Northern Ireland
This document provides information about an upcoming competition focused on infrastructure systems innovation. It includes:
1) An overview of the competition aims to accelerate innovation, business growth, and integration of infrastructure systems.
2) Details on the competition scope, which must demonstrate step changes in energy systems, civil nuclear, offshore wind, connected transport, urban living or integrated infrastructure.
3) Outlines for two competition offerings - one for grants focusing on lower technology readiness levels, and one for first commercial deployment contracts.
4) Descriptions of the technology areas and themes within the competition scope, as well as areas considered out of scope.
The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) is the UK's innovation network that brings together businesses, academics, entrepreneurs, and funders to develop new products, processes, and services to help businesses grow the economy and improve lives. KTN provides services to help with writing successful funding proposals and shares information on various UK funding opportunities through Innovate UK, including an open program, support for women innovators, and funding for manufacturing, materials, and energy projects. The document also provides contact information for KTN representatives in different sectors.
Dave Carter Green Digital Charter March 2010eventwithme
The document discusses the Green Digital Charter, which aims to use digital technologies to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions in cities. It outlines priorities like demonstrating innovative solutions, creating new partnerships for local action, and supporting open innovation. The Green Digital Charter has been signed by 23 cities and plans to build wider support through exemplar projects and identifying benchmarks of excellence.
Major telecommunications companies have formed the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) to promote sustainable business practices and technologies. The alliance, supported by the UN and ITU, aims to share best practices for reducing environmental impacts like carbon emissions. Founding members like AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, and British Telecom have taken steps like increasing telework and implementing more efficient waste management to lower their carbon footprints and environmental impacts. Over the next two years, GeSI will research how information and communication technologies can advance sustainability goals and help other companies adopt more socially and environmentally responsible practices.
IGNITE your....environmental iNet
Presenter – John Richardson, Business Innovation Specialist, iNet Project Manager at WSX Enterprise, will present about ERDF funded
“The Environmental iNet, how can it help you?”
The Environmental iNet is a South of England project that funds businesses to access support from a network of industry leaders, HEIs and business advisers, so they can quickly and effectively benefit from the rich resource provided by universities, to seize opportunities to create/improve new products and services, exploit new market niches and to grow in the environmental field.
The document summarizes a project called Large Scale Storage for Network Services (LSSNS) that demonstrated the capability for a 100MW grid-connected battery facility in Europe. The project was a collaboration between AES, a global power company, and Queen's University Belfast (QUB). It received funding from Innovate UK/Energy Catalyst to install and test a 10MW/5MWh battery array in the UK transmission system, which was completed in December 2015. The goals were to provide enhanced system services to support increasing renewable energy targets and stability challenges on the grid.
The EAUC has launched a new Green ICT Community of Practice to promote more efficient information services and reduce carbon emissions from ICT operations. Global ICT accounts for 2% of worldwide CO2 emissions, similar to airlines. While UK universities contribute a small portion, improving ICT efficiency makes environmental and business sense by reducing costs. Various regulations also require environmentally responsible disposal of electronics and batteries. The University of East London conducted a project funded by JISC that significantly reduced printing devices and usage through cross-departmental collaboration, demonstrating that greening ICT sometimes only requires cultural and behavioral changes rather than technology.
The Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) provides funding for technology innovation projects through competitive funding competitions. CDE aims to engage innovators, provide fully funded opportunities, and minimize costs to participants. Since 2008, CDE has provided over £73 million in total funding through 1050 proposals, with a success rate of 16%. CDE operates on principles of engagement, full funding, and low participation costs to drive technology innovation and commercialization for defence and security applications.
This document discusses innovation in consumer societies and introduces the Service Innovation Triangle model. It provides biographies of the authors Dr. Peder Inge Furseth and Richard Cuthbertson. The Service Innovation Triangle model examines innovation at three levels: resources/innovation capacity, management/innovation ability, and value/innovation outcomes. It is presented as a framework to understand service innovation and evaluate organizations' innovation strengths and weaknesses.
2.6 Klima Partnere Hordaland - An efficient contribution towards a greener re...Stevie Swenne
This document discusses the goals and results of regional climate partner networks in Norway that bring together businesses and institutions to reduce emissions and stimulate green solutions. The Hordaland County Climate Partners network includes over 40,000 employees from 14 organizations and aims to cut emissions 22% and improve energy efficiency 20% by 2020. The networks offer knowledge sharing on green procurement, innovation, and sustainability; help developing low-carbon strategies and products; and influence policies to support green innovation. Partner organizations commit to measuring and reducing their carbon footprint and implementing environmental governance. The networks have led to new green products and services, cost savings, and a more positive public image for partner organizations.
TCI 2015 Cluster governance in North West of the Netherlands TCI Network
This document discusses cluster governance in the North West region of the Netherlands. It notes that there is no national cluster policy and governance has been decentralized to provinces and regions. This has led to an explosion of initiatives at the regional and local levels. There are diverse types of organizations that have emerged, including economic boards, campus organizations, and regional platforms. However, there is a lack of coordination and collaboration between these organizations both within and across regions. Moving forward, there is a need to search for new forms of collaboration, find the right scale of operations, and address common challenges like the circular economy.
- Belfast City Council applied to become one of 100 cities in the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program, which helps cities become more resilient to physical, social, and economic challenges.
- Belfast identified coastal flooding, infrastructure failure, and cyber attacks as potential shocks and overreliance on one industry, lack of social cohesion, aging infrastructure, and deprivation/inequality as stresses.
- Belfast was selected as one of four cities invited to Washington D.C. in June 2016 for the final announcement and will receive funding for a Chief Resilience Officer and resilience strategy and plan. This will provide access to expertise from other resilient cities.
The role of local engagement in delivering city logistic innovationsGruppo CLAS
Relazione presentata nel corso di URBE (URban freight and BEhavior change) organizzata dal Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e dal Centro di Ricerca sull'Economia delle Istituzioni (CREI) dell'Università di Roma Tre l'1 e 2 ottobre 2015.
The work provides an overview on engagement approaches tested and performed in different urban contexts, in order to foster stakeholder participation to the debate on urban freight, and on methods to identify commons solutions and develop viable models.
The analysis considers the experience of cities where initiatives related with urban freight deliveries are being planned and implemented, and where local engagement strategies have been put in place in order to identify issues and common viable and accepted solutions.
This document summarizes an event hosted by the Centre for Defence Enterprise on June 30, 2016. The event included briefings on the CDE's enduring and themed technology competitions, which provide up to £3 million per year and at least £500,000 per competition respectively to develop innovative solutions for military problems. Presentations were given on the "Seeing through the clouds" themed competition focusing on persistent surveillance from the air and how to write successful CDE proposals. Since 2008 the CDE has invested £75 million through its competitions, funding over 1000 projects with a focus on engaging small- and medium-sized enterprises.
This document discusses the plastics and rubber industry in Flanders and initiatives to promote innovation and sustainability in the sector. It provides details on:
1) Flanders' PlasticVision, a competence cluster that supports innovation projects, technology development, and cooperation between companies, institutions and service providers in the industry.
2) Examples of current projects including on recycled plastics, assistive technologies, and a Leonardo Da Vinci project called Re-MOULD.
3) The WATRASIST project which aims to create new value chains and partnerships between plastics converters and the assistive technology sector to develop innovative assistive technology solutions using polymers and plastics.
The document introduces the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) and its aim to foster innovation through enduring competition. It discusses two routes for funding - enduring and themed competitions. The enduring competition provides £3M annually for radical innovation in enduring challenges like situational awareness, power and energy, and human performance. Themed competitions focus funding around specific challenges within set timeframes and budgets. Recent themed competitions provided funding around challenges in security, autonomy, synthetic biology, and more.
Presented at the 4th Global Infrastructure Basel Summit 21 & 22 May 2014.
Read more about the world leading platform for Sustainable Infrastructure Finance at www.gib-foundation.org.
Next Summit: 27 & 28 May 2015 in Switzerland
(EN): Examining Best Strategies For Introducing E-Bikes Within A Specific Eur...TZprojects
Presentation hold at E-Bikes forum Barcelona (12/04/2011) by Inocencio González:
General Manager at CLUSTERMOTO
Project Manager - ZEVs at RIEJU
Managing Director at TraZeless ZEVs
Data, innovation & transformation in the public sectorAtkins
Atkins’ geospatial lead, Colin Henderson, gave a masterclass on how public sector organisations can use data in innovative ways to provide better services to the public. Colin presented two case studies on how innovative data analysis is being used to deliver cost effective broadband services in rural Scotland and how data is being used to understand and develop the Scottish ICT infrastructure.
This presentation was first delivered in June 2014 at One Public Sector Scotland in Edinburgh, UK.
Read more: http://atkinsglobal.com/en-GB/media-centre/events/atkins-lectures/2014/data-innovation-and-transformation-in-the-public-sector
#TCI2019 Break- out sessions: Presentation BOMTCI Network
The document discusses the Netherlands' goal of becoming fully circular in its economy by 2050 and reducing fossil fuel use by 50% by 2030. It focuses on how the smart manufacturing industry in Brabant can help drive this transition to a circular economy by identifying and accelerating innovations, though there are challenges around engaging all companies, the feasibility of 100% circularity, and developing a shared strategy. The region has strengths in its manufacturing ecosystem and big companies that can be built upon.
Infrastructure Seminar | The Infrastructure Systems competition scope | Harsh...Invest Northern Ireland
This document provides information about an upcoming competition focused on infrastructure systems innovation. It includes:
1) An overview of the competition aims to accelerate innovation, business growth, and integration of infrastructure systems.
2) Details on the competition scope, which must demonstrate step changes in energy systems, civil nuclear, offshore wind, connected transport, urban living or integrated infrastructure.
3) Outlines for two competition offerings - one for grants focusing on lower technology readiness levels, and one for first commercial deployment contracts.
4) Descriptions of the technology areas and themes within the competition scope, as well as areas considered out of scope.
The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) is the UK's innovation network that brings together businesses, academics, entrepreneurs, and funders to develop new products, processes, and services to help businesses grow the economy and improve lives. KTN provides services to help with writing successful funding proposals and shares information on various UK funding opportunities through Innovate UK, including an open program, support for women innovators, and funding for manufacturing, materials, and energy projects. The document also provides contact information for KTN representatives in different sectors.
Dave Carter Green Digital Charter March 2010eventwithme
The document discusses the Green Digital Charter, which aims to use digital technologies to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions in cities. It outlines priorities like demonstrating innovative solutions, creating new partnerships for local action, and supporting open innovation. The Green Digital Charter has been signed by 23 cities and plans to build wider support through exemplar projects and identifying benchmarks of excellence.
Major telecommunications companies have formed the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) to promote sustainable business practices and technologies. The alliance, supported by the UN and ITU, aims to share best practices for reducing environmental impacts like carbon emissions. Founding members like AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, and British Telecom have taken steps like increasing telework and implementing more efficient waste management to lower their carbon footprints and environmental impacts. Over the next two years, GeSI will research how information and communication technologies can advance sustainability goals and help other companies adopt more socially and environmentally responsible practices.
IGNITE your....environmental iNet
Presenter – John Richardson, Business Innovation Specialist, iNet Project Manager at WSX Enterprise, will present about ERDF funded
“The Environmental iNet, how can it help you?”
The Environmental iNet is a South of England project that funds businesses to access support from a network of industry leaders, HEIs and business advisers, so they can quickly and effectively benefit from the rich resource provided by universities, to seize opportunities to create/improve new products and services, exploit new market niches and to grow in the environmental field.
The document summarizes a project called Large Scale Storage for Network Services (LSSNS) that demonstrated the capability for a 100MW grid-connected battery facility in Europe. The project was a collaboration between AES, a global power company, and Queen's University Belfast (QUB). It received funding from Innovate UK/Energy Catalyst to install and test a 10MW/5MWh battery array in the UK transmission system, which was completed in December 2015. The goals were to provide enhanced system services to support increasing renewable energy targets and stability challenges on the grid.
The EAUC has launched a new Green ICT Community of Practice to promote more efficient information services and reduce carbon emissions from ICT operations. Global ICT accounts for 2% of worldwide CO2 emissions, similar to airlines. While UK universities contribute a small portion, improving ICT efficiency makes environmental and business sense by reducing costs. Various regulations also require environmentally responsible disposal of electronics and batteries. The University of East London conducted a project funded by JISC that significantly reduced printing devices and usage through cross-departmental collaboration, demonstrating that greening ICT sometimes only requires cultural and behavioral changes rather than technology.
The Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) provides funding for technology innovation projects through competitive funding competitions. CDE aims to engage innovators, provide fully funded opportunities, and minimize costs to participants. Since 2008, CDE has provided over £73 million in total funding through 1050 proposals, with a success rate of 16%. CDE operates on principles of engagement, full funding, and low participation costs to drive technology innovation and commercialization for defence and security applications.
This document discusses innovation in consumer societies and introduces the Service Innovation Triangle model. It provides biographies of the authors Dr. Peder Inge Furseth and Richard Cuthbertson. The Service Innovation Triangle model examines innovation at three levels: resources/innovation capacity, management/innovation ability, and value/innovation outcomes. It is presented as a framework to understand service innovation and evaluate organizations' innovation strengths and weaknesses.
2.6 Klima Partnere Hordaland - An efficient contribution towards a greener re...Stevie Swenne
This document discusses the goals and results of regional climate partner networks in Norway that bring together businesses and institutions to reduce emissions and stimulate green solutions. The Hordaland County Climate Partners network includes over 40,000 employees from 14 organizations and aims to cut emissions 22% and improve energy efficiency 20% by 2020. The networks offer knowledge sharing on green procurement, innovation, and sustainability; help developing low-carbon strategies and products; and influence policies to support green innovation. Partner organizations commit to measuring and reducing their carbon footprint and implementing environmental governance. The networks have led to new green products and services, cost savings, and a more positive public image for partner organizations.
TCI 2015 Cluster governance in North West of the Netherlands TCI Network
This document discusses cluster governance in the North West region of the Netherlands. It notes that there is no national cluster policy and governance has been decentralized to provinces and regions. This has led to an explosion of initiatives at the regional and local levels. There are diverse types of organizations that have emerged, including economic boards, campus organizations, and regional platforms. However, there is a lack of coordination and collaboration between these organizations both within and across regions. Moving forward, there is a need to search for new forms of collaboration, find the right scale of operations, and address common challenges like the circular economy.
- Belfast City Council applied to become one of 100 cities in the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program, which helps cities become more resilient to physical, social, and economic challenges.
- Belfast identified coastal flooding, infrastructure failure, and cyber attacks as potential shocks and overreliance on one industry, lack of social cohesion, aging infrastructure, and deprivation/inequality as stresses.
- Belfast was selected as one of four cities invited to Washington D.C. in June 2016 for the final announcement and will receive funding for a Chief Resilience Officer and resilience strategy and plan. This will provide access to expertise from other resilient cities.
The role of local engagement in delivering city logistic innovationsGruppo CLAS
Relazione presentata nel corso di URBE (URban freight and BEhavior change) organizzata dal Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e dal Centro di Ricerca sull'Economia delle Istituzioni (CREI) dell'Università di Roma Tre l'1 e 2 ottobre 2015.
The work provides an overview on engagement approaches tested and performed in different urban contexts, in order to foster stakeholder participation to the debate on urban freight, and on methods to identify commons solutions and develop viable models.
The analysis considers the experience of cities where initiatives related with urban freight deliveries are being planned and implemented, and where local engagement strategies have been put in place in order to identify issues and common viable and accepted solutions.
This document summarizes an event hosted by the Centre for Defence Enterprise on June 30, 2016. The event included briefings on the CDE's enduring and themed technology competitions, which provide up to £3 million per year and at least £500,000 per competition respectively to develop innovative solutions for military problems. Presentations were given on the "Seeing through the clouds" themed competition focusing on persistent surveillance from the air and how to write successful CDE proposals. Since 2008 the CDE has invested £75 million through its competitions, funding over 1000 projects with a focus on engaging small- and medium-sized enterprises.
This document discusses the plastics and rubber industry in Flanders and initiatives to promote innovation and sustainability in the sector. It provides details on:
1) Flanders' PlasticVision, a competence cluster that supports innovation projects, technology development, and cooperation between companies, institutions and service providers in the industry.
2) Examples of current projects including on recycled plastics, assistive technologies, and a Leonardo Da Vinci project called Re-MOULD.
3) The WATRASIST project which aims to create new value chains and partnerships between plastics converters and the assistive technology sector to develop innovative assistive technology solutions using polymers and plastics.
Nissan has been a leader in electric vehicles since 1947. They have sold over 270,000 EVs globally and have invested $4 billion in battery production. Current EVs can meet the daily driving needs of most customers. Charging infrastructure for EVs is growing rapidly, especially in Nordic countries. The range of EVs is also increasing quickly, with some new models offering over 500km of range. Nissan is developing solutions like vehicle-to-grid technology and battery second-life applications to support the growth of EVs and smart energy systems. They are also working on autonomous driving technologies that will further revolutionize transportation.
Transport 2.0: Sykkelbiblioteket - frokostseminarinsam
Sykkelbiblioteket / Veloteket er et prosjekt for langtids utlån av elektriske lastesykler og vanlige elsykler i Drammen. Meningen er at folk skal få prøve ut hvordan en slik sykkel fungerer i deres praktiske liv.
Forus Næringspark og Stavanger kommune samarbeider om å få elektriske delesykler til å bli en del av det daglige transporttilbudet i Byen. De har samkjørte bilettsystemer for Tog, buss og elsykler, og de har integrert dette med Gobikes bysykkelordning.
Whim is a mobility as a service (MaaS) solution that offers transportation packages through a single app. It aims to provide customers flexibility and freedom from car ownership by offering access to public transit, taxis, rental cars, and other transportation services through monthly subscription packages. Whim had a soft launch in Helsinki in late 2016 and plans to expand internationally in the coming years. The presentation outlines Whim's value proposition, current package offerings, and roadmap to become a globally available MaaS solution by 2022.
MMEA (The Measurement, Monitoring and Environmental Efficiency Assessment) research program final seminar presentation by Director of Laboratory Tero Eklin, SYKE & Technology Manager Heikki Turtiainen, Vaisala Ltd
Data Innovation Spaces are identified by BDVA as a key instrument to foster the Data-Driven Innovation in Europe. They provide innovation and experimentation environments where companies in their respective ecosystems could have their data-driven and AI-related products and solutions piloted, tested, and exploited before going to the market. BDVA launches every year a process to identify and recognize relevant initiatives in Europe that meet specific quality criteria in infrastructures, services, projects, and sectors of application, ecosystem and sustainability (BDVA i-Spaces call for labels).
During this session, we will present the concept of BDVA i-Spaces (as it is reflected in the BDVA SRIA), the process and steps of i-Spaces labeling, the value proposition of being an i-Space and activities and examples of collaboration. The session will also include examples of first-hand experience from three recognized i-Spaces: ITAINNOVA (DIH Aragon), UPM, and Demokritos NCSR (aheed DIH).
This document summarizes a webinar about BDVA i-Spaces, which are data innovation spaces that foster data-driven innovation. The webinar discussed what i-Spaces are, their value in collaborating and connecting to other initiatives, and the process for obtaining an i-Space label. Experiences from several labelled i-Spaces were also shared. The goal of i-Spaces is to establish a network across Europe for testing, piloting and exploiting big data technologies and applications through technical and business support services. Obtaining the i-Space label recognizes quality and impacts spaces that connect existing initiatives and promote data-driven innovation.
Horizon 2020 - Ruolo di APRE e risultati del primo cut-offRomagna Tech
"Ruolo di APRE e risultati del primo cut-off"
Ruolo del National Contact Point
Esiti del primo semestre di call e la partecipazione dell’Italia
Focus esiti bandi EeB e Strumento per PMI
Presentazione di Massimo Borriello - Punto di Contatto Nazionale ENERGIA 2020 APRE
Slides for talk on Addressing The Limitations Of Open Standards given at Museums & the Web 2007 conference.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/mw-2007/talk-standards/
This document provides an evaluation of the VERDIKT program in Norway. It finds that the program achieved good results in knowledge building through publications and competence building by educating PhDs and postdocs, though publication quality could be higher. Innovation results occurred not just in innovation projects but also research projects. However, the program strategy lacked focus and clear objectives, and its contribution to addressing societal challenges was not clear. Overall the evaluation found room for improved results but positive effects on internationalization and research quality.
Overview of Horizon Europe Clusters - Webinar Series | Climate, Energy & Mobi...KTN
KTN Global Alliance and Innovate UK present a series of webinars to tell us the opportunities available for the next European Funding Framework Programme: Horizon Europe, and give an overview on the six Clusters under Pillar 2: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness.
Presentación de Lorenzo Vallés, Jefe de la Unidad de Producción y Biotecnología de la Dirección KETs de la Comisión Europea, sobre las convocatorias H2020 NMBP 2016
Standardization in Horizon2020 - January 2013Andreea Gulacsi
Standards organizations like CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI develop European standards to help bridge the gap between research and marketable products. They provide a platform for stakeholders to develop consensus standards through technical committees comprising national members from 33 European countries. Their standards aim to support the European single market and link to legislation and policy initiatives like Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation funding program. Research projects are encouraged to consider standardization during all stages from initial analysis of needs to ensuring any results with standardization potential are transferred to the standards development process.
2010-06-30 (UC3M) Sheila MacNeill, CETIS, I jornadas eMadrideMadrid network
This document provides an overview of developments in technology enhanced learning (TEL) in the UK higher education sector from the perspective of JISC CETIS. It discusses the context and mission of JISC CETIS, emerging views of the UK TEL landscape including different models of distributed learning environments, and key programs that JISC CETIS supports related to curriculum design, delivery, and interoperability standards.
The document discusses plans for project management, communication, dissemination, and evaluation of a lifelong learning and workforce development program. It outlines progress report deadlines, dissemination opportunities and events, and how the program fits within other JISC initiatives focusing on employer engagement, eLearning, and building capacity.
The document outlines the agenda for a meeting discussing various JISC projects and programs. It includes:
1) Discussing IPR and JISC projects from 10:00-10:45
2) Planning and producing videocasts from 10:45-11:30
3) Evaluating the Innovation Programme and realizing benefits from 12:00-12:30
The document discusses transitions towards sustainable development. It notes that persistent problems like climate change require fundamental changes to societal systems, structures, cultures and practices (transitions). Transition management is presented as an approach to facilitate such transitions through long-term envisioning, multi-actor collaboration, experimentation and focusing on learning and innovation. Examples of transition processes in waste management, energy and other domains are provided.
DISCUSSION ON THE WORKPROGRAMME OF ANNEX XVIIEA-ETSAP
The document discusses the International Energy Agency's Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (IEA-ETSAP), which develops energy systems modeling tools to help policymakers design pathways to meet goals like reducing emissions. The program involves collaboration between modeling teams from over 70 countries. It summarizes the program's objectives like conducting collaborative policy analysis using whole-systems modeling and building modeling capacity. Key topics discussed include the need for immediate mitigation action, the role of technologies like renewables and carbon capture, and how modeling can inform policies around issues like meeting energy demand at least cost and ensuring energy security.
This document discusses the integrated approach for developing advanced materials and systems in the Horizon 2020 program. It provides an overview of key enabling technologies and their role in competitiveness. Horizon 2020 aims to bring together excellent science, industrial leadership, and addressing societal challenges. The priorities for nanotechnologies and advanced materials calls in 2014-2015 are outlined, focusing on developing technologies from research to market deployment. Future directions emphasize further vertical and horizontal integration, addressing both industrial and policy needs.
The document summarizes the MEGS-KT project, which aims to create continuing professional development opportunities for small and medium enterprises in the renewable energy sector. It outlines the project's activities, including assessing business needs, co-designing solutions, developing an online platform, and evaluating impact. Key achievements include engaging industry professionals, building a community of over 150 LinkedIn members and 500 Twitter followers, and piloting ideas to support green businesses and community energy projects. The project seeks extensions to complete reporting and evaluation, and plans for sustainability include links to new initiatives and ceding the online platform to community members.
How might current and future trends in technology affect leadership at DMURichard Hall
The document discusses how current and future trends in technology may impact leadership at De Montfort University (DMU). It outlines several technology trends in higher education and expectations from students and businesses. These trends include increased use of interactive technologies, mobile devices, and streaming media. The document also discusses benefits of technology, such as improved business processes and enhanced student experience. Taking these trends into account, it proposes that DMU establish itself as a leader in technology use and addresses challenges around change management, skills development, and ensuring benefits are realized.
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The document discusses two model districts, Vauban and Rieselfeld, in Freiburg, Germany. It describes how Rieselfeld was developed starting in the 1990s based on principles of short distances between living and working, an orthogonal road network with traffic calming, and a central park. Over 50% of the land is dedicated to living spaces and commerce, while around 13% is public green space. Vauban was developed on a former military site beginning in the 1990s and has high levels of citizen involvement and low car ownership due to its design without parking spaces but with good public transportation and services.
Urgent.Agency is a culture design agency that specializes in placemaking, child-friendly planning, and identity design. They believe in creating value by bridging different fields like culture, space, and strategy. Some of their projects include developing temporary installations for the Carlsberg Byen neighborhood, a concept for "Open Embassy" pop-up diplomacy, and exploring shared living. They also helped foster a vision to make Billund, Denmark the "Capital of Children" by putting children and play at the center of urban planning. Urgent.Placemaking connects stakeholders, considers everyday life, and formulates long-term cultural programs and tangible development projects to engage communities.
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SAMS autonomous mobility is an industry cluster supplying sustainable autonomous mobility systems globally. It aims to improve current mobility systems which have flaws like emissions, congestion, and accidents. With today's technology, autonomous mobility can open new opportunities for green cities and transportation while making better use of resources and city space. The cluster builds on decades of experience developing autonomous solutions and delivers proven technologies to global markets. Its core competence is designing, developing, testing, and delivering complex control systems for autonomous fleets in a sustainable way.
This document outlines Dr. Nicky Morrison's presentation on negotiating affordable housing in England. The presentation covers the context of England's affordable housing crisis, how the planning system works to secure affordable housing through negotiations with private developers, and the role of housing associations. It also provides an example of an innovative joint venture between a local authority and housing association to develop affordable housing. The presentation concludes by discussing potential cross-cultural lessons around securing affordable housing.
hematic appreciation test is a psychological assessment tool used to measure an individual's appreciation and understanding of specific themes or topics. This test helps to evaluate an individual's ability to connect different ideas and concepts within a given theme, as well as their overall comprehension and interpretation skills. The results of the test can provide valuable insights into an individual's cognitive abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills
Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intellige...University of Maribor
Slides from talk:
Aleš Zamuda: Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intelligent Systems.
11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Inter-Society Networking Panel GRSS/MTT-S/CIS Panel Session: Promoting Connection and Cooperation
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The debris of the ‘last major merger’ is dynamically youngSérgio Sacani
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‘last major merger.’ Hypotheses for the origin of this component include Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus (GSE), where the progenitor
collided with the MW proto-disc 8–11 Gyr ago, and the Virgo Radial Merger (VRM), where the progenitor collided with the
MW disc within the last 3 Gyr. These two scenarios make different predictions about observable structure in local phase space,
because the morphology of debris depends on how long it has had to phase mix. The recently identified phase-space folds in Gaia
DR3 have positive caustic velocities, making them fundamentally different than the phase-mixed chevrons found in simulations
at late times. Roughly 20 per cent of the stars in the prograde local stellar halo are associated with the observed caustics. Based
on a simple phase-mixing model, the observed number of caustics are consistent with a merger that occurred 1–2 Gyr ago.
We also compare the observed phase-space distribution to FIRE-2 Latte simulations of GSE-like mergers, using a quantitative
measurement of phase mixing (2D causticality). The observed local phase-space distribution best matches the simulated data
1–2 Gyr after collision, and certainly not later than 3 Gyr. This is further evidence that the progenitor of the ‘last major merger’
did not collide with the MW proto-disc at early times, as is thought for the GSE, but instead collided with the MW disc within
the last few Gyr, consistent with the body of work surrounding the VRM.
The binding of cosmological structures by massless topological defectsSérgio Sacani
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spherical shell without any underlying mass. Moreover, a large-scale structure which exploits this solution by assembling
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mitigated, at least in part.
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Phenomics assisted breeding in crop improvementIshaGoswami9
As the population is increasing and will reach about 9 billion upto 2050. Also due to climate change, it is difficult to meet the food requirement of such a large population. Facing the challenges presented by resource shortages, climate
change, and increasing global population, crop yield and quality need to be improved in a sustainable way over the coming decades. Genetic improvement by breeding is the best way to increase crop productivity. With the rapid progression of functional
genomics, an increasing number of crop genomes have been sequenced and dozens of genes influencing key agronomic traits have been identified. However, current genome sequence information has not been adequately exploited for understanding
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during crop growing stages at the organism level, including the cell, tissue, organ, individual plant, plot, and field levels. With the rapid development of novel sensors, imaging technology,
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Context. With a mass exceeding several 104 M⊙ and a rich and dense population of massive stars, supermassive young star clusters
represent the most massive star-forming environment that is dominated by the feedback from massive stars and gravitational interactions
among stars.
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the influence of the starburst environment on the formation of stars and planets, and on the evolution of both low and high mass stars.
The primary targets of this project are Westerlund 1 and 2, the closest supermassive star clusters to the Sun.
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the Chandra survey of Westerlund 1 consists of 36 new ACIS-I observations, nearly co-pointed, for a total exposure time of 1 Msec.
Additionally, we included 8 archival Chandra/ACIS-S observations. This paper presents the resulting catalog of X-ray sources within
and around Westerlund 1. Sources were detected by combining various existing methods, and photon extraction and source validation
were carried out using the ACIS-Extract software.
Results. The EWOCS X-ray catalog comprises 5963 validated sources out of the 9420 initially provided to ACIS-Extract, reaching a
photon flux threshold of approximately 2 × 10−8 photons cm−2
s
−1
. The X-ray sources exhibit a highly concentrated spatial distribution,
with 1075 sources located within the central 1 arcmin. We have successfully detected X-ray emissions from 126 out of the 166 known
massive stars of the cluster, and we have collected over 71 000 photons from the magnetar CXO J164710.20-455217.
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Inspired by David Donoho's vision, this talk aims to revisit the three crucial pillars of frictionless reproducibility (data sharing, code sharing, and competitive challenges) with the perspective of deep software variability.
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I will then present some software engineering and AI techniques that can support the strategic exploration of variability spaces. These include the use of abstractions and models (e.g., feature models), sampling strategies (e.g., uniform, random), cost-effective measurements (e.g., incremental build of software configurations), and dimensionality reduction methods (e.g., transfer learning, feature selection, software debloating).
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Exposé invité Journées Nationales du GDR GPL 2024
When I was asked to give a companion lecture in support of ‘The Philosophy of Science’ (https://shorturl.at/4pUXz) I decided not to walk through the detail of the many methodologies in order of use. Instead, I chose to employ a long standing, and ongoing, scientific development as an exemplar. And so, I chose the ever evolving story of Thermodynamics as a scientific investigation at its best.
Conducted over a period of >200 years, Thermodynamics R&D, and application, benefitted from the highest levels of professionalism, collaboration, and technical thoroughness. New layers of application, methodology, and practice were made possible by the progressive advance of technology. In turn, this has seen measurement and modelling accuracy continually improved at a micro and macro level.
Perhaps most importantly, Thermodynamics rapidly became a primary tool in the advance of applied science/engineering/technology, spanning micro-tech, to aerospace and cosmology. I can think of no better a story to illustrate the breadth of scientific methodologies and applications at their best.
2. Time horizon (years)
Improvement in
environmental efficiency
Factor 10
Factor 5
Factor 2
5 10 20
Function innovation
= new system
Partial system redesign
System optimimisation
Low-carbon transport requires
transitions to new systems
3. What can innovation policy deliver?
• Innovation > market failure > public support
for R&D
• Innovation system policy:
– Innovation capabilities (beyond R&D)
– Institutions
– Networks
• Yet, poor fit with the innovation constraints
implied by low-carbon transitions (Alkemade, Hekkert and Negro.,
2012)
4. A definition of ’transition’
Co-evolution towards system innovations through
new technology, changes in markets, user pratices,
policy and cultural discourses, and governing
institutions (Geels, Hekkert and Jacobsson, 2008)
(1) co-evolution and multiple changes in socio-technical
systems or configurations
(2) multi-actor interactions between social groups such
as firms, user groups, scientific communities, policy
makers, social movements and special interest groups
(3) ‘radical’ change in terms of scope of change (not
speed)
(4) long-term processes covering 40-50 years.
7. Insights from transition studies for
innovation policy
Additional system failures (Weber and Rohracher, 2012)
• Demand / market creation (Dewald and Truffer, 2011)
• Public legitimacy for emergent technologies
• Directionality
• Resistance to change
• Entrepreneurial experimentation
8. Innodemo
• Hva har skandinaviske
demonstrasjons- og
forsøksprosjekt og
programmer bidratt med
for å støtte opp under
overgangen til mer
bærekraftige energi- og
transportsystemer?
• Hvordan bør styring av
slike prosjekter og
programmer utvikles for at
de skal gi størst mulig
bidrag?
9. Projects in the database
433 demonstration and trail projects in the
database in total
Denmark: 224, incl. 7 EU projects
Norway: 107 projects
Sweden: 102 projects
Transport technologies
97 projects (22%) were concerned with
transportation
– electrical mobility
– biofuel/biogas
Energy technologies – IEA codes
0
50
100
150
200
250
Denmark Norway Sweden
Million€
Other Power and
Storage technologies
Hydrogen and Fuel
cells
Renewable energy
sources
Energy efficiency
10. Projects in the database
- increase of demonstration and trail projects during the period
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Million€
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Number of projects Funding of projects
11. Project aims
- number of projects - multiple aims possible
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Prove technical feasibility
Reduce building, operating and maintenance costs
Prove feasibility in commercial applications
Prove environmental feasibility
Improve public acceptance
Introducing institutional embedding
Contribute to the formation of knowledge…
Facilitate learning
Expose system weaknesses
Other objectives
Denmark Norway Sweden
12. Resultater av prosjektene, i prosent
DEMO OF FUNCTIONING TECHNOLOGY
NEW DESIGN/CONCEPT
NEW STANDARDS
NEW MANUFACTURING PROCESS
EXTENSION/CONTINUATION OF PROJECT
LICENSES
PATENTS
WRITTEN MANUALS/REPORTS
COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
27.33
22.98
4.35
2.48
13.66
1.24
10.56
14.29
3.11
13. Governance conclusions: widening
considerations of uncertainty
• Trial and demonstration projects are key to bridging the valleys of death
between R&D and market/societal introduction of new technologies
• High risks and uncertainties are unavoidable: allow for experimentation &
failure
• Most focus is on reducing technological uncertainty
• Reducing social and economic uncertainty are equally important but
usually recieve less attention
• Greater involvement required from users, policy-makers, non-
technological stakeholders
14. Governance conclusions: deal with
uncertainty, not ignore or avoid it
• Build a smart portfolio of trial and demonstration projects
• Many projects will fail: this is unavoidable for experimentation
• True failure > ‘the failure to learn from failure’
• Barriers: Silo structures, ineffective mechanisms to support learning, high
staff turnover and the lack of time for learning
• More attention for learning and communication between and across
projects
• Transitions to sustainable energy and transport systems: system of
systems that require system integration
15. Governance conclusion: diversity of
projects, stakeholders and
knowledge as a resource
• Trial and demonstration projects are inherently experimental
• Uneasy fit with ‘orthodox’ project management
• Heterogenous stakeholders: diversity in interests, goals, knowledge
> opportunity for innovation, challenge for project management
• Trust is crucial to facilitate learning and a culture of collaboration
and fruitful experimentation > requires patience and a willingness
to accept failure
16. Trial and demonstration projects:
Strategic Niche Management (Raven, 2005)
technical development: design specifications and required complementary technology
user context: user characteristics, requirements, meanings and barriers to use
societal and environmental impact
industrial development: production and maintenance
government policy and regulatory framework.
Editor's Notes
Use the example of windpower in Denmark to illustrate