ICT 2015

CONNECT: focus on citizens

TRANSFORM: focus on digital economy

INNOVATE: focus on innovation and creativity

At a glance • +6000 People attending

• 127 Guests speakers

• 120 Networking Sessions

• 150 projects in the exhibition

• 7 prizes awards (4 in the Exhibition + Instagram + Innovation Radar + Fiware challenge)

What's new? • Focus on key European strengths:

Backbone technologies of the digital economy (5G regional Initiatives Summit as a follow up to EU China agreement)

StartUp Europe Forum, FIWARE programme, Innovation Radar…

• Nobel Prize winner talking about ICT and Industrial leadership

• Reaching out into the local community – an off-site exhibition showing what EU investments in ICT can do

• Commissioners & senior officials available for press briefings

Who is participating? • +/- 7000 registered • 10% EU13 • 20% from Portugal + 0,4% Other PT-speaking • 3% Partner countries in INCO H2020 • 30% women • 15% young (30 or under) • 4.4% students • 6,250+ Twitter followers (more than double

ICT2013)

What is at ICT 2015? • Conference (5 Plenaries + 15 Parallel sessions + 2

Presentations of H2020 WP 2016-17)

• Exhibition (I-C-T, EU, PT & INCO villages + off-site)

• Networking (networking sessions, WP thematic sessions, Face2face, bar camps, Fuseami networking app, networking trams)

• Startup Europe Forum

• Student Outreach

Objectives 1. To know why Digital Single Market is the key to

Europe's industrial leadership in the digital economy

• The competitiveness of ‘traditional’ industries now also depends on having a true DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET of more than 500 million people

• Research and Innovation programme of Horizon 2020 for ICT aims at strengthening our industry and keeping our industrial leadership in the digital economy

2. To learn about the new H2020 Work Programme 2016-17 and Instruments • Up to 3,2 billion Euros for Research and Innovation to digitise

European industry • FOCUS ON:

Securing easy access to innovation for all industrial companies and especially SMEs wherever they are located in Europe and for any sector

Aiming for European leadership in digital industrial platforms Preparing our society to benefit from the digital transformation – by

promoting digital skills across Europe

Objectives

Objectives 3. To showcase Europe's research and innovation efforts

• 100 best projects in three themes: Innovate, Connect, Transform • 30 other projects in EC, INCO and PT villages spread over 5000 m2 • Off-site 5 projects chosen to illustrate how European ICT R&I is

impacting the lives of citizens.

4. To showcase Public investment attracts Private investment • For example: Development of 5G →

EC invests €700 million & Industry €3.5 bn

For the Press • Dedicated web page and press pack (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/journalists-and-media-ict-2015) • Briefings with EC officials • Web streaming (link not available yet) • Press room + Interview corner Programme for journalists: • Daily briefings with EC officials • Press points (20 & 21 Oct) • Guided tours exhibition • Conference session highlights (DSM, digitisation of industry) + meet the speakers

Press points @ICT 2015 • Commissioner Günther Oettinger, Francine Closener, Secretary of State for the

Economy of Luxembourg, and MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel, Vice-Chair of the ITRE Committee Location: Cinema room: 100 seats Date / Timing: Tuesday 20 Oct. / 13.00-13.30

• Director General of DG Connect, Roberto Viola Location: Cinema room: 100 seats Date / Timing: Wednesday 21 Oct. / 15h30-16h00

• Commissioner Carlos Moedas Location: Cinema room: 100 seats Date / Timing: Wednesday 21 Oct. / 16h00-16h30

Audiovisual facilities - Opening video (at disposal of journalists)

- EbS: following Commissioners on 20-21/Oct

- Social Media immediate videos (on Commissioner Oettinger and highlights of the days + some projects)

- Webstreaming (From Auditorium I; 6; 7; 8; rooms 3: A, B, C)

Web presence • Journalists pages of the ICT Event: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/journalists-and-media-ict-2015 Newsroom items (+35): https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/newsroom/eu-digital-news/ict-2015 • Blogposts (24): session organisers, speakers, Innovation Radar,

exhibitors… https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/ict2015-innovate-connect-transform-lisbon-20-22-october-2015#Blogs • H2020 Programme: http://bit.ly/H2020ICT

Media Requests • Director General and Directors can give interviews

• EC officials are allowed to give interviews on the event topic or on their projects /domains of expertise; no political messages to be discussed

• Camelia.Vajeu@ec.europa.eu coordinating requests

CONFERENCE

Auditorium 1 11:30 Opening Ceremony by Commissioner Oettinger

14:00 - 15:30 Plenary Speech by Commissioner Oettinger, followed by a Panel Discussion on "A Digital Single Market: The key to Europe's industrial leadership in the digital economy"

16:00 - 17:30 Information session, Auditorium 1

Presentation of H2020 Work Programme 2016-17 and Instruments

17:45: Closing session

Other 3 parallel sessions

Track I - Innovate, Auditorium 6

Research into Innovation: Beyond Public Funding

Track C - Connect, Auditorium III & IV

Building Digital Trust

Track T - Transform, Auditorium 8

A strong ICT industry for a strong economy

TUESDAY 20th October

Auditorium 1

09:00 - 10:30 Parallel sessions Presentation of H2020 Work Programme 2016-17 and Instruments

11:00 - 12:30 Plenary Transforming Research and Innovation into Growth and Jobs

14:00 - 14:50 Plenary "Innovation Potential in the Digital Age" - speeches by Commissioner Moedas and Director-General Viola

14:50 - 16:20 Plenary Driving Innovation through Creativity and the Arts

WEDNESDAY 21st October

Parallel sessions 09:00 - 10:30 Track I - Innovate, Auditorium 6 Open Science and Open Data for Innovation Track C - Connect, Auditorium 7 Public Sector Modernisation Track T - Transform, Auditorium 8 Delivering Digital Skills and Learning

Parallel sessions 16:40-18:10 Track I - Innovate, Auditorium 6 Digital innovation hubs Track C - Connect, Auditorium 7 Creativity & Arts in ICT Track T - Transform, Auditorium 8 An age-friendly approach in a smart city

Auditorium 1

11:00 - 12:20 Final Plenary

The Transformative Impact of Excellent Science

12:25 - 13:00 Prizes Award Ceremony

THURSDAY 22nd October

Parallel sessions 09:00 - 10:30 Track I - Innovate, Auditorium 6 Multi-disciplinarity for Future Technology Track C - Connect, Auditorium 7 The Internet of Things on the rise Track T - Transform, Auditorium 8 Data-Driven Economy

Parallel sessions 16:40-18:10 Track I - Innovate, Auditorium 6 Injecting entrepreneurial spirit into your consortium Track C - Connect, Auditorium 7 5G Connectivity to meet demanding services Track T - Transform, Auditorium 8 Digital content in a highly-connected society

NETWORKING

Wednesday Tuesday Thursday

Wednesday 09:00-17:35

Tuesday 16:00-17:35

Thursday 09:00-15:35

09:00-17:35 16:00-17:35

09:00-15:35

ICT Networking Hall 5 Salas 5A, 5B, 5C, 1.02, 1.08

NCP Activities Hall 3, Hall 5

EXHIBITION

Stage in the Exhibition Hall Tuesday 20th

12:30 - 13:00 Opening of the Exhibition by Commissioner Oettinger

Thursday 21st

10:30 - 11:00 Prizes Award Ceremony

10 representative projects as appetiser of what is showcased at ICT 2015

• Graphene, the magic material for Europe's future (Off-site of ICT 2015 at Praça do Comércio)

• VERE, Extend your body with an avatar

• Blindpad and ABBI, Feel or hear: How technology helps blind people

• FREE-MOBY, Saving on electricity and mobility costs

• Human Brain Project, ICT for understanding and exploring the Human Brain

• GHOST, Technology that leaps out of the screen

• CEEDs, Using virtual reality tools to enter large datasets

• EarthServer, Big Data analytics for Earth Sciences

• FIWARE, Setting up your own digital business has never been easier

• GÉANT Network, Connecting scientists all over the world

STARTUP EUROPE FORUM

Wednesday 09:00-18:30 • Accelerating and

growing startups • Seedcamp +

Accelerators • Startup manifestos

movement • A borderless Europe • Failure discussion • Innovation Radar

Pitches

Tuesday 16:00-18:00

• Opening with Commissioner Oettinger

• Views of leading investors and entrepreneurs

• Tech All Stars

Thursday 09:00-15:35

• Scaling-up, women entrepreneurship

• The role of stock markets & Fueling groWomen

• ICT Business Idea Contest

• ODI SME pitches

Auditorium III, IV

Startup Europe Forum

FIWARE Challenges

And remember… SOCIAL MEDIA

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Twitter: @ICT2015eu @DigitalAgendaEU

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