CONNECTING ICT IN EUROPE AND SOUTH EAST ASIA CONNECT2SEA Project CONNECTING ICT IN EUROPE AND SOUTH EAST ASIA Website: www.connect2sea.eu

CONNECT2SEA Project: Reinforcing EU-SEA ICT R&D collaboration International coordination and support action, funded by the EC/DG CONNECT (FP7) Start: December 1, 2013 - Duration: 30 months (until May 31, 2016) Target groups: ICT stakeholders, ICT R&D organisations, policy makers, clusters and networks Target countries: European Union and South East Asia Endorsed by ASEAN COST In Collaboration with Ideal-isttt The CONNECT2SEA Project: helps to enhance EU-SEA ICT research, development and innovation collaboration supports ICT policy dialogue between the EU and SEA DD/MM/YYYY, Place Lecturer

Objectives and activities (1) Funding of bottom up initiatives to enhance ICT collaboration Call opened from March to May 2014 55 applications received from 130 organisations 21 SEA-EU initiatives selected for funding “EU-SEA Workshop and cooperation on Internet of Things and Open Platforms” (January 2015, Vietnam) EU-SEA Workshop “Advanced Computing for Control and Performance Optimization: Algorithms and Applications” (March 2015, Thailand) Event “EU-SEA Wearable take-off”, 3-day workshop dealing with wearable devices and its market, best practice exchange (April 2015, Indonesia) Examples DD/MM/YYYY, Place Lecturer

Objectives and activities (2) Create connections between EU and SEA networks and organisations Support collaboration Inform about ICT research trends and priorities Point out funding opportunities Reinforcing ICT R&D and innovation cooperation “Information and Communication Technologies in EU and ASEAN: priorities and collaboration opportunities” – Workshop at ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days (Thailand, January 2014) “Workshop on Real-Time Interactive Web-Based Distance Learning Environment for Europe” – SEA – Japan (Philippines, November 2014) Panel session on ICT research collaboration and academia-industry collaboration in SEA and between SEA and Europe (Thailand, March 2015) Examples DD/MM/YYYY, Place Lecturer

Objectives and activities (3) Contribution to ICT policy dialogue Targeted actions – focus on cyber security Organise policy round tables Prepare recommendations for policy makers POLICY ROUND TABLES, as a strategic forum for EU and SEA stakeholders in ICT RDI and policy, with the goal to discuss synergies between the RDI collaborative programmes relevant ICT projects/activities that would have high impacts for both regions problems and obstacles of the EU-SEA RDI ICT collaboration directions for enhancing the EU-SEA ICT collaboration Examples DD/MM/YYYY, Place Lecturer

Outcomes and performance indicators Enhancement of ICT research and innovation collaboration between EU and SEA countries Contribution to EU-SEA ICT policy dialogue Performance indicators Increase in level of visibility of EU ICT R&D activities and research excellence in SEA, and vise versa Number and magnitude of initiatives aiming at increasing EU-SEA  ICT R&D and policy collaboration Level of involvement of ICT policy makers in the round tables and other project activities Recommendations for policy makers integrating feedback from the EU and SEA organisations, and their follow up DD/MM/YYYY, Place Lecturer

Consortium Coordinator inno TSD, France National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand TU Dortmund, Germany National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), Philippines Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Computer Science, Greece Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia Athens Technology Center (ATC), Greece Information Technology Institute, Vietnam National University(ITI-VNU), Vietnam University Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia The CONNECT2SEA Project targets the all European Union and all SEA Countries DD/MM/YYYY, Place Lecturer

Contact CONTACT IN EUROPE CONTACT IN SEA Main contact (Project Coordinator) Svetlana Klessova s.klessova@inno-group.com Press contact Dorota Pawłucka dorota.pawlucka@tu-dortmund.de CONTACT IN SEA Main contact Dr. Pensri Guntasopatr pensri.guntasopatr@nectec.or.th Press contact Maria Irene S. Amatorio ryne@asti.dost.gov.ph Via website: www.connect2sea.eu DD/MM/YYYY, Place Lecturer