IST Programme DGINFSO - 1 Wolfgang BOCH European Commission Head of Unit DGINFSO/B4 Information Society Technologies APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 1 st PROJECT CONCERTATION MEETING 4-5 MAY CCAB, Brussels
IST Programme DGINFSO - 2 IST - Environmental Applications Scope of presentation: (1)Objectives of the Concertation Meeting (2)The Environment Action in the Information Technologies Programme ( ) - Results from 1st Call (3)New call for environment proposals in IST - June 2000 (4)The vision: Ambient Intelligence, Industrial ecology (5)Events & Publications
IST Programme DGINFSO - 3 IST - Environmental Applications Objectives of the Concertation Meeting: (1)To provide a platform for information exchange between FP5-IST projects & beyond (2)To build links with corresponding RTD actions (e.g. ESD) and environmental policy frameworks (e.g. DG ENV, TEN-TELECOM) (3)To help identify potential clusters / cluster activities (4)To maximise the impact of the Union’s IST programme
IST Programme DGINFSO - 4 IST- KA1 - Environment Applications DG Environment (Policy) IST KA 2, 3, 4 Environment and Sustainable Development (ESD) - KA 1, 3, 4 & Generic Activities TEN-Telecom Links with other Programmes / Actions IST - Environmental Applications
IST Programme DGINFSO - 5 1st IST Call: Launched: 15 March 1999 Closing: 16 June Action Lines for KA1 Environment: Intelligent Environmental monitoring and management systems (AL I.5.1) Environmental risk and emergency management systems (AL I.5.2) Evaluation: July 1999 Negotiation: Sept. - Oct Contract preparation & signature: Nov. - Dec Project Start: Jan IST - Environmental Applications
IST Programme DGINFSO - 6 IST - Key Action I - 1st Call 1999 Environment “Intelligent environmental monitoring and management” (AL I.5.1) Objectives Integrated management systems including environmental planning and early warning Monitor slow chronic changes and pollution Assess new business models for value-added environmental info-services Contribute to European and global standards for Data Exchange Contribute to preservation of natural resources
IST Programme DGINFSO - 7 “Environmental risk and emergency management” (AL I.5.2) Objectives Support the emergency management cycle from prevention to follow-up Contribute and establish European standards for emergency management tools Focus on floods, forest fires, land slides and industrial accidents, severe weather, geological risks IST - Key Action I - 1st Call 1999 Environment
IST Programme DGINFSO - 8 Results 1st Call 1999 Proposals received Retained AL I AL I Total (CPA1+4) Total23 projects Total EU Contribution38M€ IST - Key Action I Environmental Applications
IST Programme DGINFSO Action Line I.5.1 Intelligent Environmental Monitoring & Management Systems (1) Air Quality Mgt INTAIRNET HEAVEN APNEE Environmental Information/EIA INTERACT Natural Resources/Ecosystems FOREMMS MINEO SODA Generic Systems (-)
IST Programme DGINFSO Action Line I.5.1 Intelligent Environmental Monitoring & Management Systems (2) Coastal & Inland Water BLUEWATER COASTBASE EDEN-IW IWICOS SUMARE Landfill/Contaminated Land (-) Oil Spills RAPSODI Noise (-) Surveying/Sensors (-)
IST Programme DGINFSO Action Line I.5.2 Environmental and Risk Emergency Management Systems Generic FORMIDABLE Flood OSIRIS Man-made Accidents/Transport MERMAID Fire FORFAIT Earthquakes ROBOSENSE Volcanoes GEOWARN ROBOVOLC CLIFF 1 1 Cluster proposal submitted through continuous call on support measures 1999 CLIFF 1
IST Programme DGINFSO - 12 IST - Key Action 1 Environmental Applications 1st Call Evaluation Results Areas covered inadequately AL I.5.1 generic, integrated systems noise pollution smart sensors AL I.5.2 generic systems (incl. industrial risks) forest fires floods avalanches
IST Programme DGINFSO - 13 IST Workplan 2000 New Call for Environmental Applications Publication Date: 15 June 2000 (indicative) - 4th IST Call Objectives improve environment quality and protection from environment risk reliable information provision to the citizen
IST Programme DGINFSO - 14 Environment WP a.Intelligent Environmental Management generic* information & management noise pollution management, indoor environments 1b.Risks and Emergency Management generic* emergency systems flood management systems * environmental domain & location independent Priorities
IST Programme DGINFSO - 15 IST Workplan 2000 Calls for Environmental Applications (1)Environment Management Systems, including e.g. indoor environments, noise pollution (2) Emerging Management Systems, covering natural and industrial risks - New systems involving high performance and distributed computing, advanced model simulation, UMTS and satellite networks, data mining, EO data, sensor networks, advanced simulation techniques and decision support systems - Adaptive models and tools for full life-cycle emergency and risk management -RTD to enhance industrial consensus on interoperability, environmental data exchange and procedures Focus Description
IST Programme DGINFSO - 16 “C reate an ambient intelligence landscape (for seamless delivery of services and applications) in Europe relying also upon testbeds and open source software, develop user-friendliness, and develop and converge the networking infrastructure in Europe to world-class” Ambient intelligence = ubiquitous computing + Ubiquitous communication + Intelligent Interface ISTAG Vision
IST Programme DGINFSO - 17 The vision: ISTAG-WG4 Micro Opto Electronics IP Mobile Wireless Converging Access and Core Networks Multidomain Network Management Middleware and distributed systems Embedded Intelligence Multilingual and Dialog Mode Multimodal and Adaptive Interfaces Cross Media Content Trust and Confidence 10 key technologies
IST Programme DGINFSO - 18 Vision - IST Environment moving from “control & command” towards “market pull” promoting industrial ecology concepts (preservation & sustainability) promoting new business models for Value-Added environment information systems services develop new smart sensor technologies (e.g. wearable) ensure more efficient use of natural resources address citizen’s needs on Environment and Health Ambient Intelligence paradigm applied to Environment
IST Programme DGINFSO - 19 IST Environmental Applications Shoreline 2000: Information Society Tools for Shoreline Management, 26 May 2000, Nice, France web page: Umweltinformatik 2000+, 4-6 Oct., Bonn, Germany web page: ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) 2000, World Congress, 6-8 Nov. 2000, Torino, Italy web page: IST Annual Conference, 6-8 Nov. 2000, Nice, France web page: Events
IST Programme DGINFSO - 20 Environmental Final Project Catalogue FP4 Environmental Project Catalogue FP5 FP4-TAP Area Reports from Concertation Meetings Animate FP4 Report:Ten Pointers to Good Validation Animate FP4 Report:Enhanced Guidelines for Project Validation - parts on: –Preparatory work –Validation –Evaluation –Outline Workbook –Guidelines for the Use of Indicators IST Environmental Applications Publication s
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