1. e-Infrastructures A key component for the European Industry and Services Christian SAGUEZ e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03

2. INTRODUCTION + Networks (Transport, Energy, Telecommunication …)  Economical development during the last century + Information : New energy of the 21st century All information is numerical  e- Infrastructures a key-component for administration, industry and services e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03

3. + Information : Data - Image - Multimedia - Knowledge - Models - Softwares…  Access - Diffusion (Internet)  Storage - Processing (GRID) + e-Infrastructures - foundation of the new organizations - New concept of localization - New working modes - New organisations for citizens, administrations and companies e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03

4. + e-Infrastructures impact all sectors - Scientific communities - Industry and services (large companies and SMEs) + e-Infrastructures concern all activities - Management and administration (ERP, SCM, CRM) - Design and manufacturing (CAD - PLM) - Virtual organization (Concurrent engineering, collaborative work) e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03

5. EUROPEAN SITUATION + Excellent competencies computer sciences, software engineering, applied mathematics…. + National and European Infrastructures - Network  GEANT - GRID Infrastructures  EGEE - DEISA... - Computer centers  How to transform into an economical success ? e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03

6. To promote to Industry the access and use of these new technologies + Information, Promotion  EGEE Industry Forum + Access to the infrastructures for experimentation   European center for experimentation + Diffusion of the middlewares  Open-Source + Documentation   Services e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03

7. To take into account the industrial needs + Easy operational use (User interface, Security, Accounting, Business models…) + Availability of applications (Portals, Gridification methods…) + Economical and legal aspects (Licensing policies, RoI…) e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03

8. To create a European Industry + Software publishers Middlewares, GUI, Applications … + Service Activities Deployment and administration systems Grid service provider Application service provider  Help for the creation of start-ups working on the worldwide market e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03

9. CONCLUSION e- infrastructures : strategic component for the European economical development  to promote the use and the experimentation  to develop the applications  to create a European Industry e-Infrastructures-Roma-Dec 9th-03