1. EWICS and FP6 Udo Voges IFKI Karlsruhe

2. EWICS oEWICS = European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems – Industry/Academic group. oEWICS Goal: "To promote the economical and efficient realisation of programmable industrial systems through education, information exchange, and the elaboration of standards and guidelines"

3. EWICS Current Activities oSafecomp: oannual conference on the safety, security and reliability of computer systems. oCo-located conference ECCE this year, workshop on Critical Infrastructures and Grid next?

4. Activities oGroups: oFocussed on industry sectors: Rail, Medical Devices, Process Industry, Security Roadmap oOr, technology sectors: Formal Methods, Risk Analysis, Programmable Logic controllers oCreate pre-standardisation guidance, exegesis of standards, working papers oWorkshops – aimed at bringing mature research to an industrial audience (recently, security, formal methods, safety of medical devices)

5. Activities in DeSIRE? oDisseminating DeSIRE work by: oOrganising industry/academic workshops aimed at demonstrating the application of DeSIRE research. oCoordination of pre-standardisation work in industry sectors – particularly important now. oLinking DeSIRE work to existing standards oGeneric guidance on the application od DeSIRE techniques.

6. EWICS and AmI 1.The creation of industry-driven working groups working to create practical pre-standardisation guidance in the deployment of AmI technology in a range of industrial sectors. 2.Providing input to the standardization process for AmI technologies.

7. EWICS and AmI 3.Dissemination, education and community building through the organization of a workshop and meeting series to familiarizes industrial groups with the benefits and risks of adopting AmI technologies. 4.Reviewing and assessment of tools and technologies that are proposed be deployed in industrial computer systems. 5.Coordination of associated groups and national activities to cohere European policy on the adoption and deployment of AmI technologies in dependable settings.