NESSI Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
NESSI is very pleased to announce the NESSI Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, in which NESSI presents reommendations as key for achieving the ambitious goals set out in Horizon 2020. Recommendations are given with respect to research and innovation priorities for future activities launched in the context of Horizon 2020. Recommendations are also given with regard to the policies and instruments that should be applied for implementing and selecting projects. As such, this paper aims at providing Software and Services input to the first Horizon 2020 Work Programme.
The content of this Agenda is the result of wide discussions within NESSI. It aggregates the input provided by NESSI Members through an online consultation, by the members of the NESSI Steering Committee and the recommendations of the former NESSI Strategic Research Agenda (2011).
To read the full version please visit this link. Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you have any questions on the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda at office@nessi-europe.eu. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
About NESSI
NESSI is the European Technology Platform (ETP) dedicated to Software and Services. NESSI provides input to the EU Institutions on research actions and technology matters of particular importance to the software domain, and the overall aim is to enable the software and services sector help vitalize the great potential of the European economy and society. NESSI gathers partners and members from all over Europe, both from industry and academia, and engages in close dialogue with the European Commission and other stakeholders on several topics of specific relevance to NESSI - such as Horizon2020, Cloud Computing and Big Data.
NESSI takes an active role in addressing future challenges of Europe, by offering research oriented software and services based solutions, while at the same time working for ensuring that enough resources are invested in leading-edge industrial and academic research for innovative technologies in the software and service domain. Europe has to turn its outstanding R&D potential, its infrastructure and its technological environment into successful product development and marketable products in order to maintain its competitive edge.
Europe has to master the innovation cycle for key technologies that will allow people, businesses and governments to succeed and to seize the opportunities of the future. Enterprises in Europe are constantly facing challenges such as structural changes and will have to rely on innovative and advanced software in order to be able to adapt to these changes. It is part of NESSI's vision to play an important part in this process.
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