Centre Easy is a leader European centre working on funding instruments for innovative companies

2. FOUNDED IN 2001, EASY IS A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER RESEARCH &
INNOVATION CENTER IN THE SOFTWARE INNOVATION SCOPE WITH
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & ROBOTICS
“ Supporting the Business & Society development
and growth through Software Innovation &
Artificial Intelligence”
· LEADINGTECH INNOVATION

3. · CENTRE EASY LINES
We are a R&Di Centre specialized in tech innovation,
artificial intelligence and FUNDING programs

4. Helping companies and organisations use the potential of
science and technology to create new and valuable
products and services for sustainable business
• Idea Development
• R&D Services
• Partnering
• Grant Funding
· What do we do?

5. >>> 80 bn EUROs over 7 years (FP7 = 50bn)
>>> New simplified application procedures
>>> Still collaborative measures but also single company
>>> SBIR Mechanism for SMEs - aims to fill early stage funding gap
>>> More finance equity funding available
· HORIZON 2020

6. >>> Targeted at all types of innovative SMEs
>>> Only SMEs allowed to apply for funding (single company support possible)
>>> Competitive
>>> Market-oriented, EU dimension
>>> Bottom-up while addressing societal challenges and/or key enabling
technologies
>>> Grant-based staged funding
· H2020 SME INSTRUMENT

7. OTHER FUNDING PROGRAMMES

8. >>> 85% of new jobs in the EU between 2002-2010 were created by SMEs.
>>> €1 of EU Framework Programme funding leads to an increase in industry
added value of between €7 and €14. The expected long-term macro-economic
impact of the current Seventh Framework programme amounts to 900,000 jobs,
of which 300,000 in research, and an extra 0.96 % of GDP.
>>> Studies show that SMEs who are active outside their country of origin are
more innovative. EU Policies encourage cross-border links.
· EU POLICY ON SMEs

9. · DEEP KNOWLEDGE IN TECH INNOVATION
>>> Recommender Systems(Hybrid Systems& MultiagentTechnology)
>>> Natural LanguageProcessing& Semantics
>>> Sentiment andEmotionAnalysis
>>> QuestionAnswering(QA)
>>> Big DataNetworks
Ontologies| Non-StructuredData Mining| SemanticSearch | Analysis| Machine
Learning
>>> Reward & IncentiveSystems– Virtual& ComplementaryCurrencies
>>> Advanced Analytics& Miningalgorithms
>>> DigitalPreservation

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