Mr. Titley presented the objectives, events, partners and challenges of ERRIN (European Regions Research and Innovation Network). (FInES Cluster Meeting, December 2012)

2. Objectives

3. The ERRIN journey
2001 – Informal network
2004 – Regions of Knowledge
2006 – Oct - Relaunch with MB +
subscription
2008 – 60 regions
2011 – 90+ regions
Phase 1: sharing information
Phase 2: comms
hub, regional
voice
and contact
point
Phase 3: policy &
projects

4. ERRIN membership per Country
1
6
13
13
6
5
4
3
6
3 4
14
10
1
1
1
1
1
5
1

5. ERRIN – 3Ps
PartnershipPartnership

6. ERRIN Events Semester 2 2011/1
• June 26-27th
: C-Liege kick-off in Rome
• June 27th
: Regions of Knowledge Information Day
• July 7-8th
: PLACES workshop by Galicia in Santiago
• July 8th
: ERRIN invited on panel EUREKA Conference, Hungary
• July 8th
: ERRIN Summer BBQ with Eindhoven
• July 14th
: Innovation for Stronger Regions at CoR * ERRIN-led session
• Aug 30th
:Polish Presidency event on Future Cohesion Policy
• Sept 1-2nd
: PLACES workshop by Eszak-Alfold in Debrecen
• Sept 8th
: ERRIN welcome back networking reception
• Sept 12th
: Design and creativity WG
• Sept 13th
:Transport and C-Liege briefing
• Sept 12-13th
: Making Knowledge Work Steering Group, Lund
• Sept 14th
: SiS and PLACES briefing

7. ERRIN Events Semester 2 2011 /2
• Sept 21st
:Regions of Knowledge Brokerage event
– Presentation of the ERRIN RoK position and 80 participants
• Sept 22-23rd
: PLACES Conference Paris (organized by ERRIN and Essonne)
– 180 participants – positive feedback
• Sept 26th
: Health WG
• Sept 26th
: Tourism WG
• Sept 26th
: Design and creativity WG
• Sept 30th
: ICT WG
• Oct 4th
: PLACES workshop by Scotland in Inverness
• Oct 6-7th
: PLACES workshop by Scotland in Glasgow
• Oct 11th
: CONCORD conference at the European Summit in European Parliament
• Oct 12th
: ERRIN Open Days workshop on Smart Specialisation
– Northern Ireland, Lodz, Basilicata, Central Sweden, Eindhoven, Navarra
• Oct 13th
: CONCORD Future Internet at Committee of the Regions – ERRIN on panel
• Oct 13th
-14th
: Making Knowledge Work – Steering Group

8. ERRIN Events Semester 2 2011 /3
• Oct 14th
: Future RTD
• Oct 21st
:C-Liege project knowledge sharing workshop
• Nov 3rd
: EADTU Conference key note address
• Nov 7th
: GRAAL Project Brussels Briefing (GMES)
• Nov16th
-17th
: Making Knowledge Work at the Creativity World Forum Hasselt
• Nov 21-22nd
: University Business Forum – Twente University – moderation role
• Nov 21st
: Design WG
• Nov 25th
:WG Leaders Meeting
• Nov 29th
: Ecolink + Dusseldorf - moderation role
• Nov 29th
: Tourism WG
• Nov 29th
: SinS WG
• Nov 30th
: Innovation Funding WG
• Dec 5th-
6th
: Innovation Convention – ERRIN fringe event on gender
• Dec 7th
: Health WG
• Dec 8th
: Biotech
• Dec 12th
: ERRIN AGM
• Dec 12th
: Making Knowledge Work final briefing at Committee of the Regions
• Dec 14th
: RTD WG
• Dec 16th
: Ecolink+ seminar Aragon
• Dec 16th
: Design WG
1.6 events
per week in
2011
1.6 events
per week in
2011

9. Working Groups
ICT
PACA/Folkes Malta
Health
South Denmark/Flanders
Biotech
Navarra/ Northern Ireland/
(CEBR)
Science in Society
Scotland Europa/Bremen
Transport
Eszak-Alfold/Aragon
Nanotech
Twente Univerity /Piemonte
Future RTD
Scotland Europa/
North Finland/ South Tyrol
Energy Climate
Change
Scotland Europa/Veneto
Region
Innovation
Funding
Welsh Higher Education,
Cantabria
International
Cooperation
Scotland/Catalunya
Tourism
Tampere/Valencia
Design
Creativity
Helsinki/Flanders/CCI
Paris/Central Denmark

10. Future research and innovation
Three broad priorities must be
linked to the regional dimension

11. European Innovation System?
THE COOKING
PROCESS IS HIDDEN
 IT REQUIRES THE
RIGHT INGREDIENTS,
ENERGY AND TIME
– REGIONAL
FLAVOURING
–People,
users
–Ideas
–Enterprises
–Openness in
the process
–Local/Region
al flavor
–Leaders
–The
cooking pot
(Living
Labs)
–THE FIRE:
–Public – Private –
Civic partnership
Creative commons
Precommercial
Public Procurement–From Bror Salmelin
–DG INFSO

12. ““The general consensus…is thatThe general consensus…is that
the driving force behind long-the driving force behind long-
term economic growth is science,term economic growth is science,
technology and innovation in itstechnology and innovation in its
different forms and facets”different forms and facets”
(OECD: Regions and Innovation(OECD: Regions and Innovation
Policy)Policy)
 Less than 10 regions in the EU
(total: 271) account for nearly 30%
of EU expenditure on RD
 One fifth of economic growth emerges from
these dominant knowledge hub regions
 Improving innovation capacity outside global
hubs, beyond technological RD support is
therefore vital
 Innovation is not just RD. For most
companies and the majority of regions it is
about building up innovation capacities first
–Regions and innovation

13. Horizon 2020 –new challenges for the regions
Soc
chall Ind
lead
ICT Nano Advanced
mats
Advanced
manu
Space
Health
Food
Energy
Transport
Climate
Inclusive
societies
Marie Curie, research infrastructures, public procurement, risk capital, innovation,
SME, simplification, gender, other EU policies e.g. Cohesion Policy
Marie Curie, research infrastructures, public procurement, risk capital, innovation,
SME, simplification, gender, other EU policies e.g. Cohesion Policy
Where’s the
regional
dimension?
Where’s the
regional
dimension?

14. ERRIN in projects
• PLACES (FP7 Science in
Society) with 10 ERRIN
regions
• Ecolink+ CIP
• Making Knowledge Work
(Interreg IVC) with 13 ERRIN
regions
• GRAAL (FP7 Space GMES)
• C-Liege (CIP IEE)
• CONCORD (FP7 ICT Future
Internet)

15. What is CONCORD?
•The CONCORD Future Internet PPP Programme Facilitation and Support Action
advances the European Future Internet research by supporting the European
Commission in the successful implementation of a coherent FI PPP Programme.
•CONCORD will coordinate and facilitate the alignment of FI PPP activities in ways that
ensure the continuous relevance, rigor and robustness of the co-created FI concepts,
visions and roadmaps.

16. Partners
Partners
 Aalto University Finland (COORDINATOR)
 The Interdisciplinary institute for Broad Band
Technology (IBBT), Belgium
 Tieto- ja Viestintäteollisuuden Tutkimus Oy (TIVIT),
Finland
 European Institute of Interdisciplinary Research (EIIR),
France
 European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), Belgium
 European Regions Research and Innovation Network
(ERRIN), Belgium
 DOCOMO Euro Labs, Germany

17. CONCORD Mission
 The CONCORD advances the European Future Internet research by supporting the
European Commission in the successful implementation of a coherent FI PPP
programme.
 CONCORD will coordinate and facilitate the alignment of FI PPP activities in ways
that ensure the continuous relevance, rigor and robustness of the co-created
Future Internet concepts, visions and roadmaps.
 Strongly emphasizing linkages to other ongoing initiatives and the early
involvement of demand side actors
 CONCORD’s main expected results are:
 A coordination and decision-making framework for collaboration between projects
 A process by which to coordinate horizontal foundation and vertical sectors’ activities and
roadmaps
 A knowledge exchange strategy and process between related initiatives and communities
 Supporting elements for the implementation and uptake of FI services

18. Objectives
•CONCORD supports and maintains the FI PPP vision for the EU.
•It creates needed support action for FI PPP projects to flourish and generate novel
impact and it provides coordination support for FI PPP projects to reach the visionary
goals.
• It also actively disseminates results towards society.

20. What does this mean?
• Organise regional workshops/road shows
• Exploitation
• User and SME Engagement

21. ERRIN
Av. Palmerston 23
B-1000 Brussels
Tel +32 2 230 56 41
communication@errin.eu