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FInES ClusterTask Forces Progress<br />Fenareti Lampathaki (NTUA)<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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Task Forces<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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Task Forces Progress in a Nutshell..<br />FInES Research Roadmap under consultation<br />Open call for contributions / experts:<br />FInES Architectural Design Principles<br />Going Global: The International Dimension of FInES Research and International Cooperation <br />2reports under preparation:<br />Business Values, Business Scenarios and Business Models (Re-visited)<br />The Internet as a Universal Business System & ISU Re-visited<br />Creation of liaisons with other communities<br />Participation in international events<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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Business Values, Business Scenarios and Business Models (Re-visited)<br />Scope: To investigate new business model activities within the FInESCluster, especially the rising prominence of the utility paradigm as a driver for new business models in the supply side of ICT, including in the Future Internet contexts<br />Current Status:<br />Collaboration with projects has been established<br />Draft report is currently under preparation<br />Leader: Man-Sze Li (NEFFICS)<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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FInES Architectural Design Principles<br />Scope:To provide recommendations on the architectural design for next generation enterprise systems and input to the Future Internet Reference Architecture (FIArch) Group<br />Current Status:<br />Call for experts to join its activities<br />Leader: Man-Sze Li (NEFFICS)<br />FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011<br />

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FInESScientific Publications<br />Scope: To increase visibility of the FInES cluster project results and to reinforce the impact worldwide at scientific level<br />Current Status:<br />38 papers are in preparation for the Special issue on “Science foundations for sustainable interoperability in future internet based industrial enterprises”<br />Journal: Computers in Industry<br />Impact Factor: 1.524 (Journal Citations Report® by Thomas Reuters 2010)<br />Publication date: March 2012<br />Leader: Ricardo Goncalves (ENSEMBLE)<br />FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011<br />

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FInES Research Exploitation & Impact Creation<br />Scope: To offer support in the exploitation of the projects' results, not (only) in the starting phase of the projects, but during the entire development; To identify the opportunities and expectations of private investments; To provide dedicated help for the SMEs to become investor-ready.<br />Current Status:<br />Organization of a FInES seminar in November / December<br />Participation in multiple brokerage events<br />Leader: Anton Theuma (ICT VENTURE GATE)<br />FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011<br />

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Going Global: The International Dimension of FInES Research and International Cooperation <br />Scope: To improve international visibility, exchange information and experience, establish networks in special technology or application fields with the access to new market knowledge and know-how with partners or organizations in the US, Japan, South Korea, BRIC Countries (Brazil, Russia,India, China), South America, Asian Pacific or Africa<br />Current Status: <br />Areport on the cluster activities including all members and projects is under preparation<br />Participation in various events<br />Leader:Markus Eisenhauer(ebbits)<br />FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011<br />

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Manufacture and Industry<br />Scope: To involve a broad range of industrial and other enterprises in the work and the results obtained in the various research projects in the FInES cluster, and beyond<br />Current Status:<br />Initiation of FInES– EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association) collaboration<br />Action planning, contact points collection in Wiki<br />Leader: Jesper Thestrup(ebbits)<br />FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011<br />

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The Internet as a Universal Business System & ISU Re-visited<br />Scope: To build a conceptual model and a FI-based reference architecture for FInES which will enable the vision of FI as the Universal Business System for Enterprises and SMEs<br />Current Status:<br />Draft report is currently under preparation<br />Contributions to be received in the COIN workshop in Beijing during the celebrations of the 20th Anniversary of EU-China collaboration in ICT for Enterprise (20-21 October), the FIA Poznan session on October 26th and the FISE workshop on October 27th,the eChallenges2011 in Florence <br />Leader: Sergio Gusmeroli(COIN, MSEE)<br />FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011<br />

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FInES Cluster Supportive Systems<br />Register in the FInES Cluster website (http://www.fines-cluster.eu)<br />The website administrator assigns the appropriate access rights to each user<br />Access the FInES Cluster wiki through the link “Wiki – Knowledge Base (KB)” in the User Menu<br />Access the FInES Cluster Collaboration Environment through the link “Collaboration Environment”in the User Menu<br />Contact e-mail: fines-cluster@intrasoft.com<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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FInES Cluster Wiki<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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FInES Cluster Collaboration Environment<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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Next Actions for TFs<br />Invest on the web presence of your TF<br />Provide up-to-date information regarding the description of your TF to be published in the cluster website <br />Create buzz for your TF activities in social media through personal accounts and the cluster account (with the help of ENSEMBLE) (whenever there are significant results)<br />Consider your TF as a small project with clear scope, objectives, deliverable and timeplan<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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How to get involved?<br />As Participants<br />Via e-mail<br />To the TF leaders<br />To ENSEMBLE<br />To INFSO-FUTURE-INTERNET@ec.europa.eu<br />Through your comments in the website<br />As Contributors<br />In the FInES Cluster Supportive Systems<br />Via e-mail<br />Through your comments in the website<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />

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Questions?<br />For further details please refer to our on-line resources: <br />www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/enet/clusters_en.html<br />www.fines-cluster.eu<br />Or contact us: <br />INFSO-FINES@ec.europa.eu<br />EC Coordinator: Cristina.Martinez@ec.europa.eu<br />Co-chair: Man-Sze Li: msli@icfocus.co.uk<br />ENSEMBLE: Fenareti Lampathaki flamp@epu.ntua.gr<br />Thank you for your attention<br />FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011<br />