Sophia Antipolis 23-24 October 2006

Standards and Interoperability in ICT ETPs Workshop Summary

European Technology Platforms (ETPs) are industry-led initiatives whose objective is to support the development of European research policy, these include:

• Mobile & wireless communications (e-Mobility)
• Networked and electronic media (NEM)
• Networked European software and services (NESSI)
• Road transport research advisory council (ERTRAC)
• Advisory council for aeronautics research in Europe (ACARE)
• Smart Systems Integration (EPoSS).

As a global player in standardization and interoperability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), ETSI organized this workshop to address ICT issues in ETPs. The objectives were to explore common issues relating to interoperability constraints, characterize objectives and cooperation schemes, and to address the technological challenges essential for Europe's competitiveness.

Standards and Interoperability in ICT ETPs Workshop Presentations

• Welcome Address / Objectives, Margot Dor, Director Business Development & Partnerships, ETSI
• ICT platforms and standards: From experience to prospects, Bernard Barani, Attaché Communications and Network Technologies Directorate, EC DG Infso
• Cutting edge standards and interoperability schemes: Market requirements, timing, players, dosage, Walter Weigel, Director General, ETSI
• The ETPs concept: From leading edge R&D to EU competitiveness, Waldemar Kütt Unit ETPs, EC DG Research
• Wrap-up slides, Alistair Urie, OCG chair & Margot Dor, Director Business Development & Partnerships, ETSI.

Session 1: The food chain R&D -> standards -> products & services - Timing and course of R&D output (strategic choices, steps and milestones)

• AII view, Jacques Magen, Director International Affairs, Agency for Industrial Innovation
• Nokia - European R&D collaboration, Juha Saarnio, Head of Industrial Initiatives Nokia Research
• The Food Chain - Alcatel View, Joëlle Gauthier VP Research & Innovation, Alcatel
• Innovation Food Chain Standardization and IPR, Paul Jenkins, Head of Strategic Programmes, BT Group
• What You Need to Know When Your Organization Participates in an SSO - Best Practices, Jean-Noël Patillon, Head of European Broadband Wireless Research, Motorola
• Thomson view, Jean-Michel Dupont, Director Cooperative Programs, Thomson
• Spidcom - SME point of view, Frederic Onado, VP Marketing & Sales, Spidcom
• Research/standards collaboration The standardizers' view, John Ketchell, Chair Steering Group, Copras.

Session 2: Radio networks & access, convergence, spectrum and EMC -> cross ICT Platforms issues

• Thales view, Frank B.J. Leferink, Thales & University of Twente
• Siemens view, Werner Mohr VP Research Alliances, Siemens
• Preparing for FP7 with standards in the horizon - A biased view, Wsewolod Warzanskyj, Business Manager access systems, Telefónica R&D
• Telecom Italia view, Giovanni Romano, Technology plan Standards & IPR, Telecom Italia
• 'Secured Communicating Solutions' A Competitiveness Cluster In Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Région, Bruno Delepine, Deputy Director Pole SCS.

Session 3: Standards and interoperability - Do they matter for ETPs? If so, how far can we/should we go?

• Session 3 Moderator, Anthony Wiles, Protocol and Testing Competence Centre, ETSI
• Ericsson view, Fiona Williams, Research Director, Ericsson
• Vodafone view, John Boggis Network systems-standards, Vodafone
• Iskratel view, Roman Kužnar Director Sintesio, Iskratel
• Orange view, Brigitte Cardinaël, Head of cooperative Research, France Telecom R&D
• NEM @ ETSI - A View Towards Standards, David Kennedy, Director, Eurescom
• Alcatel Alenia Space view, Christian Rigal, Standards Technical Manager, Alcatel Alenia Space
• Addressing the Challenges of the Business Process Interoperability, Jochen Friedrich, EICTA Interoperability Task Force, IBM.

Session 4: Convergence: The 'must haves' - Software interoperability, profiles, building blocks, architectures and middleware

• Chairman's note, Frederic Gittler, HP Labs, Vice-Chair NESSI Steering Committee
• Siemens view, Günter Böckle, Principal Consultant, Siemens AG, NESSI Steering Committee member
• Achieving Technical Interoperability - the ETSI Approach, Hans Van der Veer, Chair ETSI/IOP group
• Convergence 'must haves' - Common ICT ETP Challenges, Dave Penkler, Chief Technologist, HP Open Call
• Addressing the Challenges of Business Process Interoperability, Jochen Friedrich, IBM, Program Manager ICT Standardization, EIC
• Software interoperability, profiles, building blocks, architectures and middleware, Eric Schutz, Vice President, External Technology Coordination, ST Microelectronics
• Towards Open Embbeded Systems, Architectures, Standards & Open Source, Dominique Potier, THALES & Alexander Roth, SIEMENS, presented by Laila Gide, Director EU R&D Programme, Thales, Co-Chair, ARTEMIS SRA.

Session 5: International cooperation/global markets and EU competitiveness: how to ensure win-win partnership through standards

• Session 5 Moderator, Roger Torrenti, CEO Homega Research, member of the NEM steering board
• Huawei view, Hu Wang, Senior Manager Wireless research department, Huawei
• Gemalto: a leader in Digital security, Laurent Manteau, Cooperative R&D Manager, Gemalto
• Freescale view, Francois Escher, Director Government relations, EMEA, Freescale
• The global vision - Successfully influencing the global scene, Rigo Wenning, Legal counsel, W3C
• A short governmental view on standards and interoperability, Ulrich Sandl, Head of Division Standardization and Copyright Protection in the ICT, Federal Ministry of Economics & Technology
• European Patent Office view, Konstantinos Karachalios, European and International Affairs, European Patent Office.

Session 6: From R&D to competitiveness: the way forward

• Blueprint view, Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, Senior Counsel at Blueprint Partners, Former MEP
• ARTEMIS view, Laila Gide, Director EU R&D Programme, Thales, Co-Chair ARTEMIS SRA
• NESSI view, Frederic Gittler, vice Chairman of the NESSI Steering Committee, HP Labs
• ETPIS (2004 - ) Towards Safer & More Competitive European Industry, Bastien Affeltranger, ETP Management Board
• EC DG INFSO view, Tom Bo Clausen, Unit Embedded Systems, EC DG INFSO
• EC DG Research view, Waldemar Kütt, Unit ETPs, EC DG Research
• From R&D to Competitiveness - notes on the standardization link, Francisco Da Silva, Portugal Telecom, Chairman of the ETSI Board.

Standards and Interoperability in ICT ETPs Workshop Background Papers

• White Paper on Security for ICT - the work for ETSI
• Vision 2020, the EMC Technology Roadmap, European Technology Network, Sustainable Electromagnetic Environments (April 2006).