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New Beginnings

Innovation, agility and
flexibility are important
characteristics of our work,
particularly in emerging
technical areas. To support
the development of new
technologies in the most
appropriate way, we have
therefore adopted a range of
approaches from light
co-ordination to fully fledged
standards development.

From Research to Standards advance specific technologies. In all these ways, we will seek
Standardisation can be crucial to the market success of a to identify candidate technologies for standardisation and
technology or a product, particularly if it can be applied early support stakeholders in standards-related activities.
in the development process. Standards activities can also
help bridge the gap between research and the industrial Horizon 2020
development of products and services, facilitating the We will monitor activity related to Horizon 2020 (H2020), the
commercialisation of research results. At the same time, EU research funding programme, and to take part in relevant
R&D can trigger new standardisation activities, enabling us to projects, as our resources allow. We are currently engaged
ensure that standards are in place when they are needed. as a partner in two EC-funded projects: UNIFY-IoT, aimed at
developing a healthy Internet of Things (IoT) eco-system,
In 2017 we will seek to further encourage collaboration and the ESPRESSO (systEmic Standardisation apPRoach to
with researchers and innovators, to promote the smooth Empower Smart citieS and cOmmunities) project, where
uptake of the output of research and innovation into we support standardised integrated communication and
standardisation. We will continue to cultivate close data processing for a sector-independent Information and
relationships with academic institutions and we will Communications Technologies (ICT) platform in a smart city.
participate in relevant conferences and other events where
project results are being presented. We will maintain White Papers
contact with European Technology Platforms, Public Private From time to time, we publish ETSI White Papers, which
Partnerships and Joint Technology Initiatives, as appropriate, provide informal overviews of important technical topics
and we will participate in European Commission (EC) related to our activity. These papers summarise the work
funded projects. We will explore the European Union (EU) that we and other organisations have been doing in a specific
Joint Initiative on Standardisation, which sets out a shared area, and highlight broader issues related to the successful
vision for European standardisation to speed up and better deployment of the technologies and services discussed. In
prioritise standards-making. We will continue to collaborate 2017 we expect to produce White Papers on reconfigurable
with National Standards Organisations and Small and radio systems, experiential networked intelligence, Fog
Medium-sized enterprises, which are often well-placed to computing and cross-hauling.

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