ICT forum established for Horizon 2020
A new advisory forum on ICT in Horizon 2020 has been established.
The Commission hopes the ‘CONNECT Advisory Forum for ICT Research and Innovation’ (CAF) will enable end users to enjoy the benefits of ICT research and innovation more widely.
According to CAF’s mandate, the group will ‘provide advice to DG CONNECT about the orientations for research and innovation activities and initiatives dealing with communication networks, computing systems, digital content and related technologies.’ It is intended that the forum will help develop an improved ICT research and innovation community in the EU.
The group, set up by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, comprises of experts from the 27 member states and includes representatives from research organisations as well as the academic and business communities.
The forum held its first meeting earlier in the spring and is expected to meet for several times annually. Research into ICT will feature across all three pillars of Horizon 2020.
