BACKGROUND

This webinar will give an overview of Horizon 2020 (H2020)* INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES related Call topics, background information and support available for both UK and European organisations in how to apply for funding and search for partners. There is also the opportunity for organisations to give a short pitch about their project ideas or expertise relevant to the topics during the webinar. If you wish to do so, please submit your pitch (template below) to natalie.withenshaw@ktn-uk.org by Monday 8th July 2019.

Webinar Date: 11th July 2019

Webinar Start Time: 12:00 (UK) / 13:00 (CEST)

Information from your registration may be shared with organisers of the webinar including and external to KTN.

PROGRAMME AGENDA

- Introduction, Viola Hay, Knowledge Transfer Manager - European Programmes, KTN (5 mins)

- H2020 Interactive Technologies, Background and Call topics, Fiona Kilkelly, Specialist Creative Industries, KTN (20 mins)

- Youssef Sabbah, Introduction to the XR4ALL project (10 mins)

- UK Participation in Horizon 2020, Stephen Alexander, National Contact Point for Legal and Financial Issues, Innovate UK (15 mins)

- Q&A (15 mins)

- Pitch Opportunity (*30 mins) *indicative

(To download the pitch template, click here. Deadline for returning pitches to natalie.withenshaw@ktn-uk.org is Monday 8th July 2019. In order to prevent oversubscription, pitches will be allocated on a balance of UK and EU, Business and Academia. There will be a maximum of 10 pitches based on the time slot available.)

- Close, Viola Hay, Knowledge Transfer Manager - European Programmes, KTN

Funding Call Topics will be covered in the scope of the webinar. More details on each of the Call Topics are below:

The latest draft of the ICT Work Programme can be accessed here:

1. CALL TOPIC: INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (H2020-ICT-55-2020)

BACKGROUND

Interactive Technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) are set to transform the ways in which people communicate, interact and share information on the internet and beyond. This will directly impact a larger number of European industries ranging from the cultural and creative industries, manufacturing, robotic and healthcare to education, entertainment and media, enabling new business opportunities. The challenge is to forge a competitive and sustainable ecosystem of European technology providers in interactive technologies.

Competition opens 9th July 2019. Closes: 13th November 2019

2. CALL TOPIC: NEXT-GENERATION MEDIA (H2020-ICT-44-2020)

BACKGROUND

The challenge for the media sectors is to compete in this ecosystem and to meet user expectations by rapidly embracing new technologies for creation, management, and distribution of content. The rise of digital also means that actors in culture and specifically artists may have an influential role in shaping the development or the use of technologies for media, as they are often being the first to embrace technological innovation in their work. The challenge for the media industry is to embrace these new viewpoints and actors.

Closes: 16th January 2020

3. CALL TOPIC: DIGITAL INNOVATION HUBS (DT-ICT-05-2020)

BACKGROUND

The challenge is to break "data silos" and stimulate sharing, re-using and trading of data assets by launching a second-generation data-driven innovation hub, federating data sources and fostering collaborative initiatives with relevant digital innovation hubs. This shall promote new business opportunities notably for SMEs as part of the Common European Data Space.

Competition opens 9th July 2019. Closes: 13th November 2019

The latest draft of the Future and Emerging Technologies Work Programme can be accessed here:

1. CALL TOPIC: FET OPEN - NOVEL IDEAS FOR RADICALLY NEW TECHNOLOGIES (FETOPEN-2018-2020)

BACKGROUND

FET Open is part of the European Innovation Council pilot. FET Open also calls for coordination and support for communication, innovation and horizon scanning. The FET Innovation Launchpad, which was started in the previous work programme, has been refined to take into account experience from the first call.

FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020 Competition opened 7th November 2018. Next cut-off date 18th September 2019.

FETOPEN-03-2018-2019-2020 Competition opened 7th November 2018. Next cut-off date 16th October 2019.

For further information on the Calls above, contact Stafford Lloyd, National Contact Point for ICT, at ncp-ict-fet@innovateuk.ukri.org.

* Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market. https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/what-horizon-2020