THE LATVIAN PRESIDENCY UNLOCKING EUROPEAN DIGITAL POTENTIAL FOR FASTER AND WIDER INNOVATION THROUGH OPEN AND DATA-INTENSIVE RESEARCH 2 Jobs, growth and investment A connected digital single market Energy Union with a climate change policy Internal market with a strengthened industrial base Economic and Monetary Union Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership An area of Justice and Fundamental Rights based on mutual trust Towards a new policy on migration Europe as a stronger global actor A Union of democratic change Competitive Europe A Union of jobs, growth and competitiveness A Union that empowers and protects all citizens Towards an Energy Union with a forward- looking climate policy A Union of freedom, security and justice The Union as a strong global actor Guidelines for the Commission EU’s Strategic Agenda Digital Europe Engaged Europe Overcome the economic and financial crisis Deliver more jobs and seize digital opportunities Safeguard fundamental rights and play a role in a fast changing world IT-LV-LU TRIO PROGRAMME 3 DIGITAL EUROPE Seizing the Opportunities of the Digital Single Market 4 DIGITAL EUROPE Seizing the Opportunities of the Digital Single Market Context for research and innovation • Big data “explosion” and close to real time analysis of big data • Data driven innovation – disruptive nature • Moving towards “Open science” – Communication from the Commission “Towards a thriving data-driven economy” – Science 2.0 - follow up to public consultation 5 DIGITAL EUROPE Seizing the Opportunities of the Digital Single Market Disruptive nature of the data driven innovation (DDI)1 • Improvement of existing, or development of new, products, processes, organizational methods and markets, emerging from the Big Data phenomenon; • Global market for big data related technology and services:17 billion USD in 2015 with growth rate 40% per annum, • Firms using DDI: productivity raise faster than non-users 5-10% • Two clusters of challenges: 1) Addressing negative effects of fragmentation; 2) The right balance between openness and privacy 1 OECD (2015), “Executive summary”, in Data driven Innovation: Big Data for Growth and Well-being, OECD Publishing, Paris 6 DIGITAL EUROPE Disruptive nature of the data driven innovation Addressing negative effects of fragmentation and stimulating investments: • Infrastructure for DDI (mobile broadband, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and data, with a strong focus on SMEs and high value-added services) • The public sector, health care, science and education: improved efficiency through knowledge sharing • Organizational change by encouraging a culture of data driven experimentation and and learning; • Education and training beyond STEM (data managers, big-data analytics, training of data users) and new jobs 2) The right balance between openness and privacy 1 OECD (2015), “Executive summary”, in Data driven Innovation: Big Data for Growth and Well-being, OECD Publishing, Paris 7 DIGITAL EUROPE Disruptive nature of the data driven innovation Framework conditions: The right balance between openness and privacy: • Free flow of data across nations and organizations (open access, interoperability of data-driven services, reuse of data - “data portability”) • Responsible use of personal data and prevention of privacy violations • A culture of digital risk management across society, involving all stakeholders of data ecosystem 1 OECD (2015), “Executive summary”, in Data driven Innovation: Big Data for Growth and Well-being, OECD Publishing, Paris 8 DIGITAL EUROPE Disruptive nature of the data driven innovation Framework conditions: The right balance between openness and privacy • Data sharing and alternative incentive mechanisms which promote sharing (data citation, IPR – for example, Creative Commons and open source software) • Coherent assessment of market concentration and competition barriers, improving framework conditions • Improved measurement to help better assess the economic value of data assets, prevent base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) 1 OECD (2015), “Executive summary”, in Data driven Innovation: Big Data for Growth and Well-being, OECD Publishing, Paris 1. Creating mutually enhancing and sustainable relations between actions fostering innovation and those unlocking Europe's potential for growth in the European Research Area; 2. Advancing ERA through the ERA Roadmap and better governance of ERA; 3. Unlocking European digital potential for faster and wider innovation through open and data-intensive research; 4. Advancing Science 2.0 debate 5. Advancing BONUS – 2 debate LV Presidency research priorities 9 Hierarchy of LV Presidency research Priorities (II) Unlocking European digital potential for faster and wider innovation Advancing Science 2.0 debate LV Research and Innovation priorities 3 March COMPET Policy debate Objective: contribution of research ministers to renewed Digital Single Market Strategy and June European Council Agenda items in the Council 29 May COMPET Policy debate Objective: to outline future policy directions and timeline 29 May COMPET Council Conclusions Objective: Adoption LV Presidency overarching priority Digital Europe 10 LV Presidency outcomes (3) 11 May Council Policy debate: Unlocking European digital potential for faster and wider innovation, introduction – prof. Volker Markl May Council Policy debate: Towards open and excellent European science – follow-up to the Science 2.0 public consultation – prof. John Wood Adoption of Council conclusions: Open, data-intensive and networked research as a driver for faster and wider innovation doc 9360/15 Open, data-intensive and networked research as a driver for faster and wider innovation 12 • better framework conditions for data-driven innovation taking into account the research perspective • cooperation along the whole data value chain in Europe, potential of multilingualism for DSM, need for digital and data skills, data professionals • further reflection on the current science metrics and incentives for researchers to publish through open access, need to promote innovation driven by text and data mining • development of the European Science Cloud, and highlighted the importance of open standards, especially in the global research data exchange. • e-infrastructure and coordination of MS’s investment in research related e- infrastructures • conclusions and the outcome of the ministerial debate clearly signaled the political will of the Member States to move forward with the Open Science agenda LV Presidency highlights 13 Conference OPENING UP TO AN ERA OF INNOVATION , BRUSSELS 22-23 June, 2015 Conference OPENING UP TO AN ERA OF INNOVATION BRUSSELS 22-23 June, 2015 Open Science, Open Innovation, Open to the World • Open science maximizes the flows of knowledge and people • Open innovation is driven by smart investment and regulation • Opening to the world brings challenges and opportunities 14 Open Science, Open Innovation, Open to the World Developing a European Open Science agenda: the Roadmap (DG RTD): • Autumn 2015: stakeholder discussion on the European Open Science Agenda • Autumn 2015 – Spring 2016: Concretization of Open Science actions under the DSM strategy • 4-5 April, 2016: Conference on Open Science during the NL Presidency in EU • May 2016: Presentation of the European Open Science Agenda to the COMPET Council 15 Follow-up and next steps 16 Digital ERA and Open Science:  Alternative Open Access Publishing models - COM Workshop in Brussels, October 2015  ERAC Task force «Open access to research data» – final report in progress, will be available by the beginning of December  Open Access, Open Science – Informal ministerial meeting (Informal COMPET),under the NL PRES, January 2016  NL PRES Conference, 4-5 April, 2016  Open Science - NL, CC in COMPET May, 2016 IN SUMMARY • Open science maximizes the flows of knowledge and people • Community - building and knowledge transfer is essential for data-driven innovation • Better framework conditions for data-driven innovation must take into account the research perspective • Broad political support to the idea of a European Open Science Agenda Reward output, punish inaction! 18 THANK YOU, honestly!