NANOfutures initiative
NANO
futures environment would become a European multi-sectorial, cross-ETP, integrating platform with the objective of connecting and establishing cooperation and representation of all relevant Technology Platforms that require nanotechnologies in their industrial sector and products. NANO
futures and its operative branch NANO
futures association will act as a “Nano-Hub” by linking JTIs, associa-tions, ETPs with expert groups in a collaborative environment.
NANO
futures at its base will be open to industry, SMEs, NGOs, financial institution, research institution, universities and civil society with an involvement from Member States at national and regional level. It will be an environment where all these different entities would be able to interact and come out with a shared vision on nanotechnology futures. NANO
futures collaborate with the ETPs on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding.
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NANOfutures approach
NANOfutures will identify the key nodes in
strategic nanoactivities and develop strategies to address
nanotechnology challenges with an intersectorial approach. This will
be achieved by a close interaction between horizontal working groups,
which will address cross-sectorial horizontal issues, and sectorial
group representatives (i.e. ETP representatives).
Working groups
will be organised under the 3 main topic areas addressed by NANOfutures:
"technology", "regulation and standards" and "innovation". Objectives
of the horizontal working groups would be to present recommendations for
strategic actions under each of these three main topics.
The NANOfutures website: http://www.nanofutures.eu/
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Integrated Research and Industrial Roadmap for European Nanotechnology
The roadmap focuses on a 7 nano-enabled value chains and the set of target markets and final products. It includes actions to address industrial needs and research and innovation challenges for the successful development of safe and sustainable nano-enabled products aiming to:
- Deliver a focused implementation plan up to 2020 within a longer term horizon of actions (>2025);
- Address European cross-cutting key nodes in terms of cross-sectorial research, technology and innovation issues;
- Cover broad socio-economic challenges to the implementation and commercialisation of sustainable and safe nanotechnology enabled solutions;
- Have a market-driven value chain approach with a set of tech and non-tech actions along the identified value chains.
This roadmap represents an open working document, developed within the European Coordination and Support Action NANOfutures (contract number NMP4-CA-2010-266789). This document will be further developed with all NANOfutures Platform members and other stakeholders from the Nano related Community who would like to contribute. In this sense, an open on-line consultation will be opened soon.
Link for downloading the roadmap:
http://www.nanofutures.info/sites/default/files/NANOfutures_Roadmap%20july%202012_0.pdf