Digital Technology Foresight Forum
Funds one €4M coordination action to spot future digital technologies and connect the people who can bring them into use.
Europe needs a better way to see which digital technologies could reshape industry and society before they become mainstream. This action funds a forum where researchers, RTOs, companies, SMEs, public stakeholders and civil society can explore emerging interdisciplinary areas, test new visions and co-create future enabling technologies.
The work spans the path from fundamental research to proof o…
A Coordination and Support Action establishing a forum for emerging interdisciplinary areas and new visions in future enabling digital technologies. The forum should connect science and engineering disciplines, academia, RTOs, industry and SMEs, stakeholders and civil society, supporting ideas from fundamental research to proof of concept. It should build multidisciplinary foresight, align European and national initiatives, strengthen innovation ecosystems and accelerate industrial and societal uptake, while connecting to relevant Commission activities and digital-technology networks.
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