EXPRESS - Mobilising Expert Resources in the European Smart Systems Integration Ecosystem

Abstract:
The aim of EXPRESS is to support the development of an Ecosystem for Smart Systems Integration in Europe. In this context, ecosystem is defined as a sustaining envi-ronment to promote economic growth, skills growth, and growth in industrial capability and global competitive-ness, fuelled by the extension of knowledge, the ambi-tions of innovators and the business and societal needs of the community at large. The ultimate aim is to accelerate the adoption and thereby bring forward the rewards of Smart Systems Integration. Partial ecosystems exist in the form of national and re-gional groupings of business and public research actors, special interest groups, knowledge transfer networks, re-search collaborations, and the tiered supply chains of ma-jor industrial players. These groupings, although many of their members have relevant resources, are not yet mar-shalled to push EU capabilities in what is becoming a dominant and global industrial arena in the run-up to 2020.