Strategic Research Agenda 2020
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Strategic Research Agenda 2020 Strategic Research Agenda for Electronic Components & Systems prepared on behalf of: Industry Association Graphic design Studio Kraft – Veldhoven, the Netherlands Layout Juliane Lenz, Jennifer Tix – Berlin, Germany Editing Monika Curto Fuentes – Berlin, Germany Copyright © ECS Permission to reproduce any text non-commercial purposes is granted, provided that it is credited as source. January 2020 ecscollaborationtool.eu Contents CONTENTS PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 0. INTRODUCTORY AND OVERVIEW CHAPTER ...................................................................................................10 0.1. Why this SRA? Towards a digital Europe ......................................................................................................................13 0.1.1. The digital society ................................................................................................................................................13 0.1.2. ECS at the core of a digital Europe .................................................................................................................13 0.1.3. Aligning R&I priorities across technologies and applications ................................................................16 0.2. Game changers .......................................................................................................................................................................17 0.2.1. New Technological Paradigms .........................................................................................................................17 0.2.2. New Business Model Paradigms .....................................................................................................................28 0.2.3. New Non-Technical, Societal Paradigms ......................................................................................................29 0.3. Competitive situation ..........................................................................................................................................................31 0.3.1. Key application areas ..........................................................................................................................................31 0.3.2. Essential capabilities ...........................................................................................................................................34 0.4. SWOT ..........................................................................................................................................................................................37 0.5. Vision, Ambition ....................................................................................................................................................................38 0.6. Strategy .....................................................................................................................................................................................38 0.6.1. SRA focus areas.....................................................................................................................................................38 0.6.2. R&D&I priorities selection and description .................................................................................................40 0.6.3. Deriving work programmes ..............................................................................................................................40 0.6.4. Strategy Implementation via R&D support programmes .......................................................................41 0.7. Innovation accelerators / make it happen ..................................................................................................................42 0.7.1. Education and training ......................................................................................................................................42 0.7.2. Standardisation and Regulation ......................................................................................................................42 0.7.3. Platform concept and the hyper-scalability business models...............................................................43 0.7.4. Pilot lines .................................................................................................................................................................43 0.7.5. From Start-ups and scale-ups to SMEs .........................................................................................................44 0.7.6. Research Infrastructures ...................................................................................................................................45 0.7.7. Relationship with other relevant initiatives and PPPs .............................................................................45 0.7.8. International cooperation .................................................................................................................................45 0.8. Long-term vision ....................................................................................................................................................................46 1. TRANSPORT & SMART MOBILITY ...............................................................................................................................48 1.1. Executive Summary ..............................................................................................................................................................51 1.2. Relevance ..................................................................................................................................................................................51 1.2.1. Competitive Value ................................................................................................................................................51 1.2.2. Societal benefits ...................................................................................................................................................56 1.3. Major Challenges ...................................................................................................................................................................58 1.3.1. SWOT analysis .......................................................................................................................................................58 1.3.2. Major Challenge 1: Developing clean, affordable and sustainable propulsion ..............................58 1.3.3. Major Challenge 2: Ensuring secure connected, cooperative and automated mobility and transportation...............................................................................................................................................62 1.3.4. Major Challenge 3: Managing interaction between humans and vehicles .......................................68 1.3.5. Major Challenge 4: Implementing infrastructure and services for smart personal mobility and logistics............................................................................................................................................................69 1.4. Make it happen .......................................................................................................................................................................71 1.5. Timeframes ..............................................................................................................................................................................72 1.6. Synergies with other themes ............................................................................................................................................74 3 ECS-SRA 2020 — Strategic Research Agenda for Electronic Components and Systems 2. HEALTH AND WELLBEING ..................................................................................................................................................76 2.1. Executive summary ..............................................................................................................................................................79 2.2. Relevance ..................................................................................................................................................................................80 2.2.1. Competitive value ................................................................................................................................................80 2.2.2. Societal benefits ...................................................................................................................................................82 2.2.3. Game changers .....................................................................................................................................................83 2.3. Major challenges ...................................................................................................................................................................84 2.3.1. SWOT analysis .......................................................................................................................................................84 2.3.2. Moving healthcare from hospitals into our homes and daily life requiring