Call for Presentations for EPoSS Annual Forum 2015 'State of the (Sm)Art: Smart Systems Responding to Demand Side Requirements'

The Annual Conference of EPoSS, the European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration, will be held at imec Belgium in Leuven on 13 October 2015. The Call for Presentations invites submissions on: demand side requirements for Smart Systems; Smart Systems showcases: Turn-key solutions and Smart Systems inventory: Technologies and production processes. You are cordially invited to participate in the Call for Presentations. The deadline for abstract submission is 14 August 2015.

The in-depth analysis of the Strategic Research Agendas (SRA) of all European Technology Platforms (ETP) that was conducted by the EXPRESS Coordination Action revealed opportunities for Smart Systems in major sectors of the economy, such as manufacturing, medical, transport, logistics, ICT, agriculture, food, environment and energy, thereby highlighting how Smart Systems - thanks to the integration of innovative technologies and production processes - provide solutions to requirements of the demand side, e.g. buyers such as OEMs, public procurers, health insurances, or end users such as clinicians, patients, consumers and citizens.

It is vital for Smart Systems providers to fully understand product, application and manufacturing requirements of the demand side. For the demand side it is equally important to gain insights into the breadth of technologies, processes and solutions that Smart Systems offer. Matching requirements and solutions is a prerequisite for bringing to the market innovative, manufacturable, safe and cost-effective products:

* that are needed by the market;
* that investors are interested in;
* that buyers are willing to pay for; and
* that are accepted by end-users.

EPoSS with its Annual Forum is the ideal place to bring together the Smart Systems community and demand side industries for a showcase of Smart Systems solutions that respond to the requirements of major sectors of the economy. This year’s EPoSS Call for Presentations therefore focuses on:

1. Demand side requirements for Smart Systems
We invite representatives of demand side sectors like manufacturing, medical, transport, logistics, ICT, agriculture, food, environment, energy and building to present their product and application requirements as well as specific challenges that Smart Systems need to respond to.

2. Smart Systems showcases: Turn-key solutions
We invite presentations from Smart Systems experts, be it from public research, academia or private companies to present their innovative and competitive products and solutions, and in particular to highlight in how far they respond to the specific requirements and challenges of demand side sectors.

3. Smart Systems inventory: Technologies and production processes
We invite contributions that provide tutorial-like inventories of the immense breadth of technologies and production processes of Smart Systems, in order to address the multi-disciplinarity challenge and provide guidance for decision makers in companies and research organisations.

For all the priority areas, presentations should be in line with the industrial and applications driven character of the EPoSS Annual Forum.

If you wish to participate in the Call for Presentations, please send the proposed title of your presentation, and an abstract (length: 1500 - 3000 characters) together with your full contact details, a short biography, and a photo to the EPoSS Office ([e-mail]) by 14 August 2015.

To facilitate abstract submission, you are invited to use the dedicated template at http://www.smart-systems-integration.org/public/news-events/events/eposs-annual-forum-2015-mnbs-2015/templates.

Presentations will be selected by members of the EPoSS Executive Committee. Invitations for selected presentations will be sent by 30th August 2015. If selected, the deadline for submission of the full presentation will be 25 September 2015.
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The EPoSS Annual Forum 2015 will be a joint event with MNBS 2015, the 9th Annual Consultation and Concertation Workshop on Micro-Nano-Bio Convergence Systems. The event will take place in Leuven, Belgium, 12-15 October 2015. The event website is: http://www.smart-systems-integration.org/annual_forum.

Palabras clave

• Smart Systems; Smart Systems Integration; multi-disciplinarity; Key Enabling Technologies;

Países

North Macedonia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, Faroes, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom