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NANOfutures: a cross-ETP Coordination Initiative on nanotechnology

Final Report Summary - NANOFUTURES (A cross-ETP Coordination Initiative on nanotechnology)

One of the main results of the project is the development, release and wide sharing and validation of the NANOFUTURES integrated research and innovation roadmap (2013 - 2025), aiming at:
- delivering a focused implementation plan up to 2020 within a longer term horizon of actions (> 2025);
- addressing European cross-cutting key nodes in terms of cross-sectorial research, technology and innovation issues;
- covering broad socio-economic challenges to the implementation and commercialisation of sustainable and safe nanotechnology enabled solutions;

- showing a market-driven value chain approach with a set of tech and non-tech actions along the identified nano-enabled value chains.

NANOFUTURES decided to have a value chain approach, in order to contribute to bridge the current gap between nanotechnology knowledge and successful commercialization of nano-enabled products. The approach resulted in three roadmapping layers: 5 key nodes and 7 nano-enabled value chains, 27 examples of lead markets and a set of final nano-enabled products, cross- cutting actions that overarch the roadmap.

Dissemination and networking activities were also conducted resulting in:

- an updated project website (please see http://www.nanofutures.eu online), containing user-friendly information, innovation services and educational material. In the private area of the website, platform members can interact for example to find collaborations, business, and / or project opportunities by direct contact with other members or by creating polls and forum topics;
- periodic promotional leaflets and newsletters, documents with information on relevant successful cases related to nanotechnology, innovative industrial associations mapping, existing infrastructures, press notes;
- Web 2.0 tools (e.g. NANOFUTURES Twitter account, LinkedIn group and Youtube channel); LinkedIn Group counts now with more than 300 members;
- dissemination material (booth, general project presentation, slogans etc.) for the public and to be used at dissemination events;
- participation to several events and conferences, also in coordination with other nano-related projects and initiatives such as NANOCOM project or EuroNanoForum 2011 and Industrial Technologies 2012 conferences. A broad communication flow that involves more than 100 regional and local nano-networks / clusters;
- the launching of NANOFUTURES lighthouses as local contact points in Italy, Finland, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Romania, Switzerland, Latvia, Poland, Turkey and Sweden and national mirror platforms related to NANOFUTURES: the Italian platform of nanotechnology in Italy and NANOFUTURES Romania already started, while others, e.g. NANOFUTURES Poland, Swiss and Greece, are under development.

More info: http://www.NANOFUTURES.info/structure.