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WEB OF INNOVATION AND VALUE CHAINS OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING UNDER CONSIDERATION OF RRI

Project description

Fostering responsible research and innovation in additive manufacturing

In recent years, an increasing number of manufacturers have adopted additive manufacturing due to its speed and versatility in the creation of high-quality customised products and components. At the same time, this has given rise to diverse new business models in a wide range of sectors. The EU-funded I AM RRI project will explore this intricate network of businesses and interconnected value chains and identify opportunities to promote responsible research and innovation. I AM RRI aims to establish a dynamic model based on additive manufacturing applications in the automotive and medical sectors, which will factor in future developments in the network. Project outcomes will promote European competitiveness and innovation in manufacturing.

Objective

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a key enabling technology in high value manufacturing. The global AM market is on the rise and in 2016 the industry was valued at $6 billion with 93% being attributed to industrial applications.
Evolving novel innovation networks, perfectly represented by the emerging, rather complex and highly dynamic AM industry sector, are frequently characterised by entirely new business models, high development and adaption rates, as well as strong technology diffusion within the economy. I AM RRI will investigate the AM innovation network in order to facilitate a better understanding and the modelling of the dynamics of its complex web of innovation value chains including openings for responsible research and innovation (RRI).
In-depth investigation of the AM innovation network, accompanied by open stakeholder and foresight processes, will establish a comprehensive knowledge base and thorough understanding of the network’s components, processes and interconnections, forming the foundation for building a dynamic model. The model will allow deepening the understanding of the AM innovation system even further, and to simulate/govern rapidly developing and complex future changes of the network and its crisscrossing value chains. As core component of I AM RRI, use cases for automotive and medical AM application will be conducted in order to refine the model and to showcase its applicability and adaptability.
The I AM RRI outcomes developed in the course of I AM RRI will be made available to the broad open science community and to stakeholders/policy makers, strengthening research and business, and fostering the evolvement of other novel innovation networks. Strategic guidelines will be defined to initiate institutional change. Identified RRI openings within the AM innovation network will support smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe. I AM RRI will promote AM in Europe as a globally competitive, innovative and world leading key technology.

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  • H2020-EU.5.f. - Develop the governance for the advancement of responsible research and innovation by all stakeholders, which is sensitive to society needs and demands and promote an ethics framework for research and innovation MAIN PROGRAMME
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RIA - Research and Innovation action

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Call for proposal

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(opens in new window) H2020-SwafS-2016-17

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Coordinator

MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN
Net EU contribution

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€ 444 724,71
Address
FRANZ JOSEF STRASSE 18
8700 LEOBEN
Austria

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Region
Südösterreich Steiermark Östliche Obersteiermark
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Total cost

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€ 444 724,71

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