Objective
THINKcreative aims at establishing a working group to act as a European advisory group in the area of smart and emerging organizations in the framework of the knowledge and skills economy. The main goal is to identify and characterize the emerging industrial organizational forms, the required infrastructures, modelling and application tools, and socio-organizational needs for the next 5, 10, and 20 years. A key mechanism is the organization of a set of consultation meetings and regional workshops, with the participation of the THINKcreative members and other invited international experts, which will be used as a "think tank" and a discussion / deliberation space. A Delphi survey and electronic forum complement these activities. A major result is a Green Book describing the identified visionary scenarios, the needs, and recommendations for R&D in order to enhance Europe's competitiveness in the global digital marketplace.
Specific goals include: Characterization of these evolving and highly unpredictable systems; Identification of required tools; Understanding of cooperation forms, and suitable agreement models; Clarification of the new relationships between humans and organizations (stationary workers, teleworkers, e-lancers); Definition of new value systems and performance measures for intangible assets; Identification of necessary inter-linking between global production and the local customisation; Identification of training requirements and social needs.
Work description:
THINKcreative is a network of recognized experts from Academia and Industry in different regions of Europe, who have complementary expertise in the areas such as: smart and virtual organizations, collaborative systems, interoperation, knowledge and information management, business process modelling, social and ethical issues, and electronic business. Most experts have been active members of Consultations and Advisory Groups, and have large experience in the EU and international RTD programs, both as researchers and evaluators. A key mechanism in the work plan of THINKcreative is the organization of five consultation meetings, with the participation of the THINKcreative members and other invited international experts, which will be used as a "think tank" and a discussion / deliberation space. These meetings will be complemented by other related activities, namely: Continuous inter-meetings web-based discussion forum, also open to other interested experts; Delphi surveys collecting consensus, complemented with local discussion meetings; Organization of twelve regional workshops with local experts from industry and academia, to discuss their vision of the trends that will affect industrial organizations, as well as their perception of necessary developments to enable competitiveness on the foreseen scenarios; Interactions with other relevant projects and related initiatives in the area of virtual/smart organizations, many of which have the THINKcreative members as their participants. Input from similar international initiatives will be gathered and combined with the individual experiences of the participants in order to identify long-term trends and needs. In addition to the planned meetings and consultation workshops, a web portal, and a series of newsletters, the conclusions and recommendations of the THINKcreative will be disseminated in form of a Green Report. Although the main "client" for the produced results is the EC, the results will also be made available to the national research sponsoring organizations, and disseminated to all other interested parties.
Milestones:
Month 9: 12 regional meetings, Delphi survey and web portal;
Month 12: Interim Green Report;
Month 24: Recommendations for research actions;
Month 30: Final workshop. Green Book including all findings and recommendations. Report on Experience and Lessons Learned addressing the process that the group has gone through to develop visionary scenarios. Once every 6 months a consultation meeting, and once every 4 months a newsletter, summarizing the technical results and discussions within the network.
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2829-516 CAPARICA
Portugal
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