Objective With a turnover of 80 billion € the Optics and Photonics (OP) industry is one of the most important key enabling technologies for the markets of the 21st Century. They influence our entire life and are technological drivers for multi-billion industries in IST and beyond. The OP industry is benefiting through many RTD projects at national and international level.To withstand growing competition from low labour cost countries there is a need to join forces in industry, research and politics to meet the needs of OP industries and to solve their common problems. The main objective of OPERA is to provide a framework for adequate interaction of European IST-research in OP and to develop and implement a joint strategy for research and industry with the title 'OPERA 2015' to shape the future of this highly important industrial area.OPERA will set up an information exchange and coordination platform covering o IST-projects (FP6, FP5), other relevant European projects o National and regional funding programmes on OP in IST o European, national and regional clusters and organisations working at the supranational level (EPIC, EOS, EUROM, EUREKA, SPIE) OPERA will support the creation of the European Research Area through the stimulation of interaction of EU and national initiatives and projects. This will lead to improved transparency and cooperation of research activities and will deliver a clear view of the state and future directions of European research in OP.OPERA will furthermore foster the link between industry and research in order to strengthen Europe's competitiveness by identifying strategic opportunities for European industries and by compiling scenarios for the future development of photonics industries. The consortium gathers experts from funding agencies, innovation promotion agencies, industrial association and research from 19 countries. 23 deliverables will be developed and 9 milestones will be used to check the progress of key activities. Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2004-2.3.6.3 - To progress towards the achievement of the objectives of a European Research Area in a given IST field Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator VDI Technologiezentrum GMBH EU contribution No data Address Graf-Recke-Strasse 84 40239 DUSSELDORF Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN OPTICAL SOCIETY France EU contribution No data Address BAT 503 - FACULTE D'ORSAY 91403 ORSAY See on map Total cost No data ENTERPRISE IRELAND Ireland EU contribution No data Address GLASNEVIN DUBLIN 9 See on map Total cost No data EUROPEAN PHOTONICS INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM France EU contribution No data Address ESPACE HAMELIN, 11-17, RUE HAMELIN 75016 PARIS See on map Total cost No data INNOVACION, DESAROLLO Y TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIA SA Spain EU contribution No data Address HERMOSILLA 48 28001 MADRID See on map Total cost No data INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW Belgium EU contribution No data Address Kapeldreef 75 3001 LEUVEN See on map Total cost No data MINISTRSTVO ZA VISOKO SOLSTVO, ZNANOST IN TEHNOLOGIJO Slovenia EU contribution No data Address TRG OF 13 1000 LJUBLJANA See on map Total cost No data NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO Netherlands EU contribution No data Address SCHOEMAKERSTRAAT 97 2628 VK DELFT See on map Total cost No data PROMOUVOIR LA VALLEE DE L'OPTIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 35 BD NICOLAS SAMSON 91120 PALAISEAU See on map Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 43, THE CRESCENT M5 4WT SALFORD See on map Total cost No data