THE UIB BRUSSELS OFFICE Deep dive into projects

THE UIB BRUSSELS OFFICE Deep dive into projects funded through Horizon 2020 Kristof Vlaeminck, head of Ui. B Brussels office 24 th of October 2016

What are the aims of Horizon 2020 projects ? • It is the key not only to creating more jobs, building a greener society and improving our quality of life, but also to maintaining our competitiveness in the global market. • Research beyond state-of-the-art. • Project has an impact: economic, societal and/or political UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Example: ICARUS and TIRAMISU • ICARUS: Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned Search operations • TIRAMISU: Toolbox Implementation for Removal of Anti-personnel Mines, Submunitions and UXO • The TIRAMISU and ICARUS consortia have contributed to the assessment of the damage caused by the Bosnia-Herzegovina 2014 floods. UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Example: Wiser • Wide-Impact cyber SEcurity Risk framework • Sintef is a partner, but also a small Belgian SME with 12 employees, a mid-sized Slovenian SME (50 -200 employees) and a big French SME • The WISER services are presented with particular focus on Cyber. WISER Light, the first tool of the WISER suite, already available online for free. UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Example: SECUR-ED • Secured Urban Transportation - European Demonstration • Bergen has been used as satellite demonstration city. • Although it is a very big project with the best known players in the field, the Universitetet I Stavanger and several SMEs are playing a role in this project. => Don’t underestimate yourself and the contribution you can make UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Example: Alert 4 All • Alert 4 All focuses on improving the effectiveness of one element of the People-Centred Early Warning Systems paradigm, namely alert and communication towards the population in crises management. • Comparable system used in the 2016 New York and New Jersey bombings, to capture suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Example: ISAR+ • Online and Mobile Communications for Crisis Response and Search and Rescue • Project finished last year • Helse Bergen HF*Haukeland University Hospital is one of the project partners (± 1 million NOK) UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

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