This document discusses the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI-PPP) programme and how it can engage small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and living labs. It provides an overview of the FI-PPP, its calls for projects, and opportunities for SME participation. It emphasizes that SMEs represent a critical part of the EU economy and are well-positioned to benefit from and contribute to the Future Internet. The document outlines plans for upcoming events focused on raising awareness of FI-PPP opportunities among SMEs and facilitating their engagement through living labs.

1. THE FUTURE INTERNET PUBLIC-
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS A
PLATFORM FOR SME INNOVATION:
FITTING THE PIECES TOGETHER
Anna Kivilehto (European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL))
Herman Rucic (IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
CONCORD CSA – FI-PPP

2. THE FI-PPP PROGRAMME
8 Innovative Use Cases
Coordination & Support Actions (CSAs)
Programme
Future Internet Platform

3. THE FI-PPP PROGRAMME:
CONCORD

4. FITTING THE PIECES TOGETHER:
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
FI-PPP Users FI-PPP Users
Cities & Cities &
SMEs SMEs
Regions Regions

5. ENGAGING LIVING LABS

6. ENGAGING LIVING LABS: WHY
SHOULD YOU CARE?
“I feel the European Network of Living Labs is becoming a
birthplace for sustainable cities. The living labs are proving to
be the ideal way to bring citizens, government and businesses
together for co-innovation. Living labs give both governments
and citizens a way to explore various options to sustainable
city initiatives and helps free them from limited choices
provided by the big IT vendors. City officials face overwhelming
options in selecting new technologies, and a living lab offers them
a way to gain insights through vendor-neutral research.”
Pieter Ballon, IBBT / i.Lab.o

7. ENGAGING LIVING LABS:
THE PROCESS
• The Stakeholder Workstream (SEWS) facilitates FI-PPP projects’
engagement with the Living Lab community through a 2-step
process:
• Supporting the analysis and selection of Living Labs (and related
stakeholder ecosystems) throughout Europe (and abroad) that will
prove valuable stakeholders due to their:
• STAKEHOLDER STRUCTURE
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• APPLICATION DOMAIN
• PREVIOUS FUTURE INTERNET EXPERIENCE(S)
• Providing the necessary mechanisms and instruments (e.g. common
workspaces, wikis; matching events; etc.) to interlink these selected
Living Lab communities with the FI-PPP projects

8. ENGAGING LIVING LABS:
THE ADDED VALUE
• Engagement from a double perspective:
• the living labs creating new products and services
based on the project outcomes (i.e. exploitation of the
FI-PPP results); and,
• the FI-PPP projects using the services provided
through the Living Labs (i.e. real-life experimentation
facilities for testing purposes; co-designing services;
etc.).

9. SMEs ARE THE SEEDS FOR THE
FUTURE INTERNET GROWTH
“Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent a critical
component of the EU economy.” (p.99)
“SMEs accounted for 33% of the Internet market value in 2010,
corresponding to 57 B€, expected to grow to 72 B€ in 2014.” (p. 83)
RAND Europe, et al. (2011). FI3P – Study in Support of a Future Internet Public-Private Partnership.
The European Internet Industry and Market [Deliverable 2].
“In fact, 99% of European companies are SMEs, …
but very few are frequently participating in research activities
and benefiting from R&D results.” (p. 6)
MaPEeR SME. (2011). Measures to foster SMEs’ participation in R&D&I activities and synergies’
promotion in support of innovation and SMEs.

10. SMEs ARE THE SEEDS FOR THE
FUTURE INTERNET GROWTH
“Implement good practices based on Open Innovation,
facilitating the adoption of open innovation practices to foster
better inter-firm collaboration (i.e. SME-SME and SME-Large
firms to create new business models). Accept, encourage and
facilitate co-operation among firms including their suppliers,
customers and stakeholders recognizing also that SME play
double function: as outsourced firms to carry out research
(Subcontracted specialized research entities) and also as
users of R&D results instead of being sources of R&D.”
MaPEeR SME. (2011). Measures to foster SMEs’ participation in R&D&I activities and synergies’
promotion in support of innovation and SMEs. p. 7.

11. SMEs ARE THE SEEDS FOR THE
FUTURE INTERNET GROWTH

12. SME ENGAGEMENT – UPCOMING
OPPORTUNITIES
• FI-PPP portal: http://www.fi-ppp.eu
• Future calls:
• FI-WARE open call: January - June 2012
Announcement FI Assembly, October 2011
• FI-PPP Call 2 [FP7-2012-ICT-FI] (€80 mil.)
18 May - 28 October 2012
• FI-PPP Call 3 [FP7-2013-ICT-FI] (€130 mil.)
December 2013

13. UPCOMING EVENTS – OPEN DAYS
FUTURE INTERNET – SMART CITIES – COMING YOUR WAY…
11th of October, 2011 – European Parliament, Brussels
09.30 – 12.30
The event takes places in the framework of the Knowledge 4
Innovation (K4I) 3rd European Innovation Summit (EIS). The event
aims to present the innovation potential of the FI-PPP for local and
regional actors. In the 1st session we look at how the future
Internet will empower the smart cities for tomorrow. We do this
through the lens of three FI-PPP smart city projects. In the 2nd
session we reflect on the how to move forward from the current
smart city initiatives towards the future Internet.
http://www.fi-ppp.eu/smart_cities_2011/

14. UPCOMING EVENTS – OPEN DAYS
REGIONAL INNOVATION THROUGH THE FUTURE INTERNET
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
13th of October, 2011 – Committee of the Regions, Brussels
11:15-13:00
This non-technical workshop presents and debates the value of
the Future Internet PPP for regional innovation, showcasing
examples and exploring opportunities for involvement of new
regions and cities.
http://www.fi-ppp.eu/open_days_2011

15. SME OUTREACH EVENT:
PRACTICAL DETAILS
• Date:
• Thursday 24th of November, 2011
• Time:
• 14.30 – 17.45 (followed by networking cocktail)
• Location:
• Audience: max. 80 people
• Related events:
• Wednesday 23rd of November, 2011 (ENoLL)
• Friday 25th of November, 2011 (ERRIN ICT WG)

16. SME OUTREACH EVENT:
GOALS & OUTCOMES
• Goals: • Outcomes:
• General awareness raising • Heightened awareness about
about the FI-PPP program; the FI-PPP program & SME
• Specific awareness raising participation opportunities;
about SME participation • Higher level of SME
opportunities; and, participation; and,
• Setting up communication • Broader access to SMEs (directly
channels with SME related and indirectly).
actor networks.

17. SME OUTREACH EVENT:
DRAFT AGENDA (1/2)
Agenda - Engage to shape the Future Internet
• 14:00 – 14:30 – Registration
• 14:30 – 14:45 – Welcome & Introduction
• 14:45 – 15:15 – Introduction
• FI-PPP / CONCORD
• FI-WARE (Open Call Jan. 2012)
• Q&A
• 15:15 – 15:55 – Funding, Cooperation and IPR issues
• Eureka! / Eurostars Programme (TBC)
• Enterprise Europe Network (TBC)
• European IPR Helpdesk (TBC)
• Q&A
• 15:55 – 16:10 – Coffee break

18. SME OUTREACH EVENT:
DRAFT AGENDA (2/2)
• 16:10 – 17:00 – Panel: SMEs as a building block for the FI
• Philippe Vanrie / Robert Sanders (TBC) (CEO / Head of Projects European Business
and Innovation Center Network (EBN))
• Cristina Martinez Gonzales / Oscar Lazaro (TBC) (European Commission, DG
INFSO, Project officer Future Internet Enterprise Systems (FInES)) (Innovalia, FInES
SME TF)
• Frank Bekkers (CEO & Evangelist @ Mobile Vikings (Belgian MVNO), and Co-
Founder & @ CEO City Live)
• 17:00 – 17:30 – The Living Labs and Regional Angle in FI
• the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
• the European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN)
• Q&A
• 17:30 – 17:45 – Wrap-up & Conclusions

19. Thank you for your attention!
Anna Kivilehto
European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
anna.kivilehto@enoll.org
http://www.openlivinglabs.eu
Herman Rucic
IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
herman.rucic@vub.ac.be
http://smit.vub.ac.be
http://www.fi-ppp.eu
concord@projects-ckir.fi