ITEA & ARTEMIS Co-summit 2012

On 30-31 October, the ITEA & ARTEMIS Co-summit 2012 was held in CNIT - La Défense in Paris, France. It was the 5th edition of the Co-summit, organised by ITEA 2 – the EUREKA Cluster on software-intensive systems and services and by the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking on embedded systems. Nearly 700 participants from industry, academia, public authorities and press attended this key European event. This year’s theme was: Sharing a vision for ICT innovation.

Participants in the debates held during the event forecasted a period of continuous change and disruption until 2030, in which the way of doing business will be radically different from today. The major areas of change identified by the experts gathered for the summit are the following: globalisation, sustainability, management of scarce resources, climate change, urbanisation, green, safe & supportive door-to-door mobility, healthcare & nutrition and the digital society. 

In a common statement released after the event the EUREKA Cluster ITEA and ARTEMIS pledged for a recognition of the special position of the ICT sector, at the heart of innovation and of the continued research and innovation in ICT  needed to master the upcoming economic and societal changes.