Turn Europe into the global leader in ICT innovation - this is the mission for the new Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) just selected in tough competition by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The EIT is a new organisation recently launched by the EU targeting European competitiveness through better integration across the so called "knowledge triangle" of higher education, research and innovation. By highlighting the Future Information Society, the EIT recognizes the fact that 80% of new developments in the key economic sectors are based on ICT.
learn more

Berlin/Munich, 5 November 2009 - Today, the international Delphi study "Future of ICT and Media" has been presented to the public. About 550 representatives from politics, economy and science were questioned about the central developments of their business sector in the next twenty years.
Publishers of this study are Münchner Kreis, EICT, Deutsche Telekom and TNS Infratest. With the results they want to initiate a broad discussion among society about the meaning and future development of ICT and Media. Furthermore, publishers derive central action recommendations for politics and economy from the interview results. The study was supported by Siemens, Vodafone, Focus, VDE, SAP, Alcatel-Lucent Stiftung and IBM as well as by the BMWi in the context of the 4th IT summit in Stuttgart on December 8th.
The English full version will be available in March 2010.
press release (German)
 
Download study (German), 18MB
Download Executive Summary (English)
Download Executive Summary (German)
Download press release (German)

What is the impact of digitalization and virtualization on our society? How do politics and regulations influence the key sector information and communication technologies (ICT)? The international Delphi study "Future of ICT and Media" investigates these questions. 551 representatives from politics, economy and science were questioned about the central developments of their business sector in the next twenty years.

A first evaluation of the results concerning the present economic crisis shows that 52 per cent of the surveyed people expect the crisis in Germany to end not later than 2011. In fact, 48 per cent of the experts questioned about Germany are convinced that Germany will cope better with the economic crisis than the rest of Europe.

The results of the Delphi study will be presented to the public at a press conference in Berlin on November 5^th. Furthermore, implications for the future of ICT and media industries will be elaborately discussed with high-profile experts during a conference on November 6th. Together with the results of the study these implications will be an important contribution to the 4th IT summit of the Federal Government in Stuttgart on December 8th.
press release (German)
 
program flyer (German)

This portal is designed to provide the tools needed to either promote your idea or facilitate the process of idea generation.