In her presentation entitled: “FInES Cluster Task Forces Progress”, Ms. Fenareti Lampathaki from NTUA presented the overall progress of all the FInES Cluster Task Forces. In addition, she presented the Cluster supportive systems (wiki, collaboration environment) and gave information on how anyone could get involved.

1. FInES ClusterTask Forces Progress Fenareti Lampathaki (NTUA) FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

2. Task Forces FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

3. Task Forces Progress in a Nutshell.. FInES Research Roadmap under consultation Open call for contributions / experts: FInES Architectural Design Principles Going Global: The International Dimension of FInES Research and International Cooperation 2reports under preparation: Business Values, Business Scenarios and Business Models (Re-visited) The Internet as a Universal Business System & ISU Re-visited Creation of liaisons with other communities Participation in international events FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

4. Business Values, Business Scenarios and Business Models (Re-visited) Scope: To investigate new business model activities within the FInESCluster, especially the rising prominence of the utility paradigm as a driver for new business models in the supply side of ICT, including in the Future Internet contexts Current Status: Collaboration with projects has been established Draft report is currently under preparation Leader: Man-Sze Li (NEFFICS) FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

5. FInES Architectural Design Principles Scope:To provide recommendations on the architectural design for next generation enterprise systems and input to the Future Internet Reference Architecture (FIArch) Group Current Status: Call for experts to join its activities Leader: Man-Sze Li (NEFFICS) FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011

6. FInESScientific Publications Scope: To increase visibility of the FInES cluster project results and to reinforce the impact worldwide at scientific level Current Status: 38 papers are in preparation for the Special issue on “Science foundations for sustainable interoperability in future internet based industrial enterprises” Journal: Computers in Industry Impact Factor: 1.524 (Journal Citations Report® by Thomas Reuters 2010) Publication date: March 2012 Leader: Ricardo Goncalves (ENSEMBLE) FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011

7. FInES Research Exploitation & Impact Creation Scope: To offer support in the exploitation of the projects' results, not (only) in the starting phase of the projects, but during the entire development; To identify the opportunities and expectations of private investments; To provide dedicated help for the SMEs to become investor-ready. Current Status: Organization of a FInES seminar in November / December Participation in multiple brokerage events Leader: Anton Theuma (ICT VENTURE GATE) FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011

8. Going Global: The International Dimension of FInES Research and International Cooperation Scope: To improve international visibility, exchange information and experience, establish networks in special technology or application fields with the access to new market knowledge and know-how with partners or organizations in the US, Japan, South Korea, BRIC Countries (Brazil, Russia,India, China), South America, Asian Pacific or Africa Current Status: Areport on the cluster activities including all members and projects is under preparation Participation in various events Leader:Markus Eisenhauer(ebbits) FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011

9. Manufacture and Industry Scope: To involve a broad range of industrial and other enterprises in the work and the results obtained in the various research projects in the FInES cluster, and beyond Current Status: Initiation of FInES– EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association) collaboration Action planning, contact points collection in Wiki Leader: Jesper Thestrup(ebbits) FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011

10. The Internet as a Universal Business System & ISU Re-visited Scope: To build a conceptual model and a FI-based reference architecture for FInES which will enable the vision of FI as the Universal Business System for Enterprises and SMEs Current Status: Draft report is currently under preparation Contributions to be received in the COIN workshop in Beijing during the celebrations of the 20th Anniversary of EU-China collaboration in ICT for Enterprise (20-21 October), the FIA Poznan session on October 26th and the FISE workshop on October 27th,the eChallenges2011 in Florence Leader: Sergio Gusmeroli(COIN, MSEE) FInES Cluster Meeting –October 12th, 2011

11. FInES Cluster Supportive Systems Register in the FInES Cluster website (http://www.fines-cluster.eu) The website administrator assigns the appropriate access rights to each user Access the FInES Cluster wiki through the link “Wiki – Knowledge Base (KB)” in the User Menu Access the FInES Cluster Collaboration Environment through the link “Collaboration Environment”in the User Menu Contact e-mail: fines-cluster@intrasoft.com FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

12. FInES Cluster Wiki FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

13. FInES Cluster Collaboration Environment FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

14. Next Actions for TFs Invest on the web presence of your TF Provide up-to-date information regarding the description of your TF to be published in the cluster website Create buzz for your TF activities in social media through personal accounts and the cluster account (with the help of ENSEMBLE) (whenever there are significant results) Consider your TF as a small project with clear scope, objectives, deliverable and timeplan FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

15. How to get involved? As Participants Via e-mail To the TF leaders To ENSEMBLE To INFSO-FUTURE-INTERNET@ec.europa.eu Through your comments in the website As Contributors In the FInES Cluster Supportive Systems Via e-mail Through your comments in the website FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011

16. Questions? For further details please refer to our on-line resources: www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/enet/clusters_en.html www.fines-cluster.eu Or contact us: INFSO-FINES@ec.europa.eu EC Coordinator: Cristina.Martinez@ec.europa.eu Co-chair: Man-Sze Li: msli@icfocus.co.uk ENSEMBLE: Fenareti Lampathaki flamp@epu.ntua.gr Thank you for your attention FInES Cluster Meeting – October 12th, 2011