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Periodic Reporting for period 1 - NextPho21 (Developing and implementing the Next European Photonics21 industrial PPP Strategy)

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Summary

NextPho21 provides the support to the Horizon 2020 Photonics Public Private Partnership in developing and implementing the European Photonics21 Strategy. It addresses the very heart of the Horizon 2020 Photonics Public Private Partnership, since it provides the strategic support to the photonics community to develop and implement the European industrial strategy. In the subsequent NextPho21 proposal the Photonics21 secretariat teams up with 12 National Technology Platforms (NTP). These NTPs have been established to mirror the Photonics21 activities in the member states and to provide the strategic link to national and regional policy makers â€“ more than 25 regional photonics clusters are involved.

To this end the NextPho21 Coordination and Support Action pursues following five main objectives:

1. to support the development of a European Industrial Photonics Strategy for 2021-2028
2. to support the implementation of the Horizon 2020 Photonics Public Private Partnership (PPP)
3. to re-inforce and build up new value chains between photonics and end-user industry
4. to increase access to finance for photonics start-ups and SMEs to commercialise photonics innovations
5. to initiate and coordinate cross-national and cross-regional public authority investments in photonics

Work performed

\"Photonics PPP Strategy development â€“ Preparing the Photonics Strategic Research Agenda 2021-2027
Against the background of the preparation of the 9. European Research & Innovation by the European decision-making bodies, the Photonics PPP engaged in a discussion on the strategic and operational needs to get prepared for the socio-economic needs upcoming to meet the challenges and support a sustainable growth of the European society, economy and the creation of jobs and wealth. The development of a Vision towards 2030 for European Photonics started in early 2018 and was achieved in a three-stage process coordinated by VDI TZ and involving the Executive Board of Photonics21, the Photonics21 Work Groups, as well as the Photonics21 BoS and external experts, reflecting thereby the governance structure of Photonics21. As the outcome of an extensive consultation process involving the European photonics community represented by the Photonics21 Board of Stakeholders as well as external experts, the Photonics Strategic Research Agenda â€œEuropeâ€™s age of light! How photonics will power growth and innovationâ€

Setting up a European Photonics Forum to advance the European photonics strategy â€“ Photonics21 Annual Meeting
VDI TZ organizes the Photonics Public Private Partnership Annual Meeting as the central community building and networking event for photonics in Europe. In 2018, this two-day event consisting of different meetings gathered the attendance of more than 250 attendees. The event marked the starting point for preparing the Photonics Strategic Research Agenda for the coming Framework Programme FP9.

Linking up the Horizon2020 Photonics PPP actions with member states and regions to maximize impact of the Photonics PPP
The National Technology Platforms aim to set up and prepare National Photonic Circles at least once a year to establish contacts with policy decision makers to outline the national and regional potential for photonics and to make engage them in the Photonics21 mirror group. In 2018-2019, All 13 National networks were very active in involving member states in the Photonics PPP through their own National circle. There had been a joint call on â€œPhotonics Advanced Manufacturingâ€ been conducted and published in early 2019.

Access to financing for photonics industry targeting start-ups and SMEs
NextPho21 compiled information about European Venture and Corporate Venture Capital Funds with Seed, Early Stage and Later Stage investments in hardware start-ups and also collected information about photonics start-ups.

Photonics PPP project impact stories reflected in over 300 articles
NextPho21 offers a central PR and dissemination service for H2020 Photonics KET (PPP) projects to a. foster the deployment of photonics in end-user industry and b. disseminate the impact of photonics to the general public. The campaign has resulted in over 300 articles in newspapers, magazines, and websites, representing an advertising value in excess of around â‚¬578K. With an estimated readership of over 23 million people so far, the PR campaign has helped applied photonics research groups industry across Europe promote the value and potential uses of photonics as well as raising awareness with the public.

Promoting the visibility of Photonics and of the Photonics21 Platform in social media
Throughout first project period of the NextPho21 project Photonics21 constantly communicated latest photonics news, impact stories and event via twitter and LinkedIn. Relevant information on Photonics was communicated by the members of the EuroPho21 project consortium as well as the coordinators of the other Photonics PPP CSA projects using the hashtag #PhotonicsPPP. Nextpho21 issues about 800 tweets in the time. Furthermore, in order to further increase the level of engagement of photonics experts and inform about Photonics PPP activities and projects, the Photonics21/PPP Linkedin account created in 2016 got further updated during the first 1\"

Final results

Current photonics industrial strategies are focussing on technologies needed for current markets whereas successful strategies for the future should forecast the growth potential of new markets. In order to drive the industrial revolution instead of reacting to it, the European photonics community, companies and research organisations alike, need to change the way strategies are developed and implemented. This requires even closer cooperation with end-user industries and new disciplines like man-machine-interaction or cybersecurity to jointly develop integrated end-to-end solutions and new value chains. In this respect, leaving the current comfort zone is a substantial requirement rather than an option for the European photonics industry to withstand the ever-growing competition from Asia attacking more and more markets traditionally dominated by European industry.