Given the delayed start of the KDT JU, both the 2021 and 2022 calls for proposals were run as single stage calls and "squashed" into the 2022 calendar year. Irish participants fared well in these first two calls with Irish involvement in 4 of the 13 successful proposals from the first call and 2 of the 12 proposals in the second call.

The 2023 call will revert to the more usual two stage call with the stage 1 deadline planned for 3 May and the stage 2 deadline planned for 19 September. As per usual there will be a bottom up call for IAs and RIAs addressing any part of the Electronic Components and Systems Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (ECS-SRIA).  The sixth edition of the  ECS-SRIA (which was developed by the experts of the ECS community, coordinated by the three industry associations: AENEAS, EPoSS and Inside) has just been released. Read here the summary of all the updates included in the final version and discover the full ECS-SRIA 2023 here! A WEB version of the ECS-SRIA 2023 is currently under preparation and will be available very soon here.

A number of focused topics are also planned for the 2023 call. These include:-

• 6 G Integrated Radio Front End for TeraHertz Communications (IA)
  
• Electronic Control Systems for management control of decentralized energy supply storage (IA)
  
• Integration of trustworthy Edge AI technologies in complex heterogeneous components and systems (IA)
  
• Improving the global demand supply forecast of the semiconductor supply chain (IA)
  
• Pan European network for Advanced Packaging made in Europe (CSA)
  
• Coordination of the European software defined vehicle platform (CSA)
  
• Hardware abstraction layer for a European Vehicle Operating System (RIA)

The ECS Brokerage event mentioned below in this Newsletter will be an excellent opportunity to meet potential partners for KDT proposals. Anyone intending to participate in KDT should first discuss their plans with stephen.oreilly@enterpriise-ireland.com as there are specific national rules that participants should be aware of.

Call in RISC-V for HPC under the EuroHPC JU

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is the legal and financial instrument to implement the Union’s strategy in high performance computing. Its vision includes the development of European energy-efficient exascale and post-exascale technologies, architectures and systems technology and their integration in pilot systems. This complemented with the deployment of world-class competitive exascale and post-exascale supercomputers based on this technology. The results of the RISC-V activities supported by the EuroHPC JU are expected to critically contribute to the European RISC-V ecosystem, not only to HPC but also to other key sectors using high-end components such as cloud, servers, AI, etc.

In view of the above, a Call in RISC-V for HPC under the EuroHPC JU (eurohpc-ju.europa.eu) has been adopted by the Governing Board of the EuroHPC JU and will be published shortly. The aim of the Call is to support a Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) establishing a stable and structured long term partnership between the EuroHPC JU and a consortium of industry, research organisations and any other institution active in HPC who commit themselves to establishing, coordinating and implementing a strategic and ambitious R&I initiative contributing to the development of innovative HPC hardware and software technology based on the open RISC-V ecosystem, followed by an ambitious action for building and deploying the exascale and post-exascale supercomputers based on this technology. The Call text is available at the EuroHPC JU web site.

In this context the European Commission intend to organise a (hybrid) workshop with physical presence on 11 January 2023 in Brussels. Please note that attendance at this meeting is by invitation from the Commission only, so those entities interested and willing to actively contribute to this European RISC-V initiative in HPC should signal to the European Commission their interest to attend by replying to the email CNECT-C2@ec.europa.eu and not later than 4th January 2023. Please find as follows a tentative Agenda for this meeting.

Preliminary Agenda - Workshop on the European RISC-V initiative in HPC

• AMI2030 info session, 16 December 2022 - AMI2030 is the initiative that wants to propose a new vision of Advanced Materials for Europe to remain competitive. The Initiative was born with the aim to accelerate the development of sustainable advanced materials as the backbone of the green and digital transition and a source of prosperity and sovereignty in Europe. Any European organization with activities of significant relevance for advanced materials development, production and use, committed to a sustainable development can join the Initiative at any time.

• The AI, Data and Robotics Association is planning an info day in early February. Please keep an eye on the Associations website for further information.

• Space Brokerage event, 2 February 2023 – an international partnering event on Horizon Europe's upcoming Space Calls in Cluster 4.This two-hour virtual event, organised by Enterprise Europe Network in partnership with the Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Space National Contract Points (NCPs), will target upcoming calls 2023-2024 and is open to SMEs, larger companies and research organisations across Europe. Participants will have the opportunity to present their own project concepts and meet representatives from companies / SMEs, universities and research organisations in order to exchange ideas during pre-arranged meetings.
  

• ECS Brokerage Event 2023 7-8 February 2023. The ECS Brokerage Event combines the brokerage activities of the industry associations AENEAS, Inside and EPoSS into one digital networking event dedicated to project proposals in the field of Electronic Components and Systems. Excellent networking opportunity for anyone targetting the 2023 KDT call.

• The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking and ETSI: The SNS JU is currently co-organising with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) a 6G workshop from 6 to 8 February 2023, where the vast majority of the SNS JU phase 1 funded  projects will participate with a view to preparing for future 6G standardisation phases. The registration link and  provisional agenda can be found at this link SNS ETSI .  Please note that it is a face-to-face (physical) event only, therefore remote participation will not be available.
  

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