It is the oldest and probably one of the most successful R&I programs ever launched by the Commission. This is necessary to navigate the complexity of today's world and of the Eurosphere that the Commission has created.
Introduction
ESTEP is deeply involved in the new EC research & innovation
- ESTEP in the new ecosystem of Horizon 2020
- Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
- PPP SPIRE (Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy
- Other PPPs
- Third generation of PPPs
- Other calls
- EIP on Raw Materials
- EIP Water
- EMIRI
- Materials-related activities
- ESTEP participates to H2020 programs & others
- RFCS and the ESTEP community
- Other research-related initiatives
- The EIT and KICs
- ERA-NETs
- Others
In the specific case of the SPIRE PPP, we were in a position to do so. Note that most of the projects (8 calls) have an explicit SPIRE label, meaning they are issued by the NMBP team of DG RTD6, while others come from DG-RTD Energy (EE-Energy Efficiency, 2 calls and LCE-Low Carbon Energy, 2 calls) or Environment (WASTE, 1 call) teams.
Steel & the European Commission
High-level group on Steel
European Steel Technology Platforms
My point was related to the specific features of the RFCS programme, which in principle covers the entire research area of coal and steel. There is no urgency or need to change the operating rules for the RFCS program and the TGs.
High-TRLs projects
All the projects originally submitted were removed by the Member States and practically also by the industries they acted on behalf of before the Commission could allocate the funds. The Commission's response to the lack of continuity in support is not entirely satisfactory either. Issues of conflicts of interest are indeed raised and given absolute priority.
We absolutely need refined answers and perhaps we should work with the Commission to formulate them.
ESTEP, a Think Tank projecting a vision of steel and its value chain in
Publications of ESTEP's community
ESTEP, a think tank that projects a vision of steel and its value chain in the medium and long term. Thomas, SUSTAINABLE steel production for the 2030s: the vision of the European Steel Technology Platform's Strategic Research Agenda (ESTEP's SRA), CleanTech, TechConnect World, the world innovation conference, 15-18 June 2014, Washington, DC, published with WG4 [12] Jean-Pierre Birat, Bonnes feuilles of SAM-7, Aix-la-Chapelle, 25–26 April 2013,. Thomas, SUSTAINABLE steel production for the 2030s: the vision of the European Steel Technology Platform's Strategic Research Agenda (ESTEP's SRA), 14th IAEE European Energy Conference, Sustainable Energy Policy and Strategies for Europe, October Rome, Italy, LUISS University of Rome, published with WG4.
Nicolle, Invention du procédé sidérurgique sur langue, dans Recueil des Commémorations nationales 2015, Paris, Éditions du Patrimoine / Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - Archives de France (mission aux pages des Commémorations nationales. Chiappini, Société et Matériaux, série de séminaires réguliers basés sur un dialogue entre sciences douces et sciences dures, 1er ARTEM OCC 2015. Echterhoff, Future Challenges on human resources in the EU Steel Industry, Eurosteelmaster 2015, 7e édition, San Gemini (Italie – Ombrie), 11-14 mai 2015, publié par GT5.
ESTEP seminars and sponsored events
On-going foresight exercises
ESTEP’s organization and its evolution
The European Commission participates, providing the working groups with information about EU programs (ie FP7) and new EC initiatives. The last changes to the organization and individual nominations were approved during the last Steering Committee in March 2013. The participation of ESTEP members in the life of the organization is shown in Figure 20 and below.
Compared to the other categories of members, the steel membership provides the largest cohort of participants in committees and working groups (Figure 22), which is not surprising, while the other stakeholders are satisfactorily represented in terms of the number of organizations (Figure 21).
Activities of ESTEP management groups
Steering Committee
Update on the restructuring within DG Research and Innovation where Innovation and European Research Area (ERA) have merged and Peter Droll is the new acting director. In the Innovation Policy Unit, Kirsti Haavisto is acting head and Chris North is the ETP overall coordinator. WG7 achieved the objectives of the group on the definition of the methodology and energy templates, the completion of the database for the 10 targeted plants, the analysis of the results and remaining progress steps for the targeted plants and recommendations for further energy saving areas.
For further action at European level on energy in the steel industry (energy assessment, voluntary agreements, etc.) the WG strongly recommends using this methodology. Low-temperature electrolysis is the most flexible route to produce iron metal from iron ore. The ULCOWIN processing route requires pretreatment of the iron ore by milling and leaching, electrolysis and subsequent malting of the iron deposits in an electric arc furnace, discontinuous process operation (interruption of a cell to harvest the deposit), and additional equipment for continuous processing. recirculation of the electrolyte.
Mirror Group
LEIT, Leadership in Enabling Industrial Technologies, is part of the second pillar of H2020 (Industrial Leadership) and special emphasis is placed on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). Asia is becoming the center of the world with more than 50% of the world's population. Africa and India are growing very fast, and by the end of the century the population of Africa will double (Africa is the youngest continent).
Aging is a problem in Europe, where the majority of the population will retire by 2050. 2/3 of the middle class will be in Asia, where people will try to have a western lifestyle (eat meat, have cars, etc.). . Technology will play a big role in the future, where everything will be connected and electronics will be deeply integrated into manufacturing.
Support Group
The results of the assessment of the steel proposals were presented as well as the list of projects to be financed. Possible changes to the legal basis of the RFCS: all changes to the legal basis were intended. The group was involved in the preparation of the ESTAD conference in Paris (April) which included two sessions on I2M.
The group's networking is presented along with the meetings and workshops the group attended. At the COSCO meeting (February 13), a list of proposals was discussed and a list of projects for financing was presented. Group members and appointed members from ThyssenKrupp and ArcelorMittal are presented.
Summary of the activities of the technical working groups
- Working Group 1 – Profit through Innovation
- Working Group "Intelligent, Integrated Manufacturing" (I2M)
- Working Group 2 –Transport
- Working Group 3 – Construction
- Working Group 4 – Planet
- Working Group 5 – People
- Working Group 6 – Energy
- Activities of the Implementation Group
- Number of participants attending the Support Group and Steering
Schroeder presented a recent draft of the online survey "Retaining Talents in the European Steel Industry". The President presented the main results of the last meetings within ESTEP, with the European Commission and other platforms. Presentation of EMIRI and SPIRE The activities carried out under the SET plan for materials, which are now proposed for a new public-private partnership called EMIRI, were presented by Mr.
Vleck The chairman of the group illustrated in detail the topics related to the SPIRE PPP and especially to the Application working group. The activities carried out under the SET plan for materials that are now proposed for a new PPP. The activities carried out under the SET plan for materials now proposed for a new PPP called EMIRI have been presented by the chairman of the group.
Implementation of ESTEP's SRA priorities
Networking and Communication
- Communications to/with EU Institutions
- Communications to/with Horizon 2020 instruments
- Links with ETPs and other relevant associations
- Links with RTOs and other laboratories
- Links with Universities
- Diary of networking and liaison activities
- ESTEP website and CIRCA database
ESTEP is linked to all ETPs in the high-level group on European Technology Platforms, but closer to the following: ECTP, the European Construction Technology Platform; ERTRAC, the European Road Transport Advisory Council (WG2);. A group of RTOs close to the European steel sector (CRM, CSM, Swerea MEFOS and VDEh‐BFI) created an organization called RIES (Research Initiative for European Steel) in 2011 and they are indeed part of the close connections of ESTEP [59 ] . This diary of 2014 and early 2015 activities is provided in the table on the next few pages.
75 TECNALIA AGATE proposal for SILC II mails jpb jpb accepts to be part of the project advisory board 76 Mines de. The Circabc database is ESTEP's intranet, used by working groups and committees (see Figure 29). The communication is also based on press releases, technical and scientific documents, a twice-yearly newsletter (see Figure 31) and the present annual report.
ESTEP membership and people active in various groups
Dirk Grabowski, responsible for Steel, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Germany Dusan Jurik, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Slovakia. Gerald Vones, Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Labour, Austria Gilles Le Marois, NCP, NMP. Helmut Burghause, Deputy Head of Division IV C3 Steel, Defense and Security, Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology.
Technologie an Innovatioun, Finnland Leon Diederich, Ministère fir Kultur, Héichschoul a Fuerschung, Lëtzebuerg Marco Walentiny, Wirtschaftsministère, Lëtzebuerg. Nolwenn Cezilly, Ministère du Redressement Productif, Frankräich Peter Lukacs, Dunaferr, Ungarn Petru Ianc, Generaldirekter, Ministère fir Wirtschaft, Handel a Business Ëmwelt, Rumänien. Wim Moonen - Tata Steel Winfried Resch - Union Wolfgang Schneider - European Commission, DG Research, RFCS EU Commission Representative (DG Research, DG Enterprise and Industry).
Membership of Working Groups, updated at the end of 2014
Peter Urban - FKA Aachen Philippe Antoine - ArcelorMittal Pierre Duysinx - Liège Universitet Reinhard Hackl - voestalpine Wolfgang Bleck - Institut for Jernmetallurgi RWTH Aachen Universitet. Camilla Kaplin - Outukumpu Carola Hermoso - Unesid David Anderson - Tata Steel Eduardo Manuel Dias Lopez - ISQ Fabio Praolini - Tenaris. Johan Eriksson - Mefos Jonas Rottorp - IVL Jose Barbero - Labein Katia Papalia - PaulWurth Kevin Linsley - Tata Steel.
Marcello Gelfi - University of Brescia Martin Neuhäuser - Salzgitter AG Nans Sluiters-Van der Bijl – Tata Steel Nathalie Darge – EUROFER. Philippe Thibaux - ArcelorMittal/Ocas Rachel Petterson – Jenkontoret Ricardo Lezcano – Foundacion ITMA Stefan Zickler – MPA.Uni-Stuttgart Susanne Hoeler - SZMF.
Updated list of acronyms
2 Commission priority - A new start: 2015 work programme, http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/work-programme/index_en.htm 3 Fast Track to Innovation Pilot, Europa website,. 9 Strategic Research Agenda, a vision for the future of the steel sector, 2nd edition, May 2013, ESTEP, ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/estep/docs/sra-052013-en.pdf. WssTP, ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/estep/docs/water-steel-report_en.pdf 17 Big Data PPP, http://www.bigdatavalue.eu.
20 SET Roadmap Materials Roadmap in the SETIS Information System, https://setis.ec.europa.eu/setis-output/materials-roadmap. 42 http://cordis.europa.eu/coal-steel-rtd/meetings_en.html 43 EIT fact sheet on raw materials, EIT, 2014,. Edited by Jean-Pierre Birat and Rosellina Di Santo ESTEP, http://cordis.europa.eu/estep/.
