Moving the ICT frontiers – a strategy for research on future and emerging technologies in Europe

Citation
Commission of the European Communities, Moving the ICT frontiers – a strategy for research on future and emerging technologies in Europe (COM(2009) 184 final) (Apr. 20, 2009) (full-text).

Overview
This Communication proposes bolstering Europe's competitiveness and the innovation ecosystem in the long term by means of greater investment in higher risk research in the strategically important area of information and communication technologies (ICT). It emphasises the success and strategic importance of research on Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) in laying the foundations for future ICT and sowing the seeds for innovation.