About Mobile VCE

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intro
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research innovation application strategic
world-class defined steered by global
industry leaders

observer members
undertaken by the UKs leading specialist
research Universities
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intro

• Strategic Innovation for Global Industry
• World-Class, Industry-Led, Vision to Grow the
  Industry
• Established in 1996 by the communications
  industry
• Not-for-Profit, funded by Industrial Members UK
  Government
• Major international Operators Manufacturers
• High financial gearing for the industrial members
• Full Industrial Subscription 45k in 2011
  (Associates pay less)
• Research Programmes 2m in 2011
• All activities defined steered by the Industry
  Members

UK-China Beyond 4G
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international linksMoUs with NICT, WiCo,
Yonsei et al (J-C-K)
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content

• objectives approach operating model
• vision research innovation application
• from vision to research
• communications member benefits
• membership value
• membership options

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objectives approach operating model
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objectives

• Original Goals
• To harness the research capability of a selected
  group of UK universities into a cohesive
  world-class Centre of Excellence
• To influence the direction of long-term research
  through dialogue between industry the academic
  community
• To carry out programmes of research with a focus
  on cross-disciplinary well-managed
  programmes
• To provide a mechanism for industry to work
  collectively with key Universities to secure the
  necessary flow of the most skilled experts
• To secure international recognition
• Underpinning Approach work with industry to use
  vision and technology research to facilitate
  industry growth

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objectives

• Enhanced Goals (as well as, not instead of)
• To build on VCEs close relationship with EPSRC
  to provide easy access to the UKs ICT academic
  research capability to UK overseas companies
• To create new mechanisms for technology sourcing
  innovation building upon VCEs established
  relationships in the UK and worldwide
• To leverage VCEs collaborative culture to build
  relationships create RD opportunities for
  application industries
• Underpinning Approach work with its members to
  use industry vision, research, innovation
  application to transform society other
  industries - Delivering Digital

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achieving the objectives

• Critical Success Factors
• Strong Sustained Industry Leadership
• Board of Directors - 5 industry, 3 university
• Clear industry definition of goals
  responsibilities
• Commitment from the Universities to Deliver
• Mutual respect esteem between industry
  academics
• Research Excellence
• Independently assessed as world class
• Reflects both the university industry inputs
• Global Perspective Engagement
• Industry membership from Asia, America Europe
• Industry membership from across the value chain /
  value web

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approach strategic industry-led
Convergent Industries
Handset Mfrs
Shared Future Industry Vision
Telecom Operators
Define Lead
VCE
Strategic Research
Industry Steering Groups
Univ Research Teams
Seed Feed, Exploitation
Infrastructure Mfrs
Industry Growth
Component, Software,
Health, Energy, Transport
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approach led by industry

• A Global Window on the Future
• Our Industry Members develop shared visions
• Europe, Asia, America with varied geographical
  perspectives
• Varied parts of the value chain
• Increasingly, varied application perspectives
• ALL the players seek to have a comprehensive,
  accurate view, which is inevitably coloured by
  local factors and pace of change
• Research Challenges Innovation Opportunities
• Trends, Opportunities Challenges - Industry
  members
• Technical Approaches - Academic members
• Technology Sourcing SMEs, Mid-Tier members

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operating model
New Product Service Revenues
UK Government Support Govt Funds
- - - Members Companies- - -- - Annual
Subscriptions - -
Members Core Fund
Seeds FeedsIn-house Member RD One-Way
Trapdoor
Mid-tier SME Subcontract Collabns
Core RI, Elective Projects, etc
Industry Defined Steered Activities World
Class research innovation application
high gearing of both finance AND strategic
vision strengthens the resource base available
to the global industry known, qualified,
research staff available to recruit
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value

• Principal Sources of Value
• Ensuring the Future
• Strategic industry-defined research, ahead of the
  curve
• A proven source of innovation seeds feeds
  the companies
• Early warning radar for opportunities
  threats
• Partnership, RD Cost Sharing
• An open innovation approach amongst members
• New industrial, and academic, relationships are
  formed
• Building technology sourcing application
  industries
• Outsourcing, subcontracting sharing RD costs
• Projects can get done that might otherwise fall
  off the budget list
• People Expertise
• Ready access, to industry-aware, high calibre
  researchers
• Build strong relationships with the research
  community
• One stop portal to access a wide range of RD
  capability

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research innovation application
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research

• Core Research
• Integrated, strategic, research funded by member
  subscriptions
• All industry members define, participate, share
  the benefits have royalty-free access to IPR.
  Attracts additional UK government funding
• Over 400 myrs of core research, 50 patents of
  which 35 granted
• Current programme 100 myrs
• Green Radio, User Interactions for Breakthrough
  Services, Instant Knowledge
• Elective Projects
• Commissioned by one or more industrial members
• Initiated a single industry member, but evolve
  quickly to involve several
• VCE helps identify industrial members with common
  research needs
• Industry players select the most appropriate
  university team or perhaps SME, assisted, if
  needed, by VCE specialist research manpower
• Examples MIMO channel characterisation,
  intelligent handset antennas,

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innovation

• SMEs Technology Sourcing Commercialisation
• Mechanism Facilitated, intelligent, secure
  brokerage based on a knowledge of our member
  companies interests needs
• Examples
• SMEco1 Technology Sourcing
• Company with good links to business customers,
  significant angel investment, existing MNO
  partner and functional technology demonstrator
• VCE has made targeted operator introductions,
  with a view to demos, aiming at partnering,
  investment an imminent commercial pilot
• SMEco2 - Commercialisation
• Company evaluating commercialising
  (complementary) software from a VCE programme
  for use by VCEs BigCo members
• VCE is talking with two operators interested in
  using the software, and exploring funding options

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application

• Working with Application Industries
• Building upon early collaborative cross-industry
  initiatives
• Augmented Travel Workshop Nov 2010
• Leveraging existing partnerships eg innovITS,
  ICT KTN, Cambridge Wireless, iNET/SSW, TSB,
  EPSRC
• Joint events with the ICT KTN this autumn, aimed
  at securing new industrial members from
  application industries
• Leveraging VCE collaborative, open, innovation
  culture
• ICT Applications Event October 2011
• Participants / speakers who are already doing it
• Follow up Working Groups White Papers, with the
  aim to
• Build long term relationships
• Identify specific mutual interests
  opportunities, to facilitate collaborative
  projects between existing members and application
  sector companies
• Secure project funding eg via TSB, EPSRC, iNET,
  

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informed by vision

• Industry Visions Group
• Comprised of Industrial Members
• Chaired by an independent senior academic
• Considering Environmental, Industry Technology
  Trends
• Identifying over-arching themes, and
• Specific Technology Priorities key enablers
• Areas that will have broad industry impact
• Working together
• Theme Champions
• White Papers
• Consultation
• Leading to
• New VCE Projects
• In-house, membercompany, spin-offs

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informed by vision

• Industry Vision last time round 2020 Vision
• Outworking the 2nd Century of Radio
• Usable, Embedded, Ubiquitous, Networked
• Two Realms of Impact
• Mass Market - Personal Lifestyle
• Enterprise - Transformation of other Industries
• Resultant Core 5 Research Themes
• User Interactions for Breakthrough Services
• Designing Flexible Networks
• Green Radio

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vision to research
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vision to research

• Process from Vision to Research
• Industry Futures Day
• Broad membership dialogue debate
• 2020 Vision paper addressed
• Primary drivers of evolution
• IJI It Just Is
• A Vision of invisible technology ease of use
• Identified major areas where breakthroughs were
  needed
• VCE Industry member consultation
• Priority technical themes challenges were
  agreed
• Collaborative programme building followed
• Embryonic Industry Steering Groups
• Programme Definition Documents

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vision to research

• Consensus Industry Vision
• Industry-populated Visions Group develops a
  shared agenda
• Industrial Steering Groups
• Define manage the detailed programme
• Industrial Chairman responsible to lead each work
  area
• Steering Groups meet every 3 months
• Industrial members provide feedback, direction
  and decisions on patents, publications, etc, to
  the research teams
• Workshops defined by the ISG, address
  scenarios, business models, etc
• Remote participation supported
• Industry Steering Group presentations available,
  with audio, over the web
• Webex used to facilitate remote meeting
  participation
• Industry Reviewers
• Enables Industrial staff to keep on the leading
  edge in specialist areas
• One-on-one, technical meetings with relevant
  researchers
• A means to assess, and develop. potential
  recruits
• May or may not physically attend Industry
  Steering Group meetings

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research management

• Industrial Steering Groups
• Quarterly physical meetings _at_ the Universities
• Intermediate meetings if needed, decided by the
  Industrial team
• Monthly management teleconferences
• Occasional seminars, decided by the Industrial
  team
• Web-based Tools
• Dedicated areas within the members restricted
  web area
• Online, automated, progress monitoring
  management tools
• Deliverables publicationsmanagement, w
  auto-alerts
• Industry members have easy, rapid access to
  resources

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core research

• The Drive for Bandwidth
• Base stations power hungry
• Data overtakes voice,40x increase forecast
  2009-14
• Faster, fatter yet more energy (no change is
  not an option)
• Green Radio
• Efficient wireless
• Green Reduced OPEX !
• Vital to support data growth
• Energy awareness as well Spectrum awareness
• Energy efficient multipliers
• Goal 100x improvement

Download infosheet _at_ www.mobilevce.com/infosheets/
GreenRadio.pdf
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core research

• Flexible Networks
• Unpredictable user needs
• Service agnostic
• Tailored user experience
• Evolvable architecture
• Network Virtualisation, yet supporting
  competitive differentiation
• Robustness, Efficiency
• Self-validating
• Business Model Neutral
• Autonomous management
• Seamless Invisible
• Control Point Architecture

Download infosheet _at_ www.mobilevce.com/infosheets/
FlexibleNetworks.pdf
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core research

• User Interactions for Breakthrough Services
• Interactions with
• A new device ecosystem
• The users environment - woven into the fabric of
  life
• Intelligence in the network
• Re-defining the user experience simplifying
  complexity
• Enabling new personalised, contextualised,
  capabilities

Download infosheet _at_ www.mobilevce.com/infosheets/
UserInteractions.pdf
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core research

• Instant Knowledge
• Rapidly locate information or the man that can
  within the company, with minimal effort
• Harnesses information flows in the
  handset/PC/etc
• Combines multiple technologies now feasible in
  the smartphone
• realtime user behaviour and context ,
  autonomously created social network map,
  recommendation, policy-based security and
  privacy
• Enables new personalised, contextualised
  capabilities, enterprise efficiencies business
  models

Secure Autonomous Business Collaboration a new
family of enterprise services
Download infosheet _at_ www.mobilevce.com/infosheets/
InstantKnowledge.pdf
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innovation to application
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innovation to application

• The Need Opportunity
• Globally, the massive growth of telephone
  penetration, cf China 0.5 (1990) to 80 (2010),
  and of the Internet (15 globally by 2010) has
  changed the way the world does business. The next
  wave of wireless personal and object based
  realtime context will enable an even greater
  transformation of industry
• In the next 20 years, sustainability in
  healthcare, transport, energy and other sectors
  will require them to function in new ways
• This transformation represents a major global
  opportunity but also provides many challenges,
  both technical and cultural
• Low cost solutions are needed that can be applied
  globally on a massive scale
• Companies need to work across traditional
  boundaries and mindsets

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innovation to application

• Approach
• VCE is building upon existing mechanisms to
• Bridge experience, culture and mindsets across
  industries, applying emerging wireless ICT to
  create new service concepts, business models
  market opportunities
• Accelerate such opportunities by building
  relationships, cross-fertilising ideas
  facilitating collaborative RD
• Encourage member companies to challenge
  traditional thinking, to share vision, learn
  innovate together, to create new possibilities
• Involve new universities, SMEs and mid-tier ICT
  companies, thereby identifying resources and
  routes to rapid prototyping and development of
  the ideas and innovations that emerge.

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innovation to application

• Membership Changes
• To allow this VCE has made changes to its
  membership structure, inviting new members from
• Mid-tier and SME companies
• Key application industries which are facing
  transformation, such as health, transport and
  energy
• Universities, to widen the breadth of academic
  skills available to its industrial members
• These will to join its existing global operators
  manufacturers, and its existing University
  members, enabling new things to be undertaken

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innovation to application

• Mechanisms
• VCE is creating new ways of working to extend its
  activities, inter alia
• Sector Working Groups to bridge industries and
  mindsets
• These will enable players within industry sectors
  to explore shared interests, develop new ideas
  and bring these forward as White Papers and
  Members Seminars.
• Cross-Sector Group
• One key to delivering global telephony internet
  penetration was the adoption of common global
  standards. Health, transport, energy, education
  etc have many common requirements in terms of
  technical enablers capabilities such as
  identity, privacy, security, location, etc
• New RD collaborative projects amongst member
  companies
• To apply wireless ICT into healthcare, transport,
  energy etc
• Mechanisms for BigCos to source needed technology
  in new ways
• SMEs with relevant technologies to contribute to
  projects, possibly on a funded basis

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innovation to application

• Working with Innovative SMEs
• Mechanism Facilitated, intelligent, brokerage
  based on a knowledge of our member companies
  interests
• Example
• SIM-based authentication/identification for
  online payments
• Identity management / m-payment / fraud
  prevention
• Status Beta stage product, demo developed with
  MNO available
• CallSign
• UK startup with 0.5m angel investment (Silicon
  Valley)
• Strong technical background in security
• Prior relationships with banking big retail
  players
• VCE has made targeted MNO introductions, with a
  view technology demos, aiming at wider
  partnerships, investment a commercial pilot in
  2012

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innovation to application

• Example Openia
• User Experience Quantification Analysis
• Opportunity to commercialise the User Behaviour
  software from the TSB-supported Instant Knowledge
  programme
• Potential for improving user-device interaction,
  monitoring usage of applications content (eg
  mobile, kiosk, TV)
• VCE exploring operator handset manufacturer
  interest
• Openia
• Est 1999, privately held company
• User Experience Research CMS Development/Hosting
  
• Traditionally Internet/Web, but already started
  going mobile
• Links with Surrey University (Digital World
  Research Centre)
• Commercialising research findings (eg 2x TSB
  grants, DWRC)
• Openia currently quantifying the market /
  business case
• VCE is working with Openia to establish
  feasibility funding
• Seed funding - Knowledge Transfer Award
• TSB RD Grant Proof of Market, Development of
  Prototype
• Angel funding downstream a possibility

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innovation to application

• Working with Application Industries
• Mechanism Work with partners with good existing
  linksICT KTN, iNET (SW), Cambridge Wireless,
  TSB, EPSRC
• Examples
• VCE is organising joint events with the ICT KTN
  this autumn, aimed at securing new industrial
  members from both the ICT industry and from
  application sectors
• ICT Trends, ICT Applications September/October
  2011
• Participants / speakers identified through iNET,
  CW
• Follow up Working Groups White Papers, with
  the aim to
• Build long term relationship
• Identify specific mutual interests
  opportunities
• Facilitate collaborative projects for our
  existing members and attract application sector
  companies as members of VCE
• Potential funding for companies - iNET, TSB,
  EPSRC

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innovation to application

• Working with Existing Partners / RI Clusters
• ICT KTN, Cambridge Wireless, South West Cluster
• VCE founded the ICT KTN (originally Digital Comms
  KTN), with the Communications Research Network
  (Cambridge), and sits on the KTN Company
  Programme Boards
• Cambridge Wireless
• Significant growth impact over the past 3 years
• Good personal relationships
• Through CRN when founding the KTN and via
  personal/Ofcom links
• Recent help discussions TICs, Cabinet Office
• Aiming to work more closely together
• South West Cluster
• Silicon SouthWest, Microelectronics iNET, LEP,
  SET2
• Potential funding, very good SME linkages
• VCE works closely with Bristol Bath
  Universities

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innovation to application

• Specific Upcoming Events
• ICT Trends Event, joint with the ICT KTN, 23rd
  Sept 2011
• Outlining the emerging Industry Visions, designed
  to
• Help calibrate and get wider feedback on the
  industrial visions, and
• Include presentations from outside industry
  players, to explore areas that may be missing
• ICT Applications Event, joint with the ICT KTN,
  26th Oct 2011
• Exploring the potential for transformation with
  players from the application sectors, as a
  prelude to building sector groups and
  relationships
• To include presentations from several existing
  practitioners in these markets and industries

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communications
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communications

• Website
• Public Area
• Open Facing
• Links to blog etc
• Top level info
• Members Only Area
• Inside updates
• Dedicated areasfor the core researchand other
  streams, as needed
• Reports, Publications
• Expertise Portal(in planning)(Univs SMEs)

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communications

• Industry Briefs White Papers
• Strategic Industry Relevance
• Key RD Advances
• Where to learn more
• Fundamental Trends, before they happen
• Thought Leadership
• Building on VCE industry debate
• Linking with other organisations where
  appropriate
• Online Feeds
• Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook
• Email news options

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membership value
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value

• Ensuring the Future
• Industry needs to know what new technologies will
  be emerging, but no longer can do it all VCE
  pioneered open innovation within its member
  community before the phrase existed
• Seed Feed a way for companies to ensure the
  future
• Seed watch progress and, when a research area
  gets hot, use the technical reports meet with
  the team to seed a new in-house activity. Get
  it up and running quickly.
• Feed manage internal programmes to build upon
  and be complementary to VCE research, thereby
  stretching the internal research budget
• A companys RD radar a window on the future
• Access to experts through building long-term
  relationships, companies grow to understand
  Univs real areas of deep expertise
• Easy access for placing direct contracts when
  needed

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value

• Partnership Cost Sharing
• Value through trusted relationships insights
• Visions activity strategic enabler of new foci
  (cf Green Radio)
• More than just a financial multiplier (but that
  helps)
• Core Projects typically 40x financial
  multiplier
• Industry-defined programme based around shared
  vision
• Cost - 45k (2011) company subscription
• Value - 2m (2011) of research (plus other
  benefits)
• Elective Projects typically 4-6x financial
  multiplier
• Initiated by an individual company, with others
  joining in
• Size typically from 25k to 250k
• Number of companies engaged typically 1-6
• Projects can be done that might otherwise fall
  off the budget
• Ideas emerge that would not within a single
  company

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value

• People Expertise
• Relationships are an investment
• Know who to ask, when an answer is rapidly needed
• Know who to recruit, by seeing them perform
• Quality researchers, with real value
• Quality the quality of researchers is
  outstanding across the Mobile VCE programs, when
  compared to many other fora (BT)
• Industry-aware - researchers who understand what
  industry needs and can thus hit the ground
  running when subsequently recruited
• An investment that allows to recruit known
  quantities when needed
• Advice, Direction, Secondments
• Mobile VCE is able to point in the right
  direction
• Direct contracts with Universities when full IPR
  ownership is needed
• Access and relationships with EPSRC, TSB, etc
• Industry-Academic Secondments, Industry CASE PhD
  studentships
• Recommendations on University skills
  capabilities

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value

• Industrial Members derive many benefits
• Industry led Vision co-create future vision,
  product service concepts with the global
  manufacturers, operators application sectors
• Window on the Future early warning of trends,
  threats opportunities
• Research Innovation define steer VCE core
  projects to feed existing in-house company
  activities and to seed new ones
• Cost effective VCE funded RD is typically 40x
  annual subscription
• Shared Cost Strategic RD Projects
• Collaborative projects initiate RD with other
  member companies potential partners, suppliers,
  or customers within the VCE framework or
  outside, eg private partnerships, with TSB, EC
  Framework etc
• Application projects - work with application
  sector companies, using VCEs collaborative
  culture, to bridge mindsets industries to
  co-create new cross-industry opportunities
• Access to
• Resources University testbeds, SMEs, experts,
  consultancy, seminars the VCE patent portfolio
  (35 granted patent families)
• Staffing recruit industry-aware, known
  quantity, research staff
• Training develop research innovation skills
  through participating
• Funding support to access 3rd party grants for
  secondments, RD, etc

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membership options
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member types full industrial 45k

• Operators, Manufacturers, etc
• Industry Vision Core Research (by right)
• Full Industry Visions Group membership
• Full access to define steer core research
  projects
• Full Industry Steering Group membership access
  to the web portal, opportunity to initiate, shape
  and contribute to White Papers
• Workshops, Seminars, Webinars Organise,
  Contribute, Attend
• Approved Technical Reports Publications, and
  work in progress
• Patent Portfolio (50 filings, 35 granted)
  explicit royalty free access
• Collaborative Application Projects (by right)
• Propose, fund Initiate
• Participate, Define Steer
• Access (by right)
• Resources University testbeds, SMEs, experts,
  consultancy, seminars the VCE patent portfolio
  (35 granted patent families)
• Staffing recruit industry-aware, known
  quantity, research staff
• Training develop research innovation skills
  through participating
• Funding support to access 3rd party grants for
  secondments, RD, etc
• Governance (by right)
• Voting Rights _at_ General Meeting, Eligible for
  Board Membership

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member types associate industrial 25k

• Mid-Tier Players, Application Industries
• Industry Vision Core Research (subject to
  confidentiality)
• Industry Visions Group attendance by
  invitation, as appropriate
• Access to Industry Steering Groups to monitor
  core research projects
• Industry Steering Group attendance partial
  access to the web portal, input to White Papers
  by invitation
• Workshops, Seminars, Webinars attend
  contribution by invitation
• Approved Technical Reports Publications
• Patent Portfolio (50 filings, 35 granted)
  commercial access
• Collaborative Application Projects (subject to
  confidentiality)
• Propose, Fund Initiate (if supported by a full
  industrial member)
• Participate, Define Steer
• Access subject to availability, full
  industrials given priority
• Resources University testbeds, SMEs, experts,
  consultancy, seminars
• Staffing recruit industry-aware, known
  quantity, research staff
• Training develop research innovation skills
  through participating
• Funding support to access 3rd party grants for
  secondments, RD, etc
• Governance
• No Voting Rights _at_ General Meeting, Ineligible
  for Board Membership

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member types SMEs 7.5k

• Small Medium Enterprises
• Industry Vision Core Research (subject to
  confidentiality)
• Industry Visions Group no participation, full
  visibility of outcomes
• Core research projects no direct participation
  in project definition, but possibility to
  contribute key skills or products where
  applicable
• Industry Steering Group attendance by
  invitation, access to new SME portal, access to
  White Papers (input by invitation, where
  relevant)
• Workshops, Seminars, Webinars attend
  contribute by invitation
• Approved Technical Reports Publications
• Patent Portfolio (50 filings, 35 granted)
  commercial access
• Collaborative Application Projects (subject to
  confidentiality)
• Propose, Fund Initiate (if supported by a full
  industrial member)
• Participate, Define Steer
• Undertake on funded basis, if industrials wish to
  contract
• Access subject to availability/terms, full
  industrials given priority
• Resources University testbeds, experts,
  consultancy, seminars
• Other aspects negotiable, subject to
  time/availability/etc
• Governance
• No Voting Rights _at_ General Meeting, Ineligible
  for Board Membership

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member types contributing univs 7.5k

• Contributing University Members
• Industry Vision Core Research (subject to
  confidentiality)
• Industry Visions Group no participation, full
  visibility of outcomes
• Core research projects funding to undertake
  research by invitation subject to relevant key
  skills
• Industry Steering Group attendance by
  invitation, presence on new Univ portal, access
  to White Papers (input by invitation, where
  relevant)
• Workshops, Seminars, Webinars attend
  contribute by invitation
• Approved Technical Reports Publications
• Patent Portfolio (50 filings, 35 granted)
  commercial access
• Collaborative Application Projects (subject to
  confidentiality)
• Participate, by invitation
• Undertake on funded basis, if industrials wish to
  contract
• Access subject to availability/terms
• Participation in Annual Industry/Academic
  Conference
• Secondments, CASE studentships if requested by
  industrial member
• Other aspects negotiable, subject to
  time/availability/etc
• Governance
• No Voting Rights _at_ General Meeting, Ineligible
  for Board Membership

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member types full associate univs

• Full Associate University Members
• Industry Vision Core Research
• Industry Visions Group no participation, full
  visibility of outcomes
• Core research projects participation in project
  definition funding to undertake research by
  invitation, subject to relevant key skills
• Industry Steering Group full participation on
  funded programmes, presence on new Univ portal,
  access contribution to White Papers Workshops,
  Seminars, Webinars organise, attend, contribute
• Approved Technical Reports Publications and
  work in progress
• Patent Portfolio (50 filings, 35 granted)
  access for research purposes, subject to relevant
  agreement
• Collaborative Application Projects
• Propose, Fund Initiate (if supported by a full
  industrial member)
• Undertake on funded basis, if industrials wish to
  contract
• Access
• Participation/Organisation in Annual
  Industry/Academic Conference
• Secondments, CASE studentships if requested by
  industrial member
• Other aspects negotiable, subject to
  time/availability/etc
• Governance
• Full members have Voting Rights and are eligible
  for Board Membership

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membership terms costs

• New Joiners during 2H11
• VCE membership runs the full Calendar year,
  January-December
• Normal situation - full membership fees apply,
  regardless of when a new member joins during the
  year. Member has access to all outcomes from that
  calendar year.
• However, VCE has widened its remit in 2011 to
  embrace application industries, mid-tier players,
  SMEs and collaborating universities and wishes to
  secure momentum behind this transition. VCE
  wants its new industrial members to have early
  visibility of, and the opportunity to shape, its
  industry vision and next phase of activity.
• For these reasons, companies joining in 2H11 have
  a unique opportunity to join now, receiving
  membership for 2011 and 2012 at a significantly
  reduced cost
• Full details of membership options and
  application forms are available from the VCE
  office contact Jenny Johnson 44 1256
  338604 jennyj_at_mobilevce.com

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