Future and Emerging Technologies: A Vision for Tomorrow of EU IST Research Fabrizio Sestini European Commission DG Information Society Future & Emerging Technologies BU33, 3/22 B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Tel. +32-2-2995260 Thierry Van der Pyl European Commission DG Information Society Head of Unit, Future & Emerging Technologies BU33, 3/35 B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Tel. +32-2-2968105 fabrizio.sestini @cec.eu.int thierry.vanderpyl @cec.eu.int ABSTRACT1 FET (Future and Emerging Technologies) is a part of the EUfunded research activities which addresses emerging ICT-related research domains, explores options in ICT technology roadmaps where road blocks are anticipated but where no known solutions are available and evaluates these options. FET activities have proved very efficient in feeding the core of the IST programme with emerging concepts or radically new technological paradigms, often arising at the crossroads of existing disciplines. In the coming years these activities, which are expected to be complemented by an envisaged European Research Council, will continue nurturing and stimulating creativity and excellence in ICTs research also in combination with other relevant S&T fields. a priority called Information Society Technologies (IST), with a budget of more than 3.6 billion euro, which is meant to finance or co-finance Research projects in the domain of Information and
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