Celtic-Plus

Celtic-Plus
Towards a Smart Connected World

Celtic-Plus is an industry-driven European research initiative to define, perform and finance through public and private funding common research projects in the area of telecommunications, new media, future Internet, and applications & services focusing on a new "Smart Connected World" paradigm. Celtic-Plus is a EUREKA ICT cluster and belongs to the inter-governmental EUREKA network.

Celtic-Plus is open to any type of company covering the Celtic-Plus research areas, large industry as well as small companies or universities and research organisations. Even companies outside the EUREKA countries may get some possibilities to join a Celtic-Plus project under certain conditions. For each call Celtic-Plus will offer the opportunity to discuss potential proposals among interested experts either during a commonly organised Proposers Day or via a special discussion platform for new proposals.


	This site includes also the first Celtic cluster (phase 2003-2010).
Latest News		Current Calls and Events

Celtic Innovation Award 2012 goes to: WINNER+ For the first time the new Celtic Innovation Award was handed over to a very successful and innovative project WINNER+, which already received the Celtic Gold Award last year. In addition the Celtic Excellence Awards go to: - Gold Award: SERVERY - Silver Award: OPERA-Net - Bronze Awards: HNPS Celtic Innovation and Excellence Award Winners 2012 (see press release) ST Ericsson and Trk Telekom joining Celtic Core Group At the meeting in Stockholm the Celtic Core Group accepted two new members: ST Ericsson/ Belgium and Trk Telekom. Both new partners have already been active in Celtic projects and they are very motivated to strengthen the future Celtic project portfolio. Celtic News 3/ 2011 (November 2011) The newsletter is published three times a year. The print edition is distributed as an insert of the established R&D magazine Eurescom mess@ge. Cover Theme: Privacy and Data Protection Eurescom mess@ge 3/2011 Free subscription of print edition Earlier issues Cooperation with European Technology Platforms and other related European activities Celtic and the following ETP have agreed on a closer cooperation within their Strategic Research Agendas (SRA) and the Celtic work programme. For the time being this cooperation will be assured through observers at the Steering Boards. The SRA of the ETP are also possible work items for Celtic projects. Net!Works (successor of eMobility) ISI (Intergral Satcom Initiative) Future Internet (FI-PPP)		Celtic-Plus Proposers' Day on 3 July 2012 in Berlin The next Celtic Proposers' Day will be held on 3rd July 2012 at Hotel Estrel in Berlin. The Proposers' Day provides an important platform to present and discuss new project ideas targeted for submission to the Celtic autumn call (15 October 2012), more information The Proposers' Day will be organized in conjunction with FuNeMS (Future Networks and Mobile Summit from 4 to 6 July also at Hotel Estrel in Berlin. Celtic-Plus Event and Proposers' Day 2012 in Stockholm The 2012 Celtic-Plus Event and Proposers' Day was held from 22 to 23 February 2012 in Stockholm. Presentations and photos are accessible here. Proposers' Day (22nd February) A number of interesting new project proposals for the coming Celtic Call on 21 May were presented in Stockholm. Presentations and further details are accessible here. Celtic-Plus Call Calendar 2012 In 2012 Celtic-Plus runs in 2012 again two full proposal calls according to the 2012 call information. Proposal submissions can start from January 2012; first submission deadline will be 21 May 2012. 2012 KOREA EUREKA Days (21 March in Brussels) This high-class event will be hosted by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) and the EUREKA Hungarian Chairmanship and will gather 300 guests including Ministerial representatives from Korea and European Countries, the European Commission, members of the EUREKA Network of national Innovation funding agencies, as well as Korean and European large company CTOs and research institute heads. There will also be a special Matchmaking session on Telecommunications Technologies to discuss potential Celtic-Plus project ideas with Korean partners. Further information and programme.
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