European Policy in support of the emerging

Internet of Things

Dr. Florent Frederix, Head of Sector Information Society and Media

European Commission

This document does not necessarily reflect any official position of the EU Commission

May 3, 2011, IT-University in Copenhagen

Content

• Internet of Things (IoT) - Trends

• IERC – IoT European Research Cluster

• European IoT policy & The IoT expert group

Scale

Internet of Things (IoT) – trends

Scale

Internet of Things (IoT) – trends

Scale

Mobility

Internet of Things (IoT) – trends

Scale

Mobility

Heterogeneity & Complexity

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Internet of Things (IoT) – trends

Scale

Mobility

Heterogeneity & Complexity

Internet of Things (IoT) – trends

• Common sensor and actuator information infrastructure across cities

– provides secure and reliable access to sensor and actuator information services for multiple players, and so that information can be efficiently shared across ”verticals”, this provides application enablement

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• Sensor information enablement – aggregation and collection of data

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– data brokering and service composition

– information federation

– privacy and integrity protection

– access policy enforcement

– accounting and revenue,....

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Internet of Things (IoT) – trends Sensors

IERC –European Research Cluster Topics

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IERC – European Research Cluster Application Examples

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European IoT policy IoT – Public authorities role

The underlying trends will occur regardless of

public intervention.

It will bring a new set of challenges (some

directly affecting individuals) and deep

societal changes.

Simply leaving the development of the IoT to the private sector is not a sensible option.

A not-that-different debate at the World Summit on the Information Society has driven to similar conclusions: public authorities cannot shirk their

responsabilities towards their citizens.

A 14 action plan to ensure that the use of IoT technologies: • Stimulate economic growth • Improve individuals’ well-being • Address some of today’s societal problem

• Define a set of principles underlying the governance of IoT

• Design an ‘architecture’ with a sufficient level of decentralised management

European IoT policy

Governance

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Who assigns the identifier?

How is this identification’s structured?

How is information security ensured?

Which stakeholders are accountable?

… Which ethical and legal framework applies?

• Continuous monitoring of the privacy and the protection of personal data

• Communication on trust and privacy in the ubiquitous society

European IoT policy

Privacy and protection of personal data

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Fundamental Rights

The ‘right to the silence of the chips’: individuals should be able to disconnect from their networked environment at any time A

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The Commission will follow ENISA work on the identification of emerging risks and provide a policy frameworks to develop IoT

European IoT policy

Trust, Acceptance and Security

Acti

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Security for individuals Security in the business

The Commission will follow the development of IoT infrastructures becoming a vital resource to economy and society

Acti

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Standards Mandate: • Launch standard mandate to include issues related to IoT • Ensure IoT standards are developed in an open,

transparent and consensual manner

European IoT policy

Standardisation

Acti

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- Interoperability - Economies of scale - Low entry barriers - Level playing field

Finance research projects through FP7 projects

European IoT policy

Research and Development

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Connecting a thousand objects is easy, connecting several billions remains a faraway challenge

Contribute to the respective Public-Private Partnership: •Green cars •Energy-efficient buildings •Factories of the Future •Future Internet

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Innovation and pilot projects: promoting the deployment of IoT applications by launching pilot projects through CIP

European IoT policy

Openness to innovation

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- New applications - New uses - New business models - New barriers to innovation

The Commission will inform European Institutions (European parliament, council…) and relevant stakeholders about IoT developments

European IoT policy

Institutional awareness

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- Act hand-in-hand with other institutions

- Understand the challenges - Understand the opportunities

International dialogue to promote the lines of action laid down in this Communication

European IoT policy International dialogue

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Borderless applications mean joint solutions The Europe-China IoT expert group with a 5 year roadmap on cooperation was established in 2010

To assess the difficulties of recycling tags and the benefits and nuisances that the presence of tags can have on the recycling of objects

European IoT policy Waste management

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- RFID & connected objects can have negative impacts on environments

- RFID & connected objects can support recycling.

European IoT policy History

Dec 2009 Mar 2010 May 2010 May-June 2010 Jun 2010 Jul 2010

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3 year mandate

Discuss the policy aspects of the IoT

The IoT expert group

IoT expert group

Members

a) Stakeholders AIM-D , Business Europe, European-American Business Association, Eurocommerce, UEAPME, EDR, ERRT,

European Smart Metering Group, ETNO – European Telecommunications Network operators association, GS1, TechAmerica, Internet of Things council,

European Semiconductor Association, Philips, Zigbee alliance

b) Citizens and consumers ANEC

BEUC

Eurocities

c) Applied research in the domain IERC

CN RFID

EPOSS, ERTICO

Fraunhofer, UNIHALLE, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, University of Zurich

d) Standards & Security & Privacy CEN

ETSI

ENISA, BSI – Federal Office for Information Security,

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party

e) Internet Council of European Top Level Domain registries

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IoT expert group

Target outcomes

2011 - Martyr paper Impact assessment – cost/benefits of government

intervention

2012 – Communication on the IoT Action plan of the European Commission

2013 - … Realisation of the action plan

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More information and links

Contact: florent.frederix@ec.europa.eu

RFID & IOT policy link:

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/rfid/

IERC – Internet of things European Research Cluster:

http://www.internet-of-things-research.eu/

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