Dr. Kari Tilli is responsible for Tekes - funding of industrial R&D projects and for managing Tekes' technology programs for telecommunications and electronics industries. He is currently responsible for the Tekes' programs GIGA - Converging Networks and UBICOM - Embedded ICT, which address the future mobile and broadband communications technolo-gies and applications as well as embedded systems and ubiquitous computing. He is also managing co-operation between Tekes and the Strategic centre for science, technology and innovation in the field of ICT. He is also dealing with international R&D co-operation in the European Union's Framework Program, EUREKA, and European Space Agency. He is the Finnish lead delegate in the Governing Boards of both the Artemis and Eniac Joint Undertak-ings and is the head of the Finnish delegation to the Council of the European Space Agency.
Before appointment to his current position, he worked in Tekes as Director for Information technology and Space technology as well as Director of the Finland Technology Centre in Boston, USA. He was Finnish delegate in the EU ISTC committee during the 5th Framework Program. He completed his Doctor of Science (Technology) thesis in the Department of Technical Physics at Helsinki University of Technology in 1982.
Co-summit 2010 Speech - Abstract:
'Finland and European R&D co-operation in ICT'
During the last ten years, globalization of business and innovation processes has intensified. The Finnish companies are, therefore, not only focusing on national ICT cluster, but also on international innovation ecosystems. In this context, ITEA2 and Artemis offer flexible and relatively well-functioning frameworks for co-operation. The presentation reveals Finnish experience of European co-operation in ICT, benefits of the different instruments and the role of ITEA2 and Artemis in fulfilling the public sector’s objectives for fostering growth and industrial renewal.
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