Master plan "Information Society Germany 2006"
Abstract:
"Information Society Germany 2006" is an action programme by the Federal Government, run by the Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA) and the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The master plan shall ensure that Germany can continue to improve its good ranking for ICT penetration and use in the next few years. This master plan continues the policy of cooperation from the predecessor master plan with all of the major players in industry and society as well as setting new, ambitious targets.
"Research and development of technology" is one of the masterplan's objectives. The Federal Government's sponsorship of technology is intended to help German business make its mark on the global market, to assist in maintaining and building on economic strengths and to take on board new developments in technology, business and society. Funding of ICT research is focussed on developments and processes that can give real leverage to Germany's economy by way of creating jobs (especially in the SME sector), securing existing and expanded technology leadership and supporting German "system leader" companies on the global market. Media convergence is changing the face of the entire economy and opening up potential for new products and services, e.g. multimedia in mechanical engineering or telematics in the automotive sector. Future innovation will primarily take place in the areas of mobile Internet/ambient intelligence, IT system reliability and security, nanoelectronics (including displays) and knowledge management.
Department "Information and Media policy" (origining from former Ministry of Economics and Technology) - Division "Multimedia" is administrating, among others, the activities on mobile communications. The focus of the division Multimedia is on services and applications. The subdivision in scope is "Mobile media", whose focus is on mobile multimedia services. It stems from the federal initiative "MobilMedia" initiated a few years ago. The goal is to develop and test wireless networked mobile multimedia applications. The focus is clearly on applications.
Duration:
2003 - 2006
Annual budget:
36 Mio EUR for whole division Multimedia, of which about 3-5 Mio EUR for
activity focus "Mobile Media"
Contact:
Dr. Horst Blume
DLR-PT Multimedia des BMWi
Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany
Tel. +49 2203 / 601-4090 (-3672 secretariat)
horst.blume@dlr.de
