Drivers and barriers - Bio-based Economy

The main drivers are:

• ICT is identified as an important driver for industry development, and embedded devices or ICT derived new applications are often mentioned:
• New customer-oriented services using ICT as a platform
• ICT to meet process and resource efficiency
• ICT for B2B and B2C models
• ETP challenge fits with the technology based challenges of Horizon 2020, which is identified as a driver

• Innovative and secure society, as well as the concern about the opportunities emergent technologies offer to industry is identified as a driver
• Climate-friendly technologies development and implementation will be favoured by overall environmental awareness in Europe
• Small-scale innovative technologies will allow new mixed production systems of organic food near metropolitan areas
• Dissemination activities should be developed in order to engage industrial community