International Friction and Cooperation in High-Technology Development and Trade Papers and Proceedings (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Public and Private Programs and International Cooperation
Public and Private Programs and International Cooperation
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Next is Dr. Uwatoko, Chairman of the Board of Toyo Engineering, who will describe Japan' s views of the IMS program.
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To help achieve the balance between the goals of technology cooperation and corporate desires to seek competitive advantage, the international community is exploring some basic principles of international technology cooperation in a number of different contexts, including the OECD and the Asian-Pacific Economic Council. We are fortunate to have Ozzie Silverman here, the Canadian representative to the OECD in science and technology policy.
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The goal was to use shared investment for developing precompetitive or noncompetitive manufacturing technologies and systems, with the objective of improving the effectiveness and the seamlessness of global manufacturing operations. Corollary objectives included the development of manufacturing processes that would be environmentally friendly and the establishment of an international management structure that would motivate and facilitate international research collaboration.
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THE IMS MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE At the top of the management structure is an International Steering Committee, followed by the U.S. organizational structure.
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Global IPR: We have an objective to establish a framework for intellectual property rights protection that transcends national borders for companies large and small, as well as for academic institutions large and small. Major headway was made here in the feasibility study, but more needs to be done.
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" or "Whose side is the EU on? " The IMS feasibility study and related test cases indicate that there is a more than reasonable chance of success in facing these issues.
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I indicated earlier that IMS must be a complementary, integral part of our total set of national manufacturing activities adding a global dimension to this network. If, for IMS outreach and knowledge dissemination purposes, we can use the existing infrastructures of NIST' s manufacturing exten sion centers, NSF's engineering research centers, NCMS, and the many state university extension programs, we have a high probability of reaching out successfully to a high percentage of SMEs.
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During the international feasibility study from 1992 to 1993, I represented the Japan region as the chair of the International Technical Committee. Before beginning my presentation on the IMS activities, I will briefly introduce my company, Toyo Engineering.
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As a result of talks between governments, it was agreed that the nations of Australia, Canada, Europe consisting of the European Community and the European Free Trade Agreement Japan, and the United States should participate in the International Feasibility Study. This study was to assess the technical and management process and the feasibilities of a full-scale IMS program.
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After this preparation, the international test cases were begun in February 1993. Six test cases were implemented: · TC-2: Clean Manufacturing in the Process Industry, · TC-3: Global Concurrent Engineering, · TC-4: Globeman 21: Enterprise Integration for Global Manufacturing toward the 21st Century, · TC-5: Holonic Manufacturing System, · TC-6: Rapid Product Development, and · TC-7: Gnosis: Systematization of Knowledge.
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Although the project was carried out under close collaboration among academic, industrial, and public sectors, the Steering Committee industrial and public representatives took leadership for management matters, and in the Technical Committee the academic members took leadership for technical matters. BENEFITS OF IMS Finally, I would like to touch on the expected benefits of the IMS program.
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The IMS program will make this proverb real through international collaborative research activities, and each region and partner will bring excellent and unique technological ideas to the program. Such ideas will be orga nized and integrated to become better technologies than a single company or a single region can develop by itself.
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Thank you. European Programs: EUREKA and the European Framework Reinhard Loosch, EUREKA Secretariat Today I will describe to you two large initiatives in Europe on international cooperation in research and development: the European Union framework program and its associated activities, and the EUREKA initiative.
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EUREKA should enable Europe to master and exploit new technologies that are appropriate for its future and to build up its capability in crucial areas." When you read the relevant article in the Maastricht Treaty, and preceding that in the Single European Act, you will find practically the same words, with one additional objective of the European Union which is to enhance cohesion among the member states of the European Union, to have a comparable state of development throughout the Union. The main purpose is identical both for the European framework program and for the EUREKA initiative.
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In the case of EUREKA, it is clear that it is up to the project participants to secure the funds they need for a project. Now, to an increasing extent, the money is put up by the project participants themselves, be it from their private company money or from their regular budgets, which may be from public sources, or by seeking access to one of the promotion schemes, be it of the member states or also the European Union programs.
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We have volunteers to chair the EUREKA initiative up to the year 2002, so there is a certain long-term job assurance for EUREKA. But keep in mind that the European Union also provides the prospect of long-term reliable funding of R&D in international cooperation in Europe.
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If you look at JESSI [Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiativei, which is a EUREKA project, or at ESPRIT [European Union Information Technology programs) , which is a com
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They are not used to international cooperation; they need a little prodding. And for that reason, it is a good attempt because it is clear, since all the governments are behind it, if somebody comes and says I would like to do this as a EUREKA project, he may also find a more open ear when applying for national or European Union funding, although there is certainly no defined preference for a EUREKA project in any one of the national schemes, except that some of the member governments have allotted particular seed money for launching and for preparing EUREKA projects, but not for the project work itself.
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