Enabling Technology
for Europe 2020

by Professor Daniel Hamilton,

Coordinator, Enabling Technology Coalition; Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

The Enabling Technology project seeks to deliver empirical academic analysis and data on the size and potential of the market for so-called 'enabling technologies'—habit-changing information and communication technologies. The initiative promotes research on the potential for enabling technologies to facilitate economic growth and social benefits in three areas:

• health
• low-carbon economy
• education

Research results in each of the three areas are generated by a group of experts, headed by a leading university-based research team. The study and analytical models are developed in consultation with other scholars and a variety of stakeholders, either common to all clusters, such as business stakeholders and government decision-makers, or specific to some clusters, such as clinicians and patient associations for the e-health cluster or environmental NGOs and energy experts for the low-carbon economy cluster.

Helping direct and enhance the research methods and outputs is a coalition of businesses, non-governmental organizations and other key stakeholders. These players also contribute by sharing case studies, introducing best practices and organizing events to help disseminate results.

The research and models developed through the Enabling Technology project can be applied by national governments, regional authorities, and local decision-makers, and offer useful analytical tools for business and other stakeholders. The Coalition welcomes additional partners and is available for consultation and collaborative arrangements that apply its research to specific situations.

Daniel Hamilton
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)