A roadmap of ICT for Manufacturing in the ‘Horizon 2020’ prospective

This document is the result of a synthesis of the ActionPlanT project “Roadmap for FP8” and it is intended to provide a general understanding of the work approach and of the roadmap contents. The ActionPlanT project is co-funded by the European Commission under the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) "Factories of the Future" within the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) (Grant Agreement Number 258617). ActionPlanT aims to develop a vision on the short, medium, and long term role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the European manufacturing industry. ActionPlanT also liaises with EFFRA, the Factories of the Future Research Association, as a key industry representing body. ActionPlanT activities include the development of a roadmap to prioritize most promising topics for the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (‘Horizon 2020’, covering the period 2014-2020). The research project started in June 2010 and ended in May 2012.