The effective interaction between the members of the FIRE community is not only one of the key objectives of the project but also an essential means for the development of the Research and Innovation Strategy. Two types of events facilitate the dialogue within the focus sectors and ensure that the dialogue is promoted further to additional sectors.
Focus Group Events
With the help of Sector Leads – champions whose “gravitational effects” to pull the market with them will be leveraged towards improving the adoption of EO solutions therein – Focus Groups will be organised in parallel with existing industry events. These Focus Groups will bring together the specific market representing all interested communities (downstream market actors, EO innovators and researchers, end-users). They will generate a working document outlining how the respective sector could benefit from increased uptake, how this could be achieved and where it may be possible to get to, in terms of EO exploitation, in the future.