OVERVIEW OF KVIS Sample Clauses

OVERVIEW OF KVIS. The technological advancements and the proliferation of technology in modern societies has impacted and is continually impacting human and animal life as well as the environment in numerous ways. Thus, the impact assessment of technology even before its development and proliferations is in the spotlight of discussions at global, EU and local level. To this end, research and development activities not only focus on the results of research on the technology domains, but also on how these activities address societal needs and how they impact value creation. The need to align technology domain aspirations with society needs and values is driven by a large set of commitments from global, European and country-wide organizations, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [19], the European Green Deal and technological sovereignty reflecting European values. These values are in turn channelled to the funding programs, regulation, and society expectations. To this end, late phase 5GPPP projects (e.g. the preliminary work of the Hexa-X project in its deliverable D1.2 [20] and D1.3 [21]), 6G Flagship projects and organisations/associations formulating the 6G vision have made an effort to align the 6G vision with value creation. In the context of 6G-SANDBOX, these efforts are taken into consideration and also the methodology defined by 6G-IA Sub-Working Group Societal Needs and Value Creation –on how to identify the impact on Key Values and Key Value Indicators to evaluate the impact from the proliferation of use cases addressed by R&D activities- is adopted. According to 6G-IA SNVC, «KVIs are all about understanding the context within which technologies must operate, and identifying the resulting societal value these developments offer. » [22]. SNS R&I Work Programme 2021-2022 [23] identification of certain key values, grouped in three categories as follows: Table 3 SNS R&I Work Programme 2021-2022 key values' categories • Democracy • Ecosystem • Innovation • Privacy • Sustainability • Safety • Fairness • Business value • Security • Digital inclusion • Economic growth • Regulation • Trust • Open collaboration • Responsibility • New value chain • Energy consumption However, the identified values are reflecting the aforementioned global and European targets and are formulated for states, thus they need to be interpreted and further nailed down to KVs for the ICT industry to identify its impact. Therefore, also the SNS R&I Work Programme 2023-2024 does not exp...