A Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) represents the main object of a Technology Platform and a valuable tool for an innovation cluster (iCluster), which requires in-depth knowledge of the most updated technological trends, intertwined with the economic activities that make possible to be competitive.

 

Given the effects of technology convergence, it is important to identify and associate the various research strategic and innovation specialization lines that have an impact on the deep Digital Transformation that we are currently experiencing, embodied in a Strategic Agenda co-created through public-private partnerships and international cooperation between the European Union, the United States and Latin America under Open Innovation methodologies.

 

The SRIA serves as a guide for high-impact entrepreneurship, as well as SMEs, clusters, cities, and regions to develop or adopt innovation strategies and actions in specific knowledge domains —as part of the technology oversight function, vital in the Digital Transformation process.

 

Below, the evolution of the Mexican Technology Platform´s SRIA as a representative case among participating countries in Projects FIRST and CONECTA 2020: