EMPOWER EU-US

Launch in November 2018, EMPOWER is a Horizon 2020 project funded by the European Commission / DG CONNECT aiming to foster the collaboration between Europe and the USA in the field of Advanced Wireless Platforms in 5G and beyond 5G. The overarching aim of EMPOWER is to reinforce this cooperation with the purpose to establish a collaborative transatlantic community on the new connectivity frontiers beyond 5G. Built on a long-term dialogue between the EU and the US in the eld of Advanced Wireless Platforms, EMPOWER’s ambition is to accelerate the joint development of the associated advanced wireless platforms between EU and NSF-funded projects, through the PAWR office. EMPOWER targets the creation of a joint EU-US advanced wireless ecosystem for: bridging the relevant EU-US Wireless communities and stakeholders, such as scienti c researchers, platform engineers, standardization experts, regulators, and product incubators and developing a strategic EU-US collaboration agenda and supporting its execution ahead of worldwide competition for beyond 5G connectivity standards, based on common EU-US roadmaps spanning advances in scienti c knowledge, platforms andtestbeds, standards and regulations.