NeXOS: Creating added value of research through industrialization strategies

The NeXOS project — Next Generation Ocean Sensors — aims to improve the temporal and spatial coverage, resolution and quality of marine observations through the development of cost-efficient innovative and interoperable in-situ sensors deployable from multiple platforms, and Web Services for key domains and applications. This typically involves innovation activities undertaken by scientists in cooperation with suppliers and users. ECORYS, as the leader of the Work Package responsible for economic viability and industrialization, designed and applied a framework, suitable for guiding the innovation development process from conceptualization to market penetration, in a complex multi-actor environment.