The ESCO Report
ESCO stands for “Electronic Systems – Challenges and Opportunities”.
ESCO is an initiative that arose from a series of meetings between senior industry executives, trade associations, academic institutions, skills bodies and Government against a profound backdrop of economic change.
Mark Prisk, the Minister of State for Business & Enterprise at the time, endorsed the production of a “state of the nation” report into UK Electronic Systems and was keen to understand the actions that Government could take to support the development of such a strategically and economically important industry.
Primary aims of the report has been to:
- Engage the UK Electronic Systems industry in working together to deliver our long-term future.
- Address the lack of awareness within government and the key “Vertical Market” sectors of the importance of Electronic Systems.
- Present an ambitious vision for our future, supported by a pragmatic Action Plan.
The ESCO report has been undertaken in the spirit of collaboration across stakeholder groups. It recognises the diversity of interests, applications, capabilities and derived benefits to the UK’s economy and future prosperity.
The ESCO report was created under the guidance of a Steering Group of leading individuals from industry and academia:
- Jamie Urquhart, Pond Venture Partners, Chairman
- Sir Hossein Yassaie, Imagination Technologies
- Warren East, ARM
- Indro Mukerjee. Plastic Logic
- Keith Williams, Altran
- Joe Willson, Emerson UK
- Steven Beaumont, University of Glasgow
- Chris Carr, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Electronic Systems (ES): are systems or products whose functionality is critically dependent on the deployment of Electronic Technology within them. A fuller definition can be found in the Economic Footprint workstream.