SLICES will engage, in a long-term and sustainable and aligned way, communities involved in (i) novel Digital Infrastructure technologies and paradigms (ii) future Internet large-scale testbed development and operation; (iii) the operation of Platforms as a Service, (iv) development of the software necessary to control and manage it.It will also link them with transversal (vertical) applications and provide synergies between academia, industry and business actors.

This will allow SLICES to (i) address scientific needs of the Digital Science research (ii) support technological take-ups and accelerate market access in core ICT technologies, (iii) support verticals such as Smart cities, e-health, Industrial Internet, Transport, Energy. It will involve stakeholders from supply side to demand side, enabling the testing of new technologies but also accelerating the deployment of transformative services.