Report describing sustainability plan

TASK 75 Sustainability and business development M6 M18 UMCU AVA Roche The applicant consortium with input from industry partners will develop the sustainability plan for the maintenance and future development of project outcomes including identification of additional business models beyond those making the use of datasets for commercial developments subjected to fees whilst facilitating open access for research purposes described in WP4 The consortium will employ the following proven phased approach to implement a successful sustainability strategy 1 mapping identifying valuable use cases for a repository of COVID19 datasets as well as further applications of the remote monitoring system beyond COVID19 by assessing key clinicalsocietal needs marketcommercial opportunities and operationaltechnical feasibility inventorying possible strategic partners and investigating best practices amongst comparable initiatives 2 brainstorming business case development 3 validating together with a selection of key stakeholders and possible funderspayers the business cases will be validated including costeffectiveness modelling 4 planning positive business cases will be further detailed in a sustainability plan 5 business development activities promotions for industry and notforprofit organisations and contacts key fundersdecision makerspayers will be initiated to realize seed fundinginitial revenuecommercial deals The sustainability plan will present a roadmap for longterm sustainability of the consortium and network after the official end of COVIDRED to ensure that this valuable collaborative effort will endure