SPECTRUM D7.1 SPECTRUM Strategic Research Innovation and Deployment Agenda

The SPECTRUM Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda (SRIDA) presents a coordinated European strategy for the compute and data continuum serving data-intensive science. Grounded in the requirements of High Energy Physics (including the HL-LHC programme and the WLCG) and Radio Astronomy (including the SKA Observatory and LOFAR), the agenda addresses challenges shared across data-intensive disciplines: exabyte-scale data, heterogeneous computing, federated access, AI adoption, environmental sustainability, and workforce development. Thirteen strategic priorities are organised within four pillars: Policy, Trust and Governance; Architecture and Interoperability; Software and Science Enablers; and Human Capital and Responsibility. The SRIDA identifies investment areas spanning computing and data infrastructures, software, governance, and human capital, and defines a phased implementation roadmap from near-term governance foundations through medium-term technical integration to long-term operational maturity. The agenda builds on evidence from the following project deliverables: Technical Blueprint (D6.1), use case analysis (D5.1), landscape survey (D5.3), access policy analysis (D5.2), and community of practice (D3.1). The agenda is informed by structured community consultation and is intended to guide coordinated European action across scientific communities, service providers, and policy makers.