Next Generation Internet

Chaos Communication Congress 2019
2019-12-27 - 2019-12-30 | Leipziger Messe, Messe-Allee 1, 04356 Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig, Sachsen, 04356, Germany
36th Chaos Communication Congress
The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club. The congress features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues related to security, cryptography, privacy and online freedom of speech. The event takes place regularly at the end of the year since 1984, with the current date and duration (27–30 December) established in 2005. It is considered one of the largest events of this kind, alongside the DEF CON in Las Vegas.
For the 36th time the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) will host the Chaos Communication Congress between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The 36C3, which will take place at Messe Leipzig, is the largest hacker conference in Europe and – like all CCC events – will be organised and executed entirely by volunteers. As last year, around 17,000 participants are expected from 27th to 30th of December 2019, including more than 2,000 volunteers.

36C3: Resource exhaustion
Resource exhaustion is a type of attack on computer systems that is considered rather crude and destructive. Even with two large scale events this year we don’t want to execute such an attack against ourselves. Instead we want to use our own resources in a measured, effective way:
Those who do know the extend of their own resources, can set limits, to prevent their exhaustion.
On an international stage this wisdom appears to be absent. Resources are exhausted knowingly and willfully, instead of limiting their use. Two years ago, during 34C3, we dedicated a day of our schedule to the topic of global climate change, and in the year following that we joined forces with other civil rights and environment protection NGOs for the Bits & Bäume conference.
It is in this tradition and with this spirit that we see this year’s congress’s motto 36C3: Resource Exhaustion.
More info here: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2019/

LEDGER 2nd Open Call Webinar - 17 Dec
2019-12-17 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
What do you gain from LEDGER
Stand a chance to gain up to 200 000€ in funding from the European Commission for your solutions based on decentralised technologies like Blockchain, P2P and others. NGI LEDGER is an E.C.-funded project which empowers people to solve problems using decentralised technologies such as blockchain, peer to peer or distributed ledger technologies. We are looking for 16 projects to build Minimum viable products (MVPs) where privacy by design, openness and citizen data sovereignty are at the core of their proposition.
The 2nd Open Call was launched on the 1st of November 2019 and will close on the 31st January 2020.

Webinar slides downloadable here.
Q&A pdf downloadable here.

LEDGER 2nd Open Call Webinar
2019-12-09 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
Introducing LEDGER and the Venture Builder
Starting on December 9th at 15:00 CET, the Venture Builder is going to hold 4 webinars to promote its current 2nd Open call and help you with detailed information about the application process, the programme and its values.
In this first webinar we will focus on introducing the LEDGER project, what happens in the 12-month Venture Builder programme and how the application process works.
Stand a chance to gain up to 200 000€ in funding from the European Commission for your solutions based on decentralised technologies like Blockchain, P2P and others. NGI LEDGER is an E.C.-funded project which empowers people to solve problems using decentralised technologies such as blockchain, peer to peer or distributed ledger technologies. We are looking for 16 projects to build Minimum viable products (MVPs) where privacy by design, openness and citizen data sovereignty are at the core of their proposition.
The 2nd Open Call was launched on the 1st of November 2019 and will close on the 31st January 2020.

Webinar slides downloadable here.
Q&A pdf downloadable here.

Future Internet Governance Strategy for the European Union
2019-11-27 16:10 - 17:10 (Europe/Berlin) | Estrel Congress Centre – Convention Hall, Sonnenallee 225, 12057 Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, 12057, Germany
The European Commission is a strong supporter of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and will be organising several initiatives during the event:

A booth with information on the Next-Generation Internet.
An interactive Open Forum on the ‘Future Internet Governance Strategy for the European Union’ on Wednesday 27 November

Theme:
Data Governance
Subtheme:
Innovation | Internet Ethics
Description:
With the election of the new European Parliament and new European Commission, the EU will setup a new Internet Governance strategy for the coming 5 years.
Organizers:
European Commission
Speakers:
Pearse O’Donohue- European Commission
Online Moderator:
Valentina Scialpi
SDGs:
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

High-level conference on Data Economy
2019-11-25 - 2019-11-26 | Finlandia Hall, Mannerheimintie 13, 00100 Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki, 00100, Finland
The High-Level Conference on Data Economy will gather a broad spectrum of aspects on data economy in order to showcase solutions and to define the principles for a sustainable, competitive and human-driven data economy. The programme will focus on the theme of human-centric data economy featuring the public and private sectors, non-governmental organisations and civil society. The Conference is expected to bring together an influential group of 400 high-level attendees representing the EU member states and EU institutions, business and economy as well as the civil society to discuss and shape the principles for future development of European data economy.
The conference is organised by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education and Culture.
For more information, check the program on the event website.

IGF 2019
2019-11-25 - 2019-11-29 | Estrel Congress Centre, Sonnenallee 225, 12057 Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, 12057, Germany
14th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was set up as an open discussion platform of the United Nations for key legal, political, social and technical issues relating to the internet.
The IGF is designed according to the “multi-stakeholder” model, meaning that all the relevant societal groups are equally involved in preparations and implementation: from governments, civil society, business, academia, international organisations and the technical community. This is particularly of note in terms of representatives from developing and newly industrialising countries, who otherwise tend to be under-represented.

The forum was established in 2006 by the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The IGF does not make binding decisions, but only serves in an advisory capacity. The annual meetings are held for the purposes of discussion, information and inspiration, with the primary objective of facilitating equitable and constructive dialogue between the various representatives, and to play a role in shaping debate within the relevant decision-making bodies at a national and international level.
Global trends relating to internet politics, current draft legislation and established practices are regularly discussed at these meetings. Delegates address topics including future opportunities and challenges presented by the internet, as well as analysing ways of making full use of the internet’s potential.
Having previously been convened in Geneva and Paris, the 14th Annual Meeting will be held on 25-29 November 2019 at the Estrel Congress Centre in Berlin.
For more info, follow the IGF 2019 on twitter.

The European Commission is a strong supporter of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and will be organising several initiatives during the event:

An interactive Open Forum on the ‘Future Internet Governance Strategy for the European Union’ on Wednesday 27 November
A booth with information on the Next-Generation Internet.

More info here: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/internet-governance-forum-2019

Startup Europe goes to SLUSH
2019-11-21 - 2019-11-22 | Helsinki Expo and Convention Center, Messuaukio 1, 00520 Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki, 00520, Finland
It’s a crush: Startup Europe’s innovation policies and matchmaking for investors and startups at Slush
Startup Europe is matchmaking startups and investors at Slush, one of the world’s leading startup events in Helsinki, Finland. Startup Europe, together with Business Finland and Slush will also organise a workshop on accelerating Digital Innovation and Ecosystems.
Slush, one of the world’s leading startup events is fast approaching and will take place on November 21 and 22 in Helsinki, Finland. Slush aims to connect investors and innovators at its core and a vision of creating a world-wide startup community and brings together 4000 startups, 2000 investors and 20000 other change-makers.
Startup Europe is bringing its full network of startups, partners and innovators along to Slush, all who have proven experience implementing digital innovation projects with its generous grant-funding. This includes MY-GATEWAY which focuses on strengthening the capacity of start-ups and SME’s in Central and Eastern Europe, and Startup Lighthouse, which helps promising EU startups to increase their market access. Among those joining are the winners of the Innovation Radar Prize and the 11 winners of the My Gateway Slush competition.
Take a deep dive at Slush on Startup Europe’s tools and financing
Startup Europe aims to strengthen the startup ecosystem across Europe and help the startup community easily access our tools and funding. At Slush, a deep dive into the details of our programs will be taken, including on the Digital Innovation and Scale-Up Initiative (DISC), which enhances finance for highly innovative high-risk digital startups in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. More information will be provided on the new Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Fund, which will support the financing of a portfolio of highly innovative AI/blockchain companies and support the development of a dynamic EU-wide innovation ecosystem across Europe. The first phase of the fund will support innovative AI/blockchain companies with 100 million euros in 2020.
Startup Europe is matchmaking startups and investors: November 21—pencil it in!
In line with its goal of connecting people, Startup Europe is organizing jointly with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Business Finland a special matchmaking event that will bring together 100 startups from across Europe, together with private venture capitalists and investors from large financial institutions such as the European Investment Fund (EIF), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the World Bank, and the International Finance Corporation. To support access to finance, a reverse-pitching session by the investors will be organised. Join the Startup Europe Matchmaking Session on November 21st from 16:00-20:00 and don’t miss out on discovering a whole range of opportunities!
Workshop on accelerating Digital Innovation and Ecosystems: November 22—don’t miss it!
To advance startup and scaleup focused policy, in partnership with Business Finland and Slush, Startup Europe will organise a workshop on Accelerating Digital Innovations and Ecosystems which will bring together 350 stakeholders and experts on digital innovation and startup ecosystems. The workshop will take place on 22 November from 13:00-16:00. The session will focus on both startup policy and investment initiatives and how these can best be harnessed to enable digital innovation and growth. Innovators, startup founders, venture capitalists, business angels, national promotional banks, corporate representatives, startup associations, academics, policymakers and the media will attend. Learn all about the policy workshop, and register now.
More information on NGI open calls here.
For more information on Startup Europe at SLUSH, please contact: Bjorn-Soren Gigler

SLUSH Helsinki 2019
2019-11-21 - 2019-11-22 | Helsinki Expo and Convention Center, Messuaukio 1, 00520 Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki, 00520, Finland
Slush is a student-driven, not-for-profit movement with the mission to create and help the next generation of groundbreaking entrepreneurs.
THE MOST FOUNDER-FOCUSED EVENT ON EARTH.
Whether your startup is looking for investors, customers, talent, media or advisors, we’ve got them all lined up in Slush Helsinki.
Startup Europe is matchmaking startups and investors at Slush. Startup Europe, together with Business Finland and Slush will also organise a workshop on accelerating Digital Innovation and Ecosystems. Read more here.

INFO SESSION ICT-54-2020
2019-11-19 11:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
INFO SESSION BLOCKCHAIN FOR THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET ICT-54-2020 | 2nd info webinar
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
11:30 am | (UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris | 1 hr
Meeting number (access code): 162 043 644
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Each RIA in the three sub-topics above, through an agile and flexible process, will support third party projects from outstanding academic research groups, hi-tech startups, SMEs and other multidisciplinary actors, so that multiple third parties will be funded in parallel contributing to the research and innovation area. As the primary purpose of the action is to support and mobilise internet innovators, a minimum of 70% of the total requested EU contribution should be allocated to financial support to the third parties
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ICT-54-2020 info
Types of action: Research and Innovation action
Status: Open
Deadline date: 16 January 2020 17:00:00 CET
Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) will be called for in the following three sub-topics. Proposals should address only one of these sub-topics.

Advancing research on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
Fostering trust in internet information exchange and content with blockchain
Bringing forward the emergence of collective intelligence on the internet

The webinar will cover the three sub-topics of the call and will give participants the possibility of presenting their project ideas and pose their questions.
This call is one of the last in the H2020-ICT-2018-2020 Programme.

NGI Explorers Immersion bootcamp
2019-11-19 - 2019-11-21 | Training Centre “Wspólna”, Sienna 73, 00-001 Warszawa, Poland, Warszawa, mazowieckie, 00-001, Poland
The 15 Explorers selected in our first open call, have been invited to participate in the first NGI Explorers
Immersion bootcamp, which will be held in Warsaw, Poland, at the Training Centre “Wspólna”, from 19th to
21st of November, 2019.
The Immersion bootcamp aims Explorers to (i) foster community connection, exchange and collaboration,
(ii) engage in NGI discussions/vision; while immersing into US cultural and administrative issues.
Our team will drive the 15 Explorers in a 2 days and half of immersion in the NGI Explorers ecosystem, in
order to brief and support them in view of their first expedition to the US.
The agenda of the immersion bootcamp will be composed of different “training modules”, as follows:

Learn: trainings to advance knowledge on topics like the NGI vision, IP management, Tech transfer, Product
development & business generation, American mindset etc…
Support: “we have your back” – administrative support on monitoring procedure during US expedition, visa
recommendations, and an individual support through an assigned mentor.
Grow: fire pitch session. Explorers with an awarded disruptive idea will deliver a three-minute pitch to
outline their US technology expedition to an invited panel of experts.
Connect: mentoring, delicious food and great networking opportunities!

Stay tuned on our channels for more information about the Immersion bootcamp and NGI Explorers second
open call, which will be launched in January!

Open Source beyond 2020 - Powering a Digital Europe
2019-11-14 - 2019-11-15 | Room 0/S1 (ground floor), Beaulieulaan 25/Room 0/S1 (ground, 1160 Oudergem, Belgium, Oudergem, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1160, Belgium
Workshop about the future of Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware
Open Source has become mainstream across all sectors of the software industry during the past 10 years. To a large extent, open software re-use has proven economically efficient. The level of maturity of Open Source Hardware (OSH) remains far lower than that of Open Source Software (OSS). However, business ecosystems for OSH are developing fast so that OSH could constitute a cornerstone of the future Internet of Things (IoT) and the future of computing.

Workshop “Open Source beyond 2020 – Powering a Digital Europe”
There are questions that are pertinent to be asked with regard to the future of OSS and OSH: Is the dramatic expansion of Open Source Software going to continue? Where is the limit? Will Open Source Hardware follow the path of its sibling?
In November 2019, the European Commission will be organising a workshop to analyse the future of Open Source Software and hardware. The workshop will bring stakeholders together to discuss current challenges, opportunities, R&I and also economic and policy-making issues.
More specifically, the workshop will focus on:

The role of Open Source as innovation enabler
How Open source can contribute towards the technological independence of Europe
Open source in the industry and the public sector

Background info
The Top-500 HPC in the world use Operating Systems based on Linux and scientific applications running on them are overwhelmingly using Open Source (e.g. OpenFOAM, OpenQCD, GAMESS, NWChem, Octave, …). OSS is also dominant in software infrastructures and constitutes the basis of very successful commercial systems (e.g. Android). Open Source is powering 86,1% of the smartphones, 67% of public servers, 75% of embedded systems. Other relevant policy areas are also seeing an increase in the use of Open Source: Artificial Intelligence (e.g. Google’s Tensorflow for Machine learning), Cloud (e.g. OpenStack based solutions), cyber security (e.g. MISP). There are also B2B Open Source platforms: Siemens’ MindSphere, which uses Open Source, offers a managed Platform-as-a-Service for developing cross-platform applications and lowering development efforts for the IoT domain and Bosch has just adopted an open source strategy to transform IoT.
To give an example for a business ecosystem for OSH, there is e.g. the Reprap 3D printer which constitutes an ecosystem on its own of global dimension. OSH shares with OSS its modularity and self-assembly feature. If OSH is to follow the same development as OSS, it can be expected that the demand for OSH develops rapidly in the next decade.

Convergence - The Global Blockchain Congress
2019-11-11 - 2019-11-13 | Trade Fair and Congress Center of Malaga, Av. de José Ortega y Gasset, 201, 29006 Málaga, Spain, Málaga, Andalucía, 29006, Spain
The first edition of the “Convergence” congress brings together the worldwide community of technology start-ups, corporations, regulators and policy makers, researchers and venture capital firms for a 3-day event. The congress gives attendees a chance to develop new networks, hear from experts, and learn how to meet the challenges of blockchain to business and society head on. Join the event and shape the global blockchain debate!

An event all about Convergence

Convergence is the first truly global blockchain conference, bringing together the worldwide blockchain community for an intense dialog with regulators, policy makers, industry influencers and members of the social impact community.
Attendees will enjoy a number of unique opportunities not available at any other blockchain gathering. These include:

A chance to shape the industry through direct dialogue with regulators and policy makers.
Convergence offers participants a chance to take part in direct discussion with the movers and shapers of the blockchain industry, and in particular regulators, and so help shape not just the future of blockchain but the next generation Internet and digital economy.
An opportunity to help set blockchain priorities for the coming year.
Participants will take part in conference-wide discussions on priorities for blockchain, with the aim of catalyzing the industry efforts to solve potential hurdles and enable innovation.
A global exposure and a vision of the blockchain “big picture”.
The conference will have a broad remit, exploring the convergence of blockchain with other technologies, with business, with the legal and regulatory landscape, and with society in general and the social good.

NGI @ WEB SUMMIT 2019
2019-11-07 11:00 - 11:45 (Europe/Lisbon) | Altice Arena & Fil, Rossio dos Olivais, 1990-231 Lisboa, Portugal, Lisboa, Lisboa, 1990-231, Portugal
Next-Generation Internet – technology deep-dive
Next-Generation Internet (NGI) is a forward-looking initiative launched in 2016 by the European Commission to fund top-level internet innovators in shaping the human-centric internet of the future. Developers will present the most powerful and promising technologies developed under the 1st year of the program, in the field of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET), Search and Discovery, Decentralized Data Governance and Blockchain. Moreover, current and future funding opportunities will be presented.
Speakers

Olivier Bringer: Head of Unit – Next-Generation Internet, DG CNECT
Stefano Foglietta: Program Officer – Next-Generation Internet, DG CNECT
Aleksandar Jevremovic and Nuno Garcia: CASPER project – PET, AI, Child Protection
Dominik Beron: Decentralize Messaging project – PET, Decentralized Data Governance, SSI
Daniel Kastl: CONSENTO project – PET, Password Distributed Management

SCION DAY
2019-11-06 | ETH Zurich | Semper Aula HG G 60, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
SCION is the first clean-slate Internet architecture designed to provide route control, failure isolation, and explicit trust information for end-to-end communication. SCION organizes existing ASes into groups of independent routing planes, called isolation domains, which interconnect to provide global connectivity. Isolation domains provide natural isolation of routing failures and misconfigurations, give endpoints strong control for both inbound and outbound traffic, provide meaningful and enforceable trust, and enable scalable routing updates with high path freshness. As a result, the SCION architecture provides strong resilience and security properties as an intrinsic consequence of its design. Besides high security, SCION also provides a scalable routing infrastructure, and high efficiency for packet forwarding. As a path-based architecture, SCION end hosts learn about available network path segments, and combine them into end-to-end paths that are carried in packet headers. Thanks to embedded cryptographic mechanisms, path construction is constrained to the route policies of ISPs and receivers, offering path choice to all the parties: senders, receivers, and ISPs. This approach enables path-aware communication, an emerging trend in networking. These features also enable multi-path communication, which is an important approach for high availability, rapid failover in case of network failures, increased end-to-end bandwidth, dynamic traffic optimization, and resilience to DDoS attacks.
To know more, partecipate to the SCION DAY!
Download the agenda here: www.scion-architecture.net
Sign up under: scion-event.inf.ethz.ch

INFO SESSION ICT-44-2020
2019-11-05 11:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
INFO SESSION NEXT GENERATION MEDIA ICT-44-2020 | INFO WEBINAR
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
11:30 am | Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris | 1 hr
Meeting number (access code): 841 285 573
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Each RIA in the three sub-topics above, through an agile and flexible process, will support third party projects from outstanding academic research groups, hi-tech startups, SMEs and other multidisciplinary actors, so that multiple third parties will be funded in parallel contributing to the research and innovation area. As the primary purpose of the action is to support and mobilise internet innovators, a minimum of 70% of the total requested EU contribution should be allocated to financial support to the third parties
For more details: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ict-44-2020

ICT-44-2020: Next Generation Media – INFO
Types of action: Innovation Actions and Coordination/Support Actions
Status: Open
Deadline date: 16 January 2020 17:00:00 CET
The scope of the call is to foster innovative solutions

to facilitate the integration of emerging technologies such as 5G, Cloud, the Internet of Things, Virtual/Augmented Reality, smart objects, wearables, data analytics, artificial intelligence, etc. in next generation media that overcome traditional boundaries and sectors;
to help the new media ecosystem become more adaptive and inclusive, and better promote content, e.g. with new online strategies and business models or new forms of content creation/distribution/presentation;
to support synergies across media, operators, technologists and cultural/artistic actors, in order to develop a network of stakeholders which, building on the existing STARTS (Science+ Technology+ ARTS) network, will explore innovative paths for the next generation of media.

To achieve the objectives the call is structured in three subtopics:
Subtopic a) i.
Exploring novel approaches for technology-driven innovation in European media ecosystem. At least two interlinked incubators hosted in existing operational environments providing access to relevant infrastructures and services as well as internal support. Technology-driven innovation for open and interoperable media with a particular focus on SMEs and start-ups. Third party participants will need to be selected via two open calls during the project (at least 70% of EU contribution). Each third-party project will last from 5 to 12 months with a size from EUR 50.000 to 350.000. Cooperate with a) ii.
Subtopic a) ii.
Setting up large-scale demonstrators, pilots or close-to-market prototypes for the creation of a user driven, fair, sustainable and technologically advanced media ecosystem focused on one or more of the following themes:
enabling all-IP (distributed/accessed over internet) content value chain; new business opportunities on cross-media and cross-sectorial data analytics; solutions that facilitate the availability of European content online; tackling cross-border content restriction issues; user driven, immersive and accessible media services; transmedia and cross media experiences and services; immersive and interactive experiences in publishing; agile media rights management and content identification solutions to improve online content distribution. Cooperate with a) i.
Subtopic b)
Establishing a network of actors to foster synergies between art, media and technology. Organise the annual European STARTS prizes (www.STARTS.eu) that unite technology, arts and media. For three consecutive years, prizes are awarded in two categories (EUR 20.000 each). Organize exhibitions and performances to stimulate new alliances between art, technology and media. Expand international cooperation links and activities of STARTS. Continue activities for STARTS residencies and STARTS academies. Organisational overhead should be minimised to allow substantial support of artists.
This call is one of the last in the H2020-ICT-2018-2020 Programme.

Our Data Our Future
2019-11-05 - 2019-11-06 | La Centrale Lavazza, Via Bologna, 10152 Torino TO, Italy, Torino, Piemonte, 10152, Italy
DECODE is gearing up for its final event: Our Data Our Future: Technologies for a democratic digital society taking place in Torino on 5-6 November 2019. DECODE is brining together an incredible line up of speakers and its set to be a great two days of panels, keynotes and workshops showcasing the DECODE project’s work over the last 3 years. The Symposium will discuss the policy agenda that could help realize the radical democratic potential of decentralized digital technologies. After reviewing the most promising of such technologies on Day One, the Day Two programme will discuss how such projects could fit into the broader context of Europe’s efforts to restore the economic and technological sovereignty of its citizens.

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REGISTER YOUR PLACE ASAP
We’d love for as many consortium members to come, but please note that spaces are likely to go very quickly, so please book your tickets before the end of the week to avoid disappointment. You can choose to attend the whole event or select one of the two days.
ARRANGE TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
It will be a busy week in Torino with a series of interesting events including the Festival of Technology so we strongly recommend booking your travel and accommodation asap. Below some important information:

Date: Tuesday 5 – Wednesday 6th November
Location: La Centrale Lavazza, Via Ancona, 10152, Torino

NGI_Trust 2nd Open Call Webinar
2019-11-04 12:30 - 14:00 (Europe/Brussels)
Interested in submitting a proposal to the NGI_Trust 2nd Open Call?
Up to €200,000 in funding available.
Join us for a Webinar on Monday 4th November 12:30-14:00 CET.
Register via: https://forms.gle/B2oP2DVmJtdbcdbH9

The call is open to individuals or organisations, or groupings thereof.
Specifically, the following may apply, either on an individual basis or as a consortium:

Researchers and developers (holding a master’s degree or higher) employed in third-level education institutes, research infrastructures, not for profit organisations and charitable (scientific) foundations and public research centres.
Internet technologists and innovators, privacy and trust specialists and action groups
Organisations/companies with relevant privacy and trust cases or concerns in specific sectors or ‘verticals’ (fields such as health, etc.).
Micro, small and medium sized enterprises firms working on internet technologies.

Applicants may be legal entities or natural persons and should be registered (for organisations) or resident (for individuals) in an EU Member State or a Horizon 2020 associated country.
NGI_TRUST Open Call third-party projects
Three types of third-party projects will be awarded funding:

Type 1 (viability): up to €75,000 per project from NGI_Trust, no matching funds required. The objective is to explore and assess the technical feasibility and/or commercial potential of a breakthrough innovation that aims at enhancing privacy and trust for the NGI. Activities can include conceptual development, risk assessment, market study or intellectual property management of a new technology or service, or a new application of existing technologies. Indicative duration: 6 months.
Type 2 (execution): up to €150,000 per project from NGI_Trust and matching funds of up to €75,000 (2/3 – 1/3 model). The objective is to fund R&D or technology development projects underpinned by a strategic plan and feasibility assessment (which can be, but need not be, developed through a Type 1 project funded by NGI_Trust). Indicative duration: 6-9 months.
Type 3 (transition to commercialisation): up to €200,000 per project from NGI_Trust and the equivalent in matching funds (50/50). These projects should pursue the commercialisation of a privacy and trust enhancing innovation for the NGI (which can be, but need not be, developed through a Type 2 project funded by NGI_Trust). Indicative duration: up to 12 months.

INFO SESSION ICT-54-2020
2019-10-23 11:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
INFO SESSION BLOCKCHAIN FOR THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET ICT-54-2020 | 1st info webinar
Tuesday, October 23, 2019
11:30 am | (UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris | 1 hr
Meeting number (access code): 166 905 917
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Each RIA in the three sub-topics above, through an agile and flexible process, will support third party projects from outstanding academic research groups, hi-tech startups, SMEs and other multidisciplinary actors, so that multiple third parties will be funded in parallel contributing to the research and innovation area. As the primary purpose of the action is to support and mobilise internet innovators, a minimum of 70% of the total requested EU contribution should be allocated to financial support to the third parties
For more details https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ict-54-2020

ICT-54-2020 info
Types of action: Research and Innovation action
Status: Open
Deadline date: 16 January 2020 17:00:00 CET
Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) will be called for in the following three sub-topics. Proposals should address only one of these sub-topics.

Advancing research on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
Fostering trust in internet information exchange and content with blockchain
Bringing forward the emergence of collective intelligence on the internet

The webinar will cover the three sub-topics of the call and will give participants the possibility of presenting their project ideas and pose their questions.
This call is one of the last in the H2020-ICT-2018-2020 Programme.

UNLEASH WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO 2019
2019-10-22 - 2019-10-23 | PARIS CONVENTION CENTRE, 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris, France, Paris, Île-de-France, 75015, France
UNLEASH World Conference & Expo is the world’s largest show on the Future of Work and Workforce Technology. The event is a unique opportunity for all HR leaders and decision makers to network with industry peers, meet influencers and UNLEASH speakers, explore the latest of next-gen technologies and come away with actionable business intelligence. By attending UNLEASH World, you are putting yourself at the epicenter of the workforce revolution.
Join the UNLEASH family and take the lead in helping your organization accelerate sustained performance!
To find out more, download our brochure, or get your ticket here.

Luiss Debates - Ethics in the Digital Age
2019-10-16 11:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Rome) | Luiss LOFT, Viale Romania, 32, 00197 Roma RM, Italy, Roma, Lazio, 00197, Italy
Luiss Debates are created to foster interaction between scholars and the business community, national and international institutions, and different social actors. Thus, by producing relevant and insightful knowledge that positively impacts the world, they promote social sciences as actionable disciplines that can translate theories into social and economic progress. Over the past months, Luiss Debates have been held on topics such as leadership, artificial intelligence and innovation and sustainability.
In today’s debate, Paolo Benanti, Luciano Floridi and Giuseppe Italiano will share the stage to engage in a discussion on the ethical implications of technology in the digital age.
Paolo Benanti is a Franciscan of the Third Order Regular from 1999. He has experience in the technical field with studies in Engineering and in the field of ethics with philosophical and theological studies. The doctoral research he has undertaken is meant to synthesize the competences acquired, providing an original contribution to biomedical ethics. He works in academics as Professor in Moral Theology, Bioethics and Neuroethics. At the same time he provides consulting in pastoral of healthcare and teaches refresher courses in bioethics for the training of parish workers.
Luciano Floridi is OII‘s Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, Director of the Digital Ethics Lab of the Oxford Internet Institute, and Professorial Fellow of Exeter College. He is Turing Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute and Chair of its Data Ethics Group, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and Senior Member of the Oxford Faculty of Philosophy, and Research Associate and Fellow in Information Policy of the Department of Computer Science. His research concerns primarily Digital Ethics (aka Information and Computer Ethics), the Philosophy of Information, and the Philosophy of Technology.
Giuseppe F. Italiano is Professor of Computer science at Luiss University. His background, which includes also a five-year experience in industrial research, puts him in a unique position to carry out work that combines basic research with strong focus on applications. In 2016 Giuseppe was nominated EATCS Fellow for his “fundamental contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms for solving theoretical and applied problems in graphs and massive data sets, and for his role in establishing the field of algorithm engineering”.
Welcome address by Professor Alessandro Zattoni Dean of the Luiss Department of Business and Management.

Next Generation Internet of Things Workshop
2019-10-16 09:00 - 15:45 (Europe/Brussels) | CENTRE DE CONFÉRENCES ALBERT BORSCHETTE, Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Etterbeek, Belgium, Etterbeek, Bruxelles, 1040, Belgium
Workshop on research priorities for the Next Generation of Internet of Things
The participants of the workshop “Next Generation Internet of Things” organized by the European Commission will discuss research and innovation actions as well as possible policy measures to be taken at EU level. The workshop addresses researchers, industry, application developers and start-ups.

Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and applications are bringing fundamental changes to all sectors of society and economy and constitute an essential element of the Next Generation Internet (NGI). IoT technologies and applications are changing the way users, services and applications interact with the real world environment in a trusted way. The European Commission supports the future research and innovation of IoT technologies and applications, and therefore intends to discuss:

technologies
market drivers
main challenges in the area

These factors are bringing fundamental changes to all sectors of society and economy and constitute an essential element of the NGI.
About the workshop
The workshop should discuss novel IoT concepts and solutions to underpin the NGI vision and make provision for predicting future events, trigger actions and moving decisions to the point of interest in order to better serve the end-user. Participants should think of possible use cases with advanced needs in areas such as:

wearables
transportation
agriculture
homes
health
energy
manufacturing

The workshop should reflect on key elements for drafting a roadmap for next generation IoT, which is supported by the Coordination and Support Action (CSA) NGIoT.
The European Commission will support a first set of projects under the NGI umbrella through the call ICT-56-2020 Next Generation Internet of Things. This call has been opened on 9 July 2019 and it will close on 16 January 2020. During the afternoon, a special session will give an opportunity to the participants to present their possible ideas. One session will be also organised by the IDEALIST in order to support match-making of the consortia.
Download the agenda here.

The participants of the workshop will be given opportunity to present 5 minutes pitches covering the topic. As these presentations will be strictly time limited they should be composed of maximum 5 slides. Please address you pitch presentations to CNECT-E4-EVENTS@ec.europa.eu by 14th October. The presentations will be then made available in the meeting room on the day of the event.

European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF)
2019-10-14 - 2019-10-16 | SCANDIC MARINA CONGRESS CENTER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, 00160 Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki, 00160, Finland
The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) is the main event of the European Big Data and Data-Driven AI Research and Innovation community. In 2017 the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and the European Commission (DG CNECT) joined forces to create this event fusion of the former EDF (European Data Forum) and the BDVA Summit.

This year EBDVF2019 is by BDVA, in collaboration of the European Commission and VTT as the main local organizer. The European Big Data Value Forum 2019 aims to continue the success of previous editions, where on average every year around 700 industry professionals, business developers, researchers, and policymakers coming from 40 different countries attended the event. It will be organised in October and we expect 600 participants. The organiser committee of this event includes, in addition to BDVA, the EC and VTT, multiple Finnish industrial, Innovation and Research players as well as international companies and other research institutions.
BDVA is an Industry-driven and fully self-financed an international non–for-profit organisation under Belgian law. BDVA has almost 200 members all over Europe with a well-balanced composition of large and small and medium-sized industries (over 30% of SMEs), as well as research and user organizations. The full list of members can be found here.

META-FORUM 2019
2019-10-08 - 2019-10-09 | BluePoint Brussels, Auguste Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Schaarbeek, Belgium, Schaarbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1030, Belgium
META-FORUM 2019: Introducing the European Language Grid
META-FORUM is the international conference on powerful and innovative Language Technologies for a multilingual information society.
On 8/9 October 2019, the 8th edition of the conference will take place in Brussels, Belgium. The event brings together a diverse audience: Experts from research and industry will meet to discuss the latest developments in European Language Technology and to learn more about new developments and initiatives from the various European language communities.
META-FORUM 2019 also features the very first public demonstration of the emerging European Language Grid– the primary platform for Language Technology in Europe. Topics of the conference include:

Overview and demo of the European Language Grid
ELG: approach, plan and technical architecture
First information on the ELG open calls, to be published in 2020 (“financial support for third parties”)
Language Technology community consolidation
News from the language communities
Reports from industry
Current EU projects in the Language Technology area
Language Technology and Artificial Intelligence: building bridges in the EU
Expo with booths from industry and research

Please register at https://www.european-language-grid.eu/meta-forum-2019/
To learn more about META-FORUM 2019 and the European Language Grid (ELG) project, please visit https://www.european-language-grid.eu

MyData 2019
2019-09-26 - 2019-09-28 | Wanha Satama , Lilla Hamngatan 5, 00160 Helsingfors, Finland, Helsingfors, 00160, Finland
MyData Global’s mission is to empower individuals by improving their right to self-determination regarding their personal data. The human-centric paradigm is aimed at a fair, sustainable, and prosperous digital society, where the sharing of personal data is based on trust as well as balanced and fair relationship between individuals and organisations.

NGI FORUM 2019
2019-09-25 | Wanha Satama , Lilla Hamngatan 5, 00160 Helsingfors, Finland, Helsingfors, 00160, Finland
THE NGI FORUM 2019 WILL BE ON 25th SEPTEMBER 2019 IN HELSINKI.
REGISTER FREE TO ATTEND!

The NGI Forum 2019, at its third edition, is the flagship event of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, which brings together some of Europe’s top internet innovators, researchers and policymakers, who are shaping the internet of tomorrow.

This year’s edition, on 25th September 2019, will be co-located with the MyDataConference in Helsinki, and it will be an opportunity to share knowledge with leading experts from a variety of disciplines, including privacy and trust, decentralised data governance, discovery and identification, artificial intelligence, and more.
The event will include a mix of specialist talks, open discussions and interactive working groups. The emphasis is on stimulating discussion and the free exchange of ideas between researchers, SMEs & startups, industry players, policy makers, and civil society.
FREE BOOKING IS NOW OPEN. VISIT THE NGIFORUM WEBSITE TO REGISTER AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION!

NGI Forum is organized during the Opening Day of MyData 2019 conference. Extend your stay in Helsinki and join some 1000 representatives of business, tech, legal and social sectors to create actionable solutions for fair data sharing. Get your ticket on mydata2019.org/tickets

Future Tech Week 2019
2019-09-23 - 2019-09-29 | EUROPE
The future is now. Today, high-risk and long-term research projects are creating the innovations of the future.
FETFX bring you the Future Tech Week where you can see, show and tell the science that creates tomorrow’s technologies. For 5 days, we will get a snapshot of what’s currently brewing in Europe’s tech sphere as we feature events and creative contributions from across Europe and beyond on Future and Emerging Technologies (FET).
Let’s make society and FET shake hands and flare up Europe’s curiosity to see what’s next in technology.
The Future Tech Week is an initiative of the European Innovation Council Pathfinder.

Digital Excellence Forum @ ICT Proposers’ Day 2019
2019-09-19 - 2019-09-20 | Messukeskus centre, Messuaukio 1, 00520 Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki, 00520, Finland
Digital Excellence Forum @ ICT Proposers’ Day 2019 will take place on 19-20 September 2019 at the Messukeskus centre in Helsinki. The event willprovide an excellent opportunity to present and discuss the main policy drivers that would reinforce the digital transformation of European industry and society and how our Research & Innovation agenda can best contribute to these objectives. It will feature a conference session on EU digital policy with the participation of high-level experts. The event will present the 2020 topics of the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2018-2020, and serve as a networking platform for ICT enthusiasts and professionals.
Stay tuned for more details to come!
Follow the latest news on the event’s website and on Twitter @DSMeu and #ICTPropDay.

ITU Telecom World 2019
2019-09-09 - 2019-09-12 | Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
From the Rubik’s cube to the biro, the telephone exchange and digital computing, Hungary has long been a cradle for innovation, creativity and collaboration. At ITU Telecom we believe innovation needs to be meaningful to ensure that nations and societies everywhere benefit from technological advancement.
That’s why there is no better place to showcase your creative technology, innovations, products and ideas on driving meaningful connectivity than at ITU Telecom World 2019.
Taking place from 9-12 September in Budapest, ITU Telecom World 2019 is the leading UN-organized global ICT event for governments, corporates and tech SMEs. Exhibit, network and debate with key players from Europe’s technology industry and from across the globe. Help accelerate ICT innovation to make the world better, sooner.

NGI EXPLORERS Open Call - Webinar #1 | A Step-by-Step Guide
2019-06-25 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
Join us to find out how you can get a 100% sponsored Technology Expedition 3-6 months to US to boost your disruptive Internet idea!
On Tuesday, 25th June 2019 at 11:00am CEST, we’ll be answering all your burning questions about applying for the NGI Explorers Open Call, live on air. You can access the webinar through this link: zoom.us/j/923210190
If you’re thinking of applying, or are already half-way through your application for NGI Explorers Open Call #1, then this webinar is for you. Join our NGI Explorers team, to find out:

– Mission of the Next Generation Internet Explorers program
– All you need to know about eligibility criteria and procedures to follow
– The difference between the 3 tracks to apply to NGI Explorers, and which one is best for you

At the end of the webinar, we will have time for a live Q&A, so bring your questions with you.
In case the webinar room is full, you will have the chance to join us on the next webinar or to see the recording later on.
Applications close on Weds, 31 July 2019 at 12:00pm (noon) CEST: www.f6s.com/ngiexplorersprogramopencall1/apply
For more information, please visit: explorers.ngi.eu/
Follow us on twitter! twitter.com/NGI_Explorers

NGI at IoTweek 2019
2019-06-18 11:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Copenhagen) | Musikhuset Aarhus | Falken 226, Thomas Jensens Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
Next Generation Internet: Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative from the European Commission aims at developing key building blocks of the internet of tomorrow and shape its development towards an internet of humans that responds to our fundamental needs, including trust, security, openness and inclusion, and in general reflects the values and norms we enjoy in our society. At the core of the initiative stands a research and innovation programme dedicated to directly support internet innovators, from individual researchers, to developers and start-ups.
This session will provide an overview of the NGI initiative, will present the research and innovation areas where it will focus in the coming years, will introduce the upcoming calls for internet innovators in the areas of ‘privacy enhancing technologies’, ‘search and discovery’ and ‘decentralised data governance’, and will explain how it links to the IoT community.
NGI workshop will take place on 18 June at 11:30 – 12:30 in Musikhuset Aarhus – Falken 226.
It will be held by Jorge Gasós from European Commission and speakers will include Monique Calisti from Martel Innovate, Sanyu Karani from Funding Box and Joost Agterhoek from NLNet.
