Next Generation Internet

LEDGER OPEN CALL – WEBINAR
2019-03-14 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
LEDGER, an EU funded project, empowers people to solve problems using decentralised technologies such blockchain, peer to peer or distributed ledger technologies.
Do you have technical questions? This webinar will guide you through the application process with an open Q&A session hosted by Dyne.org experts ready to answer all your questions.LEDGER is looking for 32 projects to build Minimum viable products (MVPs) where privacy by design, openness and citizen data sovereignity are at the core of their proposition.
LEDGER is part of the Next Generation Internet initiative from the European Commission, and aligns with the objectives of the European Blockchain Partnership. About NGI: The Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, launched by the European Commission in the autumn of 2016, aims to shape the future Internet as an interoperable platform ecosystem that embodies the values that Europe holds dear: openness, inclusivity, transparency, privacy, cooperation, and protection of data.
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FSiC2019
2019-03-14 - 2019-03-16 | Sorbonne Université, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France, Paris, Île-de-France, 75005, France
Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) 2019
The second Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) took place at Sorbonne Université (Paris) on March 14-16 2019. The conference brought together experts and enthusiasts who want to build a complete Free and Open Source CAD ecosystem for designing analog and digital integrated circuits. The conference covered the full spectrum of the design process, from system architecture, to layout and verification. The conference consisted of three full days, including a Saturday for facilitating those who are involved as non-professionals. After the daily talks, the discussion continued until late in an informal and relaxed atmosphere at the on-campus caves Esclangon.
All video recordings are available on peertube.
Video recordings, slides and documentation
All the talks have been recorded and can be watched on peertube. Extra documentation and the slides of most talks can be found by clicking on the respective titles in the program below.
Organizing committee

Marie-Minerve Louërat, LIP6, CNRS
Roselyne Chotin, LIP6, Sorbonne Université
Jean-Paul Chaput, LIP6, Sorbonne Université
Luca Alloatti, ETH-Zurich
Matthias Koefferlein, KLayout project
Sean Cross, Kosagi
Thomas Kramer, ETH-Zurich

STARTUP EUROPE MEDITERRANEAN | LAUNCH EVENT
2019-03-01 | Casa Cava | MATERA, Via S. Pietro Barisano, 47, 75100 Matera MT, Italy, Matera, Basilicata, 75100, Italy
Under the patronage of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner responsible for Digital Economy and Society
Would you like to know more about Startup Europe Mediterranean (SEMED) and its opportunities?
Join us in Matera European Capital of Culture 2019, on March 1st!
The official launch event will gather prestigious speakers and host a “red button ceremony”
during which the SEMED cloud platform will be inaugurated.

THE SEMED MISSION
Startup Europe Mediterranean (SEMED) is an initiative powered by FacilityLive in collaboration with the European Commission’s Startup Europe initiative, to create the innovation platform of the Mediterranean that connects and produces opportunities for startups, investors, corporates, universities, policymakers, research centres and incubators.

The Future of NGI @ 4YFN
2019-02-27 10:30 - 11:00 (Europe/Madrid) | MWCapital Stage, 4YFN, Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, s/n, 08004 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08004, Spain
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) workshop “The Future of NGI” will be hosted by NGI Outreach coordinator, Dr Monique Calisti (CEO of Martel Innovate). The workshop will feature inspiring innovators who will debate and explore the main challenges and opportunities to shape the internet of the future. We will talk technology, policy and citizen empowerment.
Developing technology that is human-centric by design and function is a core pillar of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative. The movement is gathering researchers that are trying to develop and deploy technologies for a more secure, trustworthy, inclusive, open and performant internet.

In The Future of NGI Workshop, we will host an expert panel to discuss the future of the human-centric internet.
Our expert panel will each take five minutes to present their views on where the European research and innovation challenges and opportunities lie in the next 10-20 years and present their “Internet 2030” vision in the context of the Next Generation Internet initiative. The panel includes:

The Next Generation Internet – When humans do it better by Monique Calisti, CEO at Martel Innovate and NGI Outreach coordinator
Data futures and emerging business models – Putting humans at the centre by Mara Balestrini, CEO at Ideas for Change
Building desirable futures – Moonshots for Europe by Harald Neidhardt, CEO & Curator, Futur/io; CEO & Curator, MLOVE, Hamburg
Bridging the gap between the outputs of scientific research and the inputs needed by NGI innovators by Marc Torrens, Professor of Operations, Innovation and Data Science at ESADE Business School, Co-founder and Board Member at Strands, Inc.
Next generation smart connectivity – the backbone of the future Internet society by Sergi Figuerola Fernandez, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, i2CAT

MEET THE SPEAKERS
Entrepreneur and ICT professional featuring a digital soul and consolidated hands-on experience in R&D innovation management and funding, technical & strategic consulting, communication and dissemination, social media marketing, as well as business development for innovative software solutions and products across several industry segments.
Monique Calisti is specialized in European Commission funding, as well as national and international grant programmes and support to innovative SMEs and Startups, with extensive domain knowledge in Next Generation Internet technologies, Digital Social Innovation, IoT, Smart Cities, 5G / wireless technologies, large-scale experimentation, Multi-Agent Systems.
Before joining Martel in 2010 as Senior Consultant and Project Manager, she worked for Whitestein Technologies as Vice President of R&D delivering extensive input to strategic business planning, development and organization Monique holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Switzerland, and a Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy.

On Twitter: @moniquecalisti Mara is a Human Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher and a technology strategist. She is the CEO of Ideas for Change, an innovation agency advising cities, businesses and institutions. Mara’s work sits at the intersection of civic technology, data, co-creation and Action Research. She has authored over 25 publications on these subjects and coordinated projects such as Making Sense EU, Bristol Approach and #DataFutures. Mara is also a co-founder of SalusCoop, the first Spanish cooperative for citizens’ health data. Mara earned a PhD in Computer Science from the Intel Collaborative Research Institute on Sustainable Connected Cities (ICRI-Cities) at University College London (UCL). She also holds a BA in Audiovisual Communications and a MSc in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media. She is Senior Faculty at the IAAC and a visiting lecturer at the the Royal College of Art (RCA).
Her work has been awarded at ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, Ars Electronica, among others, and featured in international media such as the BBC, The Guardian, The Financial Times and El País.

On Twitter: @marabales “We live in times of unprecedented change & opportunity. Together, we can create a new generation of European leadership for a better tomorrow.”
Harald is passionate about meaning in technology, the future of exponential technologies and its opportunities for society, brands and entrepreneurs – especially in Europe.
Together with a select group of an inspiring futurist faculty, leading innovators and creative minds, he has launched futur/io Institute, a new platform and community for European innovation leaders to help co-create a vision for desirable futures.
For MLOVE, Harald created M – the MLOVE Forum, as an unconventional event series that brings together innovators for inspiring events at amazing locations.
Harald is a Singularity University alumnus and has spoken on Innovation at events, including TEDx, SXSW, SingularityU Summit (NL/USA), Wired, Next, MWC/4YFN and is a speaker at corporate executive events.

On Twitter: @hneidhardt
www.futur.io
On Twitter: @futur_io Marc Torrens is a Computer Science engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC, Barcelona) and holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL, Lausanne).
Marc has published more than 20 papers in international conferences and journals, and is the inventor of more than 20 patents on recommendation and personalization technologies. He also co-chaired the ACM Conference on Recommender systems in 2010 with more than 400 experts from the academy and the industry. He also regularly participates as reviewer in several international conferences on Artificial Intelligence. His research focusses on how Artificial Intelligence can be applied to solve problems business and people are facing. Marc is convinced AI technology will help humans to overcome some of the challenges we always had and dramatically improve our lives.
Rather than following a traditional academic career, Marc spent more than 20 years creating startups around Artificial Intelligence. He cofounded Strands, Inc. in 2004, an established and recognized global Fintech company working for top tier banks worldwide including Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BBVA, ING, Bank of Montreal, BNP Paribas, Santander, Discount Bank, just to mention a few. From 2004 to 2018, Marc has been working at Strands as Chief Innovation and Product Officer and currently serves the company as member of the Board of Directors. One of the most remarkable achievements of the company was to build a portfolio of 20+ patents around recommendation technology that was acquired by Apple, Inc.
His genuine motivation is to bridge the gap between the outputs of scientific research and the inputs needed by real-world AI systems. Marc is passioned about bringing all his state-of-the-art knowledge in Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship to ESADE to develop brilliant managers, executives and entrepreneurs that transform the world in which we live.

For further information, please visit marctorrens.net Dr. Sergi Figuerola is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at i2CAT since May 2013, founder member of 5GBarcelona and Coordinator of the 5G PPP 5GCity project. He is MSc and PhD in Telecommunication Engineering by the Theory and Signal Communications department of the UPC and Masters in Project Management from La Salle (URL). He joined i2CAT in 2004 as Network Technologies Area Coordinator, becoming Director of the Distributed Applications and Networks Area on 2010. From 2001 to 2004 he worked as researcher within the optical communications group of the UPC. At i2CAT he is in charge of the strategy of the different Technology Research Areas and the Innovation Business Units. For the last 14 years he has acted as Project Coordinator, Technical Manager and work package leader in several EC research projects, and participated in more than 50 papers. His main research interests are related to 5G, new architectures, Future Internet and Open Innovation.

On Twitter: @sfiguerola

NGI SALON @ 4YFN
2019-02-26 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Madrid) | CaixaForum, Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8, 08038 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08038, Spain
The past, present and future of (y)our internet
Target participants: Millennials (1980-2000)
Do you remember the first time you went on the internet? The (open) chat rooms and the pixeled snake? Past, present and future. By bringing (y)our internet memories and ideals together we will define what’s needed for a fair and sustainable digital future.
We start from the premise that Millennials don’t want to, nor can return to a fully analogue world. We must, therefore, learn how to deal positively with the advantages of the world wide web, and avoid its pitfalls.
Whilst the internet and the digital revolution have, doubtless, provided us with immensely powerful tools, they have also raised many ethical concerns. This is actually not surprising, since the digital revolution is still in its early adopting years. Just as the car and car usage have gone through many years of modernization (creation of new traffic rules, installation of airbags, seat belts etc.), ideas about how we use and should use online digital devices are only starting to be framed. If we want a digital future that reflects the needs of society and the environment, we need to think, discuss and act NOW.
Motivations, hopes, achievements: digging into solutions for major societal challenges, this salon aims to rebuild a Millennial’s portrayal that focuses not on how the internet has gone wrong, but the ways in which we believe it could be improved and contribute to a better society, thriving in a rich natural ecosystem. We will be mapping challenges and possible solutions towards a vision for a sustainable society in a technology-pervasive future.

Context
This activity is organized within the framework of the Next Generation Internet initiative launched by the European Commission. Results will be presented to the European Parliament.
The workshop is organized in collaboration with 4YFN.

NGI AWARDS CEREMONY
2019-02-25 17:30 - 18:15 (Europe/Madrid) | Hall 8, Fira Montjuïc, Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, 08004 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08004, Spain
Meet the winners of the NGI Awards and celebrate Next Generation Internet excellence
Garden Stage at 4YFN | February 25th | 17:30 – 18:15

Research and Education Awards
A celebration of the brightest minds and most innovative teachers
and educational institutions in Europe.
Winners
Culture Awards
A celebration of the most impactful European initiatives and individuals shaping a new culture around NGI.
Winners
Start-up Awards
The NGI Start-up Awards recognize Europe’s most disruptive entrepreneurs who are advancing revolutionary products, solutions and services destined to have a major impact on the internet of the future.
Winners

NGI as a catalyst for Europe
2019-02-25 12:00 - 12:45 (Europe/Rome) | Hall 8, Fira Montjuïc, Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, 08004 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08004, Spain
Speak NGI Final workshop at 4YFN, Barcelona, Spain
25 February 2019, 12:00 – 12:45
Workshop overview
Investments in NGI are creating an environment where Europe can shape the next generation internet and stay at the forefront of game changing developments. These investments will give opportunities for new entrants to funding and the chance to work alongside industry and specialised research institutes in areas like decentralised data technologies, privacy-enhancing technologies, trustworthiness of electronic identities.
Key to all this is mastering the complex value chain, including connectivity assets, IoT, new service approaches of butt and edge computing, ensuring digital inclusion, accessibility to content and devices so we deliver much more to more people.
This workshop will be a deep dive into European plans and new funding for NGI, bringing to the stage some examples of what is already being developed and testing by European NGI Early Adopters.
Why join?

Get informed By joining this intense and interactive workshop you’ll get updated information about H2020 R&I Actions offering funding around 3 topics: Internet Trustworthiness; Service and Data Portability; Open Internet Architecture. An overview of the recently launched Open Call scheme will also be done, presenting the new grants available for third parties, not part of H2020 consortia, through an Open Call for proposals or as a prize for a contest.
Assess your success story NGI Early Adopters will be invited to pitch their resolutions for a better internet, presenting products or ideas for future contests and proposals. If you are an NGI innovator, come and bid with them!
Networking 4YFN is a perfect arena for entrepreneurs and startups to show their strengths to the tech world. A networking area will be available for you close to the NGI booth to network with the Open Calls managers and innovators.

Who can join?
All innovators championing NGI values and working towards achieving an open and inclusive internet from start-ups, SMEs, research institutes and innovation hubs across Europe

Agenda:
12:00 – 12:02 Welcome & Introduction – Sara Pittonet, Trust-IT Services & SpeakNGI.eu

12.02 : 12.07 NGI related calls 2019 in the current WP 2018-20
Introduction by Stefano Foglietta, Programme & Project Officer at European Commission – DG CNECT – Next-Generation Internet unit

12.07 – 12:15 – How will you shape the future? Resolutions from NGI innovators

Daveed Benjamin / Bridgit and the #OverWeb that enables 360°context for any idea on the web and rapid discovery of trustworthy content
Sam Spall / Effect.AI – Decentralised workforce on-demand for #ArtificialIntelligence and #MachineLearning models
Fabrizio Villani / Fintastico – innovative #fintech services across industry verticals and the public sector

12:15 – 12:30 – 3 topics / 3 panellists:
15 minute panel discussion on three topics raised from the NGI Consultation Platform

NGI and Truth in the Media – the human-AI trained fake news detection tool and truthiness score. Sam Butler, Bridgit & CrowdFact Project
IOT & Smart Cities: how can hi-tech platforms for citizens, businesses, academia and urban administration boost social and economic innovation ecosystems / Gianluca Dianese – Detecon International GmbH and Fiware iHub Cologne
Decentralised Citizen Participation: Empodera.org – Collective Intelligence to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, citizens at the center of Next Generation Internet / Angel Sola – Cibervoluntarios Foundation

12:30 – 12:35 – NGI Open Call scheme overview
Stefano Foglietta, Programme & Project Officer at European Commission – DG CNECT – Next-Generation Internet unit

12:35 – 12:40 – 1 minute pitch for partners search for the NGI calls

12:40 – 12:45 – NGI for Europe: Wrap-up from Monique Calisti (Martel Innovate) on the next steps of NGI. Why consultation is important for the future of NGI?

4YFN 2019 | Connecting Startups
2019-02-25 - 2019-02-27 | Hall 8, Fira Montjuïc, Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, 08004 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08004, Spain
JOIN US AT #4YFN19
WHERE STARTUPS SHAPE THE FUTURE
Discover the startup technology that will be making a difference 4 years from now.

4YFN is back at the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry, GSMA Mobile World Congress, supporting startups, investors and companies to connect and launch new business ventures together.
Register for exhibition or partnerships. We have many options available depending on how you want to take part.
Over three days, 4YFN will showcase the latest tech startup innovations from around the world. Featuring curated content, startup pitches, competitions and dedicated networking sessions.
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative will have a strong presence at 4YFN 2019, our events and locations are:
NGI Booth: Come and visit us throughout 4YFN at booth 52 in the exhibition area. Here you’ll find find promo materials including all the information about our four current Open Calls.
NGI Lounge: There will be a dedicated NGI area in the EU Projects Lounge at the event.
Workshop: NGI as a catalyst for Europe, Monday 25 February, 12.00pm, 4YFN Workshop Room. This workshop will be a deep dive into European plans and new funding for NGI, bringing to the stage some examples of what is already being developed and testing by European NGI Early Adopters.
-> Click here to go the the event page
NGI Awards Ceremony: Monday 25 February, 5.30pm, Garden Stage. The NGI Awards celebrate excellence in innovation, disruption, education, research and entrepreneurship in Europe and worldwide.
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NGI Salon: Tuesday 26 February, 2pm, CaixaForum Barcelona (offsite). The NGI Salon will discuss, “The past, present and future of (y)our internet” and presents a millennials’ viewpoint on the NGI.
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The Future of NGI – Workshop: Wednesday 27 February, 10.00am, MWCapital Stage. This workshop will have on stage some inspiring innovators to debate and explore the main challenges and opportunities to shape the internet of the future. We will talk technology, policy and citizen empowerment.
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MWC 2019
2019-02-25 - 2019-02-28 | Fira Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalunya, 08908, Spain
Mobile World Congress 2019 (also referred to as MWC 2019) is the single most important mobile technologies trade fair in the world. The congress represents the entire sector in four action-packed days. The upcoming edition of MWC will take place at Fira Gran Via from the 25th to the 28th of February. The organisers expect more than 107,000 trade visitors and 2400 exhibitors to attend.

Several key industry forums will be held during Mobile World Congress 2019. Some of the highlights:

4 Years from Now (4YFN) – the global business platform for tech start-ups, featuring workshops, discussions, conference sessions, competitions and pre-arranged one-on-one meetings
GSMA Seminars, delivered by renowned experts, and covering essential industry developments and themes
Mobile World Summit – a closed-door meeting between top executives and public policy makers, with speeches, panel discussions and networking opportunities

Professionals, industry speakers and companies from around the globe – including the biggest consumer brands and organisations – attend Mobile World Congress each year. The impact on the hotel industry is considerable and even though Barcelona is a tourist destination with excellent accommodation options, finding a suitable hotel for the event dates can be difficult. It is recommended to secure your stay for Mobile World Congress 2019 early on, as hotels near the venue are the first to claim full occupancy for the duration of the event.

Datathon
2019-02-22 - 2019-02-23 | Eurecat Barcelona, Carrer de Bilbao, 72, 08005 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08005, Spain
Datathon – The future of the Internet
How does it work?
Participants will form small groups. Each group will choose a challenge and will be able to use one or more of the datasets made available by the Engineroom project, including data from Reddit, Wikipedia and online news.
Starting from some question according to its interests, each group will apply the methods of data analysis and visualization it finds more convenient to extract knowledge from the datasets provided or any other available data source. A team of mentors will provide supervision.
At the end of the datathon each group will present its results in visual form and the best project will be awarded.
Snacks and lunch will accompany the event.
Who can participate?
Anybody with basic programming skills can participate; expertise in data science or data visualization is a plus. We highly appreciate the presence of participants with social science or economics background, also with no programming skills, to create interdisciplinary work groups.
Participation is open to individuals, as well as to already defined groups of 2 to 4 people.
Which are the prizes?
There will be prizes for all the participants, including a Raspberry pi for each person.
Each member of the awarded group will receive as special prize a Smart Citizen Starter Kit, a toolkit of environmental sensors that measure weather conditions, noise, light and air quality.
Who organizes it?
The event is organized by Eurecat, Centre tecnològic de Catalunya, together with international partners Nesta (UK) and DeLab (Poland), and supported by the Engineroom project.
The Engineroom project is part of the Next Generation Internet initiative, the European Commission’s ambitious new flagship programme which aims to build a more democratic, inclusive and resilient internet by 2025. As part of this work, the project is developing a methodology based on cutting-edge data science methods, which help us identify the latest trends and emerging technologies in the internet space, as well as analyse the most pressing social issues the net faces today.
You can see here some preliminary results of the project.
How can I register?
Limited places are available, therefore we ask you to confirm your participation by registering to the event.
For any question, feel free to write to david.laniado@eurecat.org or laura.portell@eurecat.org.
Which is the schedule?
Friday, February 22nd. 18:00 – 20:00

18:00 – 19:30: Introduction
19:30 – 20:00: Definition of the teams

Saturday, February 23rd, 10:00 – 20:00

10:00 – 14:00: work in groups
14:00 – 15:00: lunch (catering)
15:00 – 18:00: work in groups
18:30 – 19:30: presentation of the results
19:30 – 20:00: awards and closing

LEDGER Open Call - webinar
2019-02-21 13:00 - 13:45 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
The NGI and LEDGER, an EU funded project, empowers people to solve problems using decentralised technologies such as blockchain, peer to peer or distributed ledger technologies.
LEDGER is looking for 32 projects to build Minimum viable products (MVPs) where privacy by design, openness and citizen data sovereignity are at the core of their proposition.
This webinar will guide you through the benefits and services you can expect from LEDGER and the application process. LEDGER is part of the Next Generation Internet initiative from the European Commission, and aligns with the objectives of the European Blockchain Partnership.
Ask any questions to the community at ledger.fundingbox.com

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Using AI to Fight Disinformation in European Elections
2019-02-20 09:00 - 10:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Press Club Brussels, Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1000, Belgium
As the European Union readies for its upcoming elections, accelerating the fight against fake news has become a top priority. Many policymakers are concerned about attempts to covertly use online platforms to insert propaganda and incendiary messages into public discourse in European democracies by targeting particular groups with disinformation campaigns. One powerful tool in the fight against fake news is artificial intelligence (AI), which can be used to automatically detect and respond to this content as well as empower users with the ability to verify the veracity of claims. A number of leading tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Twitter, have committed to self-regulatory standards and developed a code of practice on disinformation, and the European Commission is evaluating the extent to which automated tools and self-regulation can counter fake news, without introducing new distortions to public discourse or stifling freedom of speech.
Join the Center for Data Innovation for a conversation about how the public and private sectors can work together to accelerate the use of AI to combat fake news.
Confirmed Speakers:

Paolo Cesarini, Head of Unit, Media Convergence & Social Media, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Eline Chivot, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Data Innovation
Clara Hanot, Advocacy and Fundraising Officer, EU DisinfoLab
Jens-Henrik Jeppesen, Director of European Affairs, Center for Democracy and Technology
Milan Zubicek, Public Policy & Government Relations Manager, Google

TIIME Workshop 2019
2019-02-11 - 2019-02-14 | FH Technikum Wien, Höchstädtpl. 6, 1200 Wien, Austria, Wien, Wien, 1200, Austria
Trust and Internet Identity Meeting Europe
11-14 Feb 2019: Workshops and Unconference
From Identity Management architecture and technology to policy, privacy and business, meet experts, learn concepts, tools and techniques and connect to the community.
Workshops and Tutorials
Identity Management plays a key role in security and privacy. It is a cross-disciplinary subject, covering many roles and responsibilities. TIIME provide the necessary further training that engineers, tech leads, and managers need to succeed, from policies to essential technologies.
Open Source Focus
Tutorials, presentations and a developer meeting bring the developer and user community together to explore open source projects in various technology stacks and functions like SSO, provisioning, and federation management.
Unconference
The unconference, using the Open Space format, provides an intense format with participant-driven contents, covering the attendees’ current interests. If you are looking for a substantial discussion on your subject it is likely that you will meet the right people here!

NGI @ FOSDEM19
2019-02-03 14:40 - 14:55 (Europe/Brussels) | ULB Campus du Solbosch | H.2215 (Ferrer), Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1050, Belgium
Next Generation Internet initiative – Year Zero
Come work for the internet on privacy, trust, search & discovery
Track: Lightning Talks | Room: H.2215 (Ferrer)
Last year during a FOSDEM keynote Michiel Leenaars, director of strategy at NLnet foundation, introduced the Next Generation Internet initiative together with member of the European parliament Marietje Schaake. NGI aims to be the first concerted effort to put significant public funding to hands-on work to really fix the internet. Meanwhile, the project is on its way.

On December 1st 2018, the first open calls opened with funding for independent researchers and developers working on free and open source projects in the area of privacy and trust enhancing technologies and on search, discovery and discoverability. In this talk Leenaars, project lead of NGI Zero that is currently offering 11.2 millioneuro in grants, will tell everything you need to know about the various open calls that you can apply for. With grants ranging from 5.000 euro to 50.000 euro available for research, development and engineering effort NGI Zero aims to lead the push toward the post-Snowden internet we want.
From the humble four nodes of the ARPANET that were bootstrapped half a century ago this year, until today, the internet has grown at a breathtaking pace. But while the technology has gradually penetrated every aspect of our lives, it has become clear that not all is well and at least some part of its growth has spiraled out of control. In fact, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has recently called the current state of his creation (and by extension the larger internet) “dystopian”.
The internet of especially the last fifteen years has brought about undesirable concentration of power (“winner takes all”), and while it has given us many good things has also caused loss of human agency in many other realms. Internet has given the world totalitarianism the likes of which it has never seen, has enabled political manipulation at unprecedented scale affection the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Internet has eroded the private sphere to the point where it has been declared dead, and the mantra of ‘big data’ and business analytics frame the discussion we should be having. Due to its open global nature and the wholly new types of economic dominance neither internet users nor governments both have an adequate answer against dominant super-actors. How dow we stop large scale abuse of power. Have the web and the internet become “anti-human” as Berners-Lee posits? And what can we do about it?
The internet is not going to fix itself. Many of the more promising efforts in this realm have been ‘bottom up’ efforts from individuals or small teams, but these isolated efforts certainly have missed critical mass to actually scale up and change the mainstream internet and the commercial landscape where powerful actors are fully vested in the current course. The Next Generation Internet initiative aims to bring those efforts together, strengthen and unite them and turn them into something that can be deployed across the whole internet. Let there be no doubt about it: fixing the internet is an insane ‘moonshot++’ effort: the internet is the largest technical structure man has ever made, and the task at hand is to vastly improve its very operating fabric with > 3 billion people using it on a daily basis.
And yet we have to: fixing the internet is essential to safeguard our economy and create a more resilient and robust infrastructure. And even more importantly we also depend on it to upholding our way of life. How the internet, the web and the mobile ecosystems work directly impacts our human values. Crafting a better internet is essential for maintaining basic human rights such as privacy for the near-future Europe.
Surely, a larger political agenda of Europe should be an integral part of the approach – in some cases regulating the most predatory behaviour from bad actors might be the only thing left to put the genie back in the bottle and to restore health back to the internet. However, it is also clear that a significant part of the solution lies in the hands of technologists. NGI Zero is probably the first funding programme of its scale that is entirely based on the principles of free/libre, open source software. We need smart and resourceful people that come and work for the internet. Could this be you? In this talk Michiel Leenaars will explain how the funding works, and how NGI Zero deals with important issues like localisation, accessibility, security, packaging, documentation, responsible disclosure and more. Come and work for the internet too!

FOSDEM 19
2019-02-02 - 2019-02-03 | ULB Campus du Solbosch, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1050, Belgium
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software.
Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best such conference in Europe. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather.

What is FOSDEM?
FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to:

get in touch with other developers and projects;
be informed about the latest developments in the free software world;
be informed about the latest developments in the open source world;
attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by project leaders and committers;
to promote the development and benefits of free software and open source solutions.

Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organisers gratefully accept donations and sponsorship.
Developer rooms
The FOSDEM team feels it is very important for free and open source software developers around the world to be able to meet in “real life”.
To this end, we have set up developer rooms (devrooms) with network/internet connectivity and projectors where teams can meet and showcase their projects. Devrooms are a place for teams to discuss, hack and publicly present latest directions, lightning talks, news and discussions. We believe developers can benefit a lot from these meetings.

INFO SESSION ON ICT-31: EU-US collaboration on NGI
2019-01-24 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Brussels) | web-streamed
INFO SESSION ON ICT-31: EU-US collaboration on NGI
This “EU-US collaboration on NGI” information session focuses on Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs):
Common experiments by EU/US teams on emerging topics for the Next Generation Internet / Tomorrow’s Internet programmes on top of EU/US experimental platforms.
For grants awarded under this topic for Research and Innovation actions beneficiaries may provide support to third parties as described in part K of the General Annexes of the Work Programme. The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants. The respective options of Article 15.1 and Article 15.3 of the Model Grant Agreement will be applied. Only organisations established in the EU and associated countries will be eligible for European Commission funding.
The Commission considers that proposals for Research and Innovation actions requesting a contribution from the EU of EUR 3.5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. As a reference, 80% of the EU funding should be allocated to financial support for the third parties. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
The agenda for the session:

Introduction | Georgios Tselentis, European Commission
ICT-31 mechanisms and introduction to the topic | Georgios Tselentis and Stefano Foglietta, European Commission
2 min pitches by possible proposers: find partners, present idea, have feedbacks, …
Q&A

Let's create the next generation internet - it's ours to shape!
2018-12-04 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Vienna) | Austria Centre Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Wien, Austria, Wien, Wien, 1220, Austria
NGI Networking Session at ICT2018 conference

4th December, 16:00 to 16:45, in Hall L6/1. Room: Room 0.94-0.95
Session page

“The next generation internet is ours to shape” is a hands-on networking session focusing on Europe’s drive towards the next generation internet, showing how Europeans from all walks of life can benefit and get involved.
NGI is all about you, the citizens, whether you are a high-tech start-up, SME, researcher, from civil society or an EU member state policy maker.
NGI aims to create an internet that responds to increasing public demand for a more accountable and more human-centric alternative. An inclusive internet, more supportive of small business needs, open and transparent, safe and secure, sustainable and energy-efficient.
Come along and help us session zoom into examples of NGI innovators who are shaping the internet of tomorrow.

Welcome & Introduction: NGI Values ambassadors, innovators and frontrunners
Moderator: Sara Pittonet, SpeakNGI.eu

16:00 – 16:15 #1 NGI VALUES AMBASSADORS
Three NGI innovators will pitch about how their technological trends are reshaping the internet towards a safer digital life, a better healthcare and fair new markets. Innovators will be asked to pitch their vision of the Next Generation Internet in different aspects: human, technology, market and policy.

HUMAN – IoT for for monitoring lifestyles. Marina Mortara, Researcher, InterIoT project
TECHNOLOGY – Advanced Internet architectures to the benefit of government, companies and citizens. Eduard Grasa, Fundacio i2CAT
MARKET: Johannes Klinglmayr, Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH

16:15 – 16:30 #2 EXCELLENCE
Right-hand man: Mirko Presser, NGI Move
Representatives of three Austrian initiatives will pitch their excellence: Katrin Mathmann from the Foodnetlab project; Mario Drobics from the Compass Project; and Axel Polleres from the EXPEDiTE Project will compete on a best research race. Who will excel?
Christopher Frauenberger, TU Vienna, Winner of the NGI R&E Award, will join the group and tell us why it was so extraordinary to be among the winners of the NGI Awards (and it definitely was so!)

16:30 – 16:40 #3 OPPORTUNITIES
Right-hand man: Katja Bego, Engineroom
Internet innovation runs incredibly fast, much more than any other applied research project. That’s why the European Commission has introduced a funding-within-the-funding mechanism. Andrés Sánchez Sandaza will pitch about Ledger, one of the RIAs funded in the last NGI call, which will allocate 80% of the EU funding to financially supporting third parties.
Oliver Hoffmann, Austrian Ministry for Infrastructure, will jump in to focus on the opportunities offered by the Hosting Country

16.40 – 16:45 You will hear again from us!
Monique Calisti HUB4NGI – NGI4ALL, will wrap-up and welcome you to the next phase of the NGI initiative: get your agendas ready!

ICT 2018
2018-12-04 - 2018-12-06 | Austria Center Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Wien, Austria, Wien, Wien, 1220, Austria
ICT 2018, the key European ICT research and innovation event organised by the European Commission, will take place in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018.

The 2018 Austrian Presidency will host the next ICT event at the Austria Centre Vienna in December 2018. The ICT events organised since 1998 by the European Commission have become Europe’s most visible international forums for ICT innovation and a unique gathering of the entire ICT research and innovation community. They meet to discuss current and future ICT trends and policies, share visions, network and develop partnerships in R&D, innovation and business.
The 2018 edition of this major networking event will have the following main components:

a conference on digital research and innovation policies,
an exhibition of EU-funded research and innovation projects in the field of ICT,
a series of networking activities,
an innovation and startups village to showcase European entrepreneurship.

The event is free to attend but registration is mandatory.
Register here
Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis.

NGI activities at the ICT2018
Exhibition: 04.12.2018 (09:00) – 06.12.2018 (14:00)
NGI booth – C16 in hall X4
Organisers: Martel in collaboration with HUB4NGI partners.
The NGI booth is a central place for Internet researchers and top innovators in domains of artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, interactive technologies and much more. You can meet new Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs) and find information about their cascaded funding mechanism (Open Calls) addressed to innovative SMEs, Startups and Researchers.
The on-going CSAs will show interactive demos, games and tools to join and to interact with NGI community:

NGI community tools:

NGI Map – an online tool to join NGI community.
NGI Consultation platform – the online forum for sharing expertise and project pitches.
Global Internet Policy Observatory (GIPO) online platform

Interactive data visualisations showcasing the latest insights around emerging technologies and social trends impacting Internet.
Dynamic scenario games allow users to explore what the experience of an average internet user might look like in the future.

NGI booth at the event organiser web.

Networking sessions
Let’s create the Next Generation Internet – it’s ours to shape!
Date: 04.12.2018
Time: 16:00 – 16:45
Place: Room 0.94-0.95
This hands-on networking session is focusing on Europe’s drive towards the next generation internet, showing how Europeans from all walks of life can benefit and get involved.
More information.

European Digital Economy Policies in context of US developments
Date: 06.12.2018
Time: 10:00 – 10:45
Place: Room 2.15
The two ICT-31 EU/US NGI CSAs – NGI Godfather and ThinkNEXUS – will have presentations in this networking session.
More information.

Plenary session
Plenary session 6:
Next Generation Internet: Beyond the Internet
Date: 05/12/2018
Time: 14:30-16:00
Place: Hall A, Level 2
A number of technological trends will reshape the internet over the next 10 years. From infrastructures such as 5G and smart connectivity beyond 5G, cognitive cloud, software-defined infrastructures, Internet of things (IoT) and embedded security to applications such as artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technologies, or interactive and immersive technologies. Europe should drive this technological revolution, while making the future internet more human-centric: an internet for people, that contributes to a more sustainable and inclusive society. The internet of the future, based on European values, will support a safer digital life, improved learning experience and better inclusion, safer mobility, better healthcare and personalisation of public services. It will also create a trusted environment for European businesses.
The session “Beyond the internet” explores how Europe can lead this technological revolution, while building an internet that serves and empowers humans and reflects values such as the rule of law, cooperation, openness, inclusiveness and the respect for the environment. We will explore the opportunities and challenges of the Next Generation Internet with representatives from industry, academia and civil society, and close the session with an open discussion.
More information.

Workprogramme 2019-2020 sessions
ICT-24-2019 Next Generation Internet – An Open Internet Initiative
Date: 05.12.2018
Time: 9:00-9:45
Place: Room N2
More information

ICT-30-2019 An Empowering, Inclusive Next Generation Internet
Date: 06.12.2018
Time: 11:30-12:15
Place: Room N1
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ICT-31-2019 EU-US Collaboration on NGI
Date: 05.12.2018
Time: 9:00-9:45
Place: Room N2
More information

Follow in Twitter: @ICT2018 eu, @NGI4EU, #ICT2018.

INFO SESSION ON ICT-24: Open Internet architecture renovation
2018-11-22 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels) | web-streamed
INFO SESSION ON ICT-24: Next Generation Internet – An Open Internet Initiative // Open Internet architecture renovation
This Next Generation Internet (NGI) information session focuses on a) Research and Innovation Action, subtopic:
iii-b) Open Internet architecture renovation: supporting communities of developers in ensuring Internet architecture evolution towards better efficiency, scalability, security and resilience. Auditing, testing and improving protocols and open source software and hardware that are used to manage the Internet, with renewed design goals such as isolation of contingencies, redundancy and self-repair, disruption tolerance, transparency, better real-time behaviour and energy efficiency. Ability to roll-out at Internet scale should be assessed as part of the proposed solutions.
Find all of the call details here.
The calls of the objective opened on 16 October 2018.
Submission deadline for proposals is 28 March 2019.
You can connect to the room at this link: https://ecwacs.webex.com/join/lmartinez-lafuente (Room ID 845 981 459). Once reached the virtual room, you will have to join the audioconference so we can hear each other. We will use the consultation platform to share any additional content.
The agenda for the session:

Introduction to the NGI and the Consultation Platform by NGI CSA – Paul Malone, SPEAKNGI, and Mirko Presser, NGI Move (5 mins)
ICT-24 mechanisms and introduction to the topic by Luis Eduardo Martinez-Lafuente and Jean-Luc Dorel, EC (15 mins – download the slides)
An outside perspective by Mirko Ross – Co Founder and CEO of digital worx (15 mins – download the slides)
2 min Pitches by possible proposers: find partners, present idea, have feedbacks, … (20mins)
Q&A

INFO SESSION ON ICT-24: Service and data portability
2018-11-21 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels)
INFO SESSION ON ICT-24: Next Generation Internet – An Open Internet Initiative // Service and data portability
This Next Generation Internet (NGI) information session focuses on a) Research and Innovation Action, subtopic:
ii-b) Service and data portability: this topic will address the challenge of personal data portability on the internet as foreseen under the GDPR[2] and the data porting and service provider switching as foreseen in the proposed free flow of non-personal data regulation[3]. The topic should cover the separation of data from the services provided to the end-users, with a view to ensure seamless combination of internet services and frictionless switching. Attention should be paid to technological developments, standardisation of personal profiles, practical handling of data sets mixing personal and non-personal data, operational and business models, as well as techno-legal constraints and the simplification of end-user contracts and terms of use.
Find all of the call details here.
The calls of the objective opened on 16 October 2018.
Submission deadline for proposals is 28 March 2019.
You can connect to the room at this link: https://ecwacs.webex.com/join/lmartinez-lafuente (Room ID 845 981 459). Once reached the virtual room, you will have to join the audioconference so we can hear each other. We will use the consultation platform to share any additional content.
The agenda for the session:

Introduction to the NGI and the Consultation Platform by NGI CSA – Paul Malone, SPEAKNGI, and Mirko Presser, NGI Move (5 mins)
ICT-24 mechanisms and introduction to the topic 15 mins by Luis Eduardo Martinez-Lafuente and Jean-Luc Dorel, EC (15 mins – download the slides)
An outside perspective by Ales Cernivec – Xlab (15 mins – download the slides)
2 min Pitches by possible proposers: find partners, present idea, have feedbacks, … (20mins)
Q&A

INFO SESSION ON ICT-24: Strengthening internet trustworthiness with electronic identities
2018-11-20 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels)
INFO SESSION ON ICT-24: Next Generation Internet – An Open Internet Initiative // Strengthening internet trustworthiness with electronic identities
This Next Generation Internet (NGI) information session focuses on a) Research and Innovation Action, subtopic:
i-b) Strengthening internet trustworthiness with electronic identities: addressing critical challenges related to increasing trust in the internet such as authentication, authorisation, traceability, privacy and confidentiality in personal and non-personal interactions. This topic will engineer federated and/or decentralised technologies for supporting internet-wide e-identities with various levels of identification, reputation and trust, to serve as a basis for new business models for verifying and valuating personal data. Proposers should pay attention to the following dimensions: scalability, ease of use, deployability, sustainability, standardisation and compatibility with the eIDAS framework.
Find all of the call details here.
The calls of the objective opened on 16 October 2018.
Submission deadline for proposals is 28 March 2019.
You can connect to the room at this link: https://ecwacs.webex.com/join/lmartinez-lafuente (Room ID 845 981 459). Once reached the virtual room, you will have to join the audioconference so we can hear each other. We will use the consultation platform to share any additional content.
The agenda for the session:

Introduction to the NGI and the Consultation Platform by NGI CSA – Paul Malone, SPEAKNGI, and Mirko Presser, NGI Move (5 mins)
ICT-24 mechanisms and introduction to the topic by Luis Eduardo Martinez-Lafuente and Jean-Luc Dorel, EC (15 mins – download the slides)
An outside perspective by Rob van Kranenburg – Iot Council (15 mins – download the slides)
2 min Pitches by possible proposers: find partners, present idea, have feedbacks, … (20mins)
Q&A

Webinar: Media & Content Hyper-personalisation
2018-11-14 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels) | webinar time CET
Webinar: Media & Content Hyper-personalisation
Wednesday 14.11.2018, 15:00 CET
The European society is based on diversity and only by giving a broad and flexible response, with the assistance of the hyper-personalization paradigm, will this diversity be a resource and not a restriction.
The global trend towards the extreme differentiation of offerings in products and services cannot be foreign to the sector, from the recommendation of content to the integration of the final consumer in the design processes. Hyper-personalization through very precise targeting not only ensures the best potential impact but in parallel increases the added value of products and services.
Hyper-personalization technology will allow the gap between providers’ business needs and consumers’ desires to be closed, allowing consumers to enjoy an increasing range of products whilst service providers battle against the fragmentation of retailing and media across multiple channels and platforms. Appropriate control should be given to consumers to empower them to tailor and tune how hyper-personalization works to meet their needs.
One of the key challenges will be to give back the control of personal data to the end users. These data are key for hyper-personalisation but should be under the control of the end user instead of being managed by each service provider with a global inconsistency.
Join with Pierre-Yves Danet, Orange, to learn more about Media & Content Hyper-personalisation.
Participation in the webinar is free of charge, but requires registration by 14 November 2018, 12:00 CET (150 attendees).
Please register at: https://media-content-hyper-personalisation.eventbrite.co.uk
By registering you accept that your user name and any chat questions or comments you share in the webinar are publicly visible to other participants and that the webinar, including these personal data, is recorded; the recording is publicly shared on the NGI.eu website and Social Media.
Registered participants will receive an access link in the confirmation email.

Pierre-Yves DANET graduated from a high French engineer school EFREI, and joined Orange (France Telecom) in 1992, taking responsibility of a research group on ISDN. He set up a lab on Home Automation and then moved to the application server research domain. In 2005, at the creation of the NEM European Technology platform, he represented Orange at the steering board, and was appointed vice-chair in charge of Strategy since 2007. In 2010, he received the Senior grade of SEE (Société de l’Electricité, de l’Electronique et des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication). Since 2013, he is in charge of collaborative research – Europe at Orange Labs. He is also the vice-chair of the FIWARE Mundus committee, which has the objective to evangelise FIWARE outside Europe. He also leads the ETNO Research & Innovation group and represents Orange at the AIOTI. He has been recently appointed as one of the French contact points for the Next Generation Internet initiative.
More information about the NGI Expert Group.

What future for the Internet? NGI Session @IGF 2018
2018-11-13 12:20 - 13:20 (Europe/Paris) | UNESCO – Room: Salle VII, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France, Paris, Île-de-France, 75007, France
What future for the Internet?
NGI Open Forum session (OF #21) at the IGF 2018
“What future for the Internet” will be one of the Open Forum sessions (OF #21) on the 13th of November from 12:20-13:20. It is organised under theme Emerging Technologies with Subtheme Internet Ethics.

The session will provide an update on the state of the art of the European Commission Next Generation Internet initiative and how the Internet Governance narrative will feed into it.
Date: Tuesday, 13 November, 2018
Time: 12:20 to 13:20
Room: Salle VII
Organiser: European Commission
Moderator: Monique Calisti, Martel Innovate, HUB4NGI
Speakers:

Pearse O’Donohue, European Commission
Olivier Bringer, European Commission
Michiel Leenaars, NLNet
Maryant Fernandez, EDRi

Online Moderator: Valentina Scialpi, European Commission
More information.

For the first time since the creation of the IGF, France hosts this forum organized annually by the United Nations. For the entire French internet community, it is a great pride. The Government, civil society, the private sector, the academic world work together and in close relationship with the General Secretariat of the United Nations and Unesco so that as many as possible can participate in the best conditions to this major global internet event.
We are waiting for you in Paris from the 12th to the 14th of November, and expect you to make your voice heard for inclusive internet governance.
The detailed agenda of this event is published on the IGF official website intgovforum.org

IGF 2018
2018-11-12 - 2018-11-14 | UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France, Paris, Île-de-France, 75007, France
For the first time since the creation of the IGF, France hosts this forum organized annually by the United Nations. For the entire French internet community, it is a great pride. The Government, civil society, the private sector, the academic world work together and in close relationship with the General Secretariat of the United Nations and Unesco so that as many as possible can participate in the best conditions to this major global internet event.
We are waiting for you in Paris from the 12th to the 14th of November, and expect you to make your voice heard for inclusive internet governance.
The detailed agenda of this event is published on the IGF official website intgovforum.org

NGI activities at the IGF 2018
NGI Session
“What future for the Internet” will be one of the Open Forum sessions (OF #21) on the 13th of November from 12:20-13:20. It is organised under theme Emerging Technologies with Subtheme INTERNET ETHICS.
The session will provide an update on the state of the art of the European Commission Next Generation Internet initiative and how the Internet Governance narrative will feed into it.
Date: Tuesday, 13 November, 2018
Time: 12:20 to 13:20
Room: Salle VII
Organiser: European Commission
Moderator: Monique Calisti, Martel Innovate, HUB4NGI
Speakers:

Pearse O’Donohue, European Commission
Olivier Bringer, European Commission
Michiel Leenaars, NLNet
Maryant Fernandez, EDRi

Online Moderator: Valentina Scialpi, European Commission
More information.

Hackathon: Next Generation Internet Data Sprint
2018-11-09 17:00 - 2018-11-10 20:00 (Europe/Warsaw) | University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences, OSK YETI. Szkoła nauki jazdy, Długa 44/50, 00-241 Warszawa, Poland, Warszawa, mazowieckie, 00-241, Poland
According to a legend, the first attempt to send two letters by the Internet crashed the whole system. Almost 50 years later, the internet has come to play an enormous role in our lives, but we still face huge challenges: How to tackle Russian bots? How to scope with filter bubbles and echo chambers? Are platforms digital monopolists?
The DELab team, together with partners Nesta (UK) and EURECAT (ES), participate in the EU ENGINEROOM project, funded by the European Commission. As part of this work, the project is developing a methodology based on cutting-edge data science methods, which help us identify the latest trends and emerging technologies in the internet space, as well as analyse the most pressing social issues the net faces today.
We would like to invite you to the Next Generation Internet Data Sprint to think about the future of Internet with us!
The Data Sprint will take place on 9-10 November at the Faculty of Economic Sciences. During the hackathon you will have the opportunity to cooperate with experienced data-scientists from the consortium (Nesta, Eurecat, Delab) and be among the first to get to experiment with our data sets and new methodologies – from doing text-mining analyse to building data visualisations, using web data sources like Reddit, Wikipedia, Ars Technica or Reuters.
We will work in small groups of 3 to 4 students, attractive awards are available for the best and most creative projects. This is also an opportunity to have some of your work showcased to the European Commission. For inspirations check out some of our preliminary results: https://ngi.delabapps.eu/.
Practical information:
* 9 – 10 November: We start on Friday 17:00 at WNE UW with intro to the assignments. The coding sprint will be from Saturday from 9:00 until 20:00. Pizza and energetic drinks will be provided to boost creativity.
* Event’s website: http://www.delab.uw.edu.pl/pl/ngi_hackathon/
* Do not feel like a master of coding? Nothing lost, we invite everyone with basis of Python (Python 3 is the optimal tool for the hackathon), R or Tableau. If you have no experience in coding, but interested in social challenges of technology, your contribution will be highly valued as well.
* We reserve the right to close registration after reaching the limit of 40 students. In the case of a high number of applications, admissions will be decided based on the results of the short survey during registration.
* Best teams will receive awards!
Register now! https://goo.gl/forms/ucEfNxMmuqal2Bf32

NGI SALON @ WEB SUMMIT LISBON
2018-11-07 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/Lisbon) | Caso do impacto, Tv. de São Pedro 8, 1200-408 Lisboa, Portugal, Lisboa, Lisboa, 1200-408, Portugal
You have ten years to save the Planet – A Millennials’ narrative for the Next Generation Internet
NGI Salon @ Web Summit Lisbon
Social Innovation Village delegation night
Date: 7th November 2018 | 18:00-19:30
Location: Casa do Impacto
Moderators:
Marta Arniani (futuribile / curating futures)
Jennifer Veldman (DataWatchers)

Millennials form the generation that was born in an analog world and are the early adopters of the digital one. They have experienced at a young age the innocent and empowering era of the internet, an age of knowledge distribution and new opportunities arising with the mass diffusion of the web. An era of supposedly endless natural resources. The Internet and the digital revolution bring immensely powerful tools, yet their effects on society and the Planet – were mostly unanticipated: for most of their lifespan they have just been considered useful tools and economy drivers. In truth, tools are still in early adoption years. The same as when the car went through years of modulation (creating new traffic rules, installing airbags, seat belts and so on). Ideas of how we use and should use online digital devices are only starting to be framed. If we want a digital future that reflects the needs of society and environment, we need to think, discuss and act NOW. We argue that society and environment are strongly intertwined, as values of the first impact directly on the Planet. Climate is the stone guest at the innovation table. As much as the NGI advocates for a human centric vision against technology-centric efficiency paradigms, we think this vision should be placed in the natural ecosystem, the place we live in.
Motivations, hopes, achievements: digging into solutions for major societal challenges, this salon aims at rebuilding a Millennials narrative that focuses not on how the internet has gone wrong, but how we believe it could be improved and contribute to a better society, thriving in a rich natural ecosystem. It will engage with Millennials from the Web Summit Social Innovation Village and local social innovation networks who bear with them that positive and emancipatory outlook on technology that Millennials should be remembered for.
Info and inquires: Marta Arniani: marta (at) futuribile.org

NGI Workshop @ Web Summit 2018
2018-11-06 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Lisbon) | ALTICE ARENA – Startup workshop area, FIL1, Rossio dos Olivais, 1990-231 Lisboa, Portugal, Lisboa, Lisboa, 1990-231, Portugal
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) team will be at the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon from 5-8 November, and will host a workshop “Building together the Next Generation Internet (NGI), funding opportunities for internet innovators”. The workshop will take place on 6 November, 15:00 – 16:00.
The NGI workshop will introduce the Next Generation Internet initiative, which was launched by the European Commission in 2016 to shape a better internet for the future – an internet for humans. Developers, start-ups, researchers are invited to join the NGI team to discuss tech, policy and business challenges as well as to discover new funding opportunities.
The workshop will provide the opportunity to share knowledge with leading experts from a variety of disciplines, including interactive technologies, artificial intelligence, IoT, hyper-connected sociality, etc., and will be highly interactive.
NGI workshop speakers will include: Olivier Bringer, Stefano Foglietta and Jean-Luc Dorel, all from the European Commission. They will be joined by Michiel Leenaars from NLNet, Isabella De Michelis from ErnieAPP and Monique Calisti from Martel Innovate, who will also act as a moderator.

The NGI initiative will be present for the whole duration of the Web Summit at the European Commission-branded booth. There will also be an NGI Salon on Wednesday 7 November from 6pm-7.30pm at the Social Innovation Village, entitled: You have ten years to save the Planet – A Millennials’ narrative for the Next Generation Internet.
More information about NGI activities at the Web Summit: https://ngi.eu/event/web-summit-2018/

The Web Summit is one of the world’s biggest IT conferences, with 70,000 attendees expected representing a diverse range of industries including ICT, media, entertainment, fashion, sport and politics. Headline speakers include internet inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, Microsoft President Brad Smith and FC Barcelona footballer Ronaldinho.

Web Summit 2018
2018-11-05 - 2018-11-08 | ALTICE ARENA, Rossio dos Olivais, 1990-231 Lisboa, Portugal, Lisboa, Lisboa, 1990-231, Portugal
What is Web Summit?
Web Summit started as a simple idea in 2010: Let’s connect the technology community with all industries, both old and new. It seemed to resonate. Web Summit has grown to become the “largest technology conference in the world”.
No conference has ever grown so large so fast. But we also pride ourselves in organising the “best technology conference on the planet”.
NGI activities at the Web Summit 2018
NGI workshop:
Building together the Next Generation Internet (NGI), funding opportunities for internet innovators

6th November | 15:00-16:00 | Startup workshop area | FIL1.
Description:
NGI is a new initiative launched by the European Commission to shape a better internet for the future. Developers, start-ups, researchers are invited to discuss tech, policy and business challenges as well as to discover new funding opportunities.
Speakers:

European Commission: Stefano Foglietta, Jean-Luc Dorel, Olivier Bringer
NLNet: Michiel Leenaars
ErnieAPP: Isabella De Michelis
Martel Innovate: Monique Calisti

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Booth
NGI team will be present at the EC-branded booth.

NGI SALON @ WEB SUMMIT LISBON
You have ten years to save the Planet – A Millennials’ narrative for the Next Generation Internet
7th November | 18:00-19:30 | Casa do Impacto | Social Innovation Village
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NGI @ GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 2018
2018-11-01 | Festsaal Kreuzberg, Am Flutgraben 2, 12435 Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, 12435, Germany
A Next Generation Internet to serve the #NextGeneration

Workshop with Rob van Kranenburg (NGI Move), Tom De Block (Blockchain Solution Architect Settlemint) and Paul Malone (SpeakNGI.eu)

This workshop will be organised around two distinct elements. The first element will be an interactive session deisgned to get input from the civil society participants into the EC vision for re-imagining the future internet driven by human values. The second element will provide a description of how an internet technology can serve civil society organisations.

In the first part of this workshop, we will seek to gain input from participants to get an understanding of how the future internet can be re-imagined to serve civil society organisations and their communities.

We seek input from participants to the following:

How does the current internet not serve global citizens?
What are the challenges that need to be addressed?
Can we prioritise these challenges?
How can the future internet support engagement of the #NextGeneration?

This consultation will commence during the workshop and will be continued throughout the conference via an online consultation platform provided by the NGI Initiative.
In the second part of the workshop, we will briefly touch upon the funding possibilities with in NGI.eu for innovative work on decentralized data management, trust and the expansion of the terms privacy and security into privacies and securities.

We will set the scope for the case of blockchain in the context of civil society and NGO by looking briefly at top Charity ICO projects, ACT, an Ethereum blockchain based social action platform supposedly ‘more responsive and efficient than non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Alice, a platform that brings transparency to social funding through blockchain technology, and the press release of the contest sponsored by IBM and Global Citizen, for a charity donation blockchain platform: “If we are going to solve societal issues such as extreme poverty or infectious disease, we need to make sure that every cause is getting the money they were promised, especially from the world’s most impactful donor group: federal governments.”

We will then discuss as hands on as possible a productive and fitting use case the blockchain company Settlemint is working on.

Links:
https://ngi.eu
https://consultation.ngi.eu
https://awards.ngi.eu
https://settlemint.com
https://www.trackico.io/1/?category=charity
https://news.bitcoin.com/pr-act-ngo-2-0-bringing-power-back-people/
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-and-ngo-global-citizen-announce-contest-for-blockchain-charity-platform
https://alice.si

From IT Security to Digital Trust - Webinar
2018-10-18 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Webinar
From IT Security to Digital Trust – Trends and imperatives in a digital world
Part 1: 45 mins + 15 mins Q&A
Organizations of all types and sizes are charging ahead with their digital transformation programs, including IoT and Cloud. And GDPR compliance remains a priority beyond May 2018. How can CISOs and senior security professionals ensure that they keep the organization secure, while enabling – or accelerating – digital transformation in a compliant manner?
Join Duncan Brown, from IDC, to learn more about:

Threat Landscape 2018 and beyond – how can firms cope with constant attacks?
GDPR: Did the meteor strike?
Accelerating digital business through Digital trust

Organizations of all types and sizes are charging ahead with their digital transformation programs, including IoT and Cloud. And GDPR compliance remains a priority beyond May 2018. How can CISOs and senior security professionals ensure that they keep the organization secure, while enabling – or accelerating – digital transformation in a compliant manner?

Participation in the webinar is free of charge, but requires registration by 17 October 2018 (150 attendees).
Please register at: from-it-security-to-digital-trust.eventbrite.co.uk
By registering you accept that your user name and any chat questions or comments you share in the webinar are publicly visible to other participants and that the webinar, including these personal data, is recorded; the recording is publicly shared on the NGI.eu website and Social Media.
Registered participants will receive an access link in the confirmation email.

Duncan Brown is associate vice president, European Infrastructure and Security, at IDC EMEA and leads IDC’s Enterprise Infrastructure and Security research programs in Europe. He specializes in providing strategic advice to his clients, informing and validating their corporate, product, and marketing plans. Duncan oversees IDC’s research in Enterprise Infrastructure, including datacentre, storage, server and cloud. Duncan is also an expert in analyzing the security market globally, and his list of security-related clients includes enterprises, central banks, government organizations, and security product suppliers and services providers. He established IDC’s market-leading coverage of the impact of GDPR, and continues to oversee the European Privacy and Data Security research program. His analysis and opinions are widely sought by industry leaders and investors, while his comments on industry trends and developments frequently appear in the leading business and trade publications.
More detail here.

Part 2: 10 mins + 5 mins Q&A
NGI Funding Opportunities – Upcoming Calls
Jorge Gasos, NGI Unit, DG CONNECT/E.3, European Commission
Learn more about coming ICT Calls:

ICT-24 NEXT GENERATION INTERNET – AN OPEN INTERNET INITIATIVE
Research and Innovation (R&I) Actions: 21.5 Million
ICT-31 EU-US COLLABORATION ON NGI
Research and Innovation (R&I) Action: 3.5 Million
Cascaded funding

More information: the EC calls related to the NGI Initiative.
