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SUMMARY:Daniel Thompson-Yvetot: Software as a Product: Risks and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready for the new rules changing the software industry? \n\n\n\nIn this exciting NGI Talk*\, Daniel Thompson-Yvetot will discuss the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)\, the Product Liability Directive (PLD) and the updating of the Blue Book. This new paradigm will require software makers to add a CE mark to their products and follow new requirements. \n\n\n\n???? Are you a software maker wondering how these changes affect your business? \n\n\n\n???? Do you want to know what you need to do and when you need to comply?This is a unique opportunity to ask experts from the regulatory\, legal\, and software fields to learn what steps you need to take\, what you must prepare for\, and when you must comply. \n\n\n\n???? Don’t miss this thrilling NGI Talk!
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/daniel-thompson-yvetot-software-as-a-product-risks-and-opportunities/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Annual Privacy Forum 2024
DESCRIPTION:The value of personal data in the online world has significantly increased over the last years as electronic products\, services and processes have permeated every fold of everyday life. Limitations in the transparency\, the functionality and interconnectivity of online and communication services increases the risk of having personal data processed out of control of any accountable person or organization or simply becoming exposed to all sorts of privacy threats. \n\n\n\nThe EU legal framework on personal data protection is key in an effort to better control the processing of personal data while ensuring an adequate level of protection. Even the best legislative efforts cannot keep up to speed with the pace of innovative technology and business models that challenge the way personal data is processed and privacy is protected across the EU and beyond; therefore\, examining what is at stake and where threats thereto originate from becomes of paramount importance. \n\n\n\nAgainst this background\, ENISA\, DG Connect and Karlstad University jointly organize\, with the support of IMY (the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection) the Annual Privacy Forum (APF) 2024 in Karlstad\, Sweden.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/annual-privacy-forum-2024/
LOCATION:CCIB\, Barcelona\, Spain
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SUMMARY:Open Source Summit Europe 2024
DESCRIPTION:Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers\, technologists\, and community leaders to collaborate\, share information\, solve problems\, and gain knowledge\, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors. \n\n\n\nOpen Source Summit is a conference umbrella\, composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies\, topics\, and issues affecting open source today.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/open-source-summit-europe-2024/
LOCATION:Austria Center Vienna\, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1\, 1220 Wien\, Austria\, Wien\, Wien\, 1220\, Austria
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SUMMARY:AIOTI Days 2024
DESCRIPTION:AIOTI is organising annual event that builds upon five successful editions of AIOTI Signature gatherings. AIOTI Days 2024 will feature the Thematic and Project sessions\, Hackathon and the Scientific Conference GIECS\, guaranteeing a rich and comprehensive experience for all participants. \n\n\n\nAt the core of AIOTI Days 2024 is the exploration of how the continuum and digital twins meet virtual worlds in the industrial space\, creating a physical-digital virtual continuum. \n\n\n\nContinuum\, digital twins and virtual worlds\n\n\n\nThe concept of the computing continuum refers to a paradigm where computing resources and services seamlessly span a range of devices\, from IoT and edge devices and sensors to centralized cloud infrastructure. It envisions a unified and integrated ecosystem where data processing and computation occur across a spectrum of devices\, enabling a more efficient and responsive computing environment and digital twin implementation. \n\n\n\nThe computing continuum is driven by the increasing volume of data generated by IoT and at the edge\, the need for real-time processing in certain applications\, and the desire to optimize resource usage. As technology evolves\, the computing continuum is expected to play a crucial role in shaping the future of computing architectures\, IoT and Edge Computing are at the forefront of these developments. \n\n\n\nVirtual worlds enable remote operation and monitoring of industrial processes. With the integration of sensors and IoT devices\, operators can oversee and control equipment from remote locations\, enhancing efficiency and reducing the need for physical presence on-site. \n\n\n\nOverall\, virtual worlds play a crucial role in improving efficiency\, safety\, and innovation in the industrial domain by providing realistic simulations\, supporting design processes\, and enabling better collaboration and decision-making.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/aioti-days-2024/
LOCATION:AREA42\, Rue des Palais 46\, Brussels\, 1030\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:European Blockchain Convention 2024
DESCRIPTION:The most influential Blockchain event in Europe\n\n\n\nEuropean Blockchain Convention was born with the mission to accelerate the blockchain ecosystem in Europe. \n\n\n\nSince its inaugural conference in 2018 in Barcelona\, EBC has hosted thousands of attendees\, hundreds of leading speakers and the best startups in the blockchain & crypto space. \n\n\n\nIts global audience of founders\, investors\, regulators\, developers\, corporations\, and many more come together every year to learn\, get inspired\, and connect. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho’ll be there? Everyone. Like seriously\, everyone. \n\n\n\nDigital Assets & Finance: tokenization\, custody\, stablecoins and CBDCs\, ETFs\, DeFi\, issuance\, institutional adoption\, risk management… \n\n\n\nWeb3: Layer 1 blockhains\, Brands and sports clubs in web3\, metaverse\, gaming\, NFTs… \n\n\n\nInfrastructure: Node infrastructure\, network security\, oracles\, smart contracts\, layer 2 solutions\, Dapps\, mining… \n\n\n\nPolicy: MiCA\, AML and the Travel Rule\, standards\, taxation… \n\n\n\nBlockchain Enterprise: blockchain as a service\, carbon credits\, decentralized identity\, supply chain…
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/european-blockchain-convention-2024/
LOCATION:Fira Barcelona Montjuïc\, Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina\, 08004 Barcelona\, Spain\, Barcelona\, Catalunya\, 08004\, Spain
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SUMMARY:Free Web Search Day
DESCRIPTION:Every year on and around 29 September\, actions\, lectures\, info events\, webinars and much more take place in many places and on the web. The aim is to inform people about internet search and how it works. And to make people think about how important web search is for all of us today – for us personally and for our free society – and why it must be free and open. To show how we can search better\, safer\, more trustworthy on the internet. Because everyone should know why we need an open\, free internet search and how to get there (again).
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/free-web-search-day/
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SUMMARY:Edge Computing Expo 2024
DESCRIPTION:In a world where speed\, connectivity and real-time access to data have become a way of life\, edge computing has fast become an essential component of virtually every business’s IT strategy. For forward-thinking and dynamic enterprises\, edge computing can enable a significant increase in operational efficiency and automation\, while dramatically reducing latency. Join us in October 2024 to learn more! \n\n\n\nThis conference is part of TechEx which consists of 7 other co-located events exploring Digital Transformation\, IoT\, AI & Big Data\, Cybersecurity & Cloud\, Data Centres\, Intelligent Automation\, and Unified Communications\, so you can learn a variety of key enterprise technology solutions all in one place.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/edge-computing-expo-2024/
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SUMMARY:EBDVF 2024
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the flagship event of the European Big Data Value and Data-Driven AI Research and Innovation community!\n\n\n\nThe European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) brings together industry professionals\, business developers\, researchers and policy-makers from all over Europe and other regions of the world to advance policy actions and industrial and research activities in the areas of Data and AI.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, the event will take place in Budapest\, Hungary from 2-4 October 2024. The dates of EBDVF 2024 are subject to potential change\, depending on unforeseen external factors and they will be confirmed as soon as possible. \n\n\n\nThe EBDVF 2024 is organised by the Big Data Value Association (BDVA)\, in collaboration with AI&AUT EXPO\, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)\, Ideal-ist\, Neumann Technology Platform and the Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI). 
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/ebdvf-2024/
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SUMMARY:6th International Open Search Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The #ossym Open Search Symposium series brings together the Open Internet Search community in Europe for the sixth time this year. The hybrid conference provides a forum to discuss and further develop the ideas and concepts of open internet search and related topics in various formats including scientific talks\, panels\, workshops\, demonstrations\, student challenges and informal discussion spaces. Participants include researchers\, data centres\, libraries\, policy makers\, legal and ethical experts\, and society.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/6th-international-open-search-symposium/
LOCATION:Leibniz Supercomputing Centre LRZ\, Boltzmannstraße 1\, Munich\, 85748\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20241014T000000
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SUMMARY:EU Code Week 2024
DESCRIPTION:EU Code Week is a grassroots initiative which aims to bring coding and digital literacy to everybody in a fun and engaging way.\n\n\n\nEU Code Week is a grass-roots movement that celebrates creativity\, problem solving and collaboration through programming and other tech activities. The idea is to make programming more visible\, to show young\, adults and elderly how you bring ideas to life with code\, to demystify these skills and bring motivated people together to learn.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/eu-code-week-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20241023T000000
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SUMMARY:NEM Summit 2024
DESCRIPTION:Emerging virtual worlds for a new digital society\n\n\n\nThe 15th edition of the NEM Summit will be organized in Brussels on 23/24 October 2024. The NEM Summit 2024 will be organized under general topic “Emerging virtual worlds for a new digital society”. \n\n\n\nThe NEM Summit draft program has been published and is available on the NEM website. \n\n\n\nBackground: \n\n\n\nThe NEM Summit is an international conference and exhibition\, organized since 2008 by the NEM Initiative for all those interested in broad area of Media\, Content\, and Creativity. Over the years\, the NEM Summit has grown to become an annual not-to-be-missed event\, providing attendees with a key opportunity to meet and network with prominent stakeholders\, access up-to-date information\, discover latest technology and market trends\, identify research and business opportunities\, and find partners for upcoming EU-funded calls for projects. \n\n\n\nAbout NEM Summit 2024: \n\n\n\nWe are on the cusp of a significant transformation\, driven by the convergence of emerging virtual worlds and powerful artificial intelligence technology. These drivers are poised to reshape our societies in profound ways\, creating a new digital landscape with its own unique opportunities and challenges. When virtual worlds and AI are combined\, the possibilities become truly exciting. \n\n\n\nAccordingly\, the NEM Summit 2024 is aiming to discuss various issues around the Emerging virtual worlds for a new digital society\, such as: Enhanced communication and collaboration\, Improved education and training\, Increased productivity and efficiency\, and New forms of entertainment and leisure\, including consideration of privacy and ethical issues related to the future virtual worlds.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/nem-summit-2024/
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SUMMARY:FOSSCOMM 2024
DESCRIPTION:FOSSCOMM 2024 is coming to Thessaloniki\, Greece on 9-10 November. \n\n\n\nFOSSCOMM is an annual conference that celebrates the vibrant FOSS community in Greece. Organized entirely by volunteers\, this event brings together developers\, enthusiasts\, and advocates to share their knowledge\, showcase their projects\, and explore the latest trends in the world of open source technology.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/fosscomm-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20241111T000000
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SUMMARY:Web Summit 2024
DESCRIPTION:Web Summit will bring together 70\,000+ people\, and the companies redefining the tech industry.\n\n\n\nPolitico has said we run “the world’s premier tech conference”\, the Atlantic that Web Summit is “where the future goes to be born”\, and the New York Times that we assemble “a grand conclave of the tech industry’s high priests”. \n\n\n\nAt a time of great uncertainty for many industries and\, indeed\, the world itself\, we gather policymakers\, heads of state\, and the founders and CEOs of technology companies and fast-growing startups\, to ask a simple question: Where to next? \n\n\n\nWhy will 70\,000+ gather in Lisbon?\n\n\n\nThree reasons: incredible speakers\, unparalleled networking opportunities\, and proprietary software that will maximise your experience. \n\n\n\nWe’re proud of our track record when it comes to live events. The Guardian called us “Glastonbury for geeks”. The Financial Times called us “the world’s largest tech conference”.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/web-summit-2024/
LOCATION:Lisbon\, Lisbon\, Portugal
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SUMMARY:OpenForum Academy Symposium 2024
DESCRIPTION:Open Source in the Global Digital Economy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe OFA Symposium is the only academic conference covering questions relating to the social\, political and economic impact of Open Source. The Symposium enables the linking of research agendas\, growth of the research community\, and the understanding of the societal value of Open Source. \n\n\n\nThe 2023 edition of the OFA Symposium at TU Berlin set the OFA’s agenda for Open Source research for the coming years. The 2024 edition is hosted by the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard to evolve the concept even further and raise the ambition level of the quality and impact of academic open source research. \n\n\n\nThe OFA Symposium will bring together an interdisciplinary set of researchers\, practitioners\, and policymakers from around the world to Harvard Business School\, Boston\, in order to explore the transformative power of Open Source software and hardware. \n\n\n\nUnder the theme Open Source in the Global Digital Economy the OFA Symposium will focus on the social\, political\, and economic implications of open source. We will examine how open source is changing the way we work\, communicate\, and interact with each other\, and how it is shaping the future of technology and society.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/openforum-academy-symposium-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20241126T130000
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SUMMARY:Join a co-creation exercise on the future of Web 4.0 and virtual worlds governance. 
DESCRIPTION:The European Commission has launched pilot project ‘A space for the metaverse – virtual world and the transition to Web 4.0’ in the context of Action 9 of its strategy on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds. The project will assess the developments in internet technologies relevant for Web 4.0 and virtual worlds and set the ground for a global dialogue on the governance of Web 4.0 and virtual worlds.   \n\n\n\nFollowing two policy and technology-oriented workshops that took place in October\, the global exercise is entering the recommendation stage. Interested stakeholders are invited to join an action-oriented workshop! Join stakeholders across the globe in discussing actions and solutions toward global governance of Web 4.0 and virtual worlds. Together\, we will discuss the recommendations for a multistakeholder governance model for virtual worlds and Web 4.0.   \n\n\n\nThe workshop will take place 13h-15:30h CET\, 26 November.Read more and register here.   \n\n\n\nYour inputs will shape the debate during the Global Multistakeholder High Level conference on Governance for Web 4.0 and virtual worlds\, co-organised by the European Commission and the 2025 Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/workshop-web-4-0-and-virtual-worlds-governance/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Melanie Rieback: Security for Open-Source Developers - NGI TALK
DESCRIPTION:Worried about the rise in cyberattacks and the need to protect your data? \n\n\n\nAs cybercrime becomes more advanced with each technological leap\, the risks are evolving unexpectedly. \n\n\n\nJoin award-winning cybersecurity expert and social entrepreneur Melanie Rieback\, CEO of Radically Open Security—the world’s first not-for-profit cybersecurity company—for an eye-opening NGI Talk on keeping your systems safe.  \n\n\n\nCan we stay ahead of cybercriminals\, or is more at stake? \n\n\n\n👉 Don’t miss this chance to future-proof your infrastructure in this NGI Talk!
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/melanie-rieback-security-for-open-source-developers-ngi-talk/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Ask Us For Help: Practical Support for NGI Beneficiaries
DESCRIPTION:Join BigBlueButton platform to participate in the webinar: https://vc.ngi-0.eu/rooms/ahq-y96-uhs-jka/join. (No need to register\, the room is open.) \n\n\n\nAll you want to know about specialized support services\n\n\n\nBesides receiving financial support\, grantees of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative funding programmes can also request practical support to improve the quality and maturity of their projects. In this webinar we will showcase specialized support services: technical writing\, testing\, translation & localisation and troubleshooting presented by the experts who offer them. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nJulian Harty on TestingEric Herman on TroubleshootingDeborah Meibergen on Requesting support servicesJenny List on Technical writingto be confirmed: Translation & localisation \n\n\n\nAbout support services\n\n\n\nThe NGI Zero Review programme offers a large portfolio of support services to beneficaries of any NGI programme (so not just NGI Zero programmes). There are a number of dedicated services offered by NGI Zero coalition partners which we encourage all beneficaries to request (when relevant). Such as security and accessibility audits and FOSS licensing due diligence. \n\n\n\nBut there are also niche support services which address specialized questions. This webinar introduces a number of this latter category. Also note that if you are in need of practical support which is not described anywhere\, you can reach out and make a request. We will see if we have experts in our network who can address your questions. If this is of interest to you\, join the webinar to ask your questions.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/webinar-ask-us-for-help-practical-support-for-ngi-beneficiaries/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250128T000000
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SUMMARY:EU Open Source Week
DESCRIPTION:Every year\, at the end of January and the beginning of February\, thousands of people from Europe and around the world gather in Brussels to discuss open source and open technologies. The main attraction is FOSDEM\, Europe’s largest open source conference\, which has inspired a range of side events\, social activities\, and workshops. For those interested in open technology\, digital policy\, and EU developments\, OpenForum Europe’s EU Open Source Policy Summit brings together open source leaders and policymakers. Together\, these events make up the EU Open Source Week.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/eu-open-source-week/
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SUMMARY:NGI Commons Webinar: Digital Commons towards digital sovereignty in Europe
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an insightful webinar that delves into the vibrant landscape of Digital Commons initiatives across Europe and their role in increasing the continents digital autonomy. This first edition of a series of 6 webinars\, which will be held between January 2025 and December 2026. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the most relevant and impactful projects shaping the continent’s Digital Commons ecosystem. \n\n\n\nThese events are organised by NGI Commons targeting policymakers interested in digital governance and innovation; Tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs looking to leverage Digital Commons principles; Community leaders seeking to implement local digital initiatives; Researchers studying the intersection of technology and society; Anyone curious about the evolving digital landscape in Europe.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/ngi-commons-webinar-digital-commons-towards-digital-sovereignty-in-europe/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:FOSDEM 2025
DESCRIPTION:FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet\, share ideas and collaborate. Every year\, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. You don’t need to register. Just turn up and join in!
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/fosdem-2025/
LOCATION:ULB Campus du Solbosch\, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50\, 1050 Bruxelles\, Belgium\, Bruxelles\, Bruxelles\, 1050\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:NGI Sargasso at MWC - 4YFN 2025: A Panel and Pitching Session with our Innovators to Bridge Continents on Next Generation Internet
DESCRIPTION:One more year we are happy to announce that NGI Sargasso will attend 4YFN 2025\, the startup side event of Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona\, with an agenda full of activities\, especially in the morning of the second day of the event\, on Tuesday the 4th of March starting at 11:15h. Keep reading to discover them\, and save this location in Fira Barcelona: Hall 8.1 – Stand 8.1.B.55! \n\n\n\nThe NGI Sargasso Panel at 4YFN 2025\n\n\n\nWe have gathered some of our innovators and stakeholders from the Next Generation Internet (NGI) community in a panel titled “Next-Generation Internet: Bridging Continents\, Innovating Together”. The panel will start at 11:15h on Tuesday\, the 4th of March\, in the Hall 8.1 – Stand 8.1.B.55\, and four of our beneficiaries will explain how they are shaping transatlantic collaboration on NGI technologies and services. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\n\nModerator: Emmanouil Detsis\, NGI Sargasso Project Coordinator – ESF Foundation.\n\n\n\nKeynote speaker: Stergios Tsiafoulis\, NGI Sargasso Project Officer – European Commission.\n\n\n\nNGI Sargasso Innovators:\n\nYuting Jiang\, CEO at Agora / ZKorum – Project: Agora / EeDP – Empowering eDemocracy for Peace (Open Call 3).\n\n\n\nAlex Bourlier\, Co-Founder at Startin’blox – Project: RSFA – Rosseta Stone for APIs (Open Call 2).\n\n\n\nChristos N. Stefanatos\, Project Lead at EV Loader / Parity Platform PC – Project: EVI US Pilot – Electric Vehicle Identity US Pilot (Open Call 3).\n\n\n\nErik Hieta-Aho\, Senior Scientist at VTT – Project: HPQCSSI – Hybrid Post-Quantum Cryptography Self-Sovereign Identity Stack (Open Call 2).\n\n\n\n\n\nClosing speaker: Monique Callisti\, NGI Outreach Office – Martel Innovate. 
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/ngi-sargasso-at-mwc-4yfn-2025-bridging-continents-innovating-together/
LOCATION:Fira de Barcelona Gran Via\, Av. Joan Carles I\, 58\, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat\, Barcelona\, Spain\, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat\, Catalunya\, 08908\, Spain
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250305T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250305T150000
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SUMMARY:NGI Commons webinar: Public Policies for Digital Commons
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this second edition of a series of webinars\, which started in January. This one aims to provide a comprehensive overview of Public Policies for Digital Commons. \n\n\n\nThese events are organised by NGI Commons targeting policymakers interested in digital governance and innovation; Tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs looking to leverage Digital Commons principles; Community leaders seeking to implement local digital initiatives; Researchers studying the intersection of technology and society; Anyone curious about the evolving digital landscape in Europe.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/ngi-commons-webinar-public-policies-for-digital-commons/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250310T000000
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SUMMARY:FOSS Backstage 2025
DESCRIPTION:Behind the scenes of Open Source projects\n\n\n\nThe two-day conference brings together the brightest minds in the industry to discuss and explore all about FOSS community\, management and compliance. At FOSS Backstage the stage belongs exclusively to the non-technical aspects of Free and Open Source Software. \n\n\n\nJoin FOSS Backstage in Berlin\, where you’ll connect with community leaders\, FOSS practitioners\, executives\, developers and technologists among many other stakeholders in the field. \n\n\n\nFrom managing thriving communities to navigating the legal landscape\, we’ve got you covered. Discover how to set up your project for success and get involved in solving the issues that hold back Open Source. \n\n\n\nAt FOSS Backstage we want to bridge the gaps between different projects\, license models\, communities and organisations by bringing everyone together around our shared interests\, challenges and goals in open source software. \n\n\n\nOn three stages we will discuss a range of topics in the seven conference tracks: \n\n\n\n\nGovernance & Community\n\n\n\nEconomics\n\n\n\nLegal & Compliance\n\n\n\nDiversity & Inclusion\n\n\n\nGrowing Open Source\n\n\n\nSecurity\n\n\n\nDesign\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for inspiring talks\, lively discussions\, and countless networking opportunities. Let’s have a look behind the scenes of Open Source together!
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/foss-backstage-2025/
LOCATION:Berlin & Online\, Panoramastraße 1A\, Berlin\, 10178\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250310T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250310T161500
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SUMMARY:OpenWebSearch Webinars Series (10 March - 5 May)
DESCRIPTION:Webinars will provide a comprehensive overview about functionalities and processes – for example utilization of the open web crawler\, search architectures or data infrastructure. Webinars take place in the framework of our community updates – generally every 1st Monday of a month. A webinar lasts 60 minutes including Q&A-session. The webinar will be recorded and provided as download afterwards. \n\n\n\nThrough trainings\, you will receive practical skills. We will show you in depth how to use the Index and how to make use of the Index. A training session lasts 90 minutes. \n\n\n\nInterested? Please have a look at the session overview below. Register for our monthly community update to take part in a webinar and/or training. \n\n\n\n1) The inverted file in search\n\n\n\nIn this talk\, we will be discussing the most important data structure in any search engine: the inverted file. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nlearn the basics of using inverted files for search and ranking and how we construct (and distribute) them as part of the Open Web Index\n\n\n\n\n\ndeal with interoperability challenges that arise when sharing inverted files with third parties\n\n\n\n\n\ndiscover a promising alternative format for the inverted file in which the index is stored in publicly available object storage (like S3 or iRODS) and can be queried directly – without the need for setting up a full search engine yourself!\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 10 March 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update. \n\n\n\n2) Creating Search Applications Using the Open Web Index\n\n\n\nSearch Applications are specialised search engines that focus on a certain domain or purpose. This webinar explains how to create a search applications using index partitions downloaded from the Open Web Index. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nlearn about the basic concept of how to create a search application using the Open Web Index\n\n\n\nget to know useful examples of search applications in different application domains\n\n\n\nget ideas and inspiration to create your own search applications\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 7 April 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n3) Architectural overview of the Federated Data Infrastructure in OWS\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we provide a comprehensive overview of the initial setup and evolution of the Open Web Search Federated Data Infrastructure as it stands today covering the high level technical overhead and breaking it down to the detail. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nHow geographically distributed data centers are federated\n\n\n\nThe confluence of HPC/Cloud in heterogeneous infrastructures\n\n\n\nSecurity measures in place in this infrastructure\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 5 May 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/openwebsearch-webinars/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Global Multistakeholder High Level Conference on Governance of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds
DESCRIPTION:The European Commission and the 2025 Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU are organising a Global Multistakeholder High Level Conference on the governance of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds\, on 31 March and 1 April 2025. \n\n\n\nObjectives\n\n\n\nThe conference aims to define the principles for the global governance of Web 4.0 and virtual worlds that are up-to-speed with the dynamics of digital spaces\, ensuring transparency\, inclusiveness\, and accountability. \n\n\n\nThe event will bring together\, from all over the world\, high-level policymakers\, technologists\, academics\, and community leaders who will collaboratively propose governance models of virtual worlds. It will focus on policy solutions for an ethical\, value-driven shift to Web 4.0. and standardisation issues related to virtual worlds (including internet standards) and its technical management. Alignment of those governance frameworks with the multi-stakeholder model of internet governance will also be a salient topic of discussion. \n\n\n\nConference expected outcomes\n\n\n\nThe conference aims at the adoption of policy and technical recommendations for the future governance of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds\, based on consensus at the event. These intend to serve as inspiration for forthcoming discussions such as the 20 years review of the World Summit for Information Society (WSIS+20). \n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe conference delivers on Action 9 of the European Commission Communication “An EU initiative on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds: a head start in the next technological transition“ which was adopted in 2023. This action requires the European Commission to “engage with existing multi-stakeholder internet governance institutions to design open and interoperable virtual worlds [from Q4 2023]; and support the creation of a technical multi-stakeholder forum to address certain aspects of virtual worlds and Web 4.0 beyond the remit of existing internet governance bodies [from Q1 2024]. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSee the agenda and register here.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/global-multistakeholder-high-level-conference-on-governance-of-web-4-0-and-virtual-worlds/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:OpenWebSearch Webinars Series (10 March - 5 May)
DESCRIPTION:Webinars will provide a comprehensive overview about functionalities and processes – for example utilization of the open web crawler\, search architectures or data infrastructure. Webinars take place in the framework of our community updates – generally every 1st Monday of a month. A webinar lasts 60 minutes including Q&A-session. The webinar will be recorded and provided as download afterwards. \n\n\n\nThrough trainings\, you will receive practical skills. We will show you in depth how to use the Index and how to make use of the Index. A training session lasts 90 minutes. \n\n\n\nInterested? Please have a look at the session overview below. Register for our monthly community update to take part in a webinar and/or training. \n\n\n\n1) The inverted file in search\n\n\n\nIn this talk\, we will be discussing the most important data structure in any search engine: the inverted file. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nlearn the basics of using inverted files for search and ranking and how we construct (and distribute) them as part of the Open Web Index\n\n\n\n\n\ndeal with interoperability challenges that arise when sharing inverted files with third parties\n\n\n\n\n\ndiscover a promising alternative format for the inverted file in which the index is stored in publicly available object storage (like S3 or iRODS) and can be queried directly – without the need for setting up a full search engine yourself!\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 10 March 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update. \n\n\n\n2) Creating Search Applications Using the Open Web Index\n\n\n\nSearch Applications are specialised search engines that focus on a certain domain or purpose. This webinar explains how to create a search applications using index partitions downloaded from the Open Web Index. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nlearn about the basic concept of how to create a search application using the Open Web Index\n\n\n\nget to know useful examples of search applications in different application domains\n\n\n\nget ideas and inspiration to create your own search applications\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 7 April 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n3) Architectural overview of the Federated Data Infrastructure in OWS\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we provide a comprehensive overview of the initial setup and evolution of the Open Web Search Federated Data Infrastructure as it stands today covering the high level technical overhead and breaking it down to the detail. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nHow geographically distributed data centers are federated\n\n\n\nThe confluence of HPC/Cloud in heterogeneous infrastructures\n\n\n\nSecurity measures in place in this infrastructure\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 5 May 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/openwebsearch-webinars-2025-04-07/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:OpenWebSearch Webinars Series (10 March - 5 May)
DESCRIPTION:Webinars will provide a comprehensive overview about functionalities and processes – for example utilization of the open web crawler\, search architectures or data infrastructure. Webinars take place in the framework of our community updates – generally every 1st Monday of a month. A webinar lasts 60 minutes including Q&A-session. The webinar will be recorded and provided as download afterwards. \n\n\n\nThrough trainings\, you will receive practical skills. We will show you in depth how to use the Index and how to make use of the Index. A training session lasts 90 minutes. \n\n\n\nInterested? Please have a look at the session overview below. Register for our monthly community update to take part in a webinar and/or training. \n\n\n\n1) The inverted file in search\n\n\n\nIn this talk\, we will be discussing the most important data structure in any search engine: the inverted file. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nlearn the basics of using inverted files for search and ranking and how we construct (and distribute) them as part of the Open Web Index\n\n\n\n\n\ndeal with interoperability challenges that arise when sharing inverted files with third parties\n\n\n\n\n\ndiscover a promising alternative format for the inverted file in which the index is stored in publicly available object storage (like S3 or iRODS) and can be queried directly – without the need for setting up a full search engine yourself!\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 10 March 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update. \n\n\n\n2) Creating Search Applications Using the Open Web Index\n\n\n\nSearch Applications are specialised search engines that focus on a certain domain or purpose. This webinar explains how to create a search applications using index partitions downloaded from the Open Web Index. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nlearn about the basic concept of how to create a search application using the Open Web Index\n\n\n\nget to know useful examples of search applications in different application domains\n\n\n\nget ideas and inspiration to create your own search applications\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 7 April 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n3) Architectural overview of the Federated Data Infrastructure in OWS\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we provide a comprehensive overview of the initial setup and evolution of the Open Web Search Federated Data Infrastructure as it stands today covering the high level technical overhead and breaking it down to the detail. \n\n\n\nKey take aways: \n\n\n\n\nHow geographically distributed data centers are federated\n\n\n\nThe confluence of HPC/Cloud in heterogeneous infrastructures\n\n\n\nSecurity measures in place in this infrastructure\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, 5 May 25\n\n\n\n15:00 – 16:15 CET\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\n\nTo take part please register for our monthly community update.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/openwebsearch-webinars-2025-05-05/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Cyprus Tech Policy Unconference: Reclaiming the Digital Commons – ReFLOSS edition
DESCRIPTION:This is one of a series of unconferences (open space gatherings with an emergent agenda) aiming for impact in tech policy\, in Cyprus and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe tech industry celebrates disruption and innovation—yet too often sidesteps the deeper conversations we urgently need: What kind of digital futures are we building? For whom? By whom? At what cost? The Cyprus Tech Policy Unconference is an invitation to pause\, regroup\, and reclaim the narrative. To centre ethics\, digital sovereignty\, and the commons in our thinking about technology. We seek to challenge extractive models and nurture free\, fair\, and participatory infrastructures for governance\, education\, and  life. \n\n\n\nWe call together:– People who think and work towards digital rights and the democratisation of technology\,– Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) developers\, educators\, researchers\, creatives\, and community organisers\,– People interested in co-creating ethical digital policy and resilient community tech– People invested in mapping the obstacles and opportunities for free/libre software in public institutions\, schools\, and cultural spaces\,– People interested in the Right to repair\, and the “public money public code” movement– Practitioners and policy-makers looking to move toward grounded\, implementable strategies for digital justice\,– People interested in connecting the above priorities with sound business practices. \n\n\n\nWhat to expectA fluid\, minimally guided\, participant-led networking\, brainstorming\, and co-working atmosphere\, following the principles of Open Space Technology: sessions are proposed and shaped by attendees themselves\, allowing for spontaneity\, relevance\, and co-ownership of the agenda.Space for panels\, co-writing labs\, workshops\, and policy roundtables.Emphasis on dialogue\, transparency\, and co-creation.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/cyprus-tech-policy-unconference-reclaiming-the-digital-commons-refloss-edition/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250521T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250521T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T180054
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Digital Identity and Identification in the Era of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore future scenarios for online identity and identification in virtual worlds and Web 4.0\, focusing on opportunities\, risks\, and strategies for secure digital identities. \n\n\n\nWorkshop overview\n\n\n\nAs part of the European Commission study on virtual worlds and Web 4.0\, PPMI (part of Verian Group) and TNO will host an interactive online workshop on the future of digital identity and identification on 21 May 2025 at 14:00 – 16:30h CEST\, bringing together policy makers\, industry experts\, digital innovators\, researchers\, and other interested stakeholders. The session will explore possible future scenarios for online identity/identification management\, examining both the opportunities and risks that lie ahead. Participants will also discuss strategies to ensure robust\, secure\, and trustworthy digital identities/identification in the context of rapidly evolving online ecosystems. \n\n\n\nPlease note that the number of participants is limited. \n\n\n\nPreliminary agenda\n\n\n\n14:00 – 14:05 – Introduction \n\n\n\n14:05 – 14:15 – Topic context \n\n\n\n\nPresentation of key trends\, opportunities and uncertainties\n\n\n\nWhy digital identity/identification matters in Web 4.0 and virtual worlds\n\n\n\n\n14:15 – 15:00 – Breakout sessions \n\n\n\n\nExploration of opportunities and risks in future identity/ identification scenarios\n\n\n\nPrioritisation and group insights\n\n\n\n\n15:00 – 15:10 – Coffee break   \n\n\n\n15:10 – 15:55 – Plenary discussion \n\n\n\n\nPlenary sharing of group findings\n\n\n\nCommon and cross-cutting challenges\, highlighting pressing issues\n\n\n\n\n15:55 – 16:25 – Addressing risks and harnessing opportunities  \n\n\n\n\nBrainstorming strategies\, possible actions\, and collecting ideas\n\n\n\n\n16:25 – 16:30 – Closing \n\n\n\nMore about the study\n\n\n\nThe workshop is part of a broader pilot project\, ‘A Space for the Metaverse – Virtual World and the Transition to Web 4.0\,’ under Action 9 of the European Commission’s strategy on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds. This initiative\, carried out by PPMI (part of Verian group) and TNO for DG CNECT\, aims to assess key developments in internet technologies and foster a global governance dialogue. The insights gathered from the workshop will directly inform a paper on digital identity/identification in the Web 4.0 era prepared as part of the project.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/workshop-digital-identity-and-identification-in-the-era-of-web-4-0-and-virtual-worlds/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:OW2con'25
DESCRIPTION:Experts from around the world talk about professional open source software in modern information systems at Paris-Châtillon. \n\n\n\nOW2con is the European open source conference organized by OW2. An international meeting of developpers\, IT companies\, academics and non-profit organizations\, OW2con brings together the entire open source community\, during two days of presentations ranging from tech topics to business and ethical issues of open source. It also offers a unique opportunity to establish contact with peers through friendly networking sessions. OW2con is open to all\, the event is free and all sessions are held in English.
URL:https://ngi.eu/event/ow2con25/
LOCATION:Châtillon\, Châtillon\, Paris\, 92020\, France
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