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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EuCNC 2019
2019-06-18 - 2019-06-21 | Valencia Congress Centre, Avinguda de les Corts Valencianes, 60, 46015 València, Valencia, Spain, València, Comunidad Valenciana, 46015, Spain
EuCNC 2019 is the 28th edition of a successful series of a conference in the field of telecommunications, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society and the European Association for Signal Processing, and supported by the European Commission. This conference is one of the most prominent communications and networking conferences in Europe, which efficiently brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses. EuCNC attracts more than 600 delegates each year and an exhibition space of more than 1,500 m2. The conference focuses on various aspects of 5G communications systems and networks, including cloud and virtualisation solutions, management technologies, and vertical application areas. It targets to bring together researchers from all over the world to present the latest research results, and it is one of the main venues for demonstrating the results of research projects, especially from successive European R&D programmes co-financed by the European Commission.

EuCNC 2019 will be co-located with the Global 5G Event, which brings together the world 5G industrial associations: 5G-IA, IMT-2020, 5G-Forum, 5G-MF, 5G-Brasil and 5G-Americas.
The EuCNC 2019 Conference will be held at the Valencia Congress Centre (VCC), ideally located on the major access route into the city from the north east, only 5 km from the international airport Valencia-Manises. A taxi will take you there in 7-10 minutes. Also, the city centre is only some 10 minutes away and can be easily accessed by metro or bus.
The conference has a not for profit organisation, hence, registration fees are as low as possible, and all surplus will be made available in grants. The conference will be indexed in the major databases. Best Paper Awards will be granted. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore and other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.
EUCNC 2019 – Key dates:

08 Feb 2019 – Deadline for submission of papers for regular oral sessions
08 Feb 2019 – Deadline for submission of proposals for workshops, special sessions, and tutorials
22 Mar 2019 – Notification of acceptance of workshops, special sessions, and tutorials
15 Mar 2019 – Deadline for submission of extended abstracts for posters
12 Apr 2019 – Deadline for submission of proposals for exhibitions
15 Apr. 2019 – Notification of acceptance of papers and extended abstracts
26 Apr 2019 – Deadline for final papers for all sessions and workshops
26 Apr 2019 – Deadline for authors registration
10 May 2019 – Draft program available

IOT WEEK 2019
2019-06-17 - 2019-06-21 | Musikhuset Aarhus, Musikhuset Aarhus, Thomas Jensens Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
WHERE INNOVATIVE TECH MEETS BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
IoT is continually challenging status quo and massively affecting our everyday lives. We believe the potential is enormous and that Applied IoT enables all of us to make better decisions – for our environment, society and businesses. IoT Week is the place where tomorrow’s tech meets business and society.
IoT Week
IoT Week is an annual event organized by the IoT Forum since 2011. The IoT Week conference gathers industry and academia representatives from around the world. So far editions of the IoT Week were held, respectively, in Barcelona, Venice, Helsinki, London, Lisbon, Belgrade, Geneva and Bilbao.
The last edition attracted about 850 participants specialized in the IoT domain, including research centres, research projects, large industries, SMEs, developers, standards development organizations and policymakers, including the European Commission.
IoT Forum
The IoT Forum (Internet of Things International Forum) is a fully independent member-driven organization which aims at:

Promoting international dialogue and cooperation on the Internet of Things;
Organizing events and conferences, such as the IoT Week;
Developing activities and synergies with and among its members.

It supports the development of a worldwide Internet of Things community, by promoting international dialogue and cooperation between relevant stakeholders from research, industry, and public administrations. More information at IoT Forum.

Join us at “Next Generation Internet: Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities” on June 18.
More information about the NGI workshop here.

Digital Assembly 2019
2019-06-13 - 2019-06-14 | ROMEXPO EXHIBITION CENTRE, Bulevardul Mărăști 65-67, București 011465, Romania, București, Municipiul București, 011465, Romania
Digital Assembly 2019
The Digital Assembly 2019 is a forum for stakeholders to take stock of the achievements of the Digital Single Market Strategy, draw lessons and to exchange views on the contours of a future digital policy. The event is also a great opportunity to showcase how digital is transforming our societies and economies, and how it can help bring positive change to our lives. It is co-organised by the European Commission and the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Please join the Digital Assembly 2019 if you want to take part in shaping our digital future.
Check the agenda in the official website

For more information, follow #DA19eu on Twitter and check regularly the official web page for updates.

WOSH 2019
2019-06-11 - 2019-06-14 | ETH Zurich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
Week of Open Source Hardware 2019
The Week of Open Source Hardware (WOSH) will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, from June 11 to June 14, 2019. During the first two days the RISC-V workshop takes places and focuses on the free and open RISC-V instruction set architecture. The FOSSi Foundation and the Pulp team, with the support of H2020 projects Eurolab4HPC and OPRECOMP are organizing a FREE complementary program that covers topics around free and open source silicon, its licensing and open source EDA tools. While those events are organizationally decoupled from the RISC-V workshop, it gives free and open source silicon enthusiasts the chance to gather and discuss throughout an entire week.
WOSH will take place at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering in the center campus of ETH Zurich. The address is Gloriastrasse 35. Please find directions on how to get to the venue here. You can also find some help on getting around in Zürich.
Videos from WOSH are now available on our YouTube channel in the Week of Open Source Hardware playlist.

Information about the event can be found here: https://fossi-​foundation.org/wosh/
Videos are available here: https://www.video.ethz.ch/events/2019/risc-​v.html
and here: https://fossi-​foundation.org/wosh/
Pictures can be found here: https://pulp-​platform.org/img/wosh/2019-​06-11/

Future of Internet Conference 2019
2019-06-06 | Sofitel Brussels Europe, Place Jourdan 1, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1040, Belgium
The Future of Internet Conference will gather European and international stakeholders who will assess what the future of our digital societies may look like, focus on the advanced technologies that will act as game changers and the convergence between these, while debating the immediate and longer term policy priorities for Europe’s future digital strategy.
Through a series of panel-based discussion, interviews, and Tech Talks focusing on emerging and advanced technologies, join the conference to explore the future of the full digital ecosystem as we are entering a New Age of Intelligent Data and Connectivity.

AI for Good Global Summit
2019-05-28 - 2019-05-31 | ITU Montbrilliant Building, Rue de Varembé 2, 1202 Genève, Switzerland, Genève, Genève, 1202, Switzerland
Connecting AI innovators with problem owners for sustainable development

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken giant leaps forward in recent years, inspiring growing confidence in AI’s ability to assist in solving some of humanity’s greatest challenges. Leaders in AI and humanitarian action are convening on the neutral platform offered by the United Nations to work towards AI improving the quality and sustainability of life on our planet.

Organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technology (ICT) – in partnership with the XPRIZE Foundation, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)and close to 30 sister United Nations agencies, the 3rd annual AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, 28-31 May, is the leading United Nations platform for inclusive dialogue on AI. The goal of the summit is to identify practical applications of AI to accelerate progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The 2019 summit will highlight AI’s value in advancing education, healthcare and wellbeing, social and economic equality, space research, and smart and safe mobility.
The summit is designed to generate ‘AI for Good’ projects able to be enacted in the near term, guided by the summit’s multi-stakeholder and inter-disciplinary audience. It also formulates supporting strategies to ensure trusted, safe and inclusive development of AI technologies and equitable access to their benefits.
The 2019 summit will highlight AI’s value in advancing education, healthcare and wellbeing, social and economic equality, space research, and smart and safe mobility. It will propose actions to assist high-potential AI solutions in achieving global scale. It will host debate around unintended consequences of AI as well as AI’s relationship with art and culture. And a ‘learning day’ will offer potential AI adopters an audience with leading AI experts and educators.
More information about the event here.

VivaTech 2019
2019-05-16 - 2019-05-18 | Paris Expo Porte de Versailles Hall 1 & Hall 2.2, 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris, France, Paris, Île-de-France, 75015, France
WHAT IS VIVATECH?
VivaTech is the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders to celebrate innovation. It’s a gathering of the world’s brightest minds, talents, and products taking place in Paris on 16–18 May 2019.
From top speakers and exhibitions to open innovation and live experiences, VivaTech is a celebration of today’s innovations and tomorrow’s possibilities for everyone who believes in the power of technology to transform business and society.

Digital Transformation World 2019
2019-05-14 - 2019-05-16 | Acropolis Convention Center, 1 Esplanade John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 06000 Nice, France, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 06000, France
Intelligent operations for a 5G world
The next decade will be one of opportunity for the telecoms industry – for those who can move fast enough.
As established industries race to digitize, expectations and hype for new technologies such as 5G are sky high.
Seizing the opportunity and remaining competitive in existing markets demands a revolution in the operating model – transforming time-to-market from years to days; simplifying and automating across the business; revolutionizing IT and embracing agile ways of working.
Digital Transformation World 2019 will explore these opportunities and challenges and more across 5 dedicated programs:

2025 Digital Operator: Capturing Value in the 5G Era
Cloud Native IT: Cutting the Complexity to Deliver Business Agility
Network Transformation: Building and operating an agile and dynamic virtual network
AI and Data Strategy: Making Intelligent Decisions
Digital Customer Experience: Accelerating the Digital Customer

EU-Startups Summit 2019
2019-05-02 - 2019-05-03 | Hesperia Tower, Avinguda de la Granvia, 144, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalunya, 08907, Spain
The EU-Startups Summit is the annual flagship event of EU-Startups.com – the leading online publication about startups in Europe. At the event we showcase a selection of Europe’s hottest startups and come together to learn from some of the most successful European entrepreneurs of our time!
At the 2019 edition of the EU-Startups Summit we expect over 1.200 startup founders, tech folks, corporates, business angels, media people and investors from all across Europe. The event offers great networking opportunities, inspiring speakers and a workshop stage. We’ll also have an exciting pitch competition with a prize package worth more than €70,000 and great after-parties in the evening for further networking and drinks!
Below you’ll find some of the Founders/CEOs we already announced as speakers:

The EU-Startups Summit will also gather hundreds of Europe’s leading Venture Capital investors, business angels and accelerators. As a startup, you can directly engage with them, and we are proud to have one of the best startup-investor ratios of any startup event out there. Below we’ll list some VC firms who joined us in previous editions of the event:

More information regarding the EU-Startups Summit can be found here.
In case of any questions, please feel free to directly reach out to Thomas@EU-Startups.com.

FEC5
2019-04-24 - 2019-04-25 | Park Inn by Radisson, Engvej 171, 2300 København, Denmark, København, 2300, Denmark
SAVE THE DATE! The fifth Fed4FIRE+ Engineering Conference (FEC) will be organised on 24-25 April 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Fed4FIRE+ project offers the largest federation worldwide of Next Generation Internet (NGI) testbeds, which provide open, accessible and reliable facilities supporting a wide variety of different research and innovation communities and initiatives in Europe. Fed4FIRE+ testbed offer:

Simple, efficient, and cost effective experimental processes
Increased trustworthiness of facilities
Sustainability of the experimental infrastructures
Easy access to resources for SMEs, industry and academia

The Fed4FIRE+ community is at work running and continuously improving the largest federation of facilities, supporting and offering experimental testbeds based on technologies ranging from wireless, wired, cloud services and open flow, and making them accessible through common frameworks. Besides, available tools for infrastructure developers open new possibilities, supporting a broad range of experimenter communities covering a wide variety of Internet infrastructures, services and applications, allowing them to focus on their core testbed activities.
Through the federation of these infrastructures – a single place where to find and execute technical tests – innovative experiments become possible; a novelty that breaks the boundaries of these domains. The federator also builds on Fed4FIRE’s existing community of experimenters, testbeds and tool developers and bring them together regularly in Fed4FIRE+ Engineering Conferences (FEC) to have maximal interaction between the different stakeholders involved.
The Fed4FIRE+ Engineering Conferences are 2/3-day events (organised twice a year) with a mix of plenary and parallel sessions. The sessions consist out of talks, tutorials and technical discussions and there is also a demo night session with over 40 experiments which were set up and ran on the federated testsbeds, a large part of which also received financial support. This is a great opportunity for researchers and developers, to exchange experiences and inspire each other’s.

Webinar: LEDGER The Venture Builder for Human Centric Solutions
2019-04-23 01:00 - 02:00 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | 1 CET, https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7464849820755907586
LEDGER, an EU funded project, empowers people to solve problems using decentralised technologies such as blockchain, peer to peer or distributed ledger technologies.
Do you have questions? It is your last chance to ask them live! This webinar will guide you through the Open Call application process with an open Q&A session hosted by our experts ready to answer all your questions. During this webinar we will focus on three verticals; Mobility, Energy & Sustainability and Open Innovation, to make your application incisive.
LEDGER is part of the Next Generation Internet initiative from the European Commission, and aligns with the objectives of the European Blockchain Partnership.

Did you miss the webinar? See it here below and download the webinar slides.

NGI_TRUST Open Calls webinar
2019-04-15 12:30 - 14:00 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
Interested in submitting a proposal to the NGI_Trust Open Calls (1st call deadline 30 April) or learning more about future calls.
Up to 200,000 euro in funding available.

Did you miss the webinar? See it here below and download the webinar slides.

Digital Day 2019
2019-04-09 09:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
The third edition of the Digital Day will enable the EU and interested Member States to pool resources to accelerate digital developments in key areas that can bring tangible benefits to our economies and our societies. This event is an invitation-only event. Plenary sessions of the event will be web-streamed.

Digital Day is a unique event intended to enable the EU and interested Member States to pool efforts and resources with a view to accelerating digital developments in key areas that can bring tangible benefits to our economies and our societies. In the past two years, the Digital Day has been the occasion to launch important cooperation initiatives in the areas of supercomputing, digital industry, connected and automated driving, AI, blockchain and eHealth.
Following the previous Digital Days, the 2019 edition will combine panel discussions with high-level political stakeholders from Member States’ governments. Digital Day 2019 will be dedicated to three areas where digital is expected to make a significant impact:

Artificial Intelligence Ethical Guidelines
Cooperation on Advancing Digitisation of Cultural Heritage
Digitalisation of Agriculture and Rural Areas
Promoting Greater Participation of Women in Digital

This event is an invitation-only event. Plenary sessions of the event will be web-streamed.
Use the hashtag #DigitalDay2019 to become part of the online conversation on Twitter!

LEDGER - OPEN CALL WEBINAR 3
2019-04-04 13:00 - 14:00 (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 questions?
This webinar will guide you through the application process with an open Q&A session hosted by our experts ready to answer all your questions.
During this webinar we will focus on three verticals; Health, Economy and Public Services, to make your application incisive.
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.
Ask any questions to the community at ledger.fundingbox.com

Did you miss the webinar? See it here below and download the webinar slides.

NGI Data Mapping Webinar
2019-03-27 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
NGI Data Mapping Webinar

We would like to invite you to join our webinar to explore the exciting data science methods and visualisations we developed as part of the Next Generation Internet Initiative, and learn more about how you can use these kinds of data-driven insights in your own work.

Our data work
Over the past year, we’ve been laying the groundwork for building the research and funding agenda of the Next Generation Internet initiative, the European Commission’s new flagship programme which seeks to build a more inclusive, resilient and democratic future internet by the end of the next decade. As part of this work, we used cutting-edge data-driven methods to map the latest trends in emerging technologies and social issues surrounding the internet. This webinar will showcase the most interesting insights we generated, and guide you through using the methodologies developed DELab (Digital Economy Lab of the University of Warsaw) and Eurecat (Technology Centre of Catalonia), two partners in the EU Engineroom consortium.
Research clusters: Institutions who’s researcher work and publish together
When it comes to making decisions about which new technologies or solutions to invest in, where to focus our attention when it comes to future social challenges or other important decisions that require making our own guesses about what the future might hold, we often rely on anecdotal evidence or outdated data, such as company surveys or patent data (often a couple years behind the real trends). New big data methodologies have made it possible to use web data sources like Wikipedia, Reddit, Meetup or articles in the tech media, which have proven much better at picking up early signals of change. In this webinar, we will tell you more about how our data science team used, for example, natural language processing, network analysis and machine learning to gather insights about how hacker communities talk about quantum computing, where we find most startups active in the ethical AI space, or how the media has covered GDPR.
All the methodologies we’ve developed and the underlying data, code and insights are freely available to the public, have a look at our GitHub and Zenodo to learn more. Please also have a look at our interactive results page, which will feature in the webinar.
Want to know more? Do join us, learn about our methods and ask any questions you might have.

The NGI Data Mapping webinar
Issue mapping across different areas and geographies
The NGI Data Mapping Webinar will give a brief introduction about the project, after which we will have short presentations on different methods.
Kristóf Gyódi and Michał Paliński will explain their quantitative text mining analysis, based on a novel dataset of 140.000 technology news articles. The methodology implements various natural language processing techniques: analysis of term frequencies, co-occurrences, sentiment analysis and topic modeling.
David Laniado (Eurecat), Laura Portell (Eurecat), and Cristian Consonni (University of Trento) will talk about using Wikipedia data to study for example the relationships between different internet-related topics and trends over time.
Participating in this webinar does not assume any prior technical knowledge.
Agenda

Time
Webinar outline
Lead by

14:00 (5 mins)
Introduction
Katja Bego (Nesta)

14:15 (15 mins)
Quantitative Text Mining using NLP
Kristóf Gyódi, Michał Paliński (DeLab)

14:30 (15 mins)
Wikipedia Network Analysis: Temporal Trends Analysis on Reddit discussions
David Laniado (Eurecat), Laura Portell (Eurecat), and Cristian Consonni (University of Trento)

14:40 (25 mins)
Q&As
All

15:00
Finish
All

Your hosts
DELab is a transdisciplinary research institute established in 2014. DELab examines the social, economic and cultural meanings of digitalisation and serves as a platform for cooperation and the exchange of ideas between academia, business and public institutions. Website: http://www.delab.uw.edu.pl/en/
EURECAT is the leading Technology Centre in Catalonia, and the second largest private research organization in Southern Europe. Eurecat manages a turnover of 38M€, counts with +500 professional and has a customer portfolio of over 1.000 companies. Eurecat is involved in more than 160 R&D projects. Website: https://eurecat.org/en/
Nesta is an independent charity with a mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life. By providing investments and grants, running practical programmes, carrying out research, mobilising networks and building skills, Nesta supports innovation to help address society’s most pressing social and economic challenges. Nesta is one of the world’s leading experts in social innovation and innovation in public services, with a substantial body of research and policy work.

Did you miss the webinar? You can watch it on our youtube channel or here below.

NGI SALON @ EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
2019-03-22 12:45 - 16:30 (Europe/Brussels) | European Parliament, Wiertzstraat 60, 1047 Brussel, Belgium, Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1047, Belgium
30 years of the Web: where do we go next?
Building radical new alternatives for a more democratic future internet
Join us on Friday 22 March at the European Parliament for an exciting afternoon of talks and bold ideas about the future of the internet: how can we build an internet and connected world that is more democratic, inclusive and resilient for all?
During this event, we will also launch a compilation of radical new visions for the internet, by both leading and emerging thinkers and artists from Europe and beyond. This event is organised by the NGI Move, EU Engineroom and recently launched NGI Forward projects.
This March marks the thirtieth anniversary of the World Wide Web. As we reflect on its history, we must also take the opportunity to think about what we want the future of the web, the internet and everyday life in a connected world, to look like. The internet has undoubtedly brought us a lot of good over the past decades, but its astronomical impact has not always led to the betterment of society. Power over our data is concentrated in the hands of very few players and new technologies are creating cracks in our democracies. We find ourselves stuck between two dominant models: the monopolistic corporate-led internet of Silicon Valley and large-scale government surveillance systems of Beijing.
Can we now come up with a third narrative, where citizens and communities are in control and can determine their own future?
The Next Generation Internet initiative, the European Commission’s ambitious new flagship programme which seeks to build an internet that’s more inclusive, resilient and democratic by the end of the decade, offers and opportunity for Europe to take charge of shaping such a new narrative. This event is part of a longer series part of the NGI in which we think about the kind of future internet we would like to see.
Registration will open at 12:45 with the event starting promptly at 13:30. The session will finish at 16:30.
Confirmed speakers:

Rob van Kranenburg, Founder, IoT Council
Katja Bego, Senior researcher, Nesta, Coordinator NGI Forward and EU Engineroom
Marietje Schaake, Member of European Parliament (D66/ALDE) Foreign Affairs Trade and Tech
Olivier Bringer, Head of Unit, DG Connect, European Commission
Ger Baron, Chief Technology Officer, City of Amsterdam
Julie Dawson, Head of Regulation and Policy, Yoti
Manon den Dunnen, Trust Frameworks, Police Innovation and Sensemakers
Cassie Robinson, Head of Digital Grant Making, Big Lottery Fund
Sophie Bloemen, Co-Director, Commons Network
Delfina van Ditmar Fantini, Tutor/Research Design Products Programme, Royal College of Arts, London
Fabrizio Sestini, Senior Expert for Digital Social Innovation, European Commission DG Connect
Peter Baeck, Head, Centre for Collective Intelligence Design, Nesta
Marta Arniani, Founder, Futurible

Agenda

12:45PM – 13:30PM

Registration

1:30PM – 1:45PM

Welcome

Rob van Kranenburg, Founder, IoT Council
Katja Bego, Senior researcher, Nesta, Coordinator NGI Forward and EU Engineroom

1:45PM – 2:15PM

Introductory talk

Marietje Schaake, Member of European Parliament (D66/ALDE) Foreign Affairs Trade and Tech

2:15PM – 2:30PM

The Next Generation Internet Initiative: what is it and why is it vital for Europe

Olivier Bringer, Head of Unit, DG Connect, European Commission

2:30PM – 3:15PM

Building blocks for a better future internet

Katja Bego, Senior Researcher, Nesta | Session chair
Ger Baron, Chief Technology Officer, City of Amsterdam
Julie Dawson, Head of Regulation and Policy, Yoti
Manon den Dunnen, Trust Frameworks from Police Innovation and Sensemakers
Cassie Robinson, Head of Digital Grant Making at the Big Lottery Fund

3:15PM – 3:30PM | Coffee break

3:30PM – 3:40PM

A Vision for a Shared Digital Europe

3:40PM – 4:20PM

Harnessing collective intelligence: how do we involve people in shaping the future internet

Marta Arniani, Founder, Futurible | Session chair
Cassie Robinson, Head of Digital Grant Making at the Big Lottery Fund
Sophie Bloemen, Co-Director and Director, Commons Network
Delfina van Ditmar Fantini, Tutor/Research Design Products Programme, Royal College of Arts, London
Peter Baeck, Head of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design
Fabrizio Sestini, Senior Expert for Digital Social Innovation, European Commission DG CONNECT

4:20PM – 4:30PM

Event close and book launch

Marta Arniani, Founder of Futuribile
Rob van Kranenburg, Founder at IoT Council

Startup Europe Summit 2019
2019-03-21 - 2019-03-22 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania
Startup Europe Summit 2019 takes place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania on 21-22 March!
Known as an evolving tech hub in Romania, the city of Cluj-Napoca will host the fourth edition of Startup Europe Summit in 2019. Cluj becomes the startup capital of Europe. Leading players in technology entrepreneurship and innovation in Central and Eastern Europe will meet key actors in innovation ecosystems from Western Europe. Expect hard questions to be answered at this Summit hosted by the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Come and find out what does it take to lead your field at Startup Europe Summit. Pitch your startup. From startup to scaleup – listen to the masters of scaling up. Join thematic workshops. Network with venture capitalists. Discover how to grow your startup ecosystem. Exchange cards with executives. Engage with key policymakers. Ask fellows who are growing their business abroad about tips on going from 0 to 1.
Featured guests in 2019

Mariya Gabriel – Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, European Commission
Simon Schaefer – Founder & CEO, Factory
Jeff Burton – Co-founder, Electronic Arts
Marius Ghenea – Investment Director at 3TS Capital Partners
Bindi Karia – Founder, Bindi Ventures
Gianpiero Lotito – Founder & CEO of FacilityLive and President of the European Tech Alliance
Robin Wauters – Founder, Tech.eu
Nicolas Brien – General Director, France Digitale
Miguel Arias – Global Entrepreneurship Director, Telefonica
Alberto Onetti – Chairman and President, Mind The Bridge Foundation
Eliza Kruczkowska – Chief innovation officer, Polish Development Fund
Kat Borlongan – Director, La French Tech
Martin Villig – Co-founder, Bolt (formerly Taxify)
Nils Beers – Director, StartupDelta

National Webinar | Italy
2019-03-20 11:00 - 11:50 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
Le Open Calls del Programma NGI H2020 della Commissione Europea.
Da 5.000 € fino a 200.000 €: Nuove opportunità di finanziamento per ricercatori e innovatori sono aperte, attraverso i meccanismi di finanziamento a cascata di Horizon 2020 – per sottomettere progetti di ricerca atti a costruire un Internet migliore. Un webinar il 20 marzo fornirà informazioni sui bandi aperti. Il webinar sarà in lingua italiano, organizzato per tutti i potenziali interessati a presentare un progetto.

Le Research and Innovation Actions (RIA) finanziate dal programma NGI forniranno supporto a terze parti provenienti da gruppi di ricerca accademici, startup hi-tech e PMI per lavorano su progetti specifici che contribuiscano allo sviluppo di un internet aperto, affidabile, sicuro e inclusivo, sarà assegnato attraverso un processo flessibile, utilizzando brevi cicli di ricerca rivolti all’idea più promettente.
Le RIA forniranno la visione generale del programma, nonché il supporto tecnico e il coaching, mentre ciascuno dei progetti finanziati perseguirà i propri obiettivi. L’attenzione è rivolta a progetti di ricerca avanzata e tecnologie che siano collegati a casi d’uso pertinenti, che possano essere portati rapidamente sul mercato. La componente di ricerca è un must.
Agenda del webinar

11.00 – 11:05 Introduzione
11:05 – 11:20 Panoramica sulle NGI Open Calls – Dettagli e scadenze delle Open Call aperte (https://ngi.eu/opencalls/) – Sara Pittonet, Trust-IT Services | download the slides
11:20 – 11:30 Perché partecipare alle call: punti di vista e “trucchi del mestiere” – Alessandro Bassi, Presidente di IoT Italy – Internet of Things and Future Internet Strategy Expert | download the slides
11:30 – 11:40 Pitch time: proposte di idee e progetti dal pubblico
11:40 – 11:45 Domande e risposte
11:45 – 11:50 Chiusura: il programma NGI H2020 della Commissione Europea e prossime opportunità – Rappresentante di NGI | download the slides

National Webinar | Ireland
2019-03-19 15:00 - 15:50 (Europe/Brussels) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
EU NGI Open Calls
From €5,000 to €200,000: New funding opportunities for researchers and innovators – following the Horizon 2020 cascade funding mechanisms – are now open to build a better Internet. A webinar on 20 March will provide information about the open calls. The webinar will be held in Italian for the Italian community of stakeholders interested in submitting a project.

NGI Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs) will provide support to third party players from academic research groups, hi-tech startups and SMEs working on specific topics contributing to the development of an open, trusted, secure and inclusive internet of the next generation. Funding will be allocated through a flexible process, using short research cycles targeting the most promising idea.
The NGI RIAs will provide the overall vision of the programme, as well as the technical support and coaching while each of the third parties projects will still pursue its own objectives. The focus is on advanced research, concepts and technologies linked to relevant use cases and that can be brought quickly to the market and to the society; the research component is a must.
Webinar Agenda

14.00 – 14:05 Welcome & Introduction – Stephen O’Reilly, Irish National Delegate and Contact Point for H2020
14:05 – 14:20 NGI Open Calls overview, deadlines & details (https://ngi.eu/opencalls/) – Jim Clarke, SpeakNGI.eu, NGI National Contact Point for Ireland, Waterford Institute of Technology | download the slides
14:20 – 14:30 Personal uptake on the call – Ola Skalska, FundingBox (IE) | download the slides
14:30 – 14:40 Pitches from the audience
14:40 – 14:45 Q&A
14:45 – 14:50 Closing & future opportunities – Jim Clarke, SpeakNGI.eu, NGI National Contact Point for Ireland, Waterford Institute of Technology | download the slides

Errata: The NGI Zero – DISCOVERY and NGI Zero – PET’s next open calls will begin on 1st April, 2019 and not 1st May, 2019 as mentioned in the webinar. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Jim Clarke.

National Webinar | Spain
2019-03-19 11:00 - 11:50 (Europe/Madrid) | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
Union Europea Next Generation Internet (NGI) CONVOCATORIAS ABIERTAS
Desde € 5,000 hasta € 200,000: están abiertas las nuevas oportunidades de financiación para investigadores e innovadores – siguiendo el mecanismo de financiación en cascada del Programa Horizonte 2020 – para construir un mejor Internet. El webinar del 19 de marzo proporcionará información sobre las convocatorias abiertas. El webinar se llevará a cabo en castellano para la comunidad española interesad en presentar proyectos.

Las Acciones de Investigación e Innovación (RIA, por sus siglas en inglés) de NGI brindarán apoyo a grupos de investigación académica, nuevas empresas de alta tecnología y pymes que trabajen en temas que contribuyen al desarrollo de un Internet abierto, fiable, seguro e inclusivo. La financiación se otorgará de forma flexible centrándose en ciclos de investigación cortos e invirtiendo en las ideas y proyectos más prometedores.
Los RIAs del programa NGI proporcionarán la visión general de sus programas, dando detalles de estos y planteando que buscan. El foco se centra en la investigación avanzada, los conceptos y las tecnologías relacionadas con casos de uso relevantes que se pueden llevar rápidamente al mercado y a la sociedad; el componente de investigación es imprescindible.
Agenda Webinar

11.00 – 11:05 Bienvenida y presentación – Aljosa Pasic | download the slides
11:05 – 11:15 Descripción general de las convocatorias abiertas de NGI – Aljosa Pasic
11:15 – 11-20 Fechas límite y detalles de las convocatorias abiertas actuales (https://ngi.eu/opencalls/) – RIA Andrés Sánchez Sandaza, Ledger project | download the slides
11:20 – 11:30 Experiencia personal – Aljosa Pasic | download the slides
11:30 – 11:40 Potenciales propuestas del publico asistente
11:40 – 11:45 Q&A
11:45 – 11:50 Oportunidades de cierre y futuras – Representante de NGI | download the slides

Call for startups | DTW19
2019-03-19
As established industries race to digitize, expectations and hype for new technologies such as 5G are sky high. The next decade will be one of opportunity – for those who can move fast enough. To embrace and showcase game changing technologies in AI, blockchain, robotics, 5G and IoT, Digital Transformation World is recruiting 20 of the hottest startups to be part of Startup Alley.
This is your chance to meet and network with the senior decision makers from communication service providers (CSPs) and their suppliers who are digitally transforming and looking for opportunities to rapidly evolve. The selected startups will be invited to speak in one of the main conference summits or campfire sessions and will receive a complimentary space in startup alley on the packed expo floor.
If you would like to showcase your product, we recommend to apply now as space is extremely limited.
The deadline to apply is 19 March. Apply Now!
What you’ll get:

15-minute speaking session in a conference track or campfire session
Two Gold Passes (Value $4,200)
One standing banner with company logo
Highboy table and stools in Startup Alley
100-word profile and logo on the event website and in the onsite guides

Startup criteria:

At least one working prototype solution or platform
Raised less than 2.5 million Euros
Company has been in existence for three years or less

For more information please visit the event website or contact sponsorship@tmforum.org.

European Media Literacy Week
2019-03-18 - 2019-03-22 | Cinema Palace, Boulevard Anspach 85, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1000, Belgium
The European Media Literacy Week is a new initiative by the European Commission to underline the societal importance of media literacy and promote media literacy initiatives and projects across the EU. From 18 to 22 March 2019, various events around the topic of media literacy will take place in Brussels and in Member States.
A high level of media literacy is a key factor to enable citizens to make informed decisions in the digital age. In this light, media literacy is a pre-requisite for a vibrant, modern democracy and an important topic in view of the upcoming European elections in May 2019.
The goal of the European Media Literacy Week is to raise awareness of the importance of media literacy across the EU and to highlight different existing initiatives, in particular those at regional and national level. At EU level, the main event will be a high-level conference hosted by the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel.
Further events organised at EU level include meetings and workshops of the European Commission’s Media Literacy Expert Group, the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) and the Contact Committee of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.
High-level conference of the European Media Literacy Week
On 19 March 2019 the high-level conference will be held in Brussels at Cinéma Palace.
It is the main public event at EU level during the European Media Literacy Week. It will be hosted by the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel and will bring together experts from the public and private sector from across the EU to debate the topic. Participants will discuss the role of public authorities and different stakeholders in promoting media literacy. Moreover, best practices in media literary across the EU will be presented. In addition, panellists will exchange on innovation in the media sector and the role of quality media content.

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.
Ask any questions to the community at ledger.fundingbox.com

Did you miss the webinar? See it here below and download the webinar slides.

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.
