Next Generation Internet

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.
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FSiC2019
2019-03-14 - 2019-03-16 | Sorbonne Université, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France, Paris, Île-de-France, 75005, France
Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) 2019
The second Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) took place at Sorbonne Université (Paris) on March 14-16 2019. The conference brought together experts and enthusiasts who want to build a complete Free and Open Source CAD ecosystem for designing analog and digital integrated circuits. The conference covered the full spectrum of the design process, from system architecture, to layout and verification. The conference consisted of three full days, including a Saturday for facilitating those who are involved as non-professionals. After the daily talks, the discussion continued until late in an informal and relaxed atmosphere at the on-campus caves Esclangon.
All video recordings are available on peertube.
Video recordings, slides and documentation
All the talks have been recorded and can be watched on peertube. Extra documentation and the slides of most talks can be found by clicking on the respective titles in the program below.
Organizing committee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On Twitter: @sfiguerola

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MWC 2019
2019-02-25 - 2019-02-28 | Fira Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalunya, 08908, Spain
Mobile World Congress 2019 (also referred to as MWC 2019) is the single most important mobile technologies trade fair in the world. The congress represents the entire sector in four action-packed days. The upcoming edition of MWC will take place at Fira Gran Via from the 25th to the 28th of February. The organisers expect more than 107,000 trade visitors and 2400 exhibitors to attend.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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