Next Generation Internet

Final NGI Explorers’ Award Cerimony
2022-02-02 15:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Online event
NGI Explorers final event – celebrate the recognition of remarkable EU-US collaborations granted in the NGI Explorers

The NGI Explorer program is coming to an end and the consortium has decided to treat the community of bright minds and exceptional individuals that have made the program so successful to a unique event, meant to celebrate the amazing results achieved together: the NGI Explorers Oscars.
Each of the Explorers will be asked to pitch their project in a brief demo session, to showcase their results and project highlights, divided by core technology cluster. These projects have been carried out by European researchers and innovators directly working with US interdisciplinary, tech-driven collaborative groups in the following domains: AI, Cybersecurity, Cloud/Edge Computing, IoT, 5G; and verticals: health, smart cities and buildings, network security and connectivity, smart transport, and tourism.
To conclude the series of interesting tech and scientific knowledge shared by our NGI Explorers, the event will follow with a Masterclass “Greening the NGI”, offered by TETRA project and conducted by Robert Miskuf & Susanna Albertini. The Masterclass will focus on the challenges and impacts of the digital society on the environment and provides insights to rethink the NGI environmental footprint in the near and far future.
Check out the agenda on EXPLORERS.NGI.EU!

DAPSI Final Event
2022-02-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Online | TIME CET
DAPSI Final Event #2
The DAPSI Final Event #2 will display the latest innovative solutions in the area of data portability. During a half-day digital event, the 2nd cohort of the DAPSI supporting programme will present 14 cutting-edge projects.
The event will be opened by Jean-Luc Dorel, NGI Programme Officer at European Commission and host Karolina Mojzesowicz, Deputy Head of Unit Data Protection at European Commission, as keynote speaker to set the tone. A panel of former DAPSI winners and top tier actors of research and development will also join the event, to introduce new perspectives.
All interested in discovering new solutions to the challenges of data portability, sovereignty, transparency, compatibility, interoperability are welcome to join this online event.
Registration
Secure your spot by registering here.
Agenda

10:00 – 10:35 CET | Opening session by Jean-Luc Dorel, NGI Programme Officer at European Commission and keynote by Karolina Mojzesowicz, Deputy Head of Unit Data Protection at European Commission
10:35 – 10:45 CET | Break
10:45 – 12:15 CET | DAPSI projects’ pitches
12:15 – 13:00 CET | Roundtable & wrap-up

Webinar: Visual Thinking Strategy
2022-01-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Web streames
Visual Thinking Strategy
When: 25 January 2022 at 16:00 CET
Where: Online
Webinar powered by TETRA and NGI Atlantic.eu
The webinar focuses on identifying the product/service Unique Selling Proposition (USP) and work on a concept extracted from it using modalities that are usually not explored (Visual Thinking Strategy). This is the best way to stretch the brain and give birth to new ideas, free of preconceived notions, that will be useful in business or elsewhere in life. Thinking visually and spatially helps tackle complex problems by seeing how interdependent pieces fit together.

Strategies for visual learning
If you teach as part of a formal institution or in a business training capacity, you can use the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) methodology to encourage flexible thinking with the help of a single, interesting image and three simple questions:

What’s going on in this picture?
What do you see that makes you say that?
What more can we find?

Much like a brainstorming session, the goal of a VTS discussion is to enable shared discovery, learning, and insight rather than to disseminate knowledge. Encouraging the contribution of individual ideas in this way has been shown to deepen the learner’s observation, collaboration, and communication skills in an international setting.
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Webinar: Data privacy - a practical approach for the concepts and principles of the GDPR
2022-01-19 10:00 - 11:00 | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
Webinar#31: Data privacy – a practical approach for the concepts and principles of the GDPR
When: Wednesday, the 19th of January at 10:00 am
Where: online
During this interactive webinar, we will include essential theory regarding data privacy, more particularly the concepts and principles of the GDPR. Accompanied with these concepts and principles, we will also link the theory to our experiences and practical best practices. Furthermore, there will be room for Questions & Answers where we will answer any data privacy questions the attendees might have.
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The speakers

Philippe Martens LL.M has been working as a data privacy professional at DPO Consultancy since April 2021. He completed a master in Business Law and a master in Law & Technology at Tilburg University. Philippe has assumed the role of DPO or privacy officer at several clients of DPO Consultancy that operate in varying sectors such as the automotive, life sciences and FinTech industry. Philippe has experience with GDPR implementation projects, managing data breaches and advising clients on how to maneuver around GDPR pitfalls.

Dounia Skalli LL.M, CIPP/E, CIP/T has been working as a certified data privacy professional at DPO Consultancy since March 2019. She studied the master Law and Technology at Tilburg University, in which privacy was as substantial part of the master program. She has been working in several roles, such as Data Protection Officer (DPO), Privacy Officer and Trainer for a variety of clients in different industries, like the automotive, government and life sciences industry around the globe. Dounia is experienced with managing privacy governance activities, such as managing the records of processing activities, conducting data protection impact assessments, and to provide training to increase knowledge and awareness within organizations.

eSSIF-Lab webinar
2021-12-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Online event
WEBINAR: Find out all about the final eSSIF-Lab “Completing the Framework” Open Call
Join eSSIF-Lab’s live webinar and find out everything about the current “Completing the Framework” Open Call. There’s €212K available!
REGISTER HERE!
About this event
Over the past years, the question of how we can protect our identity in the world of online has been getting more heated. The Self-Sovereign Identity paradigm stepped in with the idea itself, that everyone should be in charge of their own digital personal information, and that it is the data owner who should decide on how this data is being used and by whom.
In addition, eSSIF-Lab Framework (at GitLab) will be built upon the open-source components provided through its Infrastructure-oriented open call and the generic SSI-based services and applications (being developed with the support of the eSSIF-Lab 1st Business-oriented Programme) and the SSI domain-oriented solutions addressing real-world needs or opportunities (that will be supported by the eSSIF-Lab 2nd Business-oriented Programme).
eSSIF-Lab kicked off one last additional Open Call “Completing the framework”, on the 15th of November, lasting until the 15th of January.
JOIN THE WEBINAR and find out everything about the Open Call!

More info at https://spaces.fundingbox.com/spaces/ngi-next-generation-internet-ngi-news-events/61b868267cf08f133dbecb9a

Webinar: Tools for an Open Business Model: Creative Commons and Open Licences
2021-12-09 10:00 - 11:00 | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
When: 9 December 2021 at 10:00-11:00 CET
Where: Online
Ever wanted to share and promote your work in a legal way? Or ever questioned if you can legally use the works you find online?
Open licenses can help you answer these questions! This webinar has been designed to help you manage IP rights in a legal and practical way. As so, we will talk about:

basic copyright law and its relationship with open licenses;
how to use open licenses in your professional practice;
how to develop an open business model and integrate open access licenses in your projects.

In the end, you will be able to explore the web from another perspective, in a more “copyright-friendly” way. Looking forward to meeting you and talking about open licensing!
REGISTER HERE
SPEAKER
Diogo Morais Oliveira is an Attorney-at-law based in Porto, Portugal. Currently, as a Legal Advisor in Sonae MC, he works in technology transfer and copyright protection and compliance. He also has expertise in IP Law for the cultural and creative sector.
Diogo is the partner of D10, a creative hub in Viana do Castelo in Portugal, and the legal co-coordinator of Creative Commons Portugal, being responsible for the project “CC Local Point”.

IGF21 | Open Forum #67 Access to the Open Internet
2021-12-08 17:30 - 18:30 | Online event | Conference Room 8, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74133, United States
IGF 2021 Open Forum #67 Access to the Open Internet: benefits, challenges and policy approaches
IGF 2021 MAIN FOCUS: Universal access and meaningful connectivity
Practical locally-driven policy solutions: What lessons can be drawn (and how) from successful policy solutions to universal access and meaningful connectivity around the world, while taking into account local specificities and needs? In particular, what are the relevant practices implemented by local actors (local government, civil society, local providers and entrepreneurs) to advance universal and meaningful access?
Key questions
Access to the Open Internet, not only telecom connectivity, is a key challenge to ensure meaningful connectivity and bridge the digital divide. Why does access to the Open Internet matter, what are the challenges operators, governments, and end-users face in rolling out and accessing the Open Internet, and how to overcome them? What infrastructures and technologies do we need to boost access to the Open Internet? What are the policy approaches and digital cooperation mechanisms to promote the Open Internet globally?
Overview of the issue
Allowing access to the Open Internet and the vast array of online services and information it provides should be a central, inherent component in the global efforts to provide meaningful connectivity to all and bridge the digital divide. The Open Internet is a key driver for innovation, socio-political, economic, and cultural development. It enables people in multiple ways: knowledge- and ideas- sharing, skills development, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, expression of opinions, interaction with governments, participation in societal and political debates, etc. Trustworthy data flows based on the Open Internet empower small and medium-sized enterprises to enter value chains, develop new services, contributing to job and GDP growth. In particular, ensuring full access to the Open Internet is a real opportunity for developing countries to deliver the above benefits to their citizens in a cost-efficient manner while protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms online.
Open Internet deployment faces a number of challenges that might impede fully harvesting the benefits above such as a weaker development of the local Internet ecosystem, lower connection speeds and service quality, limited national and international connectivity, but also government control – including possible internet shutdowns, loss of privacy and security, etc. Connectivity policies should then cover the deployment and upgrade of key internet technologies, standards (e.g. IPv6 for future-proof IP connectivity; QUIC for enhanced data transport, etc.) and infrastructures (e.g. international connectivity, Internet Exchange Points, data centers), and provide regulatory support towards building dynamic, trustful and democratic local Internet ecosystems that can guarantee secure and stable access to the Open Internet. The forum will take stock of current initiatives to develop access to the Open Internet and reflect how effective partnerships between governments, industry, and civil society can help developing countries develop Open Internet connectivity for the benefit of all their citizens.
Approach
The sessions will be organised around several interventions from various stakeholders from the public and private sector and from civil society, from different geographic regions including developing countries and countries providing foreign aid in the digital sector. It will give ample space for interaction with the participants, in order to provide a broad perspective on the issue and stimulate the discussion. It will aim to explore the above-mentioned challenges and trigger reflection and constructive approach on how to improve access to the Open Internet as a means for digital development and safe, prosper and inclusive digital societies.

How will you design the session to ensure the best possible experience for the online and on-site participants? The sessions will be organised in a way that allows interventions both online (chat and Q&A pods) and on-site. The answers would be provided to the full (online and onsite) audience attending the session. We are also in the process of contacting our internal experts to shape the session in the most valuable way. The EC has vast experience in organising online, on-site and hybrid meetings.
If the speakers and organizers will all be online, how will you ensure interactions between them and the participants (including with on-site participants)? Given that the session would be hybrid, there will be at least 1 or 2 panelists/speakers present on-site. In addition, the approach shaped under 1) would take into consideration this question should COVID-related difficulties persist.
Are you planning to use complementary tools/platforms to increase participation and interaction during the session? The EC will reach out to all its networks and Delegations around the world to promote the session and ensure high-level participation. We have access to and can implement complementary communication tools as appropriate.

Organizers
European Commission
Speakers

Mr. Yoichi IIDA, Deputy Director-General for G7 and G20 Relations, Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
Mr. Esteve SANZ, Head of Sector Internet Governance and Multi-stakeholder Dialogue, European Commission
Ms. Mame Maty TALL, Representative of Sonatel
Dr. Raquel GATTO, IGF Secretariat Consultant, Policy Network on Meaningful Access Facilitator

Onsite Moderator
Dr. Tereza HOREJSOVA, Director Project and Partnerships, Diplo/Geneva Internet Platform
Online Moderator
Laura Ferre Sanjuan, European Commission
Rapporteur
Velimira Nemiguentcheva-Grau, European Commission

NGI @ Shaping Our Digital Future
2021-12-07 11:00 - 12:30 | Renaissance Brussels Hotel – Marriott’s, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1050, Belgium
Parallel Session 4 – Next Generation Internet
Session Chair: Torbjørn Karl Svendsen | NTNU
Faster and more reliable, secure and robust: EU’s Next Generation Internet initiative aims to shape the future internet to support societal development, including the fundamental needs for trust, security, and inclusion. It encompasses a large diversity of digital technologies, such as extended reality, natural language processing, connectivity and data privacy technologies, and brings with it a wide range of new possibilities, linking research, policy and society.
In this session, we will look at how the Next Generation Internet develops and provides new opportunities for the industry, public sector and the individual.

Shaping Our Digital Future: Vision and Implementation
2021-12-07 | Renaissance Brussels Hotel – Marriott’s (+ ONLINE), Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1050, Belgium
​​​​​6th NTNU European Conference
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology would like to invite you to their annual Brussels conference the 7th of December 2021 with the title “Shaping Our Digital Future: Vision and Implementation”.
The NTNU European Conference is an event that was introduced in the Brussels Arena in 2016 with an aim to foster debate on European Strategies and Initiatives of relevance for the Research, Innovation and Education sector.
The current health and economic crisis has contributed to accelerating the digital transformation process. On the one hand this is good news as it led to a quantum leap in effectiveness and efficiency as well, when developing “smart solutions”. On the other hand, is there a price we pay for these benefits?
​​​​The NTNU European Conference will explore this double edge of digitalization around various issues:

Which future are we creating according to the designed strategies and priorities?
How will enhanced digitalisation impact people’s daily lives, products, and services? ​​​​​​
What will be the role and contribution that Education and Research can provide to develop the needed amount of Innovation to fulfil the targeted objectives?

These and other questions will be addressed during the conference starting with a peek into the future and covering specific case studies. A final panel will discuss the role of the involved stakeholders and the tools that will contribute to achieving the digital transformation objectives.
DON’T MISS NGI!
Panel Debate (09:45 – 10:45)

Roberto Viola
Director General, EC DG CNECT
Ingrid Schjølberg
Dean IV Faculty, NTNU
Ana Garcia Robles
Secretary General, BDVA/DAIRO
Odej Kao
Chairman, Einstein Center Digital Future

Parallel Session 4 – Next Generation Internet (11:15 – 12:45)
Chair: Torbjørn Karl Svendsen – NTNU
Faster and more reliable, secure and robust: EU’s Next Generation Internet initiative aims to shape the future internet to support societal development, including the fundamental needs for trust, security, and inclusion. It encompasses a large diversity of digital technologies, such as extended reality, natural language processing, connectivity and data privacy technologies, and brings with it a wide range of new possibilities, linking research, policy and society.
In this session we will look at how the Next Generation Internet develops and provides new opportunities for the industry, public sector and the individual.
Speakers and panelists:

Gemma Carolillo
Deputy Head of Next Generation Internet Unit, EC DG CNECT
Patrick Waldemar
Vice President, Head of Technology, Telenor
Martin Gaedke
Dean and Director of University Computer Center, Chemnitz University of Technology
Andrew Perkis
Professor, NTNU

Monique Calisti
CEO, Martel Innovate

IGF 2021
2021-12-06 - 2021-12-10 | International Congress Center, plac Sławika i Antalla 1, 40-163 Katowice, Poland, Katowice, Śląskie, 40-163, Poland
The 16th annual IGF meeting will be hosted by the Government of Poland in Katowice from 6-10 December, under the overarching theme: Internet United.
Launch of a new intersessional work activity: Policy Network on Environment and Digitalisation (PNE)
On December 6 – 10, 2021 Poland will host the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2021). We will meet at the International Congress Center in Katowice.
We hope that the meeting in Poland, in 2021, will be an opportunity for exceptionally interesting discussions and good decisions. We are waiting for you!

NGI LEDGER demo day
2021-12-02 10:00 - 16:00 | Online event
BLOCKCHAIN VENTURE DAY
Get up to speed with the possibilities offered by blockchain technologies and hear what private investors are ready to back…
Blockchain is more than a technology, it is opening up a completely new economy full of opportunities whose potential is still to be exploited. This December 2nd, a unique ecosystem supported by the European Commission, corporates, investors, entrepreneurs and institutions will gather to discuss the opportunities blockchain brings for business and how to channel private equity in the European blockchain ecosystem. It will be the occasion to:

Get the European Commission’s vision
Gain insights from an industrial and corporate players’ perspective
Discover start-ups using blockchain to disrupt various verticals
Get the perspective of investors

REGISTER HERE!

10th Cyber Investor Days
2021-12-01 - 2021-12-02
During the 10th CYBER INVESTOR DAYS, the most promising European cybersecurity start-ups and SMEs will have a chance to pitch their innovative cybersecurity solutions and hold B2B meetings with the leading investors and corporates from Europe and beyond.
The event will take place in-person. A remote connection option will be considered depending on the health situation.
Organiser
European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) together with Business Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre, NewCo Helsinki and Maria 01

NGI Policy Summit 2021
2021-11-29 - 2021-12-01 | Online event
Redistribute the internet
How can we rebuild the internet as a public good? NGI Forward will be hosting the capstone Policy Summit, Redistribute the internet, for the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative. The Summit will consist of three themed days of in-depth fireside chats and interactive Salons with leading technology and internet experts.
We will delve into three topics: keeping the internet global, a sustainable and interoperable internet, and the internet as a public good. Speakers will include Marietje Schaake, Dame Wendy Hall, Peter Pomerantsev, Bart Groothuis, Julia Reda, Cory Doctorow, Xiaowei Wang, Mohan Gandhi, Alice Munyua, Sophie Bloemen, Paul Keller, Alek Tarkowksi, Ethan Zuckerman and Katja Bego.
Essential reading: A vision for the future Internet Working Paper
Join us in shaping the vision for tomorrow’s internet. REGISTER HERE!

NGI Impact Conference
2021-11-29 | Brussels + Online event
Explore divergent futures and discover how you can help shape a better tomorrow.
Discover how alternative economic systems, rooted in real-life scenarios and writ large, would work in complex societies. Discuss what potential exists for new, sustainable technologies – especially those that might be critical in bringing about more resilient futures.
The last two years have been a stark lesson in how global events can affect people’s lives on a personal level.
These are the themes that the NGI Impact Conference explores. Through a program of live and online events, conference participants take a look at all-encompassing philosophies, sweeping economic policies and historic social trends, and asks what these might look like through the eyes of ordinary people living through them.
Through experimentation, play and discussion, the NGI Impact Conference is an exercise in asking the question “How can we use Internet Technologies to make the world better?”
What is Witness?
The event takes place in a fictional setting designed to give people the chance to explore themes around climate change, technology and economics through gameplay, discussion and storytelling.
The setting is called “Witness”, a collection of artificial islands floating on the ocean of a future Earth devastated by climate change. Each island, or “distrikt”, is closely connected to every other, but also has its own unique identity, philosophy and systems. Each distrikt acts as a sandbox to try out different economic and political ideas.
Witness is a place where people can imagine societies unrestricted by conventional ideas about “how things have always been”, but must still operate within the real-world boundaries of plausible technology and the plurality of human nature. Learn more here.
A Card Game to anchor NGI debates in desirable futures
The Witness card game creates a space where players can experiment with the ideas proposed by Witness, using the rules of gameplay to reflect the real world constraints those ideas must operate in.
In the game each distrikt has a deck of cards including a range of policies and tools reflecting that distrikt’s philosophy. Throughout the game players are faced with various challenges and crises, using their deck, either collaboratively or competitively with other players, or by themselves, to respond. A single distrikt’s deck can be used to demonstrate how one school of thought might succeed or fail, while multiple decks can be combined to create the player’s idea of a perfect society.
As well as being an engaging and fun game, we want the Witness card game to serve as a springboard and space for discussion. As people play Witness they will think and talk about how society should deal with challenges ranging from environmental catastrophe to pandemics, to how new technologies will affect us all.
More specifically we will explore insights on we can draw on how we should build, monetise and regulate the Next Generation of Internet Technologies so that they contribute to the wellbeing of people and planet.
Why Participate
This event is a unique opportunity to

Imagine alternate, better futures and how you and your organisation can help make it happen.
Connect with experts who can help ensure the ideas are practical.
Access people with the skills and networks needed to bring them into reality.

How to participate?
You have three options, described in more detail here.

Hosting a game session near you
Joining as a Player
Writer’s contest

Join us and use Witness as the basis for building careers, businesses and institutions that work to improve, not harm, the wellbeing of people and the planet.
Register Now
Participation is free of charge, but tickets are limited. Click here to secure your ticket now.

European Big Data Value Forum
2021-11-29 - 2021-12-03
The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) is the flagship event of the European Big Data and Data-Driven AI Research and Innovation community organised by the BDVA and the European Commission (DG CNECT). The EBDVF brings together industry professionals, business developers, researchers and policy-makers from all over Europe and other regions of the world to advance policy actions in the areas of Data and AI.
EBDVF 2021 theme is “Digital Transformation powered by Data and AI”. We approach the theme from the sectorial and cross-sectorial angle. The programme tracks are structured to cover strategic aspects of technological challenges and impact, discussing the topics of adoption of industrial and trustworthy AI, Data Spaces, Data-Driven business models, standardization, societal impacts and many others. Join the event to get the best insight to European Big Data and AI!

NGI ASSURE webinar on future of OpenPGP
2021-11-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Online event
State-of-the-art work on chains of trust
This freely accessible online event on November 23 from 10 to 11 CET organized by NGI Assure dives into the future of OpenPGP encryption. Researchers and developers funded by different NGI programmes discuss their work on PGP-related technology and how to advance the state of art in decentralized trust.
Despite the rise of mobile messengers and chat apps, email continues to be an integral communication channel on the internet. But like core internet technologies, email was not designed with privacy and security in mind. To combat growing problems like phishing, spam and surveillance, various methods of encryption provide confidentiality, authentication and integrity of data. OpenPGP is a widely used email encryption standard (defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force in RFC 4880) derived from Phil Zimmerman’s PGP. Implementations of OpenPGP are used for a wide range of purposes, to sign, encrypt and decrypt texts, emails, files, directories and disks. OpenPGP-compatible systems also allow users to create their own ‘web of trust’, where people accumulate and sign each others keys for trusted communication without a central point of authority.
Decentralized encryption, authentication and integrity checking are important requirements for trustworthy communication and data handling. That is why the Next Generation Internet initiative funds various R&D-projects that advance the state of art in OpenPGP-implementations and chains of trust. In this freely accessible online event OpenPGP-projects funded by NGI Assure and NGI0 PET present and discuss their ongoing work, and think about the future of the technology they contribute to.
Want to know more? No prior registration is needed, simply join the online webinar on Tuesday November 23rd at 10:00 CET. The event is organized using BigBlueButton, an open source webconferencing framework which is actively supported by NGI Zero to add end-to-end encrypted chat.
Presentations (5-10 min)

Neal H. Walfield — Improving OpenSSH authentication and PKI through OpenPGP
Heiko Schaefer — Developing and hardening an OpenPGP certificate authority for group trust management
muppeth — GnuPG-based email encryption for emails at rest
Wiktor Kwapisiewicz — Add support for trusted platform modules (TPM) to Sequoia PGP
Justus Winter — Drop-in replacement for widely used encryption software GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard)
Uli Fouquet — Add plug & play encryption to customer relationship management system
Other speakers still to be confirmed

TETRA Scale-up Bootcamp #2
2021-11-23 - 2021-11-25 | Online event
Highly business growth and expansion oriented micro accelerator for NGI beneficiaries!
“You talked – we listened!”
Business driven and expansion oriented micro accelerator for NGI funded projects with pitching competition for attractive prizes! We will focus on all aspects of business growth – from analysing and refining your business model, market and competition analysis, sales on new markets and scaling of your business.
All participants will receive 20-40 individual mentoring after the bootcamp!
How to apply?
Please register by following link.
Agenda
Day 1

Introduction & Motivation (from NGI to successful business) – Evolveum
Initial pitching – introduction of the projects
Self-audit your business – Andrej Petrus, ZAKA
Innovative business models – Zuzanna Mikołajczyk, Know.How.Match
Market & Competition

Day 2

Proposition validation before entering new market – Slavo Tuleja, ZAKA
Sales on new markets and Growth hacking – Slavo Tuleja, ZAKA
How to scale with growth – Patrick Flesner, LeadX Capital
Collaborate to grow: how to approach a corporate – Adèle Yaroulina, ESN

Day 3

Financing – CIVITTA Estonia
Final pitching event – 3 minute pitch + 2 minutes Q&As for attractive prizes

EU Open Data Days 2021
2021-11-23 - 2021-11-25 | Online event
EU Open Data Days – Shaping our future with open data
Online from Luxembourg to the world: The Publications Office of the European Union is organising the first EU Open Data Days
Data is a key asset for digital transformation. It is a building material for research and innovation, personalised products and services, powerful new technologies and better decision-making. These translate into solutions to societal challenges that can improve and even save people’s lives, as the current pandemic demonstrates. Open data is also freely available to generate value through reuse.
This unique online event will serve as a knowledge hub, bringing the benefits of open data and its reuse to the EU public sector, and through it to people and businesses. Get inspired and discover the latest trends and most innovative solutions. Register now!

Next Generation Internet (NGI) - Next steps
2021-11-18 09:00 - 13:00 | Online event
OPEN WORKSHOP
The objectives of this workshop are to discuss the direction the NGI initiative should take based on the experience until now and the current and emerging Internet hot topics. What’s good and what works well? What’s missing and where could NGI do better? Where to invest next to build a more human-centric Internet?
The Next Generation Internet initiative is deeply engaged in delivering the technologies implementing the vision of an Internet of Humans, providing a trustworthy digital experience to internet end-users with more user choice, control and participation.
Over the last 3 years, NGI has directly funded over 500 individual projects in areas as diverse as security and privacy-enhancing technologies, digital identity, decentralised data governance, new methods of search or core internet technologies. Even more important, it has mobilised more than a thousand of the best European Internet innovators from academia, the open source community, SMEs and start-ups eco-systems who share the vision of building an Internet of Humans.
With Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme, now fully in place and the window of investment open until 2030, it is time to think about the NGI initiative’s next priorities and how we get organised to reach our ambitious objectives.
Open discussion with NGI community members and beyond.
WHERE
This is an online event using the BigBlueButton instance set up by TU Delft.
Here is the link to join: https://bbb.tbm.tudelft.nl/b/mar-bzy-ee6-tzf
This is an open workshop without any registration. Here is the Privacy Statement for this meeting.
AGENDA

9:00-9:15
Welcome and NGI State of play
European Commission

9:15-9:45
Feedback from the first group of NGI projects
NGI-TRUST, NGI Zero and LEDGER: lessons learned / what worked / what to improve / what next

9:45-10:45
Parallel discussion sessions
1. NGI process: open calls and support to individual innovators
2. Promoting NGI solutions in a variety of use cases

10:45-11:00
Comfort break / networking

11:00-12:00
Parallel discussion sessions
3. Next NGI priority Research & Innovation topics
4. NGI community building and international cooperation

12:00-13:00
Reporting and conclusion

OPEN CONSULTATION
A survey on the themes discussed in the open workshop is now open at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/NGIsurvey2021. The survey will be open until 30 November 2021, so you may submit your ideas before or after the Open workshop.

Digital Decade
2021-11-17 13:00 - 14:30 | Online event
Digital Decade presentation & Futurium discussion
Don’t miss out on our upcoming community launch event on 17th November, 13-14:30!
For more details on the agenda, speakers and streaming links, please visit the “Events” page or click on this link: Community Launch Event: Digital Decade presentation & Futurium discussion | Futurium (europa.eu)
We hope to see you there.

Policy Forum: Initiative for European Public Space
2021-11-16 - 2021-11-18 | Atelier 29, Rue Jacques de Lalaing 29, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 1000, Belgium
Democracies can only function properly if they are underpinned by a public sphere. But online spaces are controlled by private interests and traditional media is giving us mostly national perspectives. The inhabitants of Europe lack the space to debate a shared interest for Europeans, based on solid facts and a culture of care. We need a media landscape in Europe which re-constitutes the citizen at the centre of public debate. And we need European digital infrastructure that is based on values of collaboration, sharing and safeguarding privacy and freedom of people.
In partnership with NESTA and the SDEPS coalition we host a forum on how Europe can provide alternatives for both the profit-driven big tech companies, as well as for media reporting through national lenses? The debate will involve media, journalists, civil society and policymakers, to debate pathways to a more open, inclusive and democratic European public sphere. The debate is part of the projects MediActivism and Next Generation Internet – Forward.
If you would like to participate in the policy forum online or physically, please register via this link.
Public conversation: How can EU policy foster digital European public spaces?
How can Europe provide alternatives for both the profit-driven big tech companies, as well as for media reporting through national lenses? In a conversation with researchers, media professionals, civil society and policymakers, we explore how EU policy can foster digital European public spaces. The conversation will be based on two case studies – MediActivism and SDEPS – and the outcomes of the round table sessions.

17:00 Opening by André Wilkens, European Cultural Foundation
17:10 MediActivism – a case for citizen-centric media – by Charlie Tims and Ivana Pejić
17:20 Next Generation Internet / Forward – a case for an internet of humans – by Katja Bego
17:30 Panel discussion
Moderator: Juanlu Sánchez (Eldiario.es)
With: Nicola Frank (European Broadcasting Union), Ismail Einashe (Journalist, Lost in Media), Latifa Oulkhouir (Le Bondy Blog), Paul Keller (Open Future), Christophe Leclercq (Euractiv)
18:15 Response of funders and policy makers who worked on concrete initiatives (Reports, legislative proposals on media), followed by conversation with the panelists and audience
With: Marijn Duijvestein (DG Connect), Ibán García del Blanco (EP, S&D), Saskia van den Dool (Adessium Foundation) and Mieke van Heesewijk (SIDN Fund)
18:55 Concluding remarks
19:00 Networking reception

Ahead of the Policy Forum read the online version of the #mediactivism guide to claiming a right to your city.
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IAM Weekend 21
2021-11-11 - 2021-11-18 | Hybrid event
What if we come together to reimagine the internet(s) as sustainable networks for solidarity and care?
Join the 7th annual gathering for mindful designers, researchers, strategists, artists, technologists, journalists and creative professionals looking to collectively envision sustainable futures for the internet(s).
Imagining Intercitizenships
What if enough citizens of Planet Earth encourage a paradigm shift from the individualism of a user-centric digital economy to the interdependence of sustainable ecosystems driven by responsibility and solidarity?
In other words, what if enough people collectively decide to become intercitizens?

EU | Silicon Valley 5-days Entrepreneurship Training
2021-11-10 - 2021-11-14 | Barcelona, Spain
EU | Silicon Valley 5-days Entrepreneurship Training
A 5-day intensive acceleration in Catalonia from 21-25 September 2021 – a startup bootcamp and crash course in business and entrepreneurship designed to bring a combination of knowledge & practice to startup founders and transform outstanding ideas into successful companies, providing resources, know-how and network.
What to expect?
European Expertise
InnMind, international online accelerator for 10,000+ tech startups from 75+ countries and 2,000 investors, helps founders to access finance, tools, knowledge base, new markets, clients and strategic partners. Focusing on the connection & networking, the 2020 bootcamp is intended to equip entrepreneurs and startups of all stages with the tools to transform their business idea into an investable company.
Silicon Valley Resources
Designed to transform international startup ecosystems into world-class hubs providing resources, knowledge, network and innovation – Draper University, top world entrepreneurship program for young leaders and innovators, founded by Tim Draper, has over 500+ alumni from 50 countries and helped to build 350+ startups that raised $470M+ in seed funding from venture investors.
Intensive Training
The expertise of the top Silicon Valley mentors and experience of the most successful startups will be conveyed throughout the 5 day program through interactive workshops, “know-how” lectures, practical cases, networking opportunities, strategic development techniques and much more to achieve the most important goal – make your business grow and accelerate.
Access to ‘Must Have’
5-day intensive course that will substitute over 3 months of hard work, looking for investors and developing your business plan. Led by the Silicon Valley investors, startup mentors, founders of the most recognised companies with a proven track of success, InnMind & Draper University is inviting international startups of all stages to join the bootcamp of 2020, an event that will make an impact.

IoT 2021
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-11 | University of St.Gallen, Dufourstrasse 50, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland, St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen, 9000, Switzerland
The 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT 2021), which will take place in an online setting from Nov. 8 – Nov. 11 2021, is the premier forum to share and discuss cutting edge research in all areas of development for the Internet of Things.
The IoT 2021 Conference will be held this year in Switzerland, a country known for its chocolates and cheeses. The Institute of Computer Science at the University of St.Gallen and the city of St.Gallen are looking forward to returning to in-person engagements with the IoT academic and industrial community in a new-normal style (thanks to the gradually reducing COVID-19 restrictions). In the conference program, we have created enough space for the personal serendipitous professional and social exchange among the IoT community, and will create hybrid networking options to allow the mingling of offline and online participants at the conference.

DAPSI OC3 webinar
2021-11-03 10:30 - 12:00 | Online event | CET
GDPR Data Portability: The Forgotten Right?
The right to data portability was considered one of the most important novelties within the EU
General Data Protection Regulation. An opportunity to give the power of personal data back to
people’s hands and fuel competition. But users still demand more practicality associated with the
rules. Experts and innovators in the field, with different perspectives, will discuss the challenges
associated with data portability applicability.
On Wednesday, 3 November 2021 at 10:30 am CET, DAPSI will bring to the spotlight experts and
innovators in the data portability field, to discuss the challenges associated with data portability
applicability.
This will be a great opportunity to learn more about DAPSI Open Call 3, while also getting inspiration for your application to the programme.
Don’t miss it!
Registration
Secure your free ticket by registering here.
Agenda
10:30 am | Webinar Opening
10:31 am | Welcome Words
Najmehsadat Mousavinezhad (Fraunhofer IAIS)
10:35 am | Keynote Speech
Findings from the research report GDPR Data Portability – The Forgotten Right
Mehdi Medjaoui (ALIAS)
10:50 am | Panel Discussion
What are the main challenges associated with the applicability of the data portability right? How the tech community can contribute to solve those challenges? Beyond the tech community, what other players could do to make human-centric data portability go mainstream?
Najmehsadat Mousavinezhad (Fraunhofer IAIS), Mehdi Medjaoui (ALIAS), Viivi Lähteenoja (MyData), Alban Schmutz (CISPE), Michiel de Jong (Ponder Source)
11:50 am | Presentation of the DAPSI Open Call
Sara Mateo (Zabala)
12:00 pm – Webinar Closure
Najmehsadat Mousavinezhad (Fraunhofer IAIS)

ODI Summit 2021 – Data People
2021-11-02 | Online event
Summit 2021 – Data <> People
Taking place online, this year’s ODI Summit explores the relationship between people and data.
Over the past year, the role that data plays in our lives has come into sharper focus: from the news stories we read to the apps where we report our health and the services we use every day.
We have all become ‘data people’ – more conscious than ever of the data we produce, use and share, and the decisions made using data about us.
Never again can data be the preserve of an expert minority. It is increasingly the lifeblood of businesses, communities and society at large. And when these groups work together, the data becomes so much more valuable to everyone.

TETRA Webinar: From lab to market generated revenue
2021-10-27 16:00 - 17:00 | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
When: 27 October 2021 | 4:00 PM (CET)
Where: Online
Powered by TETRA & NGI Explorers
The aim of this session is to discuss the importance of thinking about go-to-market strategy early on in product/service development cycle. During the session we will discuss how to identify your possible early adopters and how to come up with ways of getting more insights from them. In the second part of the session, we will focus on the specifics of crafting a proposition and the importance of customer testing. The session will end with practical exercise suggestions to allow the audience to follow through on the recently acquired knowledge. This webinar will also include a 15-minute questions & answers session at the end.
Agenda

What is product-market fit and when to start thinking about it?
Introduction to design thinking methodology
Finding your targets and getting insights
Crafting value propositions
Taking first steps in validation

SPEAKER
Slavo TULEYA is a “Generation Y” expert on Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship. In the past, he gained experience by helping launch Innovation labs such as the SKODA AUTO DigiLab and its related offices in Tel Aviv and Beijing. Slavo lived in 7 countries in the last 7 years and accumulated his experience from Real-Estate, Utilities, and Automotive. He is a Certified Design Sprint Master and founder of the Czechoslovak Service Design Community. Today he continues building new ventures in the field of Digital Native Vertical Brands and Service Design. Companies usually get in touch with Slavo for advice on how to set up internal innovation labs, methodologies, and keynotes on Intrapreneurship.
APPLY HERE!

TETRA webinar: Finding customers and getting your go-to market strategy of the ground
2021-10-21 15:00 - 16:00 | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
When: 21 October 2021 | 3:00 PM (CEST)
Where: Online
Powered by TETRA & NGI Atlantic.eu
The session kicks off with discussion about the importance of thinking about go-to market strategy early on in technology/product/service development cycle. During the session we will discuss how to identify your possible early adopters, make collaborations with industry partners and how to come up with ways of getting more insights from them.
In the second part of the session, we will focus on the specifics of crafting a proposition and the importance of building a communication strategy to create awareness. The session will end with practical exercise suggestions to allow the audience to follow through on the recently acquired knowledge.
Agenda

What is product-market fit and when to start thinking about it?
Introduction to design thinking methodology and the importance of speaking to the market.
Finding your targets and getting insights.
Crafting value propositions and communication strategy.
Taking first steps in validation

Speaker
Slavo TULEYA is a “Generation Y” expert on Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship. In the past, he gained experience by helping launch Innovation labs such as the SKODA AUTO DigiLab and its related offices in Tel Aviv and Beijing. Slavo lived in 7 countries in the last 7 years and accumulated his experience from Real-Estate, Utilities, and Automotive. He is a Certified Design Sprint Master and founder of the Czechoslovak Service Design Community. Today he continues building new ventures in the field of Digital Native Vertical Brands and Service Design. Companies usually get in touch with Slavo for advice on how to set up internal innovation labs, methodologies, and keynotes on Intrapreneurship.
APPLY HERE!

NGI @ Wolves Summit 2021
2021-10-21 14:00 - 14:40 | Hybrid event
Shaping an Internet of Human
The Next Generation Internet: Shaping an Internet of Humans will feature a conversation between three of the top innovators funded by NGI Research and Innovation projects. It will also introduce the benefits of the human-centric Internet approach and the upcoming funding opportunities the NGI will grant to innovators.
The session will be held online at the main stage on the 21st October 14:00 – 14:40 CEST, and will be accessible for everyone registered to the Wolves Summit (registration available here).
The panel will be presented by Gemma Carolillo, Deputy Head of the Next Generation Internet Unit at the European Commission; and moderated by Monique Calisti, head of the NGI Outreach Office. The Innovators participating from the NGI Research and Innovation actions are:

Igor Farinic, Chief Executive Officer at Evolveum, funded by NGI TRUST accelerated by NGI TETRA
Jurij Skornik, General Manager of Trace Labs Ltd. funded by NGI LEDGER and NGI Atlantic.
Zenna Fiscella Council Member of Scuttlebutt, funded by NGI Pointer

The NGI team has launched a side live chat to follow-up on the session through the NGI Community. Follow this link to join the live conversation.
NGI @ Wolves Summit: join us on-site
NGI will also have an onsite booth to spread the word about the NGI funding opportunities. Those who are near Wroclaw can visit our colleagues from Fundingbox, part of the NGI Outreach Office at the NGI booth.
Visitors will be informed about the overall NGI initiative and its Research and Innovation Actions, and especially about the current and upcoming funding opportunities for projects with a human-centric internet approach.

NGI @ Digital Around the World 2021
2021-10-20 23:00 - 2021-10-21 00:00 | WEB-STREAMED | TIME CET
Next Generation Internet
This session will explore results of the Next Generation Internet Initiative (NGI), an initiative spearheaded by the European Commission in order to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into an “Internet of Humans”. NGI has the goal to develop an Internet that responds to people’s fundamental needs, including trust, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values and the norms all citizens enjoy in Europe. Of course, the work being carried out in NGI is global and the session today in Digital Around The World will have a particular focus on the support of the NGIatlantic.eu project to EU – US projects to experiment with NGI results with key stakeholders from Europe and the United States of America. The following projects will be presented during the session: Opportunities from NGIatlantic.eu, Responsibility to protect population through peer governance and trusted community (P2PR2P), CloudBank EU NGI, and Integrating OpenIreland and NSF COSMOS testbeds for delivering a cross-Atlantic Open Networking Solution.
