dear nuria, i think the fi-ware participation to this event, which will be an announced disaster, should be discussed at the level of the pcc first, so i kindly ask juanjo to organise a dedicated phc on the matter. i suggest the week after campus party brazil as it is a quite urgent topic. questions: - should each project do contribute with 6.000 euros? - should the speakers at the sessions pay the participation fee? and travels? ciao, stefano 2014/1/22 De-Lama Sanchez, Nuria <nuria.delama at atos.net>: > Hi > > (I send only to the PCC but please, forward the information to WPL/WPA as > needed) > > > > · I have followed some of the discussions about this event and I > think that neither Juanjo nor me feel very convinced and confident about the > success of this approach > > > > · However, as part of the FI PPP I think we do not have option to > ignore it. CONCORD is contributing with a reasonable amount of money, but > just for your information, all the other projects (yes, including FI-WARE) > will provide 6000 euro for the organization > > > > · Then, each attendant has to pay for the registration (minimum 205 > euro per person) > > > > · So far we have agreed to have a session that has been accepted by > the organizing committee (the workshop proposed by the Chamber of Commerce > in the Third Open Call)- still there are some issues to discussed. The OC > has reduced the duration to 1,5 hours, but we need at least 4-5 hours > workshop. So, let’s see… > > > > · Then, we have to decide if we want to make FI-WARE visible in the > exhibition. It is not easy to justify that we do not do it but on the other > hand I do not know to which extent we have to commit to that > > o This is relatively urgent and I would like that this is sorted out ASAP > > > > Q&A (?) > > > > Nuria > > > > > > > > From: De-Lama Sanchez, Nuria > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 5:10 PM > To: fiware at lists.fi-ware.eu > Subject: FI-WARE at European Conference on the Future Internet - Brussels, 2-3 > April 2014 *** Early Bird Deadline: 1 February *** > Importance: High > > > > Dear FI-WARE colleagues, > > > > You have probably received the invitation to the 1st European Conference on > the Future Internet (ECFI) that will be held on the 2-3 April in Brussels. > If not, find the invitation below. > > > > Let me provide some context so that you know what the role of FI-WARE is in > this ECFI. > > > > · General comments > > o This is an event organized by the FI PPP as a whole (it is being > managed by the Dissemination WG of the PPP through a conference committee; > fi-ware contributes to the DWG, but is not included in the organizing > committee-I did not get volunteers for that). > > o The idea is to have important external audience, even though attendants > will be limited to 250 > > o Programme and details can be found in http://www.ecfi.eu/Brussels2014. > > o Early registration until 1st February (205 euro per person); if later: > 285 euro. > > · Participation of projects > > o Through conference sessions > > o Through exhibition > > · What about FI-WARE? > > o As proposed after the Third Open Call, the Chamber of Commerce (partner > of FI-WARE) will organize an event with decision maker, chambers of > commerce, etc in Brussels. We have made the proposal of integrating that > kind of workshop into the programme > > o This appears in the current programme as session 11. Future Internet – > Smart Products for a Smart Digital Europe > > o FI-WARE demo @Exhibition à pending decision > > > > Contact me: > > · If you have questions or doubts > > · If you plan to attend (or have already registered) > > · If you want to promote ideas for the FI-WARE demos in the > exhibition area > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > From: Milon Gupta [mailto:gupta at eurescom.eu] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:09 PM > To: 'FI-PPP Event News' > Subject: [FI-PPP] European Conference on the Future Internet - Brussels, 2-3 > April 2014 *** Early Bird Deadline: 1 February *** > > > > Dear Madam/Sir, > > > > We would like to invite you to the > > > > 1st European Conference on the Future Internet - ECFI > > Brussels, 2-3 April 2014 > > Early bird registration deadline: 1 February 2014 > > http://www.ecfi.eu/Brussels2014 > > The 1st European Conference on the Future Internet (ECFI) aims at bringing > together key stakeholders to discuss how Europe can achieve global > leadership in ICT by 2020 through innovative Internet technologies. In this > context, industry and political stakeholders will discuss central > socio-economic and technological topics of Future Internet infrastructures > and services in Europe. > > The event will present cutting-edge research results on the European > Internet infrastructures and services of the future, which have been > developed in the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI-PPP). The > FI-PPP is a European programme for Internet-enabled innovation aiming to > accelerate the development and adoption of Future Internet technologies in > Europe. > > Target audience > > ECFI is particularly targeting political stakeholders, including > representatives of public bodies and private associations, as well as ICT > industry stakeholders, including innovation managers and CIOs from large and > medium-sized companies, who are involved in shaping the networks and > services of the future. > > Key benefits – Why you should participate > > Attending the event will give participants a number of key benefits, > including: > > ■ The opportunity to discuss with peers from industry and the political > domain how Europe can achieve global leadership in ICT by 2020 > > ■ A clear understanding of how FI-PPP initiatives, projects and actions in > FP7 and Horizon 2020 will achieve the goals of the Innovation Union > > ■ Insights on the latest developments in Future Internet technologies > > ■ Direct access to key players in European Future Internet initiatives who > are the drivers of the Internet infrastructures and services of tomorrow > > ■ A unique opportunity to discuss major Internet-related topics with > political and industry stakeholders > > Europe’s competitive advantage in the Future Internet > > ECFI will cover a wide range of Future Internet-related aspects of direct > relevance for Europe’s competitive advantage in the short- to mid-term, > which will be discussed in high-level plenary sessions and three parallel > tracks: > > ■ The role of the Future Internet for innovation in Europe > > ■ Privacy and data protection > > ■ Crossing the chasm - moving European R&D to the market > > ■ A European roadmap for Future Internet infrastructures > > ■ Virtual power plants - Smart energy grids of the future > > ■ Future Internet - Enabling opportunities for vertical application sectors > > ■ Business models for the use of Future Internet technologies > > ■ Network infrastructures for Smart Cities > > ■ Future Internet at the crossroads of content, media, networks and > creativity > > ■ Future Internet – Smart Products for a Smart Digital Europe > > Speakers > > A line-up of high-level speakers will share their insights at the event, > including: > > ■ Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission for Digital Agenda > > ■ Mario Campolargo, Director ‘Net Futures’, European Commission > > ■ Malcolm Harbour, MEP, Chair of EP Committee on the Internal Market and > Consumer > > ■ Luigi Gambardella, Chairman of ETNO > > ■ Patrice Chazerand, Director Digital Europe > > Event format > > The event will consist of a conference and an exhibition. > > At the plenary sessions of the conference, keynote speakers will share and > discuss their insights on how the Future Internet can sustain Europe’s > competitiveness through generating innovation across different sectors. The > parallel conference sessions will explore a variety of Future > Internet-related topics. > > The exhibition will showcase results by the different projects of the Future > Internet PPP, giving participants the unique experience of putting their > hands on tomorrow’s technologies and for directly talking with the people > who are developing them. > > Further information and registration > > Further information and registration are available on the event website at > http://www.ecfi.eu/Brussels2014 > > Early bird registration deadline: 1 February 2014 > > The number of participants is limited to 250. > > Organiser > > Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (FI-PPP) > > represented by Mr Ilkka Lakaniemi, FI-PPP Programme Chairman > > Contact > > E-mail: info at fi-ppp.eu > > Website: www.fi-ppp.eu > > FI-PPP on Twitter: @FI_PPP > > Event hashtag: #ECFI1 > > Acknowledgement > > The FI-PPP Programme receives funding from the European Commission under the > Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The European Commission has no > responsibility for the contents of this publication. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fiware-pcc mailing list > Fiware-pcc at lists.fi-ware.eu > https://lists.fi-ware.eu/listinfo/fiware-pcc > -- Stefano De Panfilis Chief Innovation Officer Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. via Riccardo Morandi 32 00148 Roma Italy tel (direct): +39-068307-4295 tel (secr.): +39-068307-4513 fax: +39-068307-4200 cell: +39-335-7542-567
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