[Fiware-wpa] Brief report of the InfoDay in Brussels

[Riss, Uwe]

Hi all,

In the following I briefly summarize the morning session of the Info Day in Brussels that took place last Wednesday, 12 September:

·         Goal of the Info Day was to give parties that have planned to take part in FI-PPP Call 2, that is, as successors of the current UC projects, an overview of the FI-PPP programme. Moreover, it opened up opportunities to communicate with people who are already working in one of FI-PPP projects.

·         Presenters for the EC were:

o   Mario Campolargo, who welcomed the participants and explained that the FI-PPP already shows some promising development.

o   Arian Zwegers, who presented the Call 2 Work Programme, pointing at the roles and interactions between the different FI-PPP projects.

o   Peter Fatelnig, who explained the high expectations related to the FI-PPP. It has been emphasized that the EC expects considerable impact of the programme in terms of business impact. In the upcoming project 10% of the budget is planned to be used for Open Calls.

·         Presenters for FI-PPP were:

o   Mikko Riepula (Aalto Univisity) for Concord (Collaboration): Mikko Presented the different boards that coordinate the FI-PPP and explained their roles in the programme.

o   Uwe Riss (SAP) for FI-WARE (Technology Foundation): Uwe  gave an overview presentation on the goal and spectrum of the FI-WARE Technology Foundations including the focus of the chapters and the principle ideas of the FI-WARE Architecture. It was emphasized which important role the communication between FI-WARE and the UC projects plays for the success of FI-PPP.

o   Mike Surridge (IT Innovation) for Infinity ( Phase 2/3 Capacity Building): Mike reported on the planned supporting infrastructure for future Call 2 UC Trial projects.

·         Points relevant for FI-WARE:

o   FI-WARE will use their best endeavours to support the proposers and the new UC Trial project. Cornerstones of this support are:

§  A wikipage (http://forge.fi-ware.eu/plugins/mediawiki/wiki/fiware/index.php/Quick_FI-WARE_tour) jointly suggested by TID and SAP and provided by Juanjo that give proposers quick and comprehensive access to the central FI-WARE information resources. This approach was high appreciated by Arian.

§  An FAQ page (http://forge.fi-ware.eu/plugins/mediawiki/wiki/fiware/index.php/FI-WARE_FAQ ) similar to one that we had already used in the Open Call to address open questions on the proposers' side. The link is available on the wiki page mentioned before.

§  A mailing list (mailto:<mailto:fiware-help at lists.fi-ware.eu>fiware-help at lists.fi-ware.eu<mailto:fiware-help at lists.fi-ware.eu> ) that allows proposers to directly ask experts in FI-WARE questions related to the project. This channel should be seen as the starting point for later communication with the UC Trial projects. The link is available on the wiki page mentioned before.

o   There were various questions from the proposers' side regarding FI-WARE:

§  Who will be able to access the GE provided by FI-WARE?

§  Why does FI-PPP one support one Architecture approach instead of various competing approaches?

§  Is there some kind of certification process for 3rd party implementations in order to check that they are compliant with the Open Specifications?

§  How is the quality of the provided GEs ensured?

§  Where can proposers find information about discussions and decisions on the development of GEs? Why will certain GEs be developed and why had other GE suggestions been rejected?

·         There were representatives of various current UC projects in the meeting.

·         Since I had to travel back I could not attend the afternoon session consisting of proposers' presentations:

o   E. Rosenberg, City Flow Concept

o   C. Camacho, Smart home for the Smart Grid

o   J. Bertolin, e'Living Lab: STP + LL = Innoconnector for the creation of SmartRegions

o   S. Gusmeroli, FIT-MAN Future InTernet for the MANufacturing SMWs

o   M. Fiedler, Expression of Interest: Participation in a FI-PPP Use Case on e-Health

o   P. Martinez, FI-PPP Call 2 - Collaborative topics

o   J. Pielorz, UBIMET Partner Presentation

o   R. Vonhout, Optical experimental facility

o   Stan, IN2 Search Interfaces Development partner Presentation

o   T. Omitola, Real-time Semantic Sensing and Processing for the Intelligent City

The presentations of the FI-PPP Info Day are online.
Please follow the link attached to access them: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/foi/events/call2infoday/index_en.htm

Best regards,
Uwe


Dr. Uwe Riss
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