DITCOM is organizing the second webinar of IoT and Edge Computing. The second webinar continues and deepens the discussions on IoT and Edge Computing that were kickstarted during the webinar IoT and Edge Computing: Future Trends of 11 September 2020 organised by the Horizon 2020 Coordination and Support Action NGIoT, DG Connect, European Commission and AIoTI.

The speakers acknowledged during this first webinar that the current paradigm shift from Cloud to Edge brings huge opportunities for Europe. Europe is strong in industrial applications, in sensors, in cyber physical systems and can, by this paradigm shift, regain competences and market share, reinforcing its place between the US and China. Key is that Europe maintains autonomy in sectors it is leading and master the value chain, especially the digital part. Europe also needs to adopt advances in emerging technologies to IoT, as such putting a focus on the convergence of technologies, such as AI, Distributed Ledger, Digital Twins, microprocessors and IoT. This Webinar IoT and Edge Computing II: long term visions and short /midterm actions invites the industry and the public sector to reflect on the main priorities for the coming decade and to engage in discussions about the initiatives and instruments Europe needs in order to move forward at speed.

The online workshop will evolve over two half days (Monday and Tuesday from 9:30am to 12:30pm CET):

The first half day will address the Far-Edge paradigm shift. Topics, such as open distributed edge computing architectures, mesh computing topologies, swarm computing and neural computing at chip-level etc. will be addressed. The second half-day will discuss concrete actions, partnerships and instruments that can unleash the potential of the Cloud-Edge paradigm shift for Europe.

DAY 1: 7 December 9:30-12:30 CET

Long-term vision: Concepts, paradigms and orchestrating the complexity at device and system level

Hosted by NGIoT with ARTEMIS-IA, AIOTI and the European Commission

Moderator: Monique Calisti, CEO Martel Innovate, EU-IoT and NGIoT

9:30 – 9:45 Welcome

• Max Lemke, Head of Unit IoT, DG CONNECT, European Commission
• Jean-Luc di Paola Galloni, President of ARTEMIS-IA (Valeo)
• Martin Brynskov, NGIoT coordinator, Prof. Aarhus University, DITCOM

9:45 – 10:15 Setting the scene: 

• Key Findings from Artemis White paper: ”From the Internet of Things to System of Systems” Paolo Azzoni, EuroTech
• Key takeaways first Webinar IoT and Edge Computing: Future Directions for Europe, Adriënne Heijnen, NGIoT, Aarhus University and Rolf Riemenschneider, Head of Sector, IoT, DG CONNECT, European Commission

10:15–10:45 Session 1: Far-Edge for IoT: Orchestrating the complexity (software)

• Angelo Corsaro, ECLIPSE Zenon, Fog05
• Embedded Software, Ronald Begeer, TNO/ESI

10:45 – 11:15 Discussion

11:15 – 11:45 Session 2: IoT and Edge computing: Intelligence moving to the Edge (hardware)

• Connectivity side protocols for devices, Gianluigi Ferrari, University of Parma
• Intelligence at the Edge, Patrick Pype, NXP Semiconductors

11:45 – 12:15 Discussion and future directions

• Federico M. Facca, CTO MARTEL, NGIoT Roadmap lead
• Ovidiu Vermesan, SINTEF

12:15 – 12:30 Closing Remarks

• EC, NGIoT, Artemis

DAY 2: 8 December 9:30-12:30 CET

Realising the potential of the seismic shift on the deep edge of IoT: Short- and mid-term actions

Hosted by NGIoT with Eclipse Foundation and the European Commission

Programme details will follow soon

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