NexusForum2024 Summit

• Tobias Edman — Director of Data Platforms and Systems, RISE.

The NexusForum.EU project has recently presented the first version of the Cognitive Computing Continuum Research & Innovation Roadmap for Europe. Its main objective is to deliver a strategic outlook on the future of the Computing Continuum, effectively combining the vision, priorities, and advancements by the Horizon Europe programme, the new IPCEI-CIS, and the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge, and Cloud. This new consolidated roadmap incorporates an analysis of EU research and technological capabilities as well as a bold long-term outlook and vision for possible research and innovation topics in high-potential areas such as Neuromorphic Computing, Quantum, Space Edge, and the Hyper-decentralized Cloud. Join this session to find out more about how the NexusForum.EU project is going to be roadmapping research and innovation priorities along four main topics: 1) AI for Cloud-Edge; 2) Cloud-Edge for AI; 3) Telco Cloud-Edge; and 4) Cloud-Edge Use Cases.

This session will be led by:

• Thomas Ohlson Timoudas — Researcher, RISE

This session will focus on the concept of “European digital sovereignty”, exploring its multi-faceted scope and practical implications, and looking at how this principle is expected to be implemented through a number of on-going strategic initiatives both at MS and EU levels.

• Erzsébet Fitori — Executive Director, Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU).
• Ignacio M. Llorente — CEO, OpenNebula Systems & Chair of the Cloud-Edge WG of the EU Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge & Cloud.
• Alice Pannier — Project Leader Cloud, HPC & Quantum, French Directorate General for Enterprise (DGE).
• Alexandra Paul — Global Public Policy Lead, PASQAL.

Session moderated by:

• Monique Calisti — CEO, Martel Innovate.

This session will be led by:

• Valentina Staveris — IT Procurement Policy Officer, DG CNECT.

This session will look at the emerging Common European Data Spaces and how they are going to influence (and benefit from) the future deployment of an AI-enabled edge cloud infrastructure across Europe. 

• Daniel Alonso — Senior Technical Lead Big Data and AI Ecosystems, BDVA & Member of the Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC).
• Alessandra Bagnato — Head of Research, SofteamGroup.
• Pierre Gronlier — Chief Innovation Officer, Gaia-X Association.
• Sonia Jiménez — Director of Data Space Technology, International Data Spaces Association (IDSA).
• Sara Madariaga — Head of Arsys Lab, Arsys.

Session moderated by:

• Enrique Areizaga — Principal Researcher, Tecnalia.

• Manuel Mateo — Acting Head of Unit for Cloud & Software, DG CNECT.

DOME, funded under the Digital Europe Programme, is creating a single point of access in Europe for trusted Cloud and Edge services across different domains. The final aim of the project is to support businesses and public organisations digital transformation making available a catalogue of cloud-to-edge offerings across Europe.

This session will be led by:

• Jesús Ruiz — Technical Leader, DOME Project.

Since late 2019, Nicole Dewandre was Policy Coordinator in the cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen, in charge of foresight. She studied applied physics engineering, economics, operations research and philosophy in Belgium and in the US. She joined the European Commission in 1983 in DG Research in the “Forecasting and Assessment of Science and Technology” (FAST) programme. She then joined Jacques Delors’ think tank, where she was in charge of research and industry between 1986 and 1992. Since 1993, she focused on science and society issues. As head of unit in DG RTD, she developed policies on gender equality in research, partnership between civil society and researchers, and harnessing EU-funded research to sustainable development. In 2011, she joined DG CNECT as advisor for societal issues, in charge of fostering a human-centric digital transition. Since 2016 up until joining the EC President’s cabinet, she developed a research project in the Joint Research Centre, based on a critical analysis of the language used in EU policy-making, deeply inspired by the work of Hannah Arendt. In mid-2024 she retired from the European Commission and joined the ULB as Visiting Researcher.

With €1.2 billion in public funding, plus an additional €1.4 billion in private investments, the new IPCEI on Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure & Services (IPCEI-CIS) is called to become the largest open source project in the history of the European Union. This unique initiative is going to create a common cloud and edge infrastructure for Europe based on the principles of openness, interoperability, security, sustainability, and vendor neutrality. Near 100 industrial partners, with the direct support of twelve EU member states, are participating in this Important Project of Common European Interest in close cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT). Join this first public presentation of the IPCEI-CIS to learn about the current status and upcoming developments.

• Alberto P. Martí — VP of Open Source Innovation at OpenNebula Systems & Chair of the IPCEI-CIS Industry Facilitation Group.
• Ernst Stöckl-Pukall — Head of Unit for Digitisation & Industry 4.0, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
• Amal Taleb — EU Public Affairs Director at SAP & Vice-Chair of the IPCEI-CIS Industry Facilitation Group.

• Ralf Ackermann — Chief Product Expert, SAP.
• Luis F. Almansa — IT Transformation Strategy Expert, Telefónica.
• Florence Bout — Operations Officer, OpenNebula Systems.
• Giovanni Frattini — Technical Manager, Engineering.
• Daniel Horcher — Senior Project Manager, Siemens.
• Stanisław Krzyżanowski — Business Research & Innovation Director, CloudFerro.
• Antal Kuthy — Chief Executive Officer, E-Group.
• Roberto Procopio — Head of Technology Innovation, TIM.

Session moderated by:

• Matthias Kuom — Program Manager, German Aerospace Center (DLR) & Coordinator of the IPCEI-CIS Exploitation Office.

Join this session to learn about the key results produced by the EU-funded Research & Innovation Actions (RIAs) led by the EUCloudEdgeIoT community on topics like MetaOS, Swarm Computing, Cognitive Cloud, Open Source, and the new Cognitive Computing Continuum:

• AC3 — Sara Madariaga, Arsys (IONOS Group)
• aerOS — Ignacio Lacalle, Universitat Politècnica de València
• CoGNETs — Georgios Spanos, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas
• EMPYREAN — Aristotelis Kretsis, National Technical University of Athens
• FluiDOS — Stefano Galantino, Politecnico di Torino
• MYRTUS — Alessandra Bagnato, Softeam Group
• OASEES — Akis Kourtis, NCSR Demokritos
• SovereignEdge.COGNIT — Idoia de la Iglesia, IKERLAN (MONDRAGON Corporation)
• TaRDIS — João Leitão, NOVA University of Lisbon
• Vitamin-V — Ramón Canal, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Session moderated by:

• Danijel Pavlica — EU Projects Manager, F6S.

• Pascaline Gaborit — Director, Pilot4DEV.
• Lauresha Memeti — Technical Project Manager Cloud Services & Gaia-X, eco Association.
• Matilde Spoldi — Project Manager, Fondazione Soleterre.

Session moderated by:

• Sachiko Muto — Senior Researcher, RISE & Chair of OpenForum Europe.

• Andrew A. Adams — Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University.
• Ana Juan Ferrer — Programme Officer, DG CNECT (European Commission).
• Giacomo Inches — Senior Innovation Consultant, Martel Innovate & Leader of the CloudEdgeIoT WG at the INPACE Project.
• Valentin Steinhauer — Deputy Head of the EU Representation, Deutsche Telekom & Chair of the Network Innovation Taskforce at ETNO.

Session moderated by:

• Giovanni Rimassa — Chief Innovation Officer, Martel Innovate.

Investigative reporter and economist Loretta Napoleoni was born in Rome, where in the mid-1970s she became an active member of the Italian feminist movement. Loretta is the author of the international bestsellers Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality and Terror Incorporated: Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism. She has served as Chairman of the countering terrorism financing group for the Club de Madrid, and lectures regularly around the world on economics, money laundering and terrorism. She has served as a consultant for the World Bank and various governments, and she is a frequent commentator for outlets including the BBC and CNN. In her latest book, Technocapitalism, she looks at how ‘Techtitans’—the heads of large Big Tech corporations—have effectively hijacked technological innovation, preventing it from being used on behalf of the common good and profiting from the politics of fear and consumerism.