NexusForum2024 Summit
September 19 and 20 @ AREA42, Brussels
Building a European Edge Cloud
From Theory to Action
With room for 300 EU experts in cloud, edge and digital sovereignty, NexusForum2024 will create a unique space for exploring together new, high-impact technological collaborations between the European research and industry ecosystems.
The rapid consolidation of the Edge Computing paradigm is having an extraordinary impact on Europe at scientific, technological, socio-economic, and geopolitical levels, as traditionally separated fields like HPC, Cloud, and IoT are now converging into a large and heterogeneous Computing Continuum that brings a number of amazing opportunities but also significant practical challenges.
Supported by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe programme, NexusForum2024 is a physical event aimed at exploring technological synergies between the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud, the EU companies and Members States involved in the IPCEI on Cloud Infrastructure & Services, and the community of EU-funded research and innovation projects.
Launched by the European Commission in 2021 under the direct sponsorship of Commissioner Thierry Breton, the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud fosters collaboration between EU industry and Member States and helps to define common technology priorities and roadmaps for Europe’s next-generation cloud.
12 EU Member States, in close cooperation with the most innovative tech companies in their respective national ecosystems, have joined forces around a new €3B Important Projects of Common European Interest on Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure & Services to create a common cloud and edge infrastructure and its associated smart services.
With a total budget of €95.5 billion, Horizon Europe is the ambitious EU research & innovation framework programme for 2021-2027. Several topics have been targeting Cloud and Edge Computing since 2021, providing funding for a number of on-going projects that are expected to contribute to developing world-leading data and computing technologies.
Agenda
Through a number of expert-led workshops, presentations, and panel discussions, NexusForum2024 will offer a unique opportunity for participants to learn about, and contribute to, the strategic EU technological initiatives directly involved in shaping Europe’s sovereign cloud-edge continuum.
THURSDAY, 19 September 2024
FRIDAY, 20 September 2024
THURSDAY, 19 September 2024
08:00 — Registration and Welcome Coffee ☕
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09:00 — WELCOME SPEECH & OPENING KEYNOTE – European Commission 🇪🇺
09:30 — GUEST KEYNOTE
10:45 — Presentation: NEXUSFORUM.EU RESEARCH & INNOVATION ROADMAP
10:15 — Panel Discussion: EUROPEAN DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY
11:00 — Coffee Break ☕
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11:30 — Presentation: SIMPL – European Commission 🇪🇺
12:00 — Consultation: DATA SPACES – EXPECTATIONS & CHALLENGES
12:15 — Panel Discussion: THE COGNITIVE CLOUD AS KEY ENABLER FOR DATA SPACES
13:00 — Networking Lunch 🥗
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14:00 — Workshop #1: LEVERAGING & SUPPORTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
15:30 — Coffee Break ☕
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16:00 — Workshop #2: BUILDING THE TELCO-CLOUD-EDGE-IOT CONTINUUM
17:30 — CLOSING KEYNOTE
18:00 — Cocktail Party & Project Exhibition 🍷
FRIDAY, 20 September 2024
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09:00 — Presentation: IPCEI-CIS
09:30 — Pitch Session: IPCEI-CIS PROJECTS
11:00 — Coffee Break ☕
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11:30 — Workshop #3: EU DIGITAL POLICY
12:30 — Networking Lunch 🥗
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13:30 — Pitch Sessions: HORIZON EUROPE PROJECTS
15:00 — Coffee Break ☕
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15:30 — Panel Discussion: DIVERSITY & INCLUSION FOR EUROPE'S DIGITAL SKILLS AGENDA
16:15 — Panel Discussion: FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE COGNITIVE COMPUTING CONTINUUM
17:00 — CLOSING KEYNOTE
17:30 — Farewell Party 🍷
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