Information Day Horizon 2020 - Future Internet

Date: Friday, 31 January 2014, 9:30 – 16:30

Venue: Building Albert Borschette, Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels

Directorate "Net Futures" will organise an Information Day presenting the Future Internet topics within Call 1 (opened on 11 December 2013, closing date: 23 April 2014) of the new EU framework programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020.

The participants will benefit from a general presentation in the morning on the programme and its instruments followed by four parallel sessions introducing each Future Internet topic within the LEIT work programme 2014 – 2015. The topics that are open for proposals in 2014 are:

• ICT 5 – Smart Networks and novel Internet Architectures
• ICT 6 – Smart optical and wireless network technologies
• ICT 7 – Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services
• ICT 9 – Tools and Methods for Software Development
• ICT 11 – FIRE+ (Future Internet Research & Experimentation)
• ICT 13 – Web Entrepreneurship
• ICT 14 – Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure for the Future Internet

Under International Cooperation the coordinated call with Japan comprises the following topics:

• EUJ 1 – Technologies combining big data, internet of things in the cloud
• EUJ 2 – Optical communications
• EUJ 3 – Access networks for densely located users
• EUJ 4 – Experimentation and development on federated Japan – EU testbeds

The parallel sessions in the afternoon will be dedicated to networking and shall open the stage for participants who wish to present their visions and ideas for research and innovation actions.

Deadline for registration and for uploading slides: Wednesday, 22 January 2014 eob

To register and for further info please visit: 

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/h2020-future-internet-call-1-all-you-need-know-one-info-day