After the successful first ICT-41 info session that took place on 25 January 2017, a second one will take place on 7 March 2017 at 14:30 CET. The session will only be web-streamed, i.e you can follow it from your PC, no need to travel anywhere. If you want to participate, please send us a message.
For your information and preparation, we have put all material from the first event online.
The call for support actions (objective ICT-41-2017) for the Next Generation Internet Initiative has been launched in December 2016. The total budget for this call is 2 Million EUR, submission deadline for proposals is 25 April 2017.
Agenda
- 14:30 Introduction: The NGI initiative, idea behind and long term perspective
Peter Fatelnig, Deputy Head of Unit E3: Next Generation Internet - 15:00 ICT-41-2017: Objectives of the call and practicalities + Q&A
Johanna Schepers, Project Officer, Unit E3: Next Generation Internet - 15:20 Presentation of the IDEALIST Network of National Contact Points
Kim Davis, IDEALIST Project - 15:30 Proposers' time: presenting project ideas and looking for potential consortium members
Please inform us by 3 March 2017 if you would like to present your idea. - 16:00 End of the Info Session
To recap, these are the three objectives of the call:
- Identification of research topics: Design, build and apply a methodology to identify continuously those key future technologies that will support an Internet model more open and more inclusive in 10 years from now.
- Dynamic and continuous consultation: Build an open, dynamic and continuous consultation process which engages all relevant stakeholders in a long-term and multi-disciplinary fashion.
- A programme shape for of a Next Generation Internet initiative: This initiative will mobilise the best researchers and focus on a continuous scouting of developments with the potential to change the way the Internet is operated, often by an opportunistic and multidisciplinary combination of advances.
For more information please check the Work Programme text and the Research Participant Portal.