Program
The conference, held in association with the Spanish EU presidency in 2010, is organized by the European Commission DG INFSO , the FIREworks project and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Conference program (Plenary sessions)
First Day: June 30 FIRE general session and workshop
at Universitat Pompeu Fabra -Campus Poblenou Auditorium-9.00-9.30h: Registration
9.30-10.45h: Opening SessionWelcome speech: Louise McNally, vice-rector for Research, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
L. Rodriguez-Rosello, DG Networks & Services, European Commission
P. Blixt, Head of Unit, European Commission
M. Torne, DG for International Cooperation and Institutional Relations, Spanish Government
A. Azcorra, DG for Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), Spanish Government
M. Sanz, ACC1O: Business and Innovation, Catalan Government
10.45-11.15h: Coffee break and FIRE demonstrations (Auditorium hall)
11.00h: Start of the Brokerage event (4rth floor Tanger building)
11.15-12.15h: Panel on FIRE actors in Catalonia
Panel presentation of the institutions working on Future Internet projects from Catalonia:
i2CAT, S. Sallent
BDIGITAL, C. Sans
ESADE, J. Wareham
Telefonica, J.J. Delgado
ATOS Origin, N. de Lama
Chairs: M. Oliver (vicerector of UPF), M. Sanz (Director of International R+D+i ACC1O)
FIRE portfolio analysis, J. Wilander
PanLab2 and Federica approaches
The Haggle and ANA research, T. Hossmann
Chair: Martin May (Technicolor)
13.45-15.00h: Lunch and FIRE demonstrations (Auditorium hall)
15.00-16.00h: FIRE in Call 7: Towards an Internet Science
Introduction to Internet Science in the next call, Fabrizio Sestini
Panel discussion with the public and the invited speakers:
Srinivasan Keshav (Univ. Waterloo)
Leandros Tassioulas (CERTH)
Bernhard Plattner (ETHZ)
Martin May (Technicolor)
Fausto Giunchiglia (Univ. Trento)
Chair: F. Sestini (EC)
16.00-16.30h: Coffee break
16.30-17.30h: FIRE in Call 7: The Future Internet PPP and FIRE
The role of experimentation in the FI-PPP- an overview, Max Lemke (INFSO F4)
Insider views on FIRE's potential role in the PPP, C. Diot (Technicolor) and F. Schreiner (Fraunhofer Fokus)
Short position statements by FIRE IPs: J. Martrat (ATOS), S. Fdida (Onelab), J. Marguerite (THALES), IP CREW project, J.M. Hernandez (SmartSantander).
Contributions from the audience and discussion
11.00-18.30h: Brokerage event organized by ACC10
Tanger Building, 4th floor. Book in advance your meeting. More info at: (link available soon)
20.30h: Gala dinner (Pl. Gutemberg, UPF Communication Campus)
Second Day: July 1 FIRE workshops
9.30-11.30h: Workshop on New frontiers on Future Internet ResearchChair: S. Sallent (I2CAT.cat)
4Ward project /FI architecture, M. Brunner (NEC)
Experimental facilities and cloud computing J. Martrat (Atos)
Sonate project, B. Reuther (Kaiserslautern Univ.)
Wisebed project/Experimental Facilities & Sensor Networks T. Braun (Bern Univ.)
TARIFA project, J. Paradells (I2CAT.cat), Speakers: (tbc)
11.30-11.45h: Coffee break
11.45-13.30h: Workshop on Future Internet, Innovation and Smart Cities
Chair: E. Almirall (ESADE.edu)
Urban computing and Smart Cities: opprtunities and challenges, N. Oliver (Telefonica RD)
Open Data, J. Kessmann (Fraunhofer-Fokus)
Future Internet as engine for driving innovation, N. de Lama (Atos)
SmartSantander: IoT Research and Experimentation in the Smart City Scenario, L. Munoz (Univ. Cantabria) and J.M. Hernandez (Telefonica)
Why we need to reinvent Innovation Management in the Public Sector?, E. Almirall (Esade)
Target audience
This event is specific adressing project partners of the project portfolio of FIRE and researchers of the open innovation community. We also welcome others who are interested to learn more about ongoing Future Internet Research and Experimentation.
Other events
FIRE Gala dinner All FIRE week attendants are invited to the Gala dinner. The dinner will be the Wednesday 30th at 20.30h at the Pl. Gutemberg, UPF Communication Campus.
FIRE -meetings
On Monday 28 June - Tuesday 29, Thursday 1 July and Friday 2 there are project-specific reviews and meetings targeting the participants of FIRE projects.
Refer to the Reviews section for more information.
Brokerage Event
On Wednesday 30 there are brokerage event to cross interests in building new FIRE projects and proposals.
Refer to the Registration & Brokerage section for more information.
