IoT driving Europe’s technology sovereignty and leadership
Event Information
About this Event
08:00 Registration
09:00 Welcome
Prof. dr. Manfred Hauswirth, Executive Director, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Jürgen Sturm, Chairman of the AIOTI Management Board
09:30 Keynote address
Khalil Rouhana, deputy Director General, European Commission, DG Connect
10:30 Break and networking
11:00 Corporate sponsor presentation
11:30 Session 1: Data sovereignty and the role of IoT
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Session 2: Beyond 5G and application in cross-vertical industry domains
15:30 Break and networking
16:00 Presentation of IoT DIH Network, Pierre-Yves Danet, Orange
16:30 Session 3: IoT research priorities in Horizon Europe, sustainability, climate change
17:30 Wrap up and announcing the AIOTI Signature Event 2021
18:00 Cocktails and dinner until 20:00
Session 1: Data Sovereignty and the role of IoT
This session includes a panel discussion focused on:
Technology: how IoT applications and use cases will be affected by data sovereignty developments; addressing the scalability, replicability and interoperability of IoT applications; and how IoT can support data sovereignty and privacy e.g. the IoT-enabled data marketplaces, data lakes etc.
Governance: for platforms facilitating sharing services; use cases and domain examples; will data sovereignty developments like GAIA-X project and IDS require modifications in EU governance, rules and regulations, and what are the differences with US and Chinese solutions?
Standards: can existing IoT standards accommodate the data sovereignty developments or are modifications needed in areas such as of data ontologies and platform interoperability, especially considering developments such as GAIA-X as a federated and open data infrastructure platform?
Panel structure:
Moderator
Introductory speech
Alban Schmutz, Chairman CISPE
Friedrich Gröteke, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
AIOTI representative
Session 2: Beyond 5G and applications in cross-vertical industry domains
The session includes a panel discussion focused on:
Technology: how will converging tech including 5G, IoT/IIoT, AI, robotics, automation and cloud support vertical and cross-vertical applications?
Research: how research in the context of the Horizon Europe SNS (Smart Networks and Service) partnership and Horizon Europe programme contribute to this technology convergence.
Governance: does this converged world require changes in EU governance, rules and regulations?
Standards: can existing IoT standards accommodate using these converged approaches in vertical and cross-vertical applications?
Panel structure:
Moderator: Colin Wilcock, 5G IA Chairman
Introductory speech: Alexander Bentkus, 5G ACIA
Representative of verticals (ZVEI)
Peter Stuckman, Head of Unit Future Connectivity Systems, European Commission, DG Connect
Dr.-Ing. Alexander Willner, Director Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Center, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Session 3: IoT/IIoT Research priorities in the Horizon Europe programme and the relation to Climate Change
This session covers European autonomy in IoT-related technology sectors, research priorities, new EU partnership, European Commission vision, and a Q&A.
The discussion will explore areas including:• Policies and priorities.
• How IoT technologies can contribute.
• What can and should be done to:
o Help secure Europe’s digital sovereignty.
o Boost research and innovation.
o Retain Europe’s global leadership in next generation intelligent connectivity.
o Achieve the United Nations SDGs.
Panel structure:
Moderator
Introductory speech: Nikolaos Isaris, European Commission, DG Connect, IoT Unit
Dušan Chrenek, Principal Advisor, European Commission, DG Climate Action
Werner Mohr, 5G IA
AIOTI representative