NEWSFLASH

Connecting the Digital Society

In this issue:

• Foreword
• In focus

• In brief

• NEW: Project awards

• Multimedia corner
• R&D Success Stories

• ETPs updates

• Upcoming events

In brief

••• Future Internet Week and Future Internet Assembly: 24-28 October, Poznan
The next Future Internet Assembly (FIA) will take place in Poznan on 25-26 October as part of the Future Internet Week.

The Future Networks projects are organising a workshop on Networking and Sensing Networks for a Smarter Environment. You can get involved and submit a 1-page abstract before 15 September .

Apply also for the third Future Internet Award Competition by 16 September!

••• The Second Celtic Plus Call for Proposals
The EUREKA Cluster Program in ICT -  Telecommunications is closing its 2011 Autumn Call on 10 October. You can browse through the Purple Book for additional info on research areas.

In focus

••• Future Networks 8th FP7 Concertation Meeting - Registration Deadline 29 September 2011

TheFuture Networks 8th FP7 Concertation Meeting will get the Future Networks projects and clusters (Future Internet, Radio Access and Spectrum, Converged and Optical Networks) together to exchange their latest research findings, ideas for future activities and team up on early identified future pre-standardisation opportunities.

The event will be held in Brussels, on 6-7 October. Download the draft agenda and finalise your registration by 29 September. The website's interactive features also allows for pre-event networking, comments on workshops and presentation submissions.

•••  Future Networks EU research funding opportunities - Application Deadline 17 January 2012
Future Networks EU research funding opportunities are currently available through the FP7-ICT-2011-8 call for proposals. The target is developing energy-efficient future network infrastructures that will support the convergence and interoperability of heterogeneous mobile, wired and wireless broadband network technologies as enablers of the Future Internet.

Check the latest updates for proposers on our Programme page. The presentations made at the Proposers' Days organised in Budapest and Warsaw are also available for download. The deadline for applications is 17 January 2012 at 17h00 (Brussels local time). A Pre-Proposal checking service is available.

••• FUNEMS - Future Network and Mobile Summit - FUNEMS2011 outcomes & FUNEMS2012 planning

Take the pulse of FUNEMS2011, the Future Network and Mobile Summit and watch the Net!Works video of this year's edition! Net!Works interviewed the European Commission and key industry representatives such as Thierry von Landegem from Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Olle Victorsson from Ericsson, Lauri Oksanen from Nokia Siemens Networks, Peter Meissner from NGNM, and Matthew Finnie from Interoute about the Future of Networking Research.

Participants can download the conference presentations.

FUNEMS2012 will take place between 4-6 July 2012 in Berlin. SAVE the DATE in your calendars! Start writing your papers now, as the deadline for online submissions is expected in December 2011. Stay tuned for fresh information about the upcoming deadlines on FUNEMS website. You will also be able to exchange and discuss your ideas at the next Concertation Meeting in October.

And the Award goes to...

••• SARDANA, for broadband capacity innovation at the 2011 Global Telecommunications Business Innovation Awards (London, 7 June) in the fixed network infrastructure category. The annual ceremony acknowledges the most prominent projects in the industry of telecommunications

••• EUWB, for the Best Demonstration Stand at the Future Networks Mobile  Summit 2011 in Warsaw, 15-17 June. 

Multimedia corner: Enjoy the videos!

••• Going wireless for extra home comfort and transport safety. Catch on to the magic of European Ultra Wideband Technology (EUWB)!

••• SENSEI brings sustainable transport to smart cities

••• Latest from CORDIS & Technology Market Place, featuring Future Networks projects

[OMEGA] A super-fast network for the multimedia home

[SENSEI]Merging the digital and virtual worlds

[OMEGA] OMEGA at the top of the data transfer game

[EUWB] Gigabit wireless data coming to your home, car… or flight

[ALPHA] Broadband, a gig per second for all!

European Technology Platforms - ETPs updates

••• The 7th Net!Works General Assembly: 5 October, Brussels
Elections for the Steering Board for the period 2012-2013 will be organised at the meeting.
The deadline for submitting a candidature for the election of the Net!Works Steering Board is approaching: 14 September 2011. Check the on-site and proxy voting possibilities. Also get a quick overview from Uwe Herzog, explaining in this video address why you shouldn't miss this event!

••• Net!Works White Paper on Smart Cities Applications and Requirements
There are major topics of Smart Cities that will influence the ICT environment.
Get a quick overview of the key issues in this paper and watch the video interview with Prof. Luis M. Correia, the Chair of the Net!Works Expert Working Group on Smart Cities Applications and Requirements.

••• 14th ISI ETP General Assembly and SatCom Day: 18-19 October, Brussels

The 14th ISI General Assembly will be held on October 18, 2011, in Brussels, Belgium, co-located with 4th ISI SatCom event 2011. The event registration is now open and will close on 30 September 2011.