Periodic Reporting for period 2 - Think NEXUS (Think tank for the collaboration on NEXt generation internet between EU-US)
Reporting period: 2020-05-01 to 2021-07-31
Objective 1: Support the NGI development across Europe and facilitate EU/US cooperation
Objective 2: Setup and operate a think do-tank to study and foster EU/US collaboration, provide recommendations and prepare a legal structure (non-profit organisation) to operate the think-tank after the project’s lifetime (WP2/WP3)
Objective 3: Be the intersection between EC NGI related initiatives and US Tomorrow’s Internet related initiatives, i.e. Think NEXUS will create a bridge between EU and US NGI ecosystems
Objective 4: Support RIA NGI projects in their cooperation with US counterparts — create synergies between EU and US projects
Objective 2: Setup and operate a think do-tank to study and foster EU/US collaboration, provide recommendations and prepare a legal structure (non-profit organisation) to operate the think-tank after the project’s lifetime (WP2/WP3)
Objective 3: Be the intersection between EC NGI related initiatives and US Tomorrow’s Internet related initiatives, i.e. Think NEXUS will create a bridge between EU and US NGI ecosystems
Objective 4: Support RIA NGI projects in their cooperation with US counterparts — create synergies between EU and US projects
Objective 1
The Think NEXUS team linked with experts and representatives of public agencies from both sides of the Atlantic for identifying gaps, priorities, and entities to be associated with the NGI strategic roadmap. These developments allowed to organise a workshop that took place in Washington DC in July 2019, exchanging directly upon EU-US priorities with 41 experts including representatives from the NIST, NSF, EU Delegation in the US.
Think NEXUS team organised 3 additional workshops held online allowing to identify the key priorities on both sides and to discuss and present the different collaboration opportunities and funding schemes.
These activities allowed the release of various insight papers (notably 6 policy brieds, 6 white papers and D1.6) developed jointly by US and EU experts.
Additionally, the “Future Trends & Collaboration Roadmap” (D2.7) connected the gaps and priorities with future trends and the new policy background that will influence on the EU-US collaboration in the next years.
Objective 2
The key first steps were to mobilise the ‘influencers’ from various backgrounds and entities who can provide key information, analyses, contents and outlooks for building a coherent view on the states of the arts and to create a Think Tank. To ensure an alignment of Think NEXUS developments with ‘external events’ and ensuring its relevance, partners have continuously been identifying relevant stakeholders, thematics and priorities that are to be discussed and invited them to the workshops.
Prior to the final workshop, GAC consulted 7 strategic members of the Think Tank to discuss the think tank's sustainability. As a result, project partners have setup an MoU to continue animating the Think Tank through a dedicated NGI Transatlantic Thematic group on ENRICH GLOBAL. Some experts of the Think Tank have already secured their interest and willingness to take part in this group.
Objective 3
Think NEXUS regularly participated in meetings and events hosted by the NGI Outreach Office, as well as other NGI projects.
Beyond EU ecosystems, Think NEXUS enabled US stakeholders to bond over common thematics and further deepen US-EU interactions between stakeholders in the Think tank. The different workshops allowed discussions on different thematics and on how to support collaboration and on the EU and US funding programmes inviting high-profile and senior speakers from NSF to present the current and future status and to discuss further steps and collaborative funding opportunities.
In addition, Think NEXUS linked with other EU and US NGI related initiatives: NGI Explorer, TETRA, NGI Atlantic, NGI Outreach Office, Cyber and EU-US innovation projects (e.g. AEGIS project, ENRICH IN THE US, IoT Week, etc…). Project partners co-organised a session at the NGI Forum with NGI Atlantic and NGI Explorer.
Objective 4
Think NEXUS has contributed to widely diffuse the priorities of the NGI vision among the NGI community but to the outer ICT community, notably through the chapter “The Next Generation Internet Initiative” in the book “ICT Policy, Research, and Innovation: Perspectives and Prospects for EU‐US Collaboration” (Wiley, November 2020).
Moreover, a significant series of insight papers (policy briefs, white papers & studies) were published, and several events were hosted to trigger the exchange of knowledge, encouraging debate about technology and policy-oriented strategic lines of action. These activities were highly oriented to identify the existing gaps and potential untapped synergies of a Transatlantic collaboration. Think NEXUS contacted and interacted with NSF representatives and invited them to the workshops.
The Think NEXUS team linked with experts and representatives of public agencies from both sides of the Atlantic for identifying gaps, priorities, and entities to be associated with the NGI strategic roadmap. These developments allowed to organise a workshop that took place in Washington DC in July 2019, exchanging directly upon EU-US priorities with 41 experts including representatives from the NIST, NSF, EU Delegation in the US.
Think NEXUS team organised 3 additional workshops held online allowing to identify the key priorities on both sides and to discuss and present the different collaboration opportunities and funding schemes.
These activities allowed the release of various insight papers (notably 6 policy brieds, 6 white papers and D1.6) developed jointly by US and EU experts.
Additionally, the “Future Trends & Collaboration Roadmap” (D2.7) connected the gaps and priorities with future trends and the new policy background that will influence on the EU-US collaboration in the next years.
Objective 2
The key first steps were to mobilise the ‘influencers’ from various backgrounds and entities who can provide key information, analyses, contents and outlooks for building a coherent view on the states of the arts and to create a Think Tank. To ensure an alignment of Think NEXUS developments with ‘external events’ and ensuring its relevance, partners have continuously been identifying relevant stakeholders, thematics and priorities that are to be discussed and invited them to the workshops.
Prior to the final workshop, GAC consulted 7 strategic members of the Think Tank to discuss the think tank's sustainability. As a result, project partners have setup an MoU to continue animating the Think Tank through a dedicated NGI Transatlantic Thematic group on ENRICH GLOBAL. Some experts of the Think Tank have already secured their interest and willingness to take part in this group.
Objective 3
Think NEXUS regularly participated in meetings and events hosted by the NGI Outreach Office, as well as other NGI projects.
Beyond EU ecosystems, Think NEXUS enabled US stakeholders to bond over common thematics and further deepen US-EU interactions between stakeholders in the Think tank. The different workshops allowed discussions on different thematics and on how to support collaboration and on the EU and US funding programmes inviting high-profile and senior speakers from NSF to present the current and future status and to discuss further steps and collaborative funding opportunities.
In addition, Think NEXUS linked with other EU and US NGI related initiatives: NGI Explorer, TETRA, NGI Atlantic, NGI Outreach Office, Cyber and EU-US innovation projects (e.g. AEGIS project, ENRICH IN THE US, IoT Week, etc…). Project partners co-organised a session at the NGI Forum with NGI Atlantic and NGI Explorer.
Objective 4
Think NEXUS has contributed to widely diffuse the priorities of the NGI vision among the NGI community but to the outer ICT community, notably through the chapter “The Next Generation Internet Initiative” in the book “ICT Policy, Research, and Innovation: Perspectives and Prospects for EU‐US Collaboration” (Wiley, November 2020).
Moreover, a significant series of insight papers (policy briefs, white papers & studies) were published, and several events were hosted to trigger the exchange of knowledge, encouraging debate about technology and policy-oriented strategic lines of action. These activities were highly oriented to identify the existing gaps and potential untapped synergies of a Transatlantic collaboration. Think NEXUS contacted and interacted with NSF representatives and invited them to the workshops.
Impact 1: Enhanced EU – US cooperation in Next Generation Internet, including policy cooperation.
● 3 Working Groups of EU-US experts
● Discussions with EU/US experts during the 4 Think NEXUS workshops to shortlist NGI-related priorities for EU-US cooperation and discuss collaboration opportunities
● Development of the Working Groups’ expertise by involving new experts
● Liaison with EU NGI initiatives supporting EU-US cooperation: NGI Explorer, NGI Atlantic
● Publication of the report “Future trends & collaboration roadmap” (D2.7)
● Maintain high level EU/US policy and funding agency exchanges throughout the project (notably EC & NSF)
● Creation of a sustainable Think tank through the ENRICH Global association
Impact 2: Reinforced collaboration and increased synergies between the Next Generation Internet and the Tomorrow's Internet programmes
● Integration of Think NEXUS developments within the NGI ecosystems (HUB4NGI, NGI4ALL, etc.)
● Discussions with NGI projects within the EC and CSA frameworks
● Participation in NGI OO dissemination efforts and promotion of EU-US opportunities within the tools provided
● Liaison with various US federal agencies (NSF, NIST, DARPA…)
● Liaison with US scientific communities (US ignite; GIPO; Internet Society; etc.)
● Liaison with all ICE-T projects;
● Organisation of webinars on key thematics
● Organisation of a joint-event with NGI Atlantic and NGI Explorer during the NGI Forum showcasing results and promoting future funding calls for EU-US cooperation
● Representatives of US federal and EU agencies, US and EU scientific communities gathered during the thematic workshops to discuss the possible synergies and collaboration
Impact 3: Developing interoperable solutions and joint demonstrators, contributions to standards
● Identification of EU initiatives supporting joint demonstrations
● Identification of standard bodies (IEEE, etc.)
● Liaison with key EU-US initiatives: GEANT, FED4FIRE+, etc.
● Definition of the Working Groups’ priorities with experts and discussions over policy/business/research collaboration
● Discussion with EU PPPs and related initiatives (5GPPP, AI4EU, etc.) for identifying main portals of EU-US cooperation
● Discussions with US agencies and PPPs financing transatlantic exchanges over R&I topics
● Partners showcased funded demonstrators and highlighted areas of cooperation
Impact 4: An EU-US ecosystem of top researchers, hi-tech startups/SMEs and Internet-related communities collaborating on the evolution of the Internet
● Setup of the 3 Working Groups based on expertise
● Setup of Webinars on key priorities with experts
● Setup of the NGI Transatlantic Thematic Group on ENRICH Global
● Identification of standard bodies (IEEE, etc.)
● Sharing of communication and dissemination efforts within the NGI office and with NGI RIAs
● Sharing of communication and dissemination efforts within EU-US previous initiatives (PICASSO, AEGIS, etc.)
● Sharing of exploitation considerations with the ENRICH Global and NGI4All
● 3 Working Groups of EU-US experts
● Discussions with EU/US experts during the 4 Think NEXUS workshops to shortlist NGI-related priorities for EU-US cooperation and discuss collaboration opportunities
● Development of the Working Groups’ expertise by involving new experts
● Liaison with EU NGI initiatives supporting EU-US cooperation: NGI Explorer, NGI Atlantic
● Publication of the report “Future trends & collaboration roadmap” (D2.7)
● Maintain high level EU/US policy and funding agency exchanges throughout the project (notably EC & NSF)
● Creation of a sustainable Think tank through the ENRICH Global association
Impact 2: Reinforced collaboration and increased synergies between the Next Generation Internet and the Tomorrow's Internet programmes
● Integration of Think NEXUS developments within the NGI ecosystems (HUB4NGI, NGI4ALL, etc.)
● Discussions with NGI projects within the EC and CSA frameworks
● Participation in NGI OO dissemination efforts and promotion of EU-US opportunities within the tools provided
● Liaison with various US federal agencies (NSF, NIST, DARPA…)
● Liaison with US scientific communities (US ignite; GIPO; Internet Society; etc.)
● Liaison with all ICE-T projects;
● Organisation of webinars on key thematics
● Organisation of a joint-event with NGI Atlantic and NGI Explorer during the NGI Forum showcasing results and promoting future funding calls for EU-US cooperation
● Representatives of US federal and EU agencies, US and EU scientific communities gathered during the thematic workshops to discuss the possible synergies and collaboration
Impact 3: Developing interoperable solutions and joint demonstrators, contributions to standards
● Identification of EU initiatives supporting joint demonstrations
● Identification of standard bodies (IEEE, etc.)
● Liaison with key EU-US initiatives: GEANT, FED4FIRE+, etc.
● Definition of the Working Groups’ priorities with experts and discussions over policy/business/research collaboration
● Discussion with EU PPPs and related initiatives (5GPPP, AI4EU, etc.) for identifying main portals of EU-US cooperation
● Discussions with US agencies and PPPs financing transatlantic exchanges over R&I topics
● Partners showcased funded demonstrators and highlighted areas of cooperation
Impact 4: An EU-US ecosystem of top researchers, hi-tech startups/SMEs and Internet-related communities collaborating on the evolution of the Internet
● Setup of the 3 Working Groups based on expertise
● Setup of Webinars on key priorities with experts
● Setup of the NGI Transatlantic Thematic Group on ENRICH Global
● Identification of standard bodies (IEEE, etc.)
● Sharing of communication and dissemination efforts within the NGI office and with NGI RIAs
● Sharing of communication and dissemination efforts within EU-US previous initiatives (PICASSO, AEGIS, etc.)
● Sharing of exploitation considerations with the ENRICH Global and NGI4All