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GDPR signs a major change, opening a new era in data security. Its core principle is indeed that privacy is a fundamental right, which implies radical changes in the way organizations are required to manage data. This is having a tremendous impact, and it’s only the beginning, on many organizational, legal, financial and operational aspects…
The Martel Media team turns ICT events into participatory happenings. MARTEL Media masters the art of organizing Engineering and ICT R&D&I high profile and highly specialized events, turning them into must-attend happenings. We organize 20+ events every year around Europe and beyond, gathering together top-notch universities and corporate researchers, policy makers and industry stakeholders. “FEC”…
How Big Data can safely fuel the Industry 4.0 MARTEL contributes to the development of the first open source implementation of the Industrial Data Space Architecture (IDS) based on FIWARE. As part of Industry 4.0, big data analytics are useful in predictive manufacturing and are a major theme for industrial technology development. To assist manufacturers…
The MARTEL team visited Mexico City for the “Semana de DiplomaciaCientifica de la Unión Europea” (The Science Diplomatic Week organized by the European Union), where it represented FIWARE Mexico, SmartSDK, FI-NEXT and Orchestra Cities projects. The Scientific Diplomatic Week was hosted in the stunning Museum of Modern Art in the heart of Mexico City, and…
Cities getting smarter, and that’s creating a new set of challenges for both the cities themselves and their citizens. Living in a smart city opens up amazing potentials through new technologies, the internet of things, and big data – but these same things can raise unforeseen problems. “The biggest problems for smart cities hinge on…
Mobile World Congress 2018 just wrapped up in Barcelona, and was a great success, running from February 26 to March 1. Over all four days, Martel was there in the thick of it, taking an active role in promoting our projects to Europe and the world. The highlights of our participation at MWC are: Day…
Next month, Martel will cross the Atlantic to attend the European Science Diplomacy Week & EU-Mexico JSC meeting on March 21-22. While there, Martel will be attending the FIWARE Mexico Open Camp, to promote FIWARE technology within the Mexican ICT community and foster cooperation between the EC and Mexican stakeholders. Martel has been an active participant…
The 5th Horizon 2020 Future Internet Forum (FIF) meeting took place in Luxembourg on January 29, 2018. The FIF is a registered group for the exchange of views on H2020 topics relating to “Future Networks” (5G, Cloud, Next Generation Internet (NGI) and IoT). The members of this group have been appointed by their respective national…
Orchestra Cities, Martel Lab’s new smart city data-management product is progressing at full speed! To answer the need for a flexible data-management platform for smart cities, the team at Martel Lab, in collaboration with Ubiwhere and Therapenis, has developed Orchestra Cities, an integrated platform based on FIWARE and other cutting edge Open Source solutions that…
On the 15th December 2017, Martel attended the “Blockchains for Social Good Conference” in Turin, Italy, for a rich day of presentations, best practices, and debates about Blockchain Technologies and their applications for the public good. With distributed ledger technologies, we may be witnessing one of those potential explosions of creative potential that catalyse exceptional…
Martel had an intense and interesting time at the NEM Summit 2017, held on November 29th and 30th in Madrid (Spain). Besides participation to the main conference, Martel ensured support to the FLAME consortium in the organisation and moderation of its first workshop, which took place as part of the NEM Summit. As the final…
On November 9-10th, Martel crossed the Pacific to speak at the China IoT Conference 2017 in Fuzhou, China. It was an unparalleled opportunity for Martel to promote Europe as strong option for innovation development, and strengthen the existing EU-China ICT collaborations already in place. Kai Zhang, Martel Project Manager, was asked to participate in the…
Digital Social Innovation (DSI) is an increasingly important topic for Europe and the world, and Martel is proud to be taking an active role in promoting its growth and acceptance. Through our work with the CAPSSI community, DSI initiative, and others, we strive to move the needle on DSI and the benefits it can bring…
On the 6-7 November, Martel attended the Open Innovation Days in Milan, Italy, for two days of presentations, best practices, exhibition and debates around innovation and social impact. Martel participated in the Open Innovation Days to join with other digital social innovators in discussing how ICT can improve our society by helping to better address…
The FIWARE Tech Summit 2017 edition is coming to Malaga on November 28th-29th, 2017! Martel will have a primary role at the event and present three technical talks at the FIWARE Tech Summit. Dr. Federico Facca, Head of the Lab, in collaboration with Fernando Lopez from the FIWARE Foundation, is chairing the session on tools…
As part of its strategy to engage with new communities and enlarge its business portfolio, Martel has joined the BDVA (Big Data Value Association). The Big Data Value Association is the not-for-profit organisation that implements the BDV PPP programme (Big Data Value PPP). BDVA has over 150 members all over Europe with a well-balanced composition…
Team Martel has been in action over the past weeks, working hard to ensure a smooth launch for the first ORCA Open Call for Extensions. Funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission, ORCA offers experimentation facilities to promote wireless innovation in a variety of market segments, including healthcare, ambient assisted living, public…
“5G PPP is recognized as the single most important research and innovation project on 5G around the world” Mario Campolargo, European Commission, Deputy Director-General for Informatics. Aiming at showcasing the extensive effort sustained by the European Community and promoting the knowledge base built in the process, the Euro 5G project decided to mark the transition…
As part of its ongoing commitment to strengthening its working relationships, Martel Innovate recently joined the 5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA). A 1.4 Billion Euro joint initiative between the European ICT industry and the European Commission, the 5G IA is the umbrella group representing the private interests in the 5G PPP initiative. Its goal is…
Martel has been quite busy with a number of activities in the field of 5G and IoT before the summer, preparing for the next steps later in the year. 5G Within the framework of project EXCITING – EU-China Study on IoT and 5G, Martel as the Coordinator has been busy with the following events: Martel’s…
The NGI Forum 2017 will take place on the 13th of September in Barcelona. Join us! The NGI Initiative The Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, launched by the European Commission in autumn 2016, aims to shape the Future Internet as an interoperable platform ecosystem that embodies the values that Europe holds dear: openness, inclusivity,…
The Second Engineering Conference (FEC2) will be taking place on October 4-6, at Tsalapata Building, the brickworks turned innovation center in Volos, Greece. The Engineering Conferences aim to bring together technology experts, researchers, industry and international authorities contributing towards the assessment, development and deployment of ICT solutions based on the Fed4FIRE+ federated testbeds. In particular,…
About the Next Generation Internet initiative The Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, launched by the European Commission in autumn 2016, aims to shape the future internet as an interoperable platform ecosystem that embodies the values that Europe holds dear: openness, inclusivity, transparency, privacy, cooperation, and protection of data. The NGI should ensure that the increased…
The Second CAPS Community Workshop took place in Volos, Greece, on July 12th, in parallel with the MAZI Summer School which ran for the whole week of July 10th – 14th. The main goal of the one day CAPS community workshop was to gather all organisations actively engaged in design, deployment and promotion of technologies…
Following the success of the Euro 5G project, Martel confirms its commitment to the 5G development participating to the To-Euro-5G project, which aims at supporting the activities of the Phase 2 of the European 5G Initiative (June 2017 – June 2019). The Martel team is ready to take up the challenge posed by the 5G…
15-16 June, Valletta, Malta. Martel will be attending the Digital Assembly 2017 in Valletta, Malta, reaffirming its commitment to the implementation of the Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy. Martel has been an active player in the DSM since its launch, through a number of H2020 projects and lately through its strong involvement in the Next…
Martel brings SMARTSDK Project at the 2nd FIWARE Summit The Second FIWARE Summit took place between the 23th and the 25th of May in the futuristic rooms of the Media Plaza Jaarbeurs, in Utrecht, Netherlands. This fantastic and vibrant city welcomed more than 317 attendees of the summit. Members of the FIWARE community joined the event: students, researchers, developers, CEOs…
EuCNC – European Conference on Networks and Communications Oulu, Finland 12-15 June 2017 The 26th edition of the European Conference on Networks and Communications will take place in Oulu, Finland from 12 to 15 June 2017. The host city, Oulu, is one of the leading wireless technology hubs globally. Some of the key roles where…
IoT goes large scale – BE A PART OF IT! 6-9 June 2017, Geneva This is an intense week for the Internet of Things (IoT) community gathered for the IoT Week 2017. Organised by the IoT Forum, which Martel Innovate officially joined beginning of 2017, this 7th edition of the international IoT Week is taking…
The Next Generation Internet initiative and the HUB4NGI project Towards the end of 2016, the European Commission launched the Next Generation Internet (NGI) programme, which aims is to develop a more human-centric Internet supporting European values of openness, cooperation across borders, decentralisation, inclusiveness, transparency and protection of privacy. NGI has the ambition to become a…
It has been 7 months since Martel started coordinating the H2020 project EXCITING: EU-China Study on IoT and 5G and the team is making excellent progress. Martel and the other partners are being proactive in striving to push the boundary to further the collaboration between Europe and China in the field of 5G and IoT….
Martel Innovate is supporting the organization of the first Open FIWARE Camp in Mexico, which will take place in Puerto Vallarta on June 1st and 2nd 2017. The FIWARE Open Camp is organized within the context of the FIWARE Mexico project jointly with the CUDI Week , an important annual event that gathers researchers, academics and…
Rimini, 19 May 2017 Martel Innovate landed in Rimini today for participating at the press conference that gathers all key players involved in the organisation of the Rimini Wake Hub 2017, that will be held in Rimini 23-25 May. Within the context of the Horizon 2020 project that Martel is coordinating, we organised the Digital…
Join Martel Innovate at the #DSINext workshop – 16 May 2017, London Ensuring the growth of Digital Social Innovation Digital Social Innovation? What it is all about? Over the last few years there has seen an impressive growth in projects and organizations using digital technologies such as open hardware, open data and crowdsourcing to address a…
DSI Manifesto Workshop, 23 May 2017, Rimini On the May 23rd 2017, the Digital Social Innovation (DSI) Community will meet in Rimini at the Innovation Square for a workshop dedicated to the discussion of the Digital Social Innovation Manifesto. “The DSI Manifesto Workshop is meant to voice the needs and aspirations of a growing movement of…
The Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation Programme European funding is key to boost our society and it is available for a broad range of projects and programmes covering areas such as: Regional & urban development. Employment & social inclusion. Agriculture & rural development. Maritime & fisheries policies. Research & innovation. Humanitarian aid. EU funding…
“Writing a successful H2020 Proposal” Training HES-SO, Lausanne 7 September 2017 Dr. Monique Calisti, Martel Innovate Director and Executive Partner, will guide you through the fundamentals of successful H2020 proposals’ preparation and submission. Horizon 2020 is the biggest European Research and Innovation programme ever with almost €80 billion of funding available over seven years (2014-…
When playing becomes a way to stimulate participatory brainstorming and community engagement! On the 31 March at the Innovation Square in Rimini (Italy), Dr. Monique Calisti, Director of Martel Innovate, met Simon Marussi the founder of “Edo do everything” for a hands-on session on the use of the giant cardboard Edo blocks as a means…
The 1st Engineering Conference organised by the Fed4FIRE+ project took place in Ghent, 14th-16th March, in the historic heart of Flanders. Three important events were collocated together and they were the Fed4FIRE+ Kick-off meeting, the 1st Engineering Conference and Fed4FIRE project’s final review. Martel, one of the key partners of Fed4FIRE+, has been actively involved in the preparation…
The Cognitive Radio field can be at times not an easy sea to navigate but now ORCA is there! The Horizon 2020 project ORCA, Orchestration and Reconfiguration Control Architecture, will help the wireless research community and wireless innovation creators navigate this sea offering Cognitive Radio as a Service (CRaaS) and an easy access to a worldwide,…
Martel’s team has been busy for the past two months, preparing for the first Conference of the EXCITING project on EU-China Collaboration on 5G and IoT, as well as the plenary meetings for project partners in Beijing between March 8th- 10th, 2017. Conference: Enhancing EU-China Collaboration in the field of 5G and IoT The efforts…
Martel Innovate at the FIWARE Open Day: reconfirming our committment to the success and growth of the FIWARE Open Service Platform and Business Ecosystem. Dr. Federico Facca, Head of Martel Lab, and Dr. Monique Calisti, Executive Director of Martel Innovate, participated to the FIWARE Open Day that marked an historical moment for the FIWARE community….
As the Coordinator of the H2020 EU-China Study on IoT and 5G, the EXCITING project, Martel Innovate has recently been busy coordinating the overall organisation of the project’s first public event: the Conference of EU-China Collaboration on 5G and IoT Research that will be held in Beijing, on March 9th, 2017 at JW Marriot Hotel…
The European Alliance of IoT Innovation (AIOTI) – initiated by the European Commission in 2015 – has the mission to establish a dynamic European IoT ecosystem. It promotes convergence & interoperability of IoT standards and the Digitising European Industry policy. The AIOTI involves and actively recruits key IoT industrial players, from large companies to successful SMEs…
Martel is about to land at the Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, organised by the GSMA and held in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona, 27 February – 2 March 2017. Embracing the mobile industry major trends This year the Mobile World Congress programme has been organised aroung 7 core…
Martel Innovate goes satellite with participation to the recently started Horizon 2020 project QV-LIFT, Q/V band earth segment LInk for Future high Throughput space systems. QV-LIFT aims at developing the foundation of the Ground Segment Technology for the future Q/V band Terabit SatCom systems. This will be done by providing core technologies at two levels…
Martel Innovate H2020 Training Increase your chances of success! 14, 15 February 2017, Bellaterra, Spain Martel Innovate is delighted to run a 1 day and 1/2 training about “How to write a winning H2020 proposal” for the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Bellaterra in Spain. This is…
Digital Technologies and Next Generation Internet at the service of Social Innovation Rome (Italy), 1-2 February 2017 Martel Innovate is one of the main organisers of the Digital Social Innovation Fair 2017 which kicked off yesterday 1st February at the Campidoglio, in Rome. Dr. Monique Calisti, Executive Director and Partner of Martel, was on stage to present the first…
Enabling federation of large-scale experimental facilities to ground the Next Generation Internet Federation of innovative large-scale experimental facilities is crucial to ground the foundation of the Next Generation Internet to enable addressing technological opportunities arising from advances in various research fields, extending from new network architectures and software-defined infrastructures to new concepts for services and…
Welcome to the Future Martel Innovate has contributed to kick off the FLAME project, a three-year Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Action that has the ambition to empower Next Generation Media Ecosystems. FLAME will develop an integrated service delivery platform that utilizes advanced compute & storage as well as software-based communication infrastructures to define a…
