Martel joins the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA), which gathers top players in Europe from Industry and Research at work to ensure Europe’s leadership on 5G, beyond 5G and SNS/6G research. Following up on major involvement and important achievements within the context of the 5G...
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As the European Research and Innovation Days drew to a close, the message to make the European Green Deal succeed was loud and clear. Martel is your partner of choice for the Green Deal Calls, but what’s the deal? Read on to learn more… The European Green...
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Martel is proud to announce the launch of seven new ICT H2020 projects in September and October 2020 in the areas of 5G, smart supply chain management, media start-ups, Cybersecurity and IoT acceleration and architecture....
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Insights from a survey study conducted by Martel among the EC funded projects' partners network and wider community to understand remote working practices in the context of the COVID-19 crisis are published in a new report launched today. The survey results reveal some interesting findings...
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At Martel, we live and breathe innovation, and have done since our inception, 20 years ago. Experience does not mean we are ’resting on our laurels’ - we strive to find new creative solutions to ensure a long-lasting communication impact for information and communications technology...
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More than 3,000 top European ICT researchers and innovators met in Helsinki at the ICT Proposers’ Day, as part of the Digital Excellence Forum, on 19 – 20 September. The conference combined vital information sessions on the last calls of the Horizon 2020 framework programme...
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In mid-September, the Martel team was on an intense tour of Europe, covering the bases of this month’s important digital innovation partnership events. Satellite communications topped the bill in Prague, Czech Republic, at the Horizon 2020 Space Information Day and Brokerage Event, 12 - 13 September. Organised by the...
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In July, 2019, the EC published the last version of the H2020-ICT-2018-2020 Programme, offering funding opportunities in several areas around strategic, key and promising digital technologies. The target is to engage, support and advance research innovation and development initiatives and activities that can offer a...
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One of the most critical factors in today’s hyper-connected society and densely populated digital innovation scene is communication. If you do it right you'll have a chance to be one of the 30% of digital businesses that succeed in the market. However, getting communication right requires...
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Martel had a successful trip to China in November, 2018, facilitating the joint kick-off event between 5G-DRIVE and its sister project led by China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI), 5G Large-Scale Trials, in China. The trip also took European delegates around several 5G-related key site visits...
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The EC audits its Horizon 2020 grant beneficiaries on a regular basis. Audits can happen anytime during a Horizon 2020 project and up to two years after the final payment. The selection of organisations to be audited is essentially random. This means that organisations that participate...
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This month Martel was at the prestigious World IoT Exposition 2018 held in Wuxi, China. We helped bring two of our EU-funded smart transport projects – EXCITING and 5G-DRIVE – to the event's Smart Intelligent and Internet of Vehicles Industry Development Forum. Martel facilitated two presentations...
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The second annual Next Generation Internet Forum (NGI Forum 2018) was held in September in Porto, Portugal. Co-organised by Martel Innovate, the event built on the success of last year’s inaugural NGI Forum in Barcelona. The 2018 edition attracted more than 300 registered participants and...
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Martel Innovate is pleased to announce it has won four new H2020 projects due to kick off late 2018 to early 2019. The new projects cover some of Martel’s key areas of expertise including next generation internet (NGI), artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT (the Internet...
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This week Martel Innovate held its one-day training course, How To Write A Winning H2020 Proposal, at HES-SO in Lausanne. The course was well attended with 13 students from various disciplines in the classroom. Master Trainer and Martel Innovate CEO Dr Monique Calisti led the course,...
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Martel Media has confirmed its ability to achieve excellence in communicating ICT Research and Innovation projects (RIA) with the recent successful conclusion of the Horizon 2020 eWINE project. Martel was the Dissemination & Communication leader for the two-year eWINE project, which performed its final review in...
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Martel has won a new H2020 project, 5G-Drive, a Research and Innovation Action working with a team in China in the field of connected mobility. The project adds to what has so far been a highly successful period for Martel in strengthening its position as...
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Recent headlines about Catalonia have often been more focused on division rather than connection. However, the field trial of RIFE, a Horizon 2020 research and innovation project coordinated by Martel, which tested a new type of internet architecture in the Catalonia region of Tarragona, was...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 connectivity and the progressive adoption of advanced concepts and methodologies (spanning across several domains such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, interactive technologies, etc.) drive this technology revolution, while contributing to making the future internet more human-centric.
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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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 ,...
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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...
Read MoreRead MoreJoin 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,...
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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...
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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 &...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Martel Innovate supported the organisation of the Kick-off meeting of a new Horizon 2020 project - User Engagement for Large Scale Pilots in the Internet of Things (U4IoT). The meeting took place on January 12th & 13th, 2017 in Brussels at Vinnova's office (January 12th)...
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2016 has been an intense, surprising and succesful year for Martel Innovate. A few major highlights: 4 new people on board and 1 new office opened in Lugano (Switzerland) 10 accepted H2020 proposals out of 18 submitted in total between January and April 4 new...
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Building an Internet for Humans On the 30th November, Dr. Monique Calisti, Director of Martel Innovate, attended the Next Generation Internet, NGI, workshop that was held at the #EuropeanCommission premises in Brussels. About 80 participants representing academic, SME, startup, industrial and media organisations actively engaged in innovating...
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