This year, ICSOC and ServiceWave are joining forces to create the ICSOC - ServiceWave 2009 conference: a cross-community event where practitioners from academia and industry share the latest advances in services and related technologies.
ICSOC-ServiceWave 2009 - a comprehensive programme ranging from high quality scientific papers to industrial panels and demonstrations.
ICSOC ServiceWave 2009 offers great sponsorship opportunities - attractive prices, great visibility! Please. click here to download the sponsorship package information.
Key Dates
The deadline for papers has been extended until 18th June 2009! Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to the scientific track – selected papers will be presented during the conference and proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag. The deadline for application workshops is closing on 30th June 2009. Registration will open on 1/9/2009.
Date - from 24th to 27th November 2009 Location - the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology KTH SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden Website - www.icsoc.org and www.servicewave.eu
Organised as a tutorial, it includes slides and notes and can be used as a primer to NESSI. Please, click here to download it.
NESSI announces the release of its Strategic Research Agenda Vol. 3.2, highlighting the key research topics that reflect NESSI's objectives on the Internet of Services, a mayor component of the Future Internet. If you want to download the pdf please, click here. If you want to have a look at the other NESSI SRA volumes please, click here.
NESSI announces the release of its Strategic Research Agenda Vol. 3.2, highlighting the key research topics that reflect NESSI's objectives on the Internet of Services, a mayor component of the Future Internet.
If you want to download the pdf please, click here.
If you want to have a look at the other NESSI SRA volumes please, click here.
The NESSI Office team just publishes the second edition of its Newsletter. Click here to read it.
NESSI publishes a list of recommendations for Improvement of conditions for Innovation in Europe based on “The European Research Area new perspectives” and “A European Software Strategy” documents. Click here to download the draft.
NESSI has just published a new Call for Partners. This is a unique opportunity to become involved in the coordination of NESSI, at a time where the evolution of NEXOF and the development of new services scenarios are at the heart of NESSI. The call is open to all NESSI members – and closes on 15th January 2008.
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NESSI SRA Committee announces availability of the 3rd volume of the SRA - contribution to FP7 for 2009-2010. Click here to download
The SOI (Service-Oriented Infrastructure) Working Group supported by NESSI-Grid issued a new version of its Strategic Research Agenda on grid-like service-oriented utility infrastructures in November 2007. This second SRA version features a complete coverage of a multitude of envisioned business scenarios including their associated requirements and challenges. Furthermore, it incorporates community input collected by more than 40 independent research/infrastructure projects as well as experts of the field.
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NESSI TSD WG produced a report on future research challenges. The report is available on the private area of the TSD Working Group Web page. More information can be obtained by contacting aljosa.pasic@atosresearch.eu
Click to see the 4th General Assembly draft agenda. For further information visit the website at www.ines.org.es
The Digital World Forum workshop on Applying Low Cost Information Access Devices in Fostering Social and Economic Development will be held on Tuesday 8 September 2009, 09:00hrs to 17:00hrs in Brussels, Belgium. Registration and other details are available at: http://www.digitalworldforum.eu/workshops/20-future/86-wp2-workshop-low-cost-info The workshop is targeting interested members of various European Technology Platforms, device designers, manufacturers, researchers, innovators, suppliers, consumers, and special interest groups with an interest in low cost information access devices. The workshop is expected to deliver a European Perspective on possible application of such devices in fostering social and economic development, thereby closing the digital divide. A programme for the one day event is attached. In the meantime, the Digital World Forum organizers of the workshop are engaging various stakeholders through various means, among them: ● Blogs or opinion articles such as the ones at http://www.digitalworldforum.eu/workshops/20-future/86-wp2-workshop-low-cost-info ● The ensuing discussion forum at http://forum.digitalworldforum.eu/group/WP2 ● Targeted questionnaires to stratified stakeholder populations ● Knowledge sharing at various formal and informal engagements The goal of all this is to create synergy among stakeholders to facilitate building cooperation roadmaps in ICT research, identifying and connecting initiatives at local, regional and global levels. The Digital World Forum is a project of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the primary European instrument for funding research and technology development.
The 4th General Assembly of INES will be held in Málaga from 8th to 10th July. During the first day there will be among the others Jesús Villasante and a NEXOF representative. A Proposals Workshop with other National Software and Services platforms is going to be organised. If you want to download the press release please click here. For further information visit the website at www.ines.org.es
The SRA of IIP SaaS platform has just been released. Please, click here to download the digital version.
This events (2 days workshops) is organised by SCUBE-ICT and it will take place in Minsk (BY) on 25-26 June 2009 and Lviv (UA) on 2-3 July 2009. During the first day of these workshops, the ICT research areas under Call 5 will be discussed and practical insights on research proposal elaboration will be provided, constituting valuable information, especially for researchers new to EU funded research activities. The workshops will emphasise the emerging collaboration opportunities that exist between ICT players from the respective countries and their EU counterparts, by highlighting case studies, namely examples of existing research projects involving Belarusian and/or Ukrainian partners. Further details of both workshops you will find on www.scube-ict.eu.
STASIS, SOA4ALL, BREIN and the NESSI European Technology Platforms Semantics Group now presenting the updated agenda: http://www.stasis-project.net/downloads/files/Semantics_Week_Info.pdf
We look forward to seeing you there!
If you want to download the 12nd NESSI Newsletter and get more info about the ICSOC/ServiceWave 2009 Conference, the new Partners which have just joined us and much more please click here.
NESSI welcomes the Commission Communication on ICT strategy issued on 13 Mach 2009 and a specific support for a Future Internet concerted strategy. If you want to know more please, download the press release, the full working document and the reference document.
NESSI i-Gov WG invites for participation to submit a Call for Proposals about Thematic Network to support User Centricity for e-Governance (ICT PSP Work Programme 2009). This Call is for the creation of a Thematic Network to mobilise and coordinate exchanges of experiences amongst the actors and stakeholders, and produce a set of guidelines for enhancing user centricity in e-Goverment services using the current codes and charters in various Member States. For more information please, contact the NESSI i-Gov WG Chairman.
NESSI has just released a 1st draft with a comprehensive presentation of its story, vision, mission, basis, future evolution, a focus on NEXOF and much more. Please click here to download it and feel free to contribute sending any comments and/or suggestions to veronique.pevtschin@eng.it and to barbara.pirillo@eng.it
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NESSI has just published its 11st Newsletter - the 1st of 2009! In this edition you will find a presentation of 2 new Working Groups, an assesment about ServiceWave 2008 and ICT 2008 just behind us, information about the NESSI Elections and much more! Please, click here to download
The common point of all the national initiatives taken by many European States towards the future of the Internet is that "they all capitalise on future developments of the Internet. It is now our responsibility to make sure that a common vision and approach emerges from these multiple initiatives. Governments need to be able to cooperate with each other in Europe and at the global level to fulfil these responsibilities" argued Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, in her speech entitled “Internet of the future: Europe must be a key player” at the “Future of the Internet initiative of the Lisbon Council” (Brussels, 2 February 2009). To view her full speech click here.
Deadline to contribute to NEXOF has been extended from 05/03/2009 to 17/03/2009!
The EDFE has been designed to reference numerous financial education programmes offered by public or private institutions in the European Union. The new database includes standardised information on educational schemes and research projects. It is open to all providers and potential users. By improving access to the information on the existing initiatives, the Commission wants to contribute to enhancing the financial capability of both the... For more information please, click here
NEXOF-RA publishes its second Invitation to Contribute. Please, click here to download the full text.
A collaboration meeting for FP6 and FP7 projects is being organised by European Commission ICT Unit Service and Software Architectures, infrastructures and Engineering on 10 and 11/06/2009 in Brusseles. For more information please, click here.
SLA@SOI and RESERVOIR have been ranked in the 100 top most active players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem in the SysCon journal. For more information please, click here
NESSI Strategic Projects SLA@SOI and SOA4ALL and NoE S-Cube will be part of the Service and Software Architectures, Infrastructures and Engineering (SSAIE) Summer School, presenting NEXOF’s architecture and related topics. For more information please, click here
En event co-organised by the EC (DG INFSO) and the AUC with the support of the EuroAfriCa-ICT EU project will be held from the 25th to the 26th of March. For the first time in Europe, sub-Saharan African and European policy-makers are being brought together with research organisations to address the development of research collaborative projects in the ICT field! For further information about the Event please, click here
TSD WG is going to participate to many Events for 2009! For more information please visit the TSD WG page or click here
NESSI is in the special magazine Jacquard has delivered for 2008-2009. If you want to download this publication or you are interested in the film about the 6 new Projects which are in the Jacquard Programme please, click here.
The ICSEA 2009 Conference organised with the support of NESSI will take place from the 20th until 25th of September 2009 in Porto, Portugal. Please click here for further information.
2008 elections in NESSI have resulted in changes both at Board and Steering Committee level.
The NESSI ETP IS CALLING FOR PARTNERS to join the Board and Steering Committee in charge of the coordination of the NESSI activities. Your complete application has to be sent by email to office@nessi-europe.eu no later than 15 January 2009.
The NESSI iGov working group has just released its manifesto. Click here to read it.
The NESSI SOI working group released the 3rd version of the Business Grids Vision and Strategic Research Agenda. Click here.
NESSI welcomes the latest European Council communication in which the Council expresses support for a private-public partnership towards Future Internet, as expressed at the conclusion of the Bled event in July 2008. To view the Council's communication decision please click here. To go directly to the Council's Website, please click here.
NESSI has just published the October Newsletter. This is a special edition as we have just crossed over NESSI birthday! Enjoy this Birthday Edition going back over the NESSI Story, getting new information about the forthcoming ServiceWave 2008 and ICT 2008 and much more! Please click here to download it.
Get an high-level overview on the NESSI-Grid SRA! To download the document please, click here.