Turning cloud research into innovative software & services
This the third CloudWATCH Concertation meeting looks at future directions for software services and cloud in Europe, highlighting new opportunities for novel research and innovation to ensure Europe remains a world leader. The meeting takes stock of new services going to market in the near future assessing their go-to-market scenarios, user experience and potential barriers to uptake. It concludes with a call to action on the most pressing challenges for market uptake, defining practical steps that can be taken.
The meeting is for all active projects that are part of Unit E2 Software Services and Cloud.
This Concertation meeting will be held at the Net Futures 2015 conference. 25 March 2015
You can register for the Concertation meeting here. Please use this registration access code NFCONC2015.
Venue: The Egg, Brussels, Barastraat 175, Brussel, 175 Rue Bara, Bruxelles
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25 March 2015
08:30-09:00 | Registration & Networking Coffee |
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09:00-09:40 |
Towards a transparent and trusted cloud in Europe Chair: Silvana Muscella, CEO Trust-IT & CloudWATCH Coordinator 09:00-09:10 Welcome & EC considerations 09:10-09:25 CloudWATCH - Towards a fairer, trusted & interoperable cloud 09:25-09:40 Pricing Strategies for Cloud Services- How Europe can raise its game |
09:40-10:40 | Research & Innovation Outputs: Open source solutions and services coming to the market from R&I initiatives and their impact on the European market. Chair: Michel Lacroix, European Commission Panel of experts:
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10:40-11:00 | Networking break |
11:00-11:50 | What has been funded from the first H2020 call? 1 minute madness session presenting Novel Research and expected Impact from H2020 Call 1 projects Chair: Francisco Medeiros, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Connect Software & Services, Cloud Computing ALIGNED, AppHub, ARCADIA, BEACON, CHOReVOLUTION, CLARUS, CloudLightning, CloudSocket, CloudTeams, CLOUDWATCH2, CYCLONE, DICE, ENTICE, ESCUDO, HOLA CLOUD, HyVar, iKaaS, INPUT, IOSTACK, MIKELANGELO, MUSA, PaaSword, PICSE, RAPID, SERECA, SLALOM, SLA-Ready, SSICLOPS, SUPERCLOUD, SWITCH
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11:50-12:20 | The rocky road to market - Tips and recommendations on how best to take results to market Chair: Silvana Muscella, CEO Trust-IT & CloudWATCH Coordinator Lightning talks and panel discussion on the following topics
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12:20-12:30 | Closing remarks & Call for Action Pearse O’Donohue, Head of Unit E2, Software & Services, Cloud Computing, European Commission |
12:30 | Concertation meeting close |