13:00       Welcome and Scene Setting

Tanya Suarez, BluSpecs, Member of the AIOTI Management Board

13:05       Keynote address

Khalil Rouhana, Deputy Director-General, European Commission, DG Connect

Stefan Schnorr, Ministerial Director, Digital and Innovation Policy, Federal Ministry of Economy, Germany

13:35h     The next generation IoT – opportunities for Europe

Max Lemke, Head of IoT Unit, European Commission, DG Connect

14:05h     Gaia X

Friedrich Gröteke, Federal Ministry of Economy, Germany

Alban Schmutz, Chairman of Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE)

14:25h     Industry and Digital Transformation – where OT meets IT

Dr. Dieter Wegener, Siemens, Chairman of ZVEI Industry Management Team

Joline Jammaers, SAS, Senior Data Scientist

15:05h     5G: Unlocking the Potential of Industrial IoT

Torsten Küpper, Senior Director Government Affairs Europe, Qualcomm

15:30h     Smart Network and Services partnership

Werner Mohr, 5G IA

Alena Siarheyeva, AIOTI, Chairperson of WG IoT Ecosystems and Innovation

Peter Stuckmann, Head of Unit Future Connectivity Systems, European Commission, DG Connect

16:10h     Green Deal and Digital

Dušan Chrenek, Principal Advisor, European Commission, DG Climate Action

Natalie Samovich, Enercoutim, Chairperson of AIOTI WG Smart Energy

Parm Raeewal, Vodafone, Chairperson of AIOTI WG Smart Building and Architecture

16:50h     The Way Forward

Tanya Suarez, BluSpecs, Member of the AIOTI Management Board

17:00h   End of webinar

Session 1: Data Sovereignty and the role of IoT

This session includes a panel discussion focused on:

Technology: how IoT applications and use cases will be affected by data sovereignty developments; addressing the scalability, replicability and interoperability of IoT applications; and how IoT can support data sovereignty and privacy the IoT-enabled data marketplaces, data lakes etc.

Governance: for platforms facilitating sharing services; use cases and domain examples; will data sovereignty developments like GAIA-X project and IDS require modifications in EU governance, rules and regulations, and what are the differences with US and Chinese solutions?

Standards: can existing IoT standards accommodate the data sovereignty developments or are modifications needed in areas such as of data ontologies and platform interoperability, especially considering developments such as GAIA-X as a federated and open data infrastructure platform?

Session 2: Beyond 5G and applications in cross-vertical industry domains

The session includes a panel discussion focused on:

Technology: how will converging tech including 5G, IoT/IIoT, AI, robotics, automation and cloud support vertical and cross-vertical applications?

Research: how research in the context of the Horizon Europe SNS (Smart Networks and Service) partnership and Horizon Europe programme contribute to this technology convergence.

Governance: does this converged world require changes in EU governance, rules and regulations?

Standards: can existing IoT standards accommodate using these converged approaches in vertical and cross-vertical applications

Session 3: IoT/IIoT Research priorities in the Horizon Europe programme and the relation to Climate Change

This session covers European autonomy in IoT-related technology sectors, research priorities, new EU partnership, European Commission vision, and a Q&A.

The discussion will explore areas including:• Policies and priorities.

• How IoT technologies can contribute.

• What can and should be done to:

o Help secure Europe’s digital sovereignty.

o Boost research and innovation.

o Retain Europe’s global leadership in next generation intelligent connectivity.

o Achieve the United Nations SDGs.