CELTIC Proposers Day in Barcelona on 24th of February
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On February 24th, the CELTIC-NEXT Community gathered once again for the highly anticipated CELTIC Proposers Day in Barcelona.
The day commenced with a warm welcome by Ian Blane, the dean of the school of engineering at UAB as well as a welcome by Mrs. Juana Sanchez of CDTI, Spain and Mr. Xavier Priem, CELTIC Director, who highlighted key aspects of international collaboration within the CELTIC-NEXT Eureka Cluster.
The opening remarks were followed by an inspiring keynote kindly presented by Mr. Mustafa Karakoc, Regional Network Operations Director and head of the 6GEN.LAB and Next Generation R&D teams at Turkcell. He shared valuable insights from an operator’s perspective on adapting autonomous networks with 6G enabling technologies. Mr. Karakoc’s vision for 6G evolves around AI-native network design, which aims to provide high-performance, energy-efficient computing platforms that will support future services for businesses and consumers. Central to his presentation was the GSMA’s Reliable AI Maturity Roadmap, showcasing early adopters of technologies such as graph neural networks, reinforcement learning, distributed learning, and generative AI.
The session also featured insights from public funding bodies representing Spain, Portugal, Finland, Türkiye, France, and Chile. This discussion illuminated the funding landscape and set the stage for potential collaborations and groundbreaking CELTIC projects, which were to be explored further in the afternoon’s pitching session.
Business Impact Session
Following the funding discussions, our distinguished speakers took the stage to present their innovative work on timely CELTIC projects:
fiQare: Prof. Enrique Alba from the University of Malaga (ES) and Manuel Gimenez Medina, Chief Innovation Officer/R&D at Ayesa (ES), showcased their pioneering work on enhancing code quality through AI, paving the way for a trusted hyperconnected world.
CISSAN: Alberto Doval Iglesias, CTO of Councilbox (ES), shared insights into the CISSAN project, which addresses critical cybersecurity challenges in IoT networks.
UNICRINF & IMMINENCE: Victor Pascual Ávila, Head of Security and Standards at Nokia Spain, explored the UNICRINF emergency platform and the successful implementation of the IMMINENCE project.
F4iTECH: Ismail Uzun from Inosens presented the latest advancements in the F4iTECH project, focusing on federated learning solutions that foster trust in the Industry 4.0 landscape.
The Business Impact session was skillfully moderated by our GOE Member, David Castells-Rufas.
In total, 15 new project ideas were presented during the pitching session, expertly led by Mrs. Christiane Reinsch, CELTIC-NEXT Programme Coordinator, who also moderated the day’s proceedings.
The CELTIC-NEXT Proposers Day was a resounding success, fostering collaboration and innovation within the vibrant CELTIC community!
Pitches that have been presented in the pitching session in the afternoon
| Download Pitch | Consortium Building Session | Organization | Contact | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARAISE | Save the date 26 Feb 11:00-11:30 CET | University of Oulu | Mika Ylianttila | Finland |
| DRONaaS | Save the date 25 Feb 10:00-10:30 CET | Celtiberian Solutions SL | Jose Luis Castillo | Spain |
| ETHICA | Save the date 27 Feb 11:00-11:30 CET | ARTECH International | Suna Akbayir | Belgium |
| ISRI | Save the date 26 Feb 15:00-15:30 CET | Fraunhofer IIS | Frank Burkhardt | Germany |
| Emerging AI Agents | Save the date 26 Feb 13:00-13:30 CET | Huawai | Pouria Khodashenas | Sweden |
| DataMind AI | Save the date 28 Feb 15:00-15:30 CET | Egesys | Haluk Gökmen | Türkiye |
| to use and protect | Save the date 26 Feb 10:00-10:30 CET | ICCAS Leipzig | Tobias Pabst | Germany |
| Clear AI | Save the date 26 Feb 14:00-14:30 CET | Alpata Technology | Murat Saglam | Türkiye |
| Optolink | Save the date 27 Feb 10:00-10:30 CET | Fraunhofer CAP | Daniel Maclure | United Kingdom |
| Smart Packaging | Save the date 26 Feb 09:00-09:30 CET | OnBT | Serafettin Sentürk | Türkiye |
| WiExcellence | Airties | Sükrü Kuran | Türkiye | |
| WiFi Automation | Airties | Burcu Ergun | Türkiye | |
| Wildfire Sentinel | Recycle2trade | Yuri Ponzani | United Kingdom | |
| EO-CARBON | RadScan | Martyna Gatkowska | Poland | |
| Zero Touch GreenHouse | Save the date 28 Feb 10:00-10:30 CET | UPEC | Abdelhamid Mellouk | France |
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