12th of December 2024 – Madrid, Spain 

ELADAIS co-hosted the 2024 UNICO I+D Project Meet Up with the ENABLE 6G project, hosted at the prestigious Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. The UNICO I+D Cloud programme has a programme portfolio made up of 16 projects, and 8 of them are led by institutions and teams all based in the Madrid region. 

“What we wanted for this project was to prepare a platform to have three pillars which include a data market and infrastructure that makes it possible to be open source and translate the data into the common market and be able to analyse it for doctors in a hospital”. –Ernestina Menasalvas, Professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 

An opportunity for collaboration

The UNICO I+D Cloud programme has brought together a wide range of projects together that each provide significant value towards the objectives of Horizon Europe, which include boosting innovation, enhancing European competitiveness, strengthening the EU technological base, addressing global challenges, and ensuring inclusiveness. This event provided the opportunity to support collaboration between each of the organisations that participated, especially with reference to strengthening the connection with EU level initiatives of reference. 

Strengthening EU competitiveness with ground-breaking research  

The event began with a warm welcome to all of the organisations and participants from Prof. Ernestina Menasalvas (UPM) followed by BluSpecs Managing Consultant Brendan Rowan, who gave an overview of the event and the agenda for the day. This hybrid event invited both in-person and virtual attendees. A variety of projects were showcased in the event which included ELADAIS, INESData, MAP-6G, RISC-6G, IPCEI Cloud, GAIA-X, European Data Spaces, MLEDGE, AMOR, Data&Cloud Continuum, and the EU Cloud-Edge. 

The first round of presentations included Prof. Ernestina Menasalvas (UPM) Prof. Oscar Corcho (UPM),  Dr. Timothy Otim (IMDEA), and Ioannis Arapakis (Telefónica), who presented the key use cases and demonstrators for ELADAIS, INESData, and MAP – 6G.  

“When the future networks of 6G develop, applications will be more diverse, but it builds the challenge to guarantee and security of the privacy of users.” – Dr. Timothy Otim from IMDEA Networks Institute

The event also provided the opportunity for the participants to network during the coffee break before the second half of the event began. The second round of presentations included the introduction of projects that drive links with the European strategic initiative which include the IPCEI Cloud, European Data Spaces, and GAIA-X by speakers Alberto P. Martí (OpenNebula Systems) and Daniel Sáez Domingo (ITI) 

Following this, the audience was taught by Stefan Bogensberger (European Commission), Rolf Riemenschneider (European Commission) the about the relevance of the EU Cloud-Edge as a driver of EU Competitiveness who also elaborated on the “3C Network” (Innovation, Collaboration, Investment. 

In the final round of presentations, use cases from the Data&Cloud Continuum, RISC-6G, MLEDGE, and AMOR projects were explained by Prof. Marta Patiño (UPM), Alberto Roman (Acurito), Dr. Timothy Otim (IMDEA), José A. Ayala Romero (NEC Corporation), Giovanni Geraci (Telefónica), Javad Dogani (IMDEA), Carlos Ángel Iglesias (UPM). It was an engaging session in which each presentation shed light on the innovative approaches and practical applications these projects bring to the table.  

After a brief and engaging Q&A session, the event ended with Brendan Rowan thanking each organisation, presenter, and attendee in his closing remarks. With the presentations finished, participants got together to network and discuss with their peers. It was a thrilling atmosphere that included researchers and industry experts coming together to get to know each other.  

Stay tuned for updates on these exciting projects via our website and social media platforms as these projects are setting the stage for Europe to remain at the forefront of cutting-edge advancements in connectivity and digital transformation for a wide range of industries. 

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About ELADAIS

ELADAIS, a project funded under the UNICO 1+D Cloud programme, is a robust digital platform that leverages real-world data and advanced analytical techniques. It aims to revolutionise the healthcare industry by providing a robust digital platform that leverages real-world data (RWD) and advanced analytical techniques. This initiative focuses on creating a comprehensive, scalable, and secure data ecosystem that supports evidence-based medicine and enhances patient care through data integration, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). The ELADAIS platform will integrate data from various sources, including electronic health records (EHRs), wearable devices, social media, and more. It will feature capabilities for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL), process orchestration, data quality evaluation, and advanced analytics. The platform will support multiple data storage systems such as Hive, Impala, Oracle RDBMS, and others, ensuring flexibility and scalability. 

Learn more here: https://eladais.org/ 

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About Enable 6G

ENABLE-6G is a project aimed at unlocking the potential of future 6G networks in order to address challenges such as increased connectivity, higher performance demands, and advanced object and environment detection and communication. Led by IMDEA Networks Institute, one of Spain’s leading innovation and development centres, the ambitious ENABLE-6G project (carried out in collaboration with Telefónica, NEC Europe and BluSpecs) will oversee the future technology requirements of the European UNICO-5G projects: MAP-6G and RISC-6G. The project is funded by the European Union-NextGeneration EU and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation in the framework of the Spanish government’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR).  

Learn more here: https://enable6g.eu/