The Secretariat for Digital Policies of the Generalitat of Catalonia presented #ChallengeArca, the new edition of the innovation competition SmartCatalonia Challenge. This year's competition, which has been prepared in cooperation with the Association of Rural Initiatives of Catalonia (ARCA), haw 5 challenges and needs to solve with ICT related to the rural ecosystem. Awards: Best […]
Gamification for memorable tourist experiences The MedGaiMS is a project of Mediterranean cooperation aiming to promote tourist destinations using digital and analogic gamified experiences. One part of the project consists of a call for entrepreneurs, creative workers, and private companies to develop game experiences in tourist destinations. The webinar will introduce the participation bases for […]
During the 22th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, which will take place next July in Bari, Italy, the i2CAT Foundation will organize the 2nd workshop on 'Integration of Optical and Satellite Communication Systems into 5G Edge Networks (OSCto5G)'. The session will focus on optical fiber, satellite systems and enablers like Network Softwarization (NS), which […]
During the 22th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, which will take place next July in Bari, Italy, the i2CAT Foundation will organize a workshop on ‘Softwarization and Virtualization of Optical Access Networks (OptSoft)’. In evolution of telecommunication networks toward 5G technology, optical networks include some unique features such as high-capacity, low-latency and low cost, demonstrate […]
The online presentation ceremony of CIDAI, the Centre of Innovation for Data tech and Artificial Intelligence, will take place on the 15th of September from 16:30h to 18:30h. This event will take place online through GoToWebinar. All the promoting partners, including the i2CAT Foundation, will participate: Government of Catalonia, Barcelona City Council, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, […]
The virtual edition of the European Blockchain Convention will take place on the 21st and 22nd of September, 2020. 6 Catalan Blockchain startups will be selected by the Government of Catalonia to participate in the next edition, which will be held virtually with two days full of conferences, debates, workshops, and a virtual exhibition area […]
The MED GAIMS project develops games to revolutionize the tourist site experience by gamifying it with both physical and virtual applications, thus increasing tourism flows to the destinations, and creating jobs and start-ups for game entrepreneurs. The project applies game design to create experiences for tourists, and as a result gives a necessary competitive edge […]
The 6th Edition of the SmartCatalonia Challenge celebrates its grand finale! In this celebration, the winner of a pilot test and the companies granted with up to 20.000 € will be announced. Due to the great success of the call, the ACM and AMC will offer an extraordinary award valued in 8.000 € and the […]
This edition is focused on identifying technological solutions that respond to the challenges of the airport sector. Participants will be able to access the selection of 5 spots for the Airport 4.0 acceleration program, which the Viladecans City Council and the Catalunya Emprèn program of the Generalitat of Catalonia are launching this autumn. Airport 4.0 offers: 128-hour […]
The D4A 2020 global online edition will take place on the 6th & 7th of October to explore how blockchain can transform lives. The event, which is sponsored by the i2CAT Foundation, aims to create unique hybrid experience of virtual global conference with several networking rooms around the world all connected with each other. There […]
The BNEW is an initiative by El Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona that follows its core mission of promoting the social progress and employment creation with industrial and logistics implantations, and from scenarios that generate economic and technological transference. Sergi Figuerola, CTIO of the i2CAT Foundation, will participate as a speaker in the Digital […]
Is a change in strategy on Cybersecurity and 5G necessary? In this session of MobileTalks, Dr. Charles Clancy will address this and other Cybersecurity topics with Federico Ruiz, Juan Baselga, and Sergi Figuerola, CTIO of the i2CAT Foundation.
ANDESCON is the biannual Technical and Scientific Conference of the Andean Council of the IEEE that brings together IEEE professionals and scientists from the Andean countries.
Framed in the IEEE ANDESCON CONGRESS 2020, Ignasi Oliva will impart a workshop about Blockchain origins and history until nowadays.
Next October 13th, a new edition of the innovation competition SmartCatalonia Challenge, promoted by the Secretariat for Digital Policies of the Generalitat of Catalonia, will be presented. Attendees will get to know this year's competition, which has been prepared in cooperation with the The Catalan Water Agency (ACA). Representatives from ACA will explain each challenge […]
On the 14th and 15th of October, the 6th edition of the congress of reference about Artificial Intelligence and Big Data will take place in Barcelona. The AI&Big Data Congress is organized by CIDAI, Centre of Innovation for Data Tech and Artificial Intelligence. The AI & Big Data Congress is the congress of reference about […]
The City Council of Girona has launched a pilot plan for smart and zero-emission parcels in the city with the installation of smart mailboxes on public roads to distribute packages through electric vehicles. This is a pioneering project for Catalonia, developed within the SmartCatalonia Laboratory, promoted by The Ministry for Digital Policy and Public Administration, […]
This session is framed in the European Green Week Partner Event. It aims to present the project Traceability and Circularity of Electrical and Electronic Devices and their waste (context in which the project was developed, challenge addressed by the project, proposed solution, and future implementation). This project will be developed by i2CAT and implemented in […]
5G Tech Talk on "TELCO & DLT/BLOCKCHAINS" framed in the 5G Zorro project
An information session about the 5G Technologies's postgraduate course imparted by the UPC, directed by Sergi Figuerola, CTIO of the i2CAT Foundation, and with teachers from the center. More information here.
