The EU-funded project NGI Sargasso, building Transatlantic bridges for the future of the Internet, is proud to present some of the most outstanding projects funded during the course of their program to shape the Next Generation Internet technologies and services at 4YFN25 through a panel and a pitching session.
These activities will take place on Tuesday the 4th of March at 11:15h in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona’s stand (Hall 8.1 – Stand 8.1.B.55), NGI Sargasso’s partner to explain how the project, part of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, is contributing to create a human-centric Internet of the Future across continents on the following topics: trust, data sovereignty, digital identity, Internet architecture and renovation, decentralized technology, interoperability and standardization, and new Internet technology.
The panel “Next Generation Internet: Bridging Continents, Innovating Together” will begin at 11:15h, moderated by Emmanouil Detsis, NGI Sargasso Project Coordinator. Stergios Tsiafoulis, NGI Sargasso Project Officer from the European Commission, will offer the introductory keynote, followed by a debate starring some of the NGI Sargasso Innovators, such as Yuting Jiang, CEO at Agora; Alex Bourlier, Co-Founder at Startin’blox; Christos N. Stefanatos, Project Lead at EV Loader, and Erik Hieta-Aho, Senior Scientist at VTT. Monique Callisti, from the NGI Outreach Office will act as the closing speaker.
This panel will continue with a dynamic pitching session, “NGI Sargasso Showcase: Pioneering Innovations for Europe’s Digital Future”, starting at 12:00h, in which nine of the NGI Sargasso Innovators will briefly present their transformative ideas shaping the Next Generation Internet landscape. Each innovator will walk the audience through their objectives, methods and achievements. Yuting Jian, Alex Bourlier, Christos N. Stefanatos and Erik Hieta-Aho will be accompanied by Jordi Mongay Batalla, Professor at Warsaw University of Technology; Marcelo Bagnulo, Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Julien Bringer, CEO at Kallistech SAS; Giovanni Pettorru, PhD Student at University of Cagliari, and Fernando José Gómez Gil, Co-Founder at Training Experience.
NGI Sargasso invites you to join them on Tuesday the 4th of March to discover how they are shaping the Internet of tomorrow.
More about NGI Sargasso: Empowering Next Generation Internet Innovation Across Continents
NGI Sargasso is a European Commission-funded cascade funding program, part of the Horizon Europe Programme, dedicated to fostering innovation and strengthening collaboration between the European Union, the United States, and Canada in the field of Next Generation Internet (NGI) technologies.
NGI Sargasso’s mission is to accelerate the development of human-centric and trustworthy internet solutions that embody openness, inclusivity, and sustainability through five open calls to fund 50 Transatlantic teams to redefine future Internet with a budget of €4,800,000.
The European Science Foundation leads the coordination of this project, in partnership with Sploro, Mobile World Capital Barcelona, AUSTRALO, and US Ignite.
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement number 101092887.