Vertical and Topical Tracks Program(WEDST – Western European Daylight Savings Time, Local Time in Aveiro)

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Key to Vertical and Topical Tracks (details)

SpecialSessions

Subject

Workshops

Subject

Vert-01

SpaceTopi-01

Sensors and Devices

Vert-02

Maritime

Topi-02

Communications and Networking

Vert-03

Agriculture and Aquaculture

Topi-03

Security, Privacy, and Trust

Vert-04

Smart Cities and Mobility

Topi-04

Vert-05

Energy, Built Environment, andSustainability
Industry and ManufacturingTopi-05

Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning
Computing and Data Processing

Vert-06

Vertical and Topical Track Program Chairs••Vert-05

Damir Filipovic, Alliance for IoT and Edge Computing Innovation (AOTI), Brussels,Belgium
Heiner Stüttgen, IEEE Communications Society & NEC Laboratories Europe (retired),Heidelberg, Germany“Energy, Built Environment, and Sustainability”

Chairs••

Natalie Samovich, Enercoutim, Lisbon, Portugal
Georgios Karagiannis, Huawei Technologies, Düsseldorf,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Vert-05 - Session 1

Session 1: “Digital Infrastructures for flexibility services inelectricity sector.”

Monday October 23rd
14:00-16:00 WEDSTVirtual

Moderator: Natalie Samovich, Head of Research, and Innovation at
Enercoutim, Lisbon, Portugal
Talk 1: “Digital infrastructure for flexibile services in the electricitysector.”, Nikos Hatziargyriou, Emeritus Professor in Power Systems,
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Talk 2: “Speeding up the energy transformation throughdigitalization: from data platforms to data spaces.”, Antonello
Monti, Director of the Institute for Automation of Complex Power
System, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany, and Group Leader, Fraunhofer Institute FIT, Center for
Digital Energy, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Talk 3 (Presentation 1521): “OneNet Connector - A decentralized
Data Space enabler for Smart Energy”, Ferdinando Bosco,
Ingegneria Informatica SpA, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Talk 4 (Presentation 1263): “The CODECO orchestration
framework - value add for smart, decentralized energy
environments.”, Rute C. Sofia, Research Expert in Networking andComputing, IIoT Head, Fortiss GmbH, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Talk 5 (Presentation 1538): “Molecules in an electron world.
Intersectoral challenges.”, Wout van Voornveld, Data Architect atN.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Talk 6: “TBD”, Laurent Schmidt, Head of Utilities & EuropeanDevelopments at dcbel & President at Digital4Grids, Paris, France.

Vert-05 - Session 3

Session 3: “Socio economic impact and drive towards decarbonization.”

Wednesday October
25th
14:00-16:00 WEDST
VirtualModerator: Natalie Samovich, Enercoutim, Lisbon, Portugal
Talk 1: “From the Internet of things towards interoperability:
driving the energy Transition digitally.”, Gjalt Loots, Principal
Business Consultant, TNO, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Talk 2: “How to scale up your knowledge and technology with ahybrid innovation ecosystem orchestration and tools”, Jara Pascual,
CEO at Collabwith, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Talk 3: “The replicability initiative, a way to accelerate thedigitalization of the European Enterprises”, Pierre-Yves Danet,
Smart Connectivity Senior Consultant, Perros-Guirec, Brittany,France.
Talk 4: “Market design and technological development in electricity
systems: consumer-centered services versus technology-centeredincentives.”, Miguel Vasquez, Sustainability Lab, SDA School ofManagement, Bocconi University, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

Vert-05 - Session 4Session 4: “Impact of AI, edge computing and digital twins towards
Energy Metaverse.”
Moderator: Natalie Samovich, Enercoutim, Lisbon, Portugal
Opening Remarks

Thursday October 26th
14:00-16:00 WEDST
VirtualTalk 1: “The Blue Dataverse. A system for marine data
sovereignty.”, Tom De Block, Systems Architect, AIOTI, Brussels,Belgium.
Talk 2 (Presentation 1519): “5G NB-IoT Connectivity from space:
Empowering the energy sector.”, Tiago Rebelo, Co-Founder andCEO, Connected, Porto, Portugal.
Talk 3: “Evolving AI platforms to facilitate energy transition.”,
Massimo Bertoncini, Senior R&D Opportunities Manager - Digital
Energy, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica Spa., Rome, Latium,Italy.
Talk 4: “Transformation to smart manufacturing.”, Avishek
Mukherjee, Senior Enterprise Architect at Hewlett Packard
Enterprise, Stockholm, Sweden.
Talk 5: “Energy considerations of the edge-cloud continuum in theera of AI.”, Mays AL-Naday, Senior Lecturer in Cloud Networks,Services and Cybersecurity at University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
Talk 6: “The Rise of AI and Immersive Edge IoT Technologies.”,
Ovidiu Vermesan, Chief Scientist, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway.
Moderated Discussion, Q&A, and Conclusion

Vert-05 - Session 5Session 5: “IoT empowering Green Transformation focusing onmethodology and/or standardization activities.”

Friday October 27th
14:00-16:00 WEDST
VirtualModerator: Georgios Karagiannis, Huawei Technologies,
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Talk 1 (Presentation 1505): “Empowering Green Transformation
focusing on methodology and standardization activities.”, KevinThompson, COO, Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI),
USA.
Talk 2 (Presentation 1463): “Enable twin transition – green anddigital, through ubiquitous fiber connectivity.”, Ronald Freund,Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut(HHI), Berlin, Germany
Talk 3 (Presentation 1508): “Measuring the net environmental
impact of digital solutions.”, Ilias Iakovidis, European Commission,
DG Connect, Brussels, Belgium