Past Events

CERN was invited to the European Research e-Infrastructures and Innovation Clusters to demonstrate how Helix Nebula supports SMEs.

CERN highlighted the need for commercial service providers, which was acknowledged and it was noted that public service providers should not try to offer the same services as commercial providers. Public services providers can have a role earlier in the innovation cycle, such as to support prototyping activities, but there should be a smooth transition to commercial providers once the applications (or new services) are commercialised. Clearly ‘human’ services (especially training and consultancy) were seen as important by the innovation clusters and SMEs present.

On Friday 26 September 2014, the Earth Observation sector of the Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission organised a dedicated workshop on engaging the European private sector in GEOSS. The workshop was held in Brussels on 26 September 2014 and attracted some 100 participants of which about 70 represented private companies (mainly value-adding, but also some end-users and NGOs). Also present were representatives of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) European Caucus, pan-European and international organisations, and other services of the European Commission.

The "Clouds for Research and Education Workshop" held 24-26 June 2014 in Rome, Italy was focused on providing a  better understanding how Cloud Computing may benefit businesses as well as supporting Cloud Specialists in their work.

The goal of the workshop "Cloud Computing Uptake in the Public Sector" was to bring together organisations that have expressed clear interest in cloud computing and that could benefit from interaction. Furthermore the workshop provided input to identifying possible future actions in this area.

Agenda - All the presentations are available here http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/cloud-computing-uptake-public-sector