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The EARTH project has won the fourth running of the Future Internet Award. The announcement was made by the European Commission’s Director of DG INFSO, Mario Campolargo, during the closing plenary of Aalborg’s FIA event.

A number of the EARTH project consortium were in Aalborg to accept the prize (see above picture). The project has developed energy efficiency solutions for wireless communication networks.

Chosen as the clear winner during the Award competition, EARTH received much commendation from the Award’s distinguished Judging Panel. Comments included:

“…Well defined, organized, described and presented project… has strong scientific and technological impact.”

“…well-run project attacking important area of energy efficiency in an important & rapidly growing technological area”

“The potential impact is very big and relevant, and the obtained results are convincing enough to be quite confident about the success of this approach”

Though EARTH doesn’t officially finish until June, 2012, industrial and SME partners have already started to transfer the project’s results into real products for the multi-billion euro global market for 4G products. In particular, they have optimised the energy use of 4G/LTE (Long-Term Evolution) base stations, which account for the highest energy consumption in the mobile network.

Mr. Dietrich Zeller (EARTH Coordinator) accepts the Future Internet Award

This workshop will discuss a number of research topics which may form the basis for Member State collaboration. Participants on the day will hear from a number of keynote speakers who will provide a background context for discussions.

The four topics were identified from ceFIMS data gathering activities, as well as feedback from FIF members over the past number of months. The topics are as follows:

• Infrastructure
• Services & Smart applications
• Mobility & Internet-of-Things
• Security

A Working Group is in place and a position/discussion paper is being developed to support the workshop. A number of ‘champions’ will contribute to each of the above topics.

More details on the agenda and the eventual report from the workshop will be available on here soon…

After a surge in the final days of the competition, a record 36 entries were received this time around. These have now been distributed to the Judging Panel and, based on their scores, a short-list of 3-4 entries will be chosen for a second round of adjudication.

The ceFIMS project would like to thank all those who took the time to submit an entry. We wish you well in the competition.

The winning entry will receive their prize at the closing ceremony of Aalborg’s Future Internet Assembly on Friday, 11th May.

The Judging Panel for this running of the Award competition is as follows:

• Henrik Reif Andersen, Danish Configit A/S
• Joan Batlle i Monsterrat, Barcelona City Council
• Nicolas Demassieux, Orange-FT Group
• Adam Grzech, Wroclaw University of Technology
• Martin Przewloka, SAP
• Robert Szabo, Budapest University of Tech & Economics

The newsletter is available online and a PDF version can also be downloaded.

The publication contains:

• Updates on the Future Internet Forum (FIF) of Member States;
• Details on the latest ceFIMS activities;
• Information on new initiatives and achievements in the European Future Internet;
• Upcoming events in the area of the Future Internet

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The distribution list for the first ceFIMS newsletter includes: Member State representatives of the Future Internet Forum, the Future Internet Assembly community, Future Internet European Technology Platforms, all entries to the Future Internet Award, FP7 Network of the Future projects (Future Internet Technologies), etc.

The roadmap presents a preliminary analysis of the current landscape in European Future Internet research, and sets out a vision of a future involving enhanced cooperation among key Future Internet stakeholders.

The current landscape section covers:

• state-of-the-art in Future Internet research
• stakeholders involved
• existing collaboration instruments
• relevant activity levels of Member States
• policy context

The vision of the future section describes:

• modalities of an ERA-NET+
• barriers and challenges
• potential thematic content and approaches that Member States and the EC may have in common

The roadmap also outlines the next steps required to advance an ERA-NET+ on the Future Internet.