Global Cloud Experimental Facilities. 8 October 2014, Florence, Italy

This workshop is jointly organised by the units CNECT/E2 (“Software and Services, Cloud”) and E4 (“Experimental Platforms”) of Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) in order to gather inputs from the FIRE and Cloud Computing communities.

The workshop should try to answer to the following questions from three perspectives:

Supply side: FIRE has already a running facility and experimentations in the field of Cloud Computing. From an assessment of today’s FIRE Cloud Computing capabilities, can we identify gaps and how related capabilities could evolve?
Demand side: Cloud Computing research and development has produced numerous important results in the recent years. How can these results be tested and validated further? What are the most appropriate experimental facilities and how can these be set up?
International aspects: standardisation and interoperability are aspects to be addressed at international level. How can experimental facilities support testing, validation and standardisation at international level? Which specific topics would need to be addressed?

Registrations for the workshop are open until 1 October 2014 (first come, first served basis).

The workshop is a pre-event to the ICT Proposer’s Day 2014 which is taking place on 9/10 October 2014.

For more information and the conferece agenda visit: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/global-cloud-experimental-facilities-consultation-workshop