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Towards a vibrant EU IoT ecosystem
The EU-IoT white paper entitled “Towards a vibrant EU IoT ecosystem” is now available. It gives information about the way the IoT approach evolved into a paradigm that integrates a broad set of technologies, each of which are in themselves advancing at a rapid pace. Increasingly, IoT technologies and solutions, in combination with Cloud and Edge computing, are leading profound transformation across a variety
of sectors and supply chains. There is also a special mention about ICT 56 RIA projects such as ASSIST-IoT.
The NGIoT community was hard at work in 2021 to build a vibrant and impactful European IoT ecosystem. A range of activities included the first NGIoT Open Calls, a series of events exploring the IoT Edge nexus, IoT thematic workshops and a training series. Join us on a quick recap of the achievements so far. The last NGIoT newsletter for the 2021 is now available! In this issue you will learn about the latest news on IoT events, open calls and upcoming webinars. 
The EU-IoT Training Workshops Series: Next Generation IoT Architectures will take place on November 9, 2021. Prof. Carlos Palau (Universitat Politècnica de València UPV) , ASSIST-IoT coordinator, will present “The ASSIST-IoT Architecture”.
The latest NGIoT newsflash (issue 5) is now available! Access it and read the latest news about events and open calls around the European IoT community. Among others you may learn more information about the ICT-56 projects Open Calls as well as all the details about the upcoming ASSIST-IoT 1st Open Call. Stay tuned!
In September, NGIoT and partners hosted some exciting events with top-level speakers on the Next Generation Internet of Things.This Newsflash contains information about events around the IoT community that took place during September. This issue also presents all the funding opportunities (Open Calls) that will be available since September 1st. 
EU-IoT in collaboration with H2020 ICT-56 IoT projects is organising its second training workshops on IoT and the Tactile Internet titled: “Enabling the Tactile Internet with IoT”. The workshop will present IoT’s potential in enabling tactile internet applications that break time & space boundaries, leveraging on technologies like Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality. ASSIST-IoT partner, Piotr Dymarski (Mostostal) took place on the workshop. He also presented the “Use of Tactile Internet and Augmented Reality in the Construction Industry”. 
The latest NGIoT newsflash (Issue 2 – August 2021) is now available online. You may access it and learn all about the latest news, events and activities around IoT/EU-IoT community and research projects in Europe. The presence and the events organised by NGIoT, EU-IoT and rest ICT-56 EU projects during the IoT Week 2021 (30/8 – 3/9) are highlighted in this issue. 
Are you a developer interested in Mobile Sustainable IoT solutions? The Cooperation and Support Action EU-IoT is organizing an online Hackathon (30 August 2021- EU-IoT Forum, co-located with IoT Week, Dublin) with focus on Mobile Sustainable IoT solutions to encourage developers, students, researchers to discuss, cooperate and develop open-source solutions focused on the EU-IoT scope area : tactile Internet/Human-centric interfaces); Near/Far edge aspects; Infrastructure; Data spaces.
The NGIoT Open Calls are coming soon. Tune in to the session on August 30th, during the IoT Week Virtual 2021, from 15:15 – 18:30 CET, to hear all about the open calls to be launched from September 2021 onwards for the Next Generation IoT projects. The NGIoT ICT-56 projects are offering the opportunity for SMEs funding through open calls! Join us to find out what opportunities best apply to you 
The latest NGIoT newsletter #7 is now available. You may access it and learn all about the latest news, event and activities around IoT community and research projects in Europe. The Next Generation Internet of Things (NGIoT) initiative is a growing community of projects and related initiatives at work to maximise the power of IoT made in Europe.