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CELTIC Event 2019 took place on 19-20th of June and was colocated with EuCNC and the global 5G Event in Valencia, Spain. EuCNC is one of the most prominent communications and networking conferences in Europe, which efficiently brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses. EuCNC attracts more than 600 delegates each year and an exhibition space of more than 1,500 m2. Results of 15 CELTIC projects were presented from 17-21 June at the Exhibition space at EuCNC in Valencia. The evening before the CELTIC Event, CELTIC project UNICRINF showed its live emergency demo at the social event in the harbour of Valencia.

Valencia Port Live Emergency Demonstration

In the evening before the CELTIC Event, on 18th June CELTIC project UNICRINF showcased a live Emergency Demo in the Port of Valencia. Three different mobility mode of transportation – maritime,  – aerial  and terrestrial – were used to solve the emergency situation of several injured persons after an explosion in the port of Valencia. Please find more information here

See the CELTIC Exhibition and discuss with the exhibitors

Results of about 15 commercially important CELTIC projects were presented in an exhibition taking place from 17-21 June at the EUCNC 2019 in Valencia. The prototypes evolving from these projects  allow that you experience in an interactive and playful way the technological progress made in those projects. The project-teams explained and demonstrated to the exhibition visitors their research results.

CELTIC Event

Keynote Presentations and Business Impact sessions

Business Impact session of CELTIC projects and forward looking keynotes were held on the topics Mobility, Artificial Intelligence, IoT and industry 4.0.

Please have a look at the Keynotes presented:

• A vision of future networks, Eric Hardouin, Ambient Connectivity Research Director, Orange, France
• Nurturing the smart network; on the application of AI to network transformation, Diego Lopez, Telefónica, Spain

Witness the CELTIC Awards

On 19 June 2019, four  CELTIC projects won the CELTIC Award for their outstanding work. Three of these projects were awarded for their excellence in the areas of networking technologies, applications, and multimedia. The fourth was honoured with the Innovation Award for its outstanding market innovation beyond the project lifespan. The awards were presented to representatives of the winning projects by CELTIC-NEXT chairperson Valérie Blavette and handed over by Juana Sanchez from CDTI, the representative of the Public Authority in Spain. More information on this years CELTIC Award Winners can be found via.

Please have a look at the Agenda

Use the opportunity to network with proposers and experts

On 20^th of June the event includes a session on innovative project ideas afternoon session to meet other experts from the ICT community to discuss emerging R&D needs and proposals for related collaborative projects. This was an extraordinary opportunity for you to present your company and your expertise to offer project ideas for collaboration and to find the partners for future projects.

New Project Ideas presented at the CELTIC Pitching Session:

17 new project ideas were presented during the pitching session. The moderator Christiane Reinsch from the CELTIC Office and the pitch presenters invited the audience to the follow up Consortium Building Websessions that took place in the 2nd week of July.

Join the follow-up webinars of the pitch presenters in the 2nd week of July

If you do have questions please do not hesitate to contact the CELTIC-Office: office@celticnext.eu