We are thrilled to unveil the official agenda for the NOUS Project Final Event, taking place on October 23, 2026, in Naples, Italy, co-located with DCAI 2026 at the University of Naples Federico II and accessible online via our hybrid stream. Marking the culmination of our Horizon Europe initiative, this milestone session highlights our breakthrough results in building a sovereign, federated European cloud-to-edge continuum, seamlessly bridging IoT devices, HPC networks, and quantum capabilities.
We start at 11:00 CET. See you there!
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PART I – The Strategic Mandate. Aligning NOUS with the European Digital Strategy to establish a sovereign, federated infrastructure. | ||||
| 10 min | Contextualize NOUS within the European Digital Sovereignty strategy. |  | ||
| 15 min | Why open source should be done in research projects such as NOUS. |  | ||
| 15 min | Multi-agent systems in the NOUS platform. |  | ||
PART II – Technical Validation. Presenting the modular reference architecture, and its operational impact across four field-tested use cases. | ||||
| 15 min | Architecture overview. Modular reference architecture deep-dive: components, secure overlay, interoperability with European Data Spaces. Establishes the common framework for all UC presentations. |  | ||
| 10 min | Use Case 1: Connected Vehicle Perception. How NOUS architecture is utilized for connected vehicle perception. Specific links to architecture components. |  | ||
| 10 min | Use Case 2: Energy Prediction & Data Lifecycle Management. How NOUS architecture is utilized for energy prediction and data lifecycle management. Specific links to architecture components. |  | ||
| 10 min | UC3: Crisis Management & Civil Protection. How NOUS architecture is utilized for crisis management and civil protection. Specific links to architecture components. |  | ||
| 10 min | UC4: Scientific Data Management, HPC Storage & AI Analytics. How NOUS architecture is utilized for scientific data management, HPC storage and AI analytics. Specific links to architecture components. |  | ||
PART III – Knowledge Transfer. Facilitating a technical exchange to transition NOUS from a closed project to an open community asset for future research and integration. | ||||
| 30 min | Round table. Technical exchange: transitioning NOUS from a closed project to an open community asset. |
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| 10 min | Q&A session. Addressing integration ideas, technical doubts, and future adoption paths. |
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PART IV – The Ecosystem Handover. Executing the final sustainability handover by mobilizing the community toward the open-source repository. | ||||
| 10 min | NOUS exploitation. From Results to Impact: NOUS Key Exploitable Results and the Road to Adoption. |
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| 5 min | Closing remarks. Call to action: mobilizing the community toward the open-source repository on ECL Research Labs’ GitLab. |  | ||
