This morning the EU event titled “Strengthening digital skills of rural people to benefit from the digital era” saw the participation of Maria Rita Palattella from Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).

The COMMECT coordinator was invited to participate on a panel discussion with practitioners and experts on the main ingredients for successful initiatives regarding the implementation of digital skills in rural areas.

The title of the panel was “Learning from inspirational projects and practices” and, in this context, Maria Rita Palattella had the possibility to share COMMECT experience on the need of building synergies between different approaches to enhance ICT infrastructure and digital skills.

Ljupco Jorguseski (TNO) represented COMMECT at EUCNC 2023 Summit in Gothenburg (Sweden), i.e., one of the most exciting arenas for global dialogue and collaboration to develop mobile communications standards.

In particular, the COMMECT partner presented a poster about connnectivity solutions in rural areas for livestock transport.

One of the take-away message of the EU AgriResearch Conference was the importance of Living Labs to co-create together with farmers, foresters, and rural communities innovative and impactful solutions, tailored to their needs.

COMMECT adopts such an approach and is deploying 5 Living Labs across and outside Europe.

The COMMECT coordinator Maria Rita Palattella was there to disseminate the insights collected from the close exchange with end-users and stakeholders.

Our partners were proud to share the progress of two impactful projects such as COMMECT and H2020 DEMETER with the fair's attendees. The DunavNET's team of experts answered questions, offered demonstrations, and engaged in meaningful discussions about how these projects are shaping the future of farming and the agricultural sector by means of innovation and forefront solutions.

The XX. Colloquium of the International Working Group for Soil Management and Quality Management in Viticulture took place in Luxembourg from 10 to 13 May 2023.

Members of academia, policymakers and practitioners are discussing key topics of viticulture, exchanging on research approaches, and best practices.
Miriam Machwitz from Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and Mario Gilcher from Luxsense presented COMMECT activities  through talks and poster presentation.

The members of the Executive Board gathered together to discuss the progresses of the #project over the first 6 months. Particular focus was on the use cases that were defined for each Living Lab, after closely discussing with the end-users, and stakeholders, listening to their needs, and daily challenges.

On April 9th, the IoT community celebrated the IoT Day to recognize the profound impact of IoT technology.

Yesterday the Danish Department of Data and Infrastructure held a meeting titled 'Telecom Industry Forum'.

At the 27th IEEE Conference on Information Technology IT 2023, Dr Srdjan Krčo, CEO of  DunavNET, presented the COMMECT project.

The presentation took place within a special conference session dedicated to the EU projects being implemented in the region. Traditionally held in Žabljak, the International Scientific and Professional Conference 'Information Technologies – Present and Future' took place from February 15th-18th, 2023. The conference was organized by University of Montenegro – Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Donja Gorica – Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies, IT Society Montenegro, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Organizational Sciences, IEEE Association and IEEE Section for Serbia and Montenegro. 

More information about the conference is available at the following link: http://www.it.ac.me/eng/

Luxinnovation as the National Contact Point for the Horizon Europe kindly organized a conference about the latest developments of Luxembourg Research and Innovation landscape, with a particular focus on the Horizon Europe programme.

During the event, a panel of Luxembourgish participants provided ideas and examples from successful Horizon Europe projects. The panel included success stories from the University of Luxembourg (SnT), the LIST as well as from Aristeng, a Luxembourg SME. The COMMECT project was represented by its coordinator Maria Rita Palattella, senior researcher at LIST.