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.

The ambitious objective of the COMMECT project is to provide digital connectivity to rural areas by identifying the most efficient and cost-effective solutions. The national innovation agency in Luxembourg, Luxinnovation, helped the coordinator of the COMMECT project, LIST, to find key international partners and ensure the high quality of the funding application.

Learn more: https://www.luxinnovation.lu/news/bridging-the-digital-divide/

Nationen is a Norwegian daily publication focusing on agriculture and rural areas. The newspaper published an article about the COMMECT project and how the adoption of  5G technology may enhance the forestry industry in Norway.

The coordinator of the COMMECT project, Maria Rita Palattella (LIST), took part in the Panel "From Harvesting Crops To Harvesting Data", organised by DEMETER in the context of the Digital Around the World 2022 Conference.

It was an insightful discussion about digitalisation of agriculture, the necessity of multi-actor approaches, how to build trust, and data sharing. Among other things, Maria Rita Palattella had the possibility to present the approach specifically adopted by the COMMECT project in this regard.

The COMMECT partner Huawei and Dronetech, Austria's largest drone service provider, announced new applications resulting from their collaboration in 5G smart farming. Moreover, the two companies announced that their important collaboration is entering its second phase. Huawei will provide cloud computing services and Dronetech’s drones will survey the land and objects to capture images and data that will be processed by artificial intelligence with the aim to provide istantaneous actionable findings to the users. Learn more: https://www.huawei.com/en/sustainability/the-latest/events/5g-smart-farming-tour.