The Next Generation Internet @ Wolves Summit
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The Next Generation Internet (NGI) will be present at the 14th edition of Wolves Summit, a hybrid event held from 19th to 21st October 2021 in Wrocław (Poland) and online. Wolves Summit, the largest tech event in Central and Eastern Europe, aims to foster collaboration between investors and innovators in the region.
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One of the NGI highlights at the summit will be a virtual session featuring NGI Innovators who have been beneficiaries of the NGI Research and Innovation Actions’ funding schemes. These include; technologies that improve search and discovery, privacy-enhancing technologies, blockchain technologies to fight misinformation, better data governance, NGI experiments with US teams, and many more.
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The Next Generation Internet: Shaping an Internet of Humans will feature a conversation between three of the top innovators funded by NGI Research and Innovation projects. It will also introduce the benefits of the human-centric Internet approach and the upcoming funding opportunities the NGI will grant to innovators.
The session will be held online at the main stage on the 21st October 14:00 - 14:40 CEST, and will be accessible for everyone registered to the Wolves Summit.
The panel will be presented by Gemma Carolillo, Deputy Head of the Next Generation Internet Unit at the European Commission; and moderated by Monique Calisti**, head of the NGI Outreach Office. The Innovators participating from the NGI Research and Innovation actions are:
The NGI team has launched a side live chat to follow-up on the session through the NGI Community. Follow this link to join the live conversation.
NGI will also have an onsite booth to spread the word about the NGI funding opportunities. Those who are near Wroclaw can visit our colleagues from Fundingbox, part of the NGI Outreach Office at the NGI booth.
Visitors will be informed about the overall NGI initiative and its Research and Innovation Actions, and especially about the current and upcoming funding opportunities for projects with a human-centric internet approach:
The NGI is looking forward to hosting you on-site!
The Great Pitch Contest is the Wolves Summit’s official startup competition. Each edition attracts over 1000 startup applications out of which 40-50 tech game-changers get to pitch in the Semi-finals in front of investors, corporations, and other attendees. The top 10 startups will be selected to pitch in the Finals on Thursday, October 21st.
This year’s winners will receive the opportunity to pitch directly in front of AI Startup Incubator's investment board committee, a guaranteed interview with a Techstars Global Startup Pipeline Manager, a scholarship for the next cohort of the InnovX-BCR program, starting in November, as well exclusive access to a tech stack from leading providers in the market.
The Next Generation Internet (NGI)is a European Commission initiative uniting a vibrant community of top Internet innovators, who are shaping an Internet that guaranteestrust, privacy and inclusion, while empowering people and addressing global sustainability challenges.
NGI4ALL has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement no 825354.
The conference was founded in 2015 in Warsaw (Poland) and grew to become the largest tech event in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, Wolves Summit is best known for its matchmaking platform helping its attendees move the needle through meaningful connections. Every edition attracts more than 2500 participants from 80 countries providing 100+ hours of immersive educational content, keynotes, and startup pitches.