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Welcome to the 3rd European Summit on the Future Internet!

We cordially invite you to the 3rd European Summit on the Future Internet to take place in Espoo, Finland between 31^st May and 1^st June. The Summit will gather approximately 200 leading business developers, academia and research institute representatives as well as high-level policy-makers from Europe and Asia. The aim of the event is to boost international collaboration in the online realm.

During the two days of the Summit, you would have the chance to listen to and participate in discussions about the future of Internet and Internet-based solutions for businesses, customers and societies at large. One of the main highlights of the event is the high-level roundtable on EU-China Future Internet collaboration.

The Summit is organized by TIVIT (Finnish Center for Science, Technology and Innovation in ICT), in collaboration with SNT (Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust of the University of Luxembourg). This is the first time the European Summit on the Future Internet is organized in Finland, which was chosen due to its excellent reputation and track-record in acting as an effective and trustworthy gateway between Europe and Asia.

All speakers have been confirmed - some highlights:

·         Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle, CMO, Rovio Entertainment, Finland                 

·         Jun Murai, Professor, Dean, Founder, WIDE Project, Keio University, Japan

·         Joao Schwarz Da Silva, Research Fellow, SnT, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

·         Luis Jorge Romero Saro, Director General, ETSI, France

·         Jianping Wu, Professor, Computer Science and Technology Department, Dean, Tsinghua University, Chairman, CERNET, Vice President, China Internet Association, China

·         Jean-Luc Beylat, President, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, France

·         Xing Jijun, Deputy Director General, China Science and Technology Exchange Center, Ministry of Science and Technology, China

·         Erkki Ormala, Vice President, Business Environment, Nokia Corporation, Finland 

·         Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director General, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission

·         Wolfgang Wahlster, CEO, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany

·         Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum

·         Ilari Lindy, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank, Washington DC, US

To find more information about the event please visit http://www.tivit.fi/fi/europeansummitonthefutureinternet

While we are fully committed to hosting you to the best of our capacity, due to the size of the venue there are a limited number of seats available, therefore the Summit places will be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis. So please register early as possible to avoid disappointment. Register here: http://tivitpublic.gemilosocial.fi/order/new/100

We hope to see you at the Summit: international collaboration starts from here!

Please find attached the invitation, programme and hotel info

Best regards,

TIVIT

Jaana Mäntylä

Media Coordinator

Tieto- ja viestintäteollisuuden tutkimus TIVIT Oy

jaana.mantyla@tivit.fi

www.tivit.fi

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