FIA Valencia Report

15.04.10 0800: Icelandic volcano erupts. STOP. Ash and ice plume 20,000m high. STOP. Westerly wind. STOP.

The importance of the Future Internet is reflected at almost every level of European policy. And its elevated status as a fundamental enabler of modern society is reflected in the inclusion of the Future Internet Assembly (FIA) as a side event of the FP7 conference ‘From Economic Recovery to Sustainability’.

The Future Internet Assembly is an initiative supported by the European Commission. Its purpose is to foster open interactions and crossfertilisation across technical Future Internet domains, reaching out to whom ever has the talent. This was the fifth FIA, continuing a process to coordinate European Future Internet R&D which was launched by the Bled Declaration in March 2008.