Madrid FIA Report

The Future Internet Assembly, held 9th-10th December in Madrid, Spain, brought together around 300 people to discuss Europe’s efforts towards a future networked society. Participants included representatives from academia, industry (including SMEs) and other interested organisations, many of them involved in current EU research projects in this area. Invited speakers from the United States
and elsewhere also attended.

The meeting was a continuation of a process begun in Bled, Slovenia in March 2008, which launched the Future Internet Assembly (FIA) as a forum for European industry and the research community to discuss and share ideas on Future Internet developments. Split into two plenaries and seven break-out sessions, the meeting reviewed the state-of-play and attempted to convert the momentum gained in the FIA process to date into a plan of action.