This post is a summary of the Future Internet Assembly (FIA), held 9 and 10 December 2008 in Madrid.
The goal of FIA (as stated in their site) is to permit open interactions and cross-fertilization across technical domains, reaching out to whoever has talent. FIA works towards:
- Common deliverables creating value for the projects concerned
- Joint strategic research agenda regarding common actions and requirements
- Developing a consolidated calendar of events aiming at avoiding fragmentation of efforts
The Madrid event consisted of roughly four session. The first session contained discussed the national research in various countries. Then came two parallel track sessions. The first one with with three tracks, the second one with four. Report of the activity in the seven parallel tracks made up the last session. The session agendas and the position papers are available online.
