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Oct 03 2024
FrancoTech Summit 2024
Date: 3-4/10/2024
Venue: Paris F-Station
Website: Sommet Franco-Tech
MindBugs Discovery, an NGI Search funded project, recently interact with French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to the FrancoTech Summit in Paris. MindBugs Discovery helps explore and understand disinformation by showing connections within false narratives.
A demo listing fakenews about the French President himself was provided during his visit. The project was also presented at the
IPI World Congress 2024 in Sarajevo and at OW2con'24 in Paris.
Sep 26 2024
Allma on stage at Open Source by OW2 Webinar
Date: 26/09/2024
Time: 16:00 CEST
Replay: https://www.ow2.org/view/webinar/webinar_2
Gaël Duval, President of e.Foundation and CEO of Murena, will present ALLMA, an NGI Search funded project offering the best open source LLMs in usability, quality and mobile collaboration under /e/OS, the privacy-by-design fork of Android.
Jun 20 2024
Webinar Open Call #5.1
Date: 20/6/2024 16:00 CET
Topic: Open Call Webinar OC5.1
NGI-Search introduced its Open Call #5 on May 29, running to the 29th of July 2024.
In this webinar, you will discover the list of topics for this last NGI Search Open Call, its scope, and ten services offered to beneficiairies. Join us and discover how, when and where to apply in order to receive funding along with business and technical support.
Ready to become an NGI Searcher? Attend this webinar presented by Mirko Presser, NGI Search Project lead.
Jun 12 2024
NGISearch Showcased at OW2con'24
RENEE RIDGWAY Presents NGI Search at OW2con'24
June 11-12, 2024 in Paris, BTECH Post-Doc Renée Ridgway presented the NGI Search project at the Open Source Community Annual Conference (OW2con'24). The two-day conference showcases Open Source software in modern information systems developed and implemented by people from around the world. This year added a special focus–– financing open source and the commons.
Stand-Up Meeting #4
Date & Time: 12/06/2024 at 14:30 CEST
Place: NGI Breakout Session at OW2con'24
Attendees: 20 including 14 remotely
Moderated by Renée Ridgway, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher at the SHAPE Centre, Aarhus University, School of Communication and Culture Department of Digital Design and Information Studies/BTECH, this meeting is part of OW2con'24. It allows NGI beneficiairies to provide a short presentation of their objectives and outcomes, then a free discussion to explore new collaboration opportunities.
Video Replay and more about the StandUp Meeting #4
Jun 11 2024
OW2Con'24 announcing NGI Search Final Open Call
Date: 11-12 June 2024
Conference: OW2 Annual Conference
Place: Paris Châtillon, Orange Gardens
Number of attendees expected: 200
Renée Ridgway, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher at the SHAPE Centre, School of Communication and Culture Department of Digital Design and Information Studies/BTECH Aarhus University fosters OW2con'24 attendees to study the final NGI Search open call running from early June to the end of July 2024.
Moreover, several NGI Searchers from recent open calls participate at OW2con’24, to present their outcomes. They also evaluate synergy opportunies during a dedicated breakout session.
OW2con’24 Press Release
NGI Search Beneficiary Projects Hightlighted at OW2con’24
This year OW2 annual conference showcases NGI Search beneficiary outcomes with demos and discussions in the main Hall community corner, and during a dedicated breakout session.
Paris, 11 June 2024 - OW2, the international community of professional open source software is offering excellent networking opportunities to open source contributors and users, next June 11-12, 2024 at Orange Gardens in Paris-Châtillon.
The 15th edition of OW2con is bringing together developers, companies, academics and non-profit organizations. The conference also welcomes Tunisia as Invited Country and highlights three OW2 projects as Community, Market, and Technology OW2con’24 Best Project Awards. This event is made possible thanks to 12 open source sponsors: NGI Search, NGI Zero Commons Fund, Collabora Online, Huawei, Orange, Worteks, City of Paris, Rocket.chat, Xwiki, OnlyOffice, MAIF, and OpenUp.
During both days, more than 200 international developers have a chance to discuss with several dozens of speakers, partners and members of the community, including NGI Searchers. The central theme of this edition is “Funding Open Source Software and Digital Commons". All participants are able to find out more about the 5th NGI Search open call (June-July 2024) and ongoing NGI Zero Commons Fund EU open calls.
Read the full NGI Search at OW2con'24 Press Release …
Jun 05 2024
May 13 2024
The Open Call 4 NGI Searchers are announced
Date: Monday 13 May 2024
Time: 09:45-12:00
Place: OC4 KickOff Web Conference
This by invitation only event kicks off the NGI Search project beneficiaries from the open call #4.
Discover the selected projects and listen to the OC4 NGI Searcher podcasts …
May 06 2024
NGI Impact Benchmarked by Gartner Consulting
Title: Benchmarking the Impact of the Next Generation Internet Initiative
Author: Clémentine Valayer – Gartner Consulting
Date: April 2024
The NGI program has had a significant impact in shaping an EU tech landscape that is sustainable, sovereign, and aligned with EU policy and values. This benchmark study evaluates the impact of NGI projects based on criteria such as alignment with EU Digital rights, enabling EU legislation, impact on standardisation, provision of alternative solutions, and sustainability. The study aims to provide quantitative and qualitative insights into the NGI portfolio's performance and technological building blocks, as well as recommendations for the future evolution of the initiative. The findings aim to inform policy-making decisions and shape future work programs.