The document summarizes an international Future Internet Public Private Partnership (FI-PPP) session held in Berlin on November 28, 2013.
It discusses the FI-PPP programme architecture and timeline, highlighting several projects including FIspace, which aims to develop a business collaboration service to facilitate seamless cross-organizational collaboration using Internet-connected technologies.
It also provides an overview of the FIspace platform and trial sites, which are testing applications in various agri-food, transport, and logistics use cases to demonstrate the platform's capabilities.
By Dr Alejandro Ortega-Beltrán, Plant Pathologist, IITA
Aflasafe is not only a new product or input but also a new technology which is often not well understood.As a result, notable resistance and numerous misconceptions abound amongst different stakeholders about both the technology and the product. Many questions have been asked – and continue to be asked – about the product, Aflasafe, the mechanism of bio-control and how the aflatoxin reduction occurs. During this conference, we will focus on answering some of the most commonly asked questions while highlighting the critical control points in the Aflasafe development process, and recent improvements in the Aflasafe manufacturing process. We will also hear on experiences and best practice in Aflasafe manufacturing, and factory set-up and operation, whilst we also deliberate on the role of the regulators in ensuring product safety and efficacy, both before registration, and thereafter under licensed manufacturing. We will briefly learn about aflatoxin quantification in the field and share some of the lessons learnt to ensure correct and timely application of Aflasafe.
OBJECTIVES
• Understand the science of Aflasafe, the mechanism of bio-control and commercial-scale Aflasafe manufacturing process.
• Be abreast of recent process improvements.
• Understand the essentials on product safety, and the role of aflatoxin testing in validating efficacy.
• Demonstrate the efficacy of Aflasafe in market development.
• Tackle misconceptions, and understand the limitations of the technology.
• How to optimise user support – what must be done, by whom and by when.
Global food traceability market (tracking technologies) to reach $14.1 billio...Lita Person
The Food traceability (tracking technologies) market is growing at a healthy rate with increasing awareness about food safety among governments and consumers. Governments across the globe are making regulations to track food as it is directly concerned with consumer health.
Presentation of the FI-PPP use case projects SmartAgriFood and FIspace to a group of Agri-Food and ICT stakeholders in the Netherlands that are potentially interested in the open call in the FIspace project and phase 3 projects.
By Dr Alejandro Ortega-Beltrán, Plant Pathologist, IITA
Aflasafe is not only a new product or input but also a new technology which is often not well understood.As a result, notable resistance and numerous misconceptions abound amongst different stakeholders about both the technology and the product. Many questions have been asked – and continue to be asked – about the product, Aflasafe, the mechanism of bio-control and how the aflatoxin reduction occurs. During this conference, we will focus on answering some of the most commonly asked questions while highlighting the critical control points in the Aflasafe development process, and recent improvements in the Aflasafe manufacturing process. We will also hear on experiences and best practice in Aflasafe manufacturing, and factory set-up and operation, whilst we also deliberate on the role of the regulators in ensuring product safety and efficacy, both before registration, and thereafter under licensed manufacturing. We will briefly learn about aflatoxin quantification in the field and share some of the lessons learnt to ensure correct and timely application of Aflasafe.
OBJECTIVES
• Understand the science of Aflasafe, the mechanism of bio-control and commercial-scale Aflasafe manufacturing process.
• Be abreast of recent process improvements.
• Understand the essentials on product safety, and the role of aflatoxin testing in validating efficacy.
• Demonstrate the efficacy of Aflasafe in market development.
• Tackle misconceptions, and understand the limitations of the technology.
• How to optimise user support – what must be done, by whom and by when.
Global food traceability market (tracking technologies) to reach $14.1 billio...Lita Person
The Food traceability (tracking technologies) market is growing at a healthy rate with increasing awareness about food safety among governments and consumers. Governments across the globe are making regulations to track food as it is directly concerned with consumer health.
Presentation of the FI-PPP use case projects SmartAgriFood and FIspace to a group of Agri-Food and ICT stakeholders in the Netherlands that are potentially interested in the open call in the FIspace project and phase 3 projects.
This presentation was held at the FI-PPP phase 3 workshop, 6-7 March in Brussels. Especially explaining how and on what conditions phase 3 projects can use the FIspace platform.
Presentation for a Chinese delegation from the Fujian province that did a study tour in The Netherlands. I presented the work LEI Wageningen UR is doing on Information Management & ICT in Agri-Food by highlighting project work.
A delegation from John Deere (Mannheim) visited WageningenUR to discuss research trends and explore opportunities to collaborate in the future. FIspace was presented as a possibility to collaborate on ICT development.
Presented FIspace in a session at the 2nd European Conference on Future Internet (ECFI) where the FIware accelerators in agri-food were also presenting how they were planning to build upon FIWARE and FIspace.
Future Internet and the FIspace Platform for Agri-Food business at WCCA2014Sjaak Wolfert
Presentation that was held at the World Congress on Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources, 29 July 2014 San Jose, Costa Rica.
I presented work from all 3 phases of the FI-PPP program and how we started this from projects in The Netherlands.
Presentation for a group of employees of Centric, a large software consultancy company. It provides an illustration of how IoT is currently being developed in farming, agri-logistics and food consumption. It also addresses the technical and organizational challenges that have to be overcome to make IoT application in agri-food a success. Open platforms and software development and above all appropriate business models are key issues that have to be addressed. The new EU-project "Internet of Food and Farm 2020" will address these issues by fostering a collaborative IoT ecosystem to upscale the use of IoT in agri-food.
Large ICT-projects in Agri-Food in EuropeSjaak Wolfert
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to be a real game changer that will drastically improve productivity and sustainability in food and farming. However, current IoT applications in this domain are still fragmentary and mainly used by a small group of early adopters. The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 Large-Scale Pilot (IoF2020) addresses the organizational and technological challenges to overcome this situation by fostering a large-scale uptake of IoT in the European food and farming domain. The heart of the project is formed by a balanced set of multi-actor trials that reflect the diversity of the food and farming domain. Each trial is composed of well-delineated use cases developing IoT solutions for the most relevant challenges of the concerned subsector. The project conducts 5 trials with a total of 19 use cases in arable, dairy, fruits, vegetables and meat production. IoF2020 embraces a lean multi-actor approach that combines the development of Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) in short iterations with the active involvement of various stakeholders. The architectural approach supports interoperability of multiple use case systems and reuse of IoT components across them. Use cases are also supported in developing business and solving governance issues. The IoF2020 ecosystem and collaboration space is established to boost the uptake of IoT in Food and Farming and pave the way for new innovations.
Presented FIspace at a matchmaking event in The Netherlands for the FIWARE Accelerator FInish. Also the other accelerators SmarAgriFood, Fractals and SpeedUP!Europe were mentioned.
New technologies such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing are expected to leverage the current
trend of Smart Farming, introducing more sensors, robots and artificial intelligence, encompassed by the
phenomenon of Big Data.
This presentation will give a quick insight into the state-of-the-art of Big Data applications in Smart Farming
and identify the related challenges that have to be addressed. It shows that the scope of Big Data
applications in Smart Farming goes beyond the farm; it is influencing the entire food supply chain. Big data
are being used to provide predictive insights in farming operations, drive real-time operational decisions, and
redesign business processes for game-changing business models.
It is expected that Big Data will cause major shifts in roles and power relations among different players in
current food supply chain networks. The landscape of stakeholders exhibits an interesting game between
powerful tech companies, venture capitalists and often small startups and new entrants. At the same time
there are several public institutions that publish open data, under the condition that the privacy of persons
must be guaranteed. The future of Smart Farming may unravel in a continuum of two extreme scenarios: 1)
closed, proprietary systems or 2) open, collaborative systems.
The development of data and application infrastructures (platforms and standards) and their institutional
embedment will play a crucial role in the battle between these scenarios. A major challenge is therefore to
cope with governance issues and define suitable business models for data sharing in different supply chain
scenarios.
The Internet of Things for Food - An integrated socio-economic and technologi...Sjaak Wolfert
The domain of agri-food is increasingly being digitized through the introduction of all kind of smart devices and software: the Internet of Things (IoT). I distinguish 4 application areas in which IoT and the digital transformation is expected to bring big changes and where data will play an increasingly larger role:
1. Digital data is becoming more important for decision-making for actors at any level of the agri-food supply chain: from farmers, through logistic providers to consumers.
2. The same data is essential for food integrity, providing assurance to consumers and other stakeholders about safety, authenticity and quality of food.
3. Public decision-making for societal challenges such as food security, climate change, healthy food and nutrition could also tap into these data instead of using separate censuses and statistics which are usually lagging behind.
4. Finally, this digitization is driven by fast developments in science and technology (S&T), such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Blockchain, etc. At the same time, advancements in data science also heavily rely on the data that is being generated by the application of data-driven research; simply put: no big data analytics without big data.
Now it could be expected that this is purely a technological development. However, I will show how the organisational development is equally important, coining an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach. The heart of this approach is formed by use cases in which digital solutions are designed, tested & implemented and evaluated in a real-life environment, following a cyclic, iterative development path. It is supported by (i) data science and information management, (ii) business modelling, governance & ethics and (iii) ecosystem development. The approach will be demonstrated by an existing example from the wine sector.
The outline of this presentation consists of three parts. First, I will describe the trends and developments concerning the digital transformation of the agri-food sector. This will conclude with the definition of the innovation challenge for digital innovation in this sector. Then I will introduce an integrated innovation approach to address this challenge. Finally, I will use a real-life example from pig production to illustrate how this approach works in practice. Finally, I will end up with some conclusions.
I showed how the digital transformation of the agri-food sector is taking place and that there is a clear potential for sustainable food systems. Through the digital transformation a lot of data is produced which can be used for multiple purposes. You have learned that digital innovation is not only about technology, but that technical and organizational issues should be addressed, at the same time. Therefore, digital innovation should take place in a real-life context by use case projects, following a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, agile approach.
If you are interested in more details about the Pig Farm Management, contact Jarissa Maselyne from ILVO. I encourage you to join the SmartAgriHubs community by registering in the Innovation Portal and you can also come to the final event in Lisbon within a few weeks. Hundreds of stakeholders and more than 20 partner projects are coming together to share experiences on Digital Innovation in the Agri-Food sector. You are also welcome to subscribe to our on-line course that is enabled by Wageningen Academy. And finally, if you want to know more about how we deal with data in Wageningen, contact the Wageningen Data Competence Center.
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https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
FIspace use case presentation at Fokus FUSECO forum, Berlin 28 nov2013
1. Future Internet
Business Collaboration
Networks in Agri-Food,
Transport & Logistics
International FI-PPP session at Fokus
FUSECO Forum, Berlin, 28 Nov. 2013
Sjaak Wolfert
Project Coordinator
Wageningen UR (NL)
3. Motivation and Impact
Future Internet
will facilitate:
Forwarder
Carriers
Consultants
■ … seamless cross-organizational
collaboration (information
Production
Plants
Consumers
Features
Collaboration & Communication
New Services & Apps
Machine-2-Machine Communication
Banks
End-2-End Visibility
High-Quality Customer Applications
Insurances
Ports
Customs Authorities
exchange, communication,
coordination of activities)
■ …unprecedented transparency,
visibility and control of processes
(using Internet-connected sensors and
IoT devices)
■ …rapid, easy, low cost
development and deployment of
customized solutions (apps and
services)
Agri-Food, Transport and Logistics:
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EU turnover: 1,500 billion €
Efficiency: 148-220 billion € savings
Sustainability: 26.5% of CO2 emissions
■ …agile formation of business
networks and ecosystems (social
networks and app/service markets)
4. The FIspace B2B Collaboration Service
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Successful business relationships and operations require businesses to collaborate
Collaboration = to work with another person or group in order to achieve or do
something
The FIspace B2B Collaboration Service is being developed to allow businesses to work
with one another to more effectively and efficiently accomplish their strategic and
tactical objectives
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5. Technical Overall Platform Approach
Extension Mechanism 1:
Addition of value-add functionality through Apps
User
App 1
App 3
Collab.
Workflow 1
App n
…
Collab.
Workflow k
…
FIspace: Extensible SaaS
Deployed in
the Cloud
Generic Enablers
Extension
Mechanism 2:
Configurable
Collaborative
Workflows
Future Internet Core Platform
Ubiquitous
Broadband
Connectivity
Real World
Integration
Infrastructure
Virtualization
Service Provisioning
& Consumption
Security &
Reliability
Tool Support
I2ND
IoT
Cloud
IoS
SPT
FI-CODE
5
6. FIspace platform High Level Architecture
Trial 1
Front-End
FIspace
Store
GENERIC ENABLERS
Real-time B2B
Collaboration
Core
I2ND
IoT
IoC
IoS
System & Data Integration
S&T
Security, Privacy, and Trust Management
DEVELOPMENT
TOOLKIT
Operating Environment
Validation
Trial 2
Development Toolkit
Base Technologies
Trial 3
Trial 4
Trial 5
Trial 6
Trial 7
Trial 8
7. Use Case Trial Experimentation Sites
Farming in the Cloud
Intelligent Perishable
Goods Logistics
Smart Distribution
and Consumption
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51
4
6
2
8
7
1. Crop Protection
Information Sharing
2. Greenhouse Management
& Control
3. Fish Distribution and (Re-)
Planning
4. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Quality Assurance
5. Flowers and Plants Supply
Chain Monitoring
6. Meat Information
Provenance
7. Import and Export of
Consumer Goods
8. Tailored Information for
Consumers
FIspace cloud hosting
9. Associated partners
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Borborema Group (Brasil)
Centre of Excellence in Farm Business Management (New Zealand)
China Telecom Corporation Limited Beijing Research Institute (China)
EDEKA (Germany)
Eurofins GmbH (Germany)
European Retail Academy
Future Logistics Living Lab (Australia)
Global G.A.P. c/o FoodPlus GmbH
JOHN DEERE GmbH & Co. KG European Technology Innovation Center
ORGAINVENT (Germany)
Pardalis (USA)
Sebrea Minas Gerais (Brasil)
Union Fleurs aisbl
Westfleisch eG (Germany)
10. Supporting partners
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Agroconnect
Tuinbouw Digitaal/Greenport Digital
Community
Centre for Agroecology and Food
Security. Coventry University (UK)
Geomations SA
Koninklijke Maatschap
Wilhelminapolder
PASEGES
GreenHouse in Nafpaktos
Maatschap Hamster
Maatschap Wage
Nursery Greenhouse in east Peloponese
ZLTO
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Koc Holding
Tupras
Gaia association
Yasad
Universiy of Pireaus Research
Centre / TNS Living Lab
NICTA
TUBISAD
ITA Aragon
Ministry of Rural development and
food
Malaga city
11. Apps running on the FIspace platform
FIspace Platform
Initial Apps (Common functions)
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Product information Service App
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Logistics Planning Service App
•
Business Profile App
•
Marketplace Operations App
•
Realtime Business SLA Management App
Domain Apps (Specific functions)
•
To be specified and developed according to
requirements of the trials
Domain Apps through open call
•
To be specified and developed according to
requirements of the trials but developed by additional
partners
Apps can be
“mashed up”
and integrated
into the
companies’
workflows.
12. FIspace platform High Level Architecture
Trial 1
Front-End
Open Call
FIspace
GENERIC ENABLERS
(1.35 M€, closing
Store
18 Dec. 2013)
Real-time B2B
Collaboration
Core
I2ND
IoT
IoC
IoS
System & Data Integration
S&T
Security, Privacy, and Trust Management
DEVELOPMENT
TOOLKIT
Operating Environment
Validation
Trial 2
Development Toolkit
Base Technologies
Trial 3
Trial 4
Trial 5
Trial 6
Trial 7
Trial 8
13. Open Call: List of apps
Nr. Trial
1 Crop Protection Information Sharing
Apps
Formulation of weather scenario
Bad weather alert
Hiker app
Greenhouse Crop Monitoring
Greenhouse Crop Analyzer
2 Green House Management &
Control
3 Fish Distribution and (Re-)Planning
Booking Probably app
Find Cargo Replacement app
Pricing Proposal app
Inventory Management of RTI Packaging (BOXMAN)
4 Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Quality
Assurance
5 Flowers and Plants Supply Chain
Monitoring
Botanic Info App
Time Temperature Planning App
6 Meat Information Provenance
7 Import and Export of Consumer
Goods
Meat Transparency System App - Query EPCIS
repositories
Meat Transparency System App – Discovering data
sources (EPCIS repositories)
Meat Transparency System for aggregating traceability
information
Transport Demand App
Shipment Status App
Manual Event and Deviation Reporting App
8 Tailored Information for Consumers
Risk Management in the Distribution of FFV (RISKMAN)
Shopping list & Recipes
Augmented reality Product Info
Push Information
e.g. 125-150 k€
14. Towards FI-PPP phase 3
Call 1
Call 2
Call 3
CONCORD
USE CASES
Capacity Building
INFINITY
2010
FINEST
INSTANT MOBILITY
SMARTAGRIFOOD
Use case
FINSENY
scenarios
SAFECITY
OUTSMART
FI-CONTENT
ENVIROFI
XIFI
FIspace
Use case
platforms
Finesce
2012
Phase 1
Expansion of
200 – 250 new
Apps? Cases
Use
Large
ecosystem
FI-CONTENT 2
FI-STAR
FITMAN
Platform components
FI-WARE
2011
4-5 projects using
FIspace platform?
TF Extension and Usage
2013
Phase 2
2014
2015
Phase 3
15. (converging)
Industries
FIspace Ecosystem Development
Farming & Manufacturing
(Producers, Farmers, Manufacturers, Suppliers, ..)
Base Technologies
Transport & Logistics
Wholesale & Retail
(Forwarder, Carriers, 3PL / 4PL, Ports, …) (Warehouses, Supermarkets, Stores, …)
Service Sector
(Banks, Insurances, Authorities, ..´)
ICT Industry
(going to the Cloud)
Value-Added Service Providers
(+ follow up)
GENERIC ENABLERS
I2ND
IoT
IoC
IoS
Cloud Operators &
Infrastructure Providers
S&T
DEVELOPMENT
TOOLKIT
Validation
Software & Solution Providers
These sectors together have a huge potential impact on the European economy and society.EU turnover: 1,500 billion €Efficiency: 148-220 billion € savingsSustainability: 26.5% of CO2 emissionsHere you see a picture of the business network we are dealing with (farmers, carriers, retail, customs, etc.)They are challenged by all kind of ICT-related developments, such as:High-quality customer applications, end2end visibility, M2M communication, etc.But there are currently still quite some bottlenecks to be solved, such as:Interoperability between current inter-enterprise information systems (still use of paper, fax, phone, etc.)Tracking and tracing possibilities are still limited (especially e.g. if you want to know what happened to your food between production and consumption)Especially for SMEs, software is relatively expensive, while the need for flexible, customized solutions has increasedThese bottlenecks are the reason for current limited and rather fixed business collaboration networks, hampering innovation in generalThrough conceptual prototypes in phase 1 we have made it plausible that FI will significantly contribute to overcoming these bottlenecks by facilitating:...seamless cross-organizational collaboration…unprecedented transparency, visibility and control of processes…rapid, easy, low cost development and deployment of customized solutions…agile formation of business networks and ecosystems
This will be achieved by the FIspace platform, which is a cloud-based solution for business collaboration.This platform is represented by the big rectangle in the middle, consisting of several components:FIspace store (similar to the Apple App Store or Google Play), which offers a range of apps and services supporting B2B collaborationBecause apps are characterized by simple, lightweight functionalities, this collaboration is supported by a B2B collaboration core that handles object states, event handling, (re-)planning processes, etc.Further embedding and integration is supported by the other layers:System & Data IntegrationSecurity, Privacy and Trust managementAnd an operating environment to make it runningThe apps are planned to be developed through the open call in Phase 2 and large scale expansion in Phase 3. Therefore we develop and offer aSoftware development toolkitFinally, the whole platform is approachable through front-ends, which are typicallycockpit-type of web browser applicationsAll these components will use, and therewith validate, several GEs from FI-Ware and - at the other side – eight trials will validate and demonstrate the FIspace platform
These trials are largely a continuation and extension of the pilots that were started in phase 1. They are categorized into three themes:Farming in the cloud (e.g. crop protection information sharing)Intelligent Perishable Goods Logistics (e.g. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Supply Chain Monitoring)Smart Distribution and Consumption (Import and Export of Consumer Goods)The trials are concentrated at several locations all over Europe, but since most of them concern international supply chains, the actual scope is much larger.All trials use similar functions of the FIspace platform (especially within one theme; as indicated by the connections) and therewith GEs
Red rectangles: new partners that were not in SmartAgriFood or FInest
This will be achieved by the FIspace platform, which is a cloud-based solution for business collaboration.This platform is represented by the big rectangle in the middle, consisting of several components:FIspace store (similar to the Apple App Store or Google Play), which offers a range of apps and services supporting B2B collaborationBecause apps are characterized by simple, lightweight functionalities, this collaboration is supported by a B2B collaboration core that handles object states, event handling, (re-)planning processes, etc.Further embedding and integration is supported by the other layers:System & Data IntegrationSecurity, Privacy and Trust managementAnd an operating environment to make it runningThe apps are planned to be developed through the open call in Phase 2 and large scale expansion in Phase 3. Therefore we develop and offer aSoftware development toolkitFinally, the whole platform is approachable through front-ends, which are typicallycockpit-type of web browser applicationsAll these components will use, and therewith validate, several GEs from FI-Ware and - at the other side – eight trials will validate and demonstrate the FIspace platform