5G for Smart Communities Support Platform

The 5G for Smart Communities (5GSC) Platform, together with the European Commission, organised in 2023 a series of 5GSC Capacity Building Sessions.

These sessions aimed to foster the exchange of best practices and examples within the 5G community, while empowering potential applicants in the project planning and application writing processes for the upcoming 3rd call of CEF Digital 5G for Smart Communities.

The capacity building sessions spanned over the course of seven sessions, from 1st June 2023 to 7th December 2023. Below were the details for each session:

Thursday, 1st June 2023, 10:00-11:30 CEST - ONLINE

• Welcome and introduction: Eric Gaudillat, Head of Sector, DG CNECT

• Importance of use cases: Bernadett Koteles-Degrendele, DG CNECT

• Focus on education, healthcare, public security, mobility, agriculture, and others: Emarildo Bani, Senior Consultant, IDATE Consulting

• Q&A session

Recording & Presentation Slides

• Click here for the recording of the first 5GSC Capacity Building Session

• Click here to download presentation slides by DG CNECT

• Click here to download presentation slides by Emarildo Bani, IDATE Consulting

Thursday, 22nd June 2023, 10:00-11:30 CEST - ONLINE

• Welcome and introduction: Frederic Pujol, Team Leader, 5GSC Support Platform

• Presentation of first healthcare use case: 5G4UH: 5G for University Hospital - a brief overview: Frédéric Pujol, Project Manager, 5GSC Support Platform

• Presentation of second healthcare use case: Flanders Smart Fields: 5G Rural Coverage for Innovative Healthcare Services in the Westhoek
  Speakers: Caroline Gheysen, Director of Innovation, Jan Yperman hospital and Tim Cleys, Manager Healthcare Integration Services, Helicus

• Presentation of third healthcare use case: 5G for a Smart Sicilian Academic Campus & Hospital 
  Speakers: Valentina Di Cristo, Program Manager, Vodafone and Prof. Salvatore Vitabile, University of Palermo

• Q&A session

Recording & Presentation Slides

• Click here for the recording of the second 5GSC Capacity Building Session

• Click here to download presentation slides by Frederic Pujol, Project Manager, 5GSC Support Platform

• Click here to download presentation slides by Caroline Gheysen, Jan Yperman Hospital

• Click here to download presentation slides by Valentina Di Cristo, Vodafone and Prof. Salvatore Vitabile, University of Palermo

Thursday, 6th July 2023, 10:00-11:30 CEST - ONLINE

• Welcome and introduction: Frédéric Pujol, Team Leader of the 5GSC Support Platform

• What is a campus network? Speaker: Olivier Duroyon, Nokia

• IoT and edge computing applications for smart communities: Speaker: Dr Ovidiu Vermesan, WG Research and Innovation Chair, AIOTI

• Use case: 5G AgriTech HUB: Speaker: Dr. Gábor Pete, Vodafone Hungary

• Q&A session

Recording & Presentation Slides

• Click here for the recording of the third 5GSC Capacity Building Session

• Click here to download presentation slides by Olivier Duroyon, Nokia

• Click here to download presentation slides by Ovidiu Vermesan, Alliance for the Internet of Things Innovation

• Click here to download presentation slides by Dr. Gábor Pete, Vodafone Hungary

Thursday, 7th September 2023, 10:00-11:30 CEST - ONLINE

• Welcome and Introduction: Frédéric Pujol, Team Leader, 5GSC Support Platform

• Introduction to 5G infrastructure set up and sharing options Basics of 5G deployment architecture Infrastructure sharing scenarios for Smart Community projects:

  • Wholesale access

  • Neutral networks

  Jean-Luc Lemmens, 5G expert, 5GSC Support Platform and iDATE

• Innovative use cases, 5G Densification: William Diego, Senior Innovation Manager, Cellnex Telecom

• The role of Towercos in neutral-host infrastructure provision, ATC’s view and experience: Dragan Jovanovic, Director Public Affairs & Communications for Europe, ATC Europe and Laurent Benet, Innovation and Business Development, ATC France

• Q&A: The session will be moderated by the 5GSC SP

Recording & Presentation Slides

• Click here for the recording of the fourth 5GSC Capacity Building Session

• Click here to download presentation slides by Jean-Luc Lemmens, iDATE

• Click here to download presentation slides by William Diego, Cellnex Telecom

• Click here to download presentation slides by Dragan Jovanovic, ATC Europe, and Laurent Benet, ATC France

Thursday, 5th October 2023, 10:00-11:30 CEST – ONLINE

• Consortia legal set-up, partners selection, eligibility and digital security requirements: Anne Ingeborg van Luijn, CEF Digital expert, Schuman Associates

• Long-term sustainability of the project and revenues from the project use case: Anne Ingeborg van Luijn, CEF Digital expert, Schuman Associates

• Demonstration of 5GSC.eu matchmaking tool: Angelo Cerqueti, Event Manager at 5GSC SP

• Q&A session

Recording & Presentation Slides

• Click here for the recording of the fifth 5GSC Capacity Building Session

• Click here to download presentation slides by Anne Ingeborg van Luijn, Schuman Associates

Thursday, 19th October 2023, 10:00-11:00 CEST – ONLINE

• Welcome and introduction: Jan Droge, 5GSC Support Platform

• Announcement of CEF Digital Call 3: Stavros Kalapothas, Policy Officer, DG CNECT 

• Working in consortia and with sub-contractors, co-funding rules and eligible costs: Anne Ingeborg van Luijn, CEF expert, Schuman Associates

• Q&A session

Recording & Presentation Slides

• Click here for the recording of the sixth 5GSC Capacity Building Session

• Click here to download presentation slides by Anne Ingeborg van Luijn, Schuman Associates

Thursday, 7th December 2023, 10:00-11:30 CET – ONLINE

• Welcome and introduction: Jan Dröge, 5GSC Support Platform

• Basic principles of proposal management, including the bid process, work plan, work packages, consortium roles and responsibilities, and eligibility and selection criteria: Brian Cochrane, Senior Manager, Schuman Associates & Matteo Schmid, Account Executive, Schuman Associates

• Support available to applicants, overview of 5GSC platform: Angelo Cerqueti, 5GSC Support Platform

• Q&A session 

• Project Pitches

Recording & Presentation Slides

• Click here for the recording of the seventh 5GSC Capacity Building Session

• Click here to download presentation slides by Brian Cochrane, Schuman Associates

Project Pitches

• OdinS

• Benetel

• Aircision