HUB4NGI

An Innovation Hub for the Next-Generation Internet

H2020 Project, 2017–2018

Started in January 2017, HUB4NGI was the first Coordination and Support Action dedicated to transforming the Next-Generation Internet initiative into an increasingly dynamic, collaborative, vibrant and participatory research and innovation ecosystem. HUB4NGI aimed to offer a collaborative platform to effectively support and coordinate activities across the whole NGI context by combining knowledge, tools and processes to reach and engage top-notch internet researchers and innovators. IDC was responsible for defining a methodology to collect and assess the information in the NGI domain by defining the exact models and templates as well as a database structure to collect data. IDC actively contributed to the definition of procedures to analyse data as well as a KPI infrastructure to measure and assess the initiatives and resources available to stakeholders in the domain.

Key objectives for the project were to:

• Set out a vision for NGI, defining the research scope and priorities, building the community, identifying key players, etc.
• Develop an NGI road map and policy recommendations to help shape and define the 2025 vision
• Support the requirements of the Next-Generation Internet Experimentation for 2020–2025