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“M-Sec will open a marketplace where people can exchange data, services & IoT devices through virtual currencies”: Interview with Vanessa Clemente, M-Sec EU coordinator

07/06/2019

Vanessa Clemente is from Worldline, the European coordinating partner behind the M-Sec project. In this short interview, we sat down with Vanessa to dive deeper into what are the goals of M-Sec project, how Worldline co-ordinates the 12 partner organisations that are behind the project, and to find out more about the development of the […]

What does it mean to support the wellbeing of the elderly using technology?

04/06/2019

The population of the world is increasingly an elderly one. With rising numbers of births, better healthcare and quality of life, the percentage of elderly people in our commnunities is set to grow year on year. Elderly populations are facing lonliness and isolation, as well as health problems that come with age – from remembering […]

M-Sec partners in Fujisawa: a look into project progress, Mount Fuji, and 2020 Olympics!

17/04/2019

On 9-11 April 2019, the universities, research centres and tech companies working together on the M-Sec project met in Fujisawa, Japan. This was the first time that the European partners had travelled to Japan for the project, closing the circle of the partners visiting each other’s corners of the world. You can read about when […]

M-Sec project partners to meet in Fujisawa, by Japan’s famous ‘Sustainable Smart Town’, to discuss project progress

12/02/2019

In just a few short months, in April 2019 the partners behind the M-Sec project will meet in person in Fujisawa, Japan, for the second project meeting. Fujisawa is a city located in the south part of the Kanagawa area, with an estimated population of 429,317 people and a population density of 6,171 people per […]

M-Sec joins discussions on innovation with the EU, Japan and Korea

10/12/2018

M-Sec networked and shared ideas with similar cross-border initiatives at the session at the session ‘EU, Japan and Korea collaboration for breakthrough innovation’. Europe, Japan and Korea are strategic partners to address the world’s current challenges such as global warming, economic crisis, security threats, inequality, natural disasters and ageing society. On 3 December, professionals from […]

Ready to build your smart city? Join the ‘Urban Technology Alliance’

05/12/2018

Join M-Sec in the Urban Technology Alliance, as we build the sustainable and adaptive cities of the future. UTA provides a worldwide testing environment for your smart city solutions, neutral smart city guidance and networking opportunities with cities in Europe, Asia and North America. M-Sec, as a cross border EU-JP project, recognises the importance […]

M-Sec will take part in the exciting EU-Japan Symposium in Vienna!

30/11/2018

Next week, on Monday 3 December, M-Sec will take part in this important event, in which the EU and Japan will continue to work on collaborating in the sectors of 5G, cloud, IoT, Big Data and eHealth. Three of the partners behind M-Sec will attend the EU-Japan ICT Research and Innovation Symposium, representing both the […]

Competition: create a smart city app in 48 hours!

28/11/2018

Develop a Smart City App with real-time data from cities and other data sources, using the FIWARE generic component framework. Show it to the world at the ICT 2018 Conference in Vienna and win prize money totaling 10,000 Euro. Fiware ICT Challenge Vienna Vienna, one of the most innovative cities in the world, has teamed […]

The M-Sec partners meet for the first time in person!

01/11/2018

After weeks of working online and via digital platforms, on 16-18 October 2018, the European and Japanese partners behind M-Sec finally met in person for the first time in Barcelona. M-Sec project, an initiative which aims to create IoT, blockchain, big data and cloud computing solution for smart cities, is run by partners based in […]

The European and Japanese partners behind M-Sec meet in Barcelona, Spain

03/10/2018

On 16-18 October 2018, the global partners behind M-Sec will gather in Barcelona, Spain, for their first in-person meeting. The partners will travel from over Europe and Japan to meet in the ‘Poble Nou’ district of Barcelona. This neighbourhood, whose name aptly means ‘New town’ in Catalan, was originally an area penned for industrial growth […]

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M-Sec partners in Fujisawa: a look into project progress, Mount Fuji, and 2020 Olympics!

M-Sec will take part in the exciting EU-Japan Symposium in Vienna!

Competition: create a smart city app in 48 hours!

The European and Japanese partners behind M-Sec meet in Barcelona, Spain

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