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Kick-off meeting of CORA project in Kortrijk, Belgium
The project partners kicked off CORA – COnnecting Remote Areas with digital infrastructure and services on 6-8 November in Kortrijk, Belgium. During the three days of intensive work, CORA project partners discussed their ambitious plans and activities to...
This was aconium’s Governmental Workshop at BBWF 2017
In the framework of the BBWF Conference 2017, aconium GmbH organized the “Governmental Workshop” on 24 October. Over 100 experts, decision makers and representatives from local, regional and national authorities from Germany and the EU member states...
aconium GmbH brings together German broadband stakeholders in Berlin
From 24 to 26 October the trade fair and conference „digital regions – today and tomorrow“ organized by aconium GmbH took place in Berlin for the first time ever. In the context of the Broadband World Forum 2017 – an international meeting place for...
Project Idea Café at the BSSSC Annual Conference 2017, 22 September
The Project Idea Café is an opportunity for project idea owners to present their projects to potential partners and funding programmes, to discuss their project ideas with partners as well as to learn about selected funding programmes in the region. Five...
Kickoff meeting of EPIC project in Barcelona
At the end of September, project partners of EPIC – improving employability through internationalisation and collaboration – met in Barcelona. Amongst them employees of aconium GmbH. On 21 and 22 September, the EPIC partner consortium met for the first...
Introducing the finalists of the European Broadband Awards 2017
The jury selected 15 finalists of the European Broadband Awards 2017. Find out who are the nominated projects. The winners will be awarded on 20 November at the Broadband Days 2017. Altogether 49 projects from 20 countries from all over Europe applied for...
Broadband Competence Offices from Europe met in Brussels
The first thematic group meeting of the BCO network took place on 15 and 16 May 2017 in Brussels. White area mapping, cost reduction directive and demand aggregation were the main topics of the event, complemented by a field trip to northern France. Federal Broadband Bureau (Breitbandbüro des Bundes) as German BCO took active part in the discussions.
Get to know the European Broadband Award winner from 2016: nöGIG in Lower Austria!
The 3 layer open-access model by nöGIG in Lower Austria is one of the five winners of the European Broadband Awards 2016. The project is an excellent example of striving for openness and competition in broadband as it implements a three-layer open access model with point to point FTTH networks in underserved rural areas, combining attractive prices for private and business end users with large choice of service providers. Are you also involved in a project that is providing citizens with access to high-speed broadband internet? Apply for the European Broadband Award 2017 until the 7th of September 2017!
Introducing our project Colibri at the „International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning“
Our Erasmus+-funded project Colibri will be introduced under the title “Blended Learning and Problem Based Learning in a multinational and multidisciplinary setting“ at the Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL) in Bogotá in early July. Besides aconium, two more companies and seven universities from all over Europe are involved in the project. The presentation will particularly address the challenges universities and companies are facing nowadays and discuss the approaches from Colibri.
Apply for the European Broadband Awards 2017
You are involved in a project that is providing citizens with access to high-speed broadband internet? Apply for the European Broadband Award 2017!
Smart Cities Partnership – Innovation for E-Service
Following a comprehensive relaunch of the journal “Information on Spatial Development”, the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) devoted the first new issue to the subject of “Smart Cities”.
aconium contributed in the journal by sharing its expertise in the field of smart cities as well as the experience form the transnational project in the North Sea Region “Smart Cities – better life?”. Please find a summary here:
Midway seminar of the Erasmus+-funded project Colibri (“Collaboration for Better, Personalized and IT-Supported Teaching”)
Colibri, an Erasmus+ funded project, aims to improve the quality of academic offering through innovative teaching methods. It takes place in three consecutive years, offering one-semester courses for students from seven universities from all over Europe. This year´s midway seminar from 18 to 22 April in Barcelona supported the collaboration between as well as the personal guidance of the students.