Digital Sovereignty and Edge Computing within European IPCEI Projects: The 8ra Initiative

23 April 2026 09:00–12:30
Lacabina, Distrito Telefónica , Madrid
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Digital Sovereignty and Edge Computing within European IPCEI Projects: The 8ra Initiative

The IPCEI-CIS community is invited to join an insightful in-person session focused on the evolution of Europe’s digital infrastructure. This event highlights the 8ra Initiative, as a  cornerstone of the European strategy to build a sovereign, distributed, and interoperable Cloud-Edge Continuum.

This session brings together key industry leaders—Telefónica, Arsys, OpenNebula Systems, and Corporación MONDRAGON—to showcase how their respective IPCEI-CIS projects are advancing European digital autonomy.

Attendees will gain a deep dive into how these projects are decentralising data processing, bringing services closer to the end-user, and ensuring that European businesses and public administrations maintain strict control over their data within a multi-vendor, open ecosystem.

Key Discussion Topics

  • The 8ra Initiative: Promoting the Cloud Continuum as a fully interoperable Edge ecosystem.
  • Sovereign Infrastructure: Reducing dependence on non-European providers through distributed Edge Cloud nodes.
  • Latency & Performance: How localized Edge solutions are transforming real-time data processing.
  • Synergies & Use Cases: Practical applications of the IPCEI-CIS framework across different industrial sectors.

 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Guest Reception and Registration
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM | Welcome Address 

  • Rosa Hernanz Gonzalez, Edge Computing Development and Deployment Expert at Telefónica, Mistress of Ceremonies.

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM | European and National Context and Policies, 

  • Jesús Marcos, Cabinet of the Secretariat General for Telecommunications, National Coordinator for IPCEI-CIS · SETELECO.

10:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Demonstrations

  • 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM: Status of the IPCEI "PlanEdge" Project. The CAF Experience as a Use Case.
    o Speaker: Luis Almansa, IT Strategy Expert, Telefónica de España.
  • 10:25 AM - 10:50 AM: Status of the IPCEI Arsys Project. Infrastructure Integration with OpenNebula. Managed LLM System.
    o Speaker: Javier Arnáez, Director of the Innovation Lab at Arsys.
  • 10:50 AM - 11:00 AM: Coffee Break
  • 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM: Status of the MONDRAGON Group IPCEI Project. Predictive Maintenance Use Case in Machine Tools.
    o Speaker: Michel Iñigo, Senior Innovation and Technology Manager.
  • 11:25 AM - 11:50 AM: Status of the IPCEI ONEnextgen Project. Next-Generation European Open-Source Platform for the Cloud-Edge Continuum.
    o Speakers: Alfonso Carrillo, Senior Edge Solutions Architect, and Pablo del Arco, Cloud Engineer; OpenNebula Systems.

11:50 AM - 12:25 PM | Q&A Session
12:25 PM - 12:30 PM | Closing Remarks

  • Rosa Hernanz Gonzalez, Mistress of Ceremonies.