The deadline for GARR Conference call for papers has been extended to 9 September. GARR Conference 2018 “Data (r)evolution” will be held at the University of Cagliari from 3 to 5 October 2018

There are still a few days to participate in the Call for Papers for GARR Conference 2018. The deadline has been extended to the 9 September and the Conference “Data (r)evolution” will take place at the University of Cagliari from 3 to 5 October 2018. 
The central themes of this edition are data, artificial intelligence and technology transfer both to the production sector and to people. We will talk about open data and services, cybersecurity, industry 4.0 and its relationship with research and innovation. We will also discuss how to rethink training and education in order to keep up with the increasingly overwhelming evolution of ICT technologies.

The preliminary program has been published on the event website. On 3 October the Conference will open with two sessions on AI and Cybersecurity, in the following days we will talk about Industry 4.0 in a panel with Francesco Profumo (President of the Bruno Kessler Foundation), Elio Catania (President of Confindustria Digitale) and Sauro Longhi (President of GARR and Dean of the University of Marche Polytechnic). We will talk about training, Open data and much more.

Among the speakers: Raffaele Paci, Vice-President of the Region of Sardinia, Rita Cucchiara, Director of AI Laboratory of CINI, Enrico Nardelli, Professor of Tor Vergata University, Vittorio Midoro, CNR ITD, Shalini Kurapati, Center for Research Data - TU Delft Library As usual, in the days before and after the conference, there will be GARR training opportunities dedicated to the university and research community. For more information on the conference, complete announcement and submission of contributions:

• Full text of the call and forms for submitting contributions on the event website.