On October 24th, a workshop on Municipal Fiber Networks was hosted by Ghent University/IBBT in Gent. It was co-organized by three projects: the European FP7-project OASE "Optical Access Seamless Evolution", the IBBT-ICON project TERRAIN "Techno-Economic Research for futuRe Access Infrastructure Networks" and the NGInfra project “What are the Public Benefits of Open Access? Evaluating the Social Cost and Benefits of Municipal Fiber Networks.”
At the 50th FITCE congress in Palermo one of the IBBT-UGent researchers got awarded with the 'Best Young Presenter' award for her presentation on “How to measure the success rate of fibre-based access networks.”
For this remarkable performance she received a certificate and money price granted by José Van Ooteghem. Congratulations Marlies!
The EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum (EUROCITIES KSF) brings together over 100 European cities and business partners, offering a platform for the exchange of knowledge among local governments and the organizations they work with. EUROCITIES KSF is a member-driven network currently chaired by the city of Vienna and vice-chaired by the city of Ghent. Its activities in 2011 are supported by five thematic Working Groups on eInclusion, Open Data, Smart Cities; Broadband and the EU Services Directive.
