Deakin University (DU) is a young contemporary university with a reputation for being innovative, nimble and friendly. Deakin has five campuses, one in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, two in the port city of Geelong and one in Warrnambool on the south-west coast of Victoria. Deakin’s fastest growing campus is in the Cloud where over 13,000 students study predominantly online. Deakin has international offices in South Asia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Latin America. With over 56,000 students. Deakin has over 10,000 international students and its English language Institute (DUELI) is the second largest university English language centre in Australia. The School of Information Technology provides world-class research opportunities and the best in research training for students. Our research groups in software engineering, artificial intelligence and data analytics, distributed systems and IoT, human computer interaction, and IT for future education help advance industry and give our graduates a competitive edge. The School of Information Technology is also aligned with strategic research centres, including the Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CSRI), Deakin Software and Technology Innovation Laboratory (DSTIL), and the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics (PRaDA).

ITMO University (Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics) is a large state university in Saint Petersburg and is one of Russia’s National Research Universities. ITMO University is one of 15 Russian universities that were selected to participate in Russian Academic Excellence Project 5-100 by the government of the Russian Federation to improve their international competitiveness among the world’s leading research and educational centers. Research priorities of ITMO University are concentrated in information and photonic technologies. In the scope of GENIAL, it covers:

• Information and Communication Technologies and Sustainable Development: the development of service-oriented networking (SDN), processing large quantities of data;
• High-performance computing: a study of city processes, the extreme computation and processing of super-large data quantities;
• Refrigeration industry and food industry: energy efficiency technologies for sustainable food processing.

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), launched in 2009 by the University of Luxembourg (Uni.lu), aims to become a European centre of excellence and innovation for secure, reliable, and trustworthy ICT systems and services. With every passing year, SnT becomes larger and larger that is both an indication of the health of the Center and a necessary condition for establishing the SnT as a European center of excellence (by the end of 2014, some 240 people – among which 89 PhD candidates – were active at the Centre). SnT targets research and PhD education and provides a platform for interaction and collaboration between university researchers and external partners (industries, government bodies, institutions, and international actors) through its Partnership program. Also, collaborations with European partners play a very important role in SnT development, which is currently being ramped up through a number of new European projects contributing to increase its visibility. The Security Design and Validation Research Group (SERVAL) is primarily specialized in designing and validating secure systems and software including a wide range of functionalities. The domains of application concern Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, sensor networks, distributed systems, cloud computing, mobile Android apps.

National Aerospace University named after N.E. Zhukovsky “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” (KhAI) is one of the leading engineering Universities in Ukraine. KhAI participates in numerous international collaborative projects with academic and industrial partners from Germany, France, UK, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Greece, USA, Japan, Mexico, China, etc. It is a member of International Association of Universities IAU/UNESCO. Department of Computer Systems, Networks and Cyber Security is one of the most experienced KhAI’s divisions in the international collaboration. The following research and education directions are of the top priority: Green computing and communications; Cloud- and service-oriented systems security, dependability and performance; Safety and security of industrial systems; BigData and Internet of Things.

The Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), has its origins in the School of Apprentices and Artificers founded in 1909. UTFPR has a long and expressive trajectory in professional education, whose history distinguishes it from the traditional or classical universities.
The University remains attentive to its main function as a disseminator of knowledge, seeking to comply with the demands of a nowadays complex world. To do so, offers Technical programs on high school level, Undergraduate (Technology, Bachelor and Teaching Degree), Specialization, Master and Doctorate programs.
UTFPR also plays a social and extension role, interacting with the productive sector and the community, performing applied research and developing cultural and sports projects.

The Institute of Visual Informatics (IVI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) was established on the 1st of July 2010 as one of the multidisciplinary Institute within the structure of UKM, in the field of visual informatics. Visual Informatics represents one of the most challenging and inspiring areas of research in computer science and Information Technology, encompassing areas such as virtual reality, visualization, ubiquitous computing, simulation, intelligent data analytics, computer vision and image processing. IVI has one Principle Investigator, four Senior Research Fellows, seven Research Fellows and ten Associate Fellows. 

Located in the Region of the Araucanía, Chile, the Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) is a state, public institution of higher learning, considered among the best universities in the country based on its remarkable indicators of quality and excellence.
The University offers 45 undergraduate programs, 9 doctoral programs, 31 master’s programs, 17 programs in medical specialties, 5 programs in dentistry specialties, 8 specialty programs in nursing, a specialty program in midwifery, a specialty program in computer science and a specialty program in medical physics. It has over 8,500 students in its undergraduate programs, spread across six Faculties, and more than 800 students in its graduate programs.

The University of Batna 2 (Mostefa Ben Boulaïd) is a non-profit Algerian public University located in Fesdis, Wilaya of Batna in Algeria. It was founded in 1977 as University of Batna and then restructured on July 2015, which led to a split into two distinct universities, namely University of Batna 1 and University of Batna 2. On 4 February 2017, the University was named after the Algerian national Hero Mostefa Ben Boulaïd. Now UB2 University Mostefa Ben Boulaïd is one of the largest Universities in Algeria and Africa with its 33.458 enrolled students and 1,833 staff members.

Founded in 1919, American University in Cairo (AUC) is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of intellectual, social and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty and staff, trustees, alumni and other generous sponsors represent more than 60 countries. The University stands as a crossroads for the world’s cultures and a vibrant forum for reasoned argument, spirited debate and understanding across the diversity of languages, facilities and human experiences.
The University offers 36 undergraduate, 44 master’s and two PhD programs rooted in a liberal arts education that encourages students to think critically and find creative solutions to conflicts and challenges facing both the region and the world. It also offers a globally recognized professional community-based education in English to meet the needs of the dynamic Egyptian and broader regional economies.

The University of Gabès is a public institution, includes 15HEIs (1 Faculty of Science, 1 National School of Engineers, 13 Higher Institutes), located East of Tunisia and covering four territorial governorates. The university offers 34 applied license degrees and 32 fundamental License degrees in various fields:  sciences, engineering, computer science, economics, law and management, humanities and social studies, 16 Research Master Degrees, 25 Professional Master Degrees , Engineering Diploma in 5 specialties, 7 Doctorate graduate studies. The number of students at Gabes University reached 14000.The personal staff of Gabes University is distributed as follows: 1500 academic,  710 administrative and technical staff.Research Laboratories and Units cover various areas of research embracing about 22 research teams.

Since its establishment in 1966, the University of Chittagong has grown to become one of the flagship research-led universities which is known for the excellence of its teaching, research, and services to local, national and international communities.
CU is continuously growing in its quality teaching and in-depth research along with its tangible infra-structural developments with commendable architectural designs. As one of the largest and oldest universities in Bangladesh, it comprises ten faculties including the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Fisheries and Faculty of Medicine.

Located in Canada, in the Province of Quebec, the Université de Sherbrooke is a French-speaking institution that offers you the opportunity to benefit from an academic education that is recognized and valued around the world. 
The Université de Sherbrooke is host to more than 31 000 students, and another 10 000 who are registered at the University of the Third Age. Currently, more than 1600 foreign students from 88 countries worldwide attend the Université de Sherbrooke. More than 82 % of the students enrolled at the Université are from outside Sherbrooke.

Canadian University Dubai (CUD) was established in 2006 to deliver outstanding academic programs based on Canadian curriculum and education principles, and to provide a gateway for students to pursue higher education, research and employment opportunities in Canada.
CUD has now grown to become an institution renowned for academic excellence; a University where students can gain a world-class education in the heart of a world-renowned city. With a wide range of programs across disciplines in Architecture & Interior Design, Communication, Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and Management, students benefit from an education ranked 42nd overall, 8th in the UAE and 2nd in Dubai, based on the 2019 QS Ranking for the Arab Region.

The University of Auckland (UoA) is a research-led university and is recognised as the leading University in New Zealand. It has a strong engagement with national/international industries and international research institutions such as the UK Russell Group, the Canadian U15, and the Australian Group of Eight. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is one of the top ranked Departments in the Faculty of Engineering and the University and currently has more than 1000 undergraduate and more than 120 PhD students. 

The Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) is an Italian Government Agency operating on research, innovation technologies and advanced services in the fields of sustainable economic development and energy. It currently employs around 2,500 people located in 11 research centres throughout Italy. ENEA participates in the project through the Division of Information Systems and ICT Development belonging to the Energy Technologies Department.

The ICT Division has developed highly qualified expertise for what concerns high performance and distributed scientific computing, data transmission networks, heterogeneous systems integrations such as big tools and scientific laboratories, cloud computing, web-based applications, web services for information and communication. ENEA’s ICT Division runs CRESCO, a major High Performance Computing facility, in its research centre located in Portici (Naples).

Marta Chinnici
Senior Researcher
Ph.D. Computational and Computer Science

ENEA, C.R. CASACCIA
Energy Technologies Department, ICT Division 

Orange is important Network operator in 28 countries (mainly in Europe & AMEA) and with 232 million customers and 150 k employees. Orange is a global operator with fixe, mobile and long range network and also with an important business activity. Orange gets an important activity in R&D and innovation and participate to some collaborative projects with academic and is involved also in open innovation. Orange carries out a lot of works to reduce its environmental foot print from the devices to the data center. Some European projects (Operanet2 & SoGreen) have to provide solutions to get this goal. Orange has been involved in eco design for products & services since 2007 and has since the beginning of its own history a huge experience in energy powering & thermal dissipation for all its telecom equipment & technical building. Orange has launch its first thinking in software eco design around 2011, and now the approach is near to be deployed. Orange is also involved in circular economy and is going to launch some project to evaluate what should be the architecture of the boxes (GW & TV decoder) to be in line with the circular economy business model.

Sensing Vision accompanies and equips organizations in their digital transformation through: the development of applications around the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence applied to buildings; the development and provision of Cloud network infrastructure solutions; consulting missions for strategic projects.
Sensing Vision employees are experienced professionals that bring  technical as well as business experience and are able to carry complex missions.

Green IT is a key element of sustainable development. For the players in the digital sector, a major challenge lies in their ability to innovate in this field, while reducing the environmental, economic and social impact of ICT. All their stakeholders, beginning with their customers (also partners), are waiting for rapid and innovative progress in green IT and IT for green. Thus, the players in the digital sector must be able to support their customers as well as possible and accelerate the deployment of sustainable development in organizations.
To meet this new requirement, digital players active in the green IT sector have chosen to organize themselves into a unique structure, Alliance Green IT. Created in 2011, Alliance Green IT (AGIT) regroups more than 30 sustainable digital experts. From energy efficiency inside a data center to the end of equipment life, through the eco-design of websites and online services, its aim is to promote best practices that make digital unique, vector of sustainable growth.

GREENSPECTOR is the editor of the only quality solution dedicated to the efficiency of mobile applications and connected devices. The GREENSPECTOR suite helps business managers to meet their digital goals. It is used by the most demanding companies in terms of mobility, in order to improve their mobile services either for their end users (banks, insurance, media…) or for their own employees (military, transports, logistics, energy & utilities…).

Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile & fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment, & more than 40 percent of the world’s mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks. Using innovation to empower people, business & society, we are working towards the Networked Society, in which every-thing that can benefit from a connection will have one. At Ericsson, we apply our innovation to market-based solutions that empower people & society to help shape a more sustainable world. To do so, we consider as essential to be able to rely on a larger number of experts. 

The Central University of Technology, Free State is a public university of technology in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established in 1981 as “Technikon  Free State.” As part of the South African government’s restructuring of tertiary education, it was promoted to University of Technology status in 2003 and now enrolls about 11,000 students.  In all of these efforts sustainable development is incorporated as an educational and socio-developmental principle. CUT’s aims to contribute to developmental challenges in South Africa by producing “quality social and technological innovations.” It takes advantage of sustained and strategic partnerships and regularly revisits its curricula and structures.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) is very thorough in conducting courses in the ICT field. The Computer Engineering specialization in the BTec degree programme consist of courses in software and hardware both. The Software Engineering degree programme consist courses in a wide range of aspects related to Software Industry. The department possess a well knowledgeable and a qualified computer academic staff with PhD degrees. Further the department offers a specialization in Communication Engineering for the BTec degree programme. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OUSL is ready to take the challenges which include impact of technological development and new emerging technologies particularly on environment, energy, deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in support of monitoring of environment and human activities in relation to industry, building, transport, etc.

InfoVista is the market leader in helping wireless operators measure, analyze, and optimize their mobile networks. Infovista offers a complete portfolio of TEMS™ solutions (previously owned by Ascom Network Testing) for network design, air interface testing, benchmarking, monitoring, and radio network analysis.
These state-of-the-art offerings facilitate deployment, optimization, and maintenance of mobile telecommunications networks. InfoVista proudly serves over 500 customers including the Top 20 mobile operators worldwide, backed by a workforce of over 700 employees in 19 countries. A large installed base of quality testing and monitoring TEMS Products are operated by thousands of end users every day. Our customers touch every geographic corner of the world.

RUSSOFT Association is a Nation wide Association of the most technically competent software developing companies from Russia. The head-quarters is located in Saint-Petersburg. Today we unite more than 100 companies with 25000+ of highly qualified software engineers with advanced graduate level degrees in Technology & Computer Science.

AALTO University (AALTO) was created in 2010 when the former Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), the Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Art and Design were combined. AALTO has 20 500 students, a staff of 4 500 people and 308 professors.
The Centre for Knowledge and Innovation Research (CKIR) at AALTO School of Business, founded in 1999, is an international and multidisciplinary research centre that promotes scientific research on knowledge- and innovation-based renewal and growth of companies and societies.

The Open University of the Netherlands develops, provides and promotes innovative higher distance education of top quality, in collaboration with networks and alliances. As the prime university for lifelong learning, it addresses the wide-ranging learning needs of people during their course of life, plus the need to achieve a considerable increase of the knowledge level of the community at large. 
The institute’s primary mission is to provide flexible, open, activating, academic teaching in psychology and educational sciences, primarily but not exclusively online for approximately 6000 students. On a yearly basis the volume of courses is 15000. The Faculty is a forerunner in the innovation of digital methods used for teaching psychology, and has an explicit mission in the innovation of higher education, focusing on technology enhanced learning and teaching.

Tieto, a leading Nordic software and services company, envision a future in which data is the biggest driver of continuously increasing societal and economic value. As digitalization gains speed, personalized services become the new normal and a key success factor for our customers – rapidly increasing the demand for data-driven innovations and new revenue streams. Tieto seeks a pivotal role in this change and aims to capture the significant opportunities of the data-driven world – and by doing this, to become our customers’ first choice for business renewal.