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Rolf Riemenschneider

Head of Sector, "Internet of Things" Unit, DG CONNECT
European Commission
Participates in 4 items

Head of Sector, "Internet of Things" Unit, DG CONNECT, European Commission

Rolf Riemenschneider is involved in the research and innovation programme Horizon 2020 where he manages research and innovation project and policies in the following areas: Advanced Computing, Cyber Physical Systems, Factories of the Future and Internet of Things. From 2009-2015, he managed the ICT activities of the Public-Private Partnership Factories of the Future (PPP FOF). Since 2015, he coordinate the Focus Area of Internet of Things as part of the cross-cutting activities in Horizon 2020 inside CONNECT and with DG MOVE, DG AGRI, DG RTD, and contributes to the future strategy of the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI).

Before joining the Commission in 2002 Dr Riemenschneider worked as an engineer for consulting and project management on behalf of the German government (Federal Ministry of Education and Science - BMBF) in the Microsystems programme.

Dr Rolf Riemenschneider received the Dipl.-Ing degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, in 1990 focusing on microwave technologies and optical communications.

Sessions in which Rolf Riemenschneider participates

Tuesday 31 August, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels
2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Panel

Rolf Riemenschneider, European Commission (Moderator)

Max Lemke, European Commission (Speaker)

Haydn Thompson, THHINK (Speaker)

As data becomes the new oil of the economy and a key asset to address societal challenges like mobility, energy, carbon-neutral cities and manuf...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
IoT MARKET PERSPECTIVES ON DATA ECONOMY
1 hour, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Alena Siarheyeva, NUMINT (Moderator)

Rolf Riemenschneider, European Commission (Speaker)

Omar Elloumi, Nokia (Speaker)

Lars Nagel, International Data Spaces Association (Speaker)

Alexander Gluhak, Urban Data Collective (Speaker)

Nicolas Kourtellis, Telefónica (Speaker)

Massive growth of devices and systems connected to the Internet raises technology and policy challenges on a new scale. With an ever more hetero...

Wednesday 1 September, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels
9:00 AM
9:00 AM

Monique Calisti, Martel Innovate (Speaker)

Martin Brynskov, Aarhus University (Speaker)

Alberto Dognini, E.ON Energy Research Center (Speaker)

Katherine Anderson, Martel Innovate (Moderator)

Rolf Riemenschneider, European Commission (Speaker)

The Next Generation Internet of Things (NGIoT) is an initiative to build a resilient Europ...

Friday 3 September, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels
2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Mr Serge Fdida, Sorbonne University (Speaker)

Abhimanyu Gosain, PAWR Project Office College of Engineering Northeastern University (Speaker)

Rolf Riemenschneider, European Commission (Speaker)

Akihiro Nakao, University of Tokyo (Speaker)

Dr. Olga Cavalli, ARGENSIG - SSIG - Dominios Latinoamerica (Speaker)

This session will then discuss the future research roadmap on Internet of Things, edge computing and Cloud foreseen in the upcoming European res...

Sessions in which Rolf Riemenschneider attends

Tuesday 31 August, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
OPENING: NEXT-GENERATION IoT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
1 hour 15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Pearse O'Donohue, European Commission (Speaker)

Chaesub Lee, COLLCOMM (Speaker)

Mr Jürgen Sturm, AIOTI (Speaker)

Joann O´Brien, TM Forum (Speaker)

Thomas Hahn, Siemens AG (Speaker)

Monique Calisti, Martel Innovate (Speaker)

The rising awareness of climate change has caused the popularization of sustainability and the realization that we need to do things not only di...

Friday 3 September, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
IoT DATA INTEROPERABILITY
1 hour, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Dave Raggett, W3C (Speaker)

Marco Carugi, ITU-T SG20 and AIOTI WG03 (Speaker)

Bilel Jamoussi, ITU/AI4GOOD (Speaker)

Adrian Quesada Rodríguez, Mandat International (Moderator)

The data interoperability in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT) has several issues to be solved by the research community. For instance...