Ivan Bossa

Founder/CEO

Muwanga IT Consultants

I am Bossa Ivan, 30years, a Ugandan by nationality. I have over 5 years of experience working with organizations and communities in the business and nonprofit sector. I have a background in Computer Science Technology, we have developed tech solutions for different organizations. I am the Founder and Team lead at Muwanga IT Consultants an urban technology company involved in IoT, technical installations of modern and urban sensors and gadgets. We implement smart cities and smart home/buildings by improving their security, living conditions, comfort and convenience using next-generation tools, gadgets and software.
I am a member of the Internet Society since 2016 and currently serve on the board of Projects Committee of ISOC Uganda chapter. I have done several courses of ISOC such as Shaping the internet, History & Futures, Introduction to Network Operations(Netops) among others. As ISOC Uganda chapter, we have implemented a number of projects including child online protection, the Wikipedia Luganda project where we translated Wikipedia articles into Luganda for school learning purposes. I represented Isoc Uganda chapter in Addis Ababa last year for Advocacy Meeting. With the experience I have achieved working with Isoc Uganda Chapter I am in better position to carry out my duties as the treasurer of Isoc Uganda Chapter.

Sessions in which Ivan Bossa attends

Monday 30 August, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels

10:30 AM

Survival to Breakthrough: How do IoT & DeepTech Startups Become Unicorns?

1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Panel

Mr Thomas Waldmann, Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KG (Speaker)

Andrea Basilova, Sensoneo (Speaker)

Markus Vogt, EBV Elektronik (Speaker)

Pavel Konečný, Neuron Soundware (Speaker)

David Richardson (Speaker)

Peter Düking, Wearable Technologies AG (Moderator)

Ground-breaking innovators, corporate tech experts and investors with vast experience in scaling tech start-ups in the Industry 4.0, Agriculture...

11:45 AM

Training Session on Machine Learning at the Edge and the FarEdge

1 hour, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

John Soldatos, INTRASOFT International (Speaker)

Dr. Artemis Voulkidis, Synelixis Solutions SA (Speaker)

Jens Hagemeyer, Bielefeld University (Speaker)

1) Dr. Artemis Voulkidis, SYNELIXIS S.A, IoT-NGIN project“Introduction ...

2:00 PM

EU-IoT Hackathon

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Florian Küster, UnternehmerTUM Makerspace GmbH (Speaker)

Ms. Codrina Lauth, Lauth transmedia GmbH (Moderator)

Ms. Hendrik Walzel, fortiss GmbH (Moderator)

Mirko Presser, Aarhus University (Chair)

Ms Rute C. Sofia, fortiss GmbH (Chair)

Ms Lamprini Kolovou, Martel Innovate (Chair)

John Soldatos, INTRASOFT International (Chair)

Mr Brendan Rowan, BluSpecs (Chair)

The EU-IoT project will kick-off its 6-month offline Hackathon/IDEAthon, focused on Mobile Sustainable Solutions and addressing as domain chall...

3:15 PM

Join the Next Generation IoT; upcoming Open Calls (Part 1)

1 hour, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Mr Brendan Rowan, BluSpecs (Speaker)

Jon Rodríguez, BluSpecs S.L. (Speaker)

Robert Pomohaci, BluSpecs (Speaker)

Are you creating the next generation of the Internet of Things? Are you looking to apply your solution to novel use cases or to integrate leading...

Tuesday 31 August, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels

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...

11:45 AM

Towards the full scale deployment of IoT for Active Ageing and Health

1 hour, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Sergio Guillen Barrionuevo, MYSPHERA (Moderator)

Pilar Sala, MYSPHERA (Speaker)

Saied Tazari, Fraunhofer IGD (Speaker)

The main topic of the Session is the analysis and evidence of the ways, from “pilot mode” to real marke...

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...

4:30 PM

IoT BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION AT THE EDGE

1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Mirko Presser, Aarhus University (Moderator)

Ms. Annabeth Aagaard, Aarhus University (Speaker)

John Soldatos, INTRASOFT International (Speaker)

Tanya Suarez, BluSpecs (Speaker)

Digital technologies are unlocking new business opportunities and with that new business models. For example, we have seenservitization as a key co...

Wednesday 1 September, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels

11:45 AM

SECURITY AND PRIVACY THREATS IN A HYPER CONNECTED WORLD

1 hour, 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Antonio Skarmeta, Universidad de Murcia (Moderator)

Mr Antonio Kung, Trialog (Speaker)

Konstantinos Loupos, INLECOM (Speaker)

Mr. Jose Francisco Ruiz, Atos (Speaker)

Niels Vandezande, Time.lex (Speaker)

Neil Dover, HP Inc. (Speaker)

Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and the digitalization process, is an emerging paradigm that seamlessly integrates a large number of smart objects ...

2:00 PM

DIGITAL AGRICULTURE

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Kevin Doolin, Walton Institute (Moderator)

Srdjan Krco, DunavNET (Speaker)

George Beers, SmartAgriHubs (Speaker)

Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum (Speaker)

Digital technologies are both defining the present and the future of agriculture. The extensive deployment of IoT devices provides access to an imp...

4:30 PM

Trustworthiness for Industrial AI

1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Sonja Zillner, BDVA (Speaker)

Luis Usatorre, Tecnalia Research & Innovation (Speaker)

Jan de Bruyne, CITIP (Speaker)

Ray Walshe, Dublin City University (Speaker)

Michael van Hartskamp, Philips (Speaker)

Between smart machines, at the low end, and artificial systems with own legal or even ethical status, at the high end - that is where Artificial...

5:45 PM

SMART WATER MANAGEMENT

1 hour, 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Mr. Juan Manuel Fernández Montenegro, AIMEN (Speaker)

Mr. Nicolas Caradot, Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH (Speaker)

Mr. Anastasios Karakostas, ITI-CERTH (Speaker)

Ms Lydia Vamvakeridou, FIWARE4Water (Speaker)

Anna Brékine, Mandat International (Moderator)

Andreas Englund, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute. (Speaker)

Water is the source of life. While some parts of the world can access water easily and at an economical rate, others pray for water consumption ...

Friday 3 September, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Brussels

3:15 PM

IoT Powering Smart Tourism Capitals

1 hour, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Dolores Ordoñez, AnySolution S.L. (Moderator)

Misa Labarile, European Commission (Speaker)

Niklas Masuch, Göteborg & Co (Speaker)

Jonathan Gómez, Malaga City Hall (Speaker)

Tourism is one of the most dynamic industries in the world. And COVID19 has hit it especially hard, not only affecting companies but also the de...

4:45 PM

CLOSING REMARKS OF THE IoT WEEK 2021

45 minutes, 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM

Bilel Jamoussi, ITU/AI4GOOD (Speaker)

Damir Filipovic, Alliance for IoT and Edge Computing Innovation (AIOTI) (Speaker)

Nuria De Lama, IDC (Speaker)

Max Lemke, European Commission (Speaker)

Srdjan Krco, DunavNET (Moderator)