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Svetoslav Mihaylov

Policy Officer, Internet of Things Unit, DG CONNECT
European Commission
Participates in 5 items

Svetoslav Mihaylov is a Policy Officer in Unit E4 – Internet of Things at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology. His areas of responsibility include interoperability and standards for Internet of Things and application-focused edge computing. Besides his cross-sector responsibilities, he is focusing on the digitalisation of the energy domain. In this position at the European Commission he has lead the creation of the SAREF ontology for smart appliances and its extension in other IoT areas as well as a number of standards and other reference documentation in the area of urban platforms and Smart City interoperability.

In the period 1999-2013, Svetoslav Mihaylov held different positions at the largest telecom operator in Belgium Proximus and was responsible for introducing new technologies, creating network solutions, defining the strategy and roadmap, etc. Prior to this he contributed to the development of the Information Society topic at the European Commission’s DG XIII Telecommunications and worked under contracts for several other organisations/companies.

He has an MSc in Telecommunications from Technical University of Sofia (plus Technical University of Denmark), postgraduate diploma in Wireless Telecommunications from Oxford University and postgraduate credit in Political and Economic Systems from Georgetown University.

Sessions in which Svetoslav Mihaylov participates

Monday 20 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Dublin
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
IoT Market Challenges and Opportunities: Leadership and Business Innovation2. IoT Markets and Applications in Industry, Agriculture & Smart Communities

Nowadays, industries face tremendous challenges in the months and years ahead. Complex value chains, highly competitive markets, evolving customer and citizen needs, supply chain disruptions, foreign trade uncertainty, environmental sustainability and social impact, and now the COVID-19 pandemic are common challenges that organisations from every industry, from manufacturing to healthcare, energy, financial services, etc., deal with on a daily basis. 

Wednesday 22 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Dublin
1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
IoT and Edge Computing StandardisationThe IoT Key Contribution for Sustainable Development Goals3. IoT for the SDGs5. IoT Platforms and Standardisation

This session provides an opportunity for the AIOTI semantic expert group to discuss the role of ontologies in the context of the Green and Digital transformation with external stakeholders. We would like to start with an introduction to the Green and Digital transformation by the EC. Then provide an update about the activities in the AIOTI semantic expert group concerning ontologies (especially the Ontology landscape recently published), while sharing some e...

3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
IoT and Edge Computing Standardisation5. IoT Platforms and Standardisation

This session focuses on standards related to IoT and Edge computing which enable the integration of data spaces. It will cover the following topics:Data space challengesData space standardisationInteroperable data spacesExample of energy data spacesThe move to the Far Edge will have huge economic potential by leveraging a local, distributed computing infrastructure, and it facilitates the creation of...

Thursday 23 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Dublin
1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
IoT Market Challenges and Opportunities: Leadership and Business Innovation2. IoT Markets and Applications in Industry, Agriculture & Smart Communities

Digital Platforms have a disruptive impact on industry value chains and organisations which are the providers and users of digital platforms. In order to take advantage of the opportunities and control the risks of change, innovative business models are needed to adapt the business and operational processes, redefining the customer journey and value proposition, discovering new channels and stakeholders engagement models, and creating innovati...

3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:40 PM | 1 hour 25 minutes
IoT Market Challenges and Opportunities: Leadership and Business Innovation2. IoT Markets and Applications in Industry, Agriculture & Smart Communities

This session will analyze the current status and the ongoing path towards the effective data exchange in the energy sector, including its cross-sectorial aspects. Key building blocks for data exchange have been integrated in architecture of various initiatives, deploying relevant concepts towards the data spaces adoption In the first part of the section, the projects in OPEN DEI ecosystem will present their approaches and ...

Sessions in which Svetoslav Mihaylov attends

Monday 20 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Dublin

Wednesday 22 June, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Dublin
8:00 PM
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 3 hours
GIoTS

Taylors Three Rock - Traditional Irish PubWhat can be more Irish than an evening spent in a cosy traditional Irish pub! Nestled at the food of the Dublin Mountains, Taylors Three Rock is a fantastic venue for an informal conference party. Delegates will then be entertained by world champion Irish Dancers and famous Dublin traditional Irish musicians. This show is full of audience participation, delegates will be sing...