The Eastern Mediterranean Middle East (EMME) region faces alarming consequences from Climate Change, according to data analyses and model predictions, hence making mitigation and adaptation measures urgent. The region, which is home to nearly 500 million people of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, accounts for about 50% of the world’s fossil fuel reserves, and is troubled by persistent conflicts.

On the 18^th and 19^th of May 2018, The Cyprus Institute will host the International Conference “Climate Change in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: Challenges and Solutions”, which will take place at the “Filoxenia” Conference Centre. The Event is organised under the Aegis of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, as well as with the Support of the Representation of the European Commission in Cyprus.

The Conference will be preceded by two days of Scientific Workshops, which will focus on modelling predictions of Climate Change and its impacts – especially in the areas of sustainability, energy, health, agriculture, water security and migration – as well as examine and propose mitigation and adaptation strategies.

VISCA project will be presented during this event by the project coordinator METEOSIM! For more information, check the official website.

IoT Vertical and Topical Summit for Agriculture will be focused on five segments of the agriculture vertical that are an important component of the worldwide agriculture industry as the focus of the Summit. These segments are also an important part of the Agricultural base in Italy and very much part of the tradition and culture of Tuscany. They include:

• Viticulture (Wines)

• Horticulture (Greenhouses and Nurseries)

• Orchards (Olives)

• Animal Husbandry (Cured Meats)

• Cereal Crops (Wheat)

In each of these segments the Summit explores the full cycle from growth to consumption and explores the new possibilities that the Internet of Things enables for improvement and innovation in agriculture – the theme for the Summit is “The Digital Revolution – Farming 4.0.” For more information, check the official website.

Organised by the project coordinator METEOSIM (MET) and Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), VISCA project consortium will hold a technical meeting on 5^th-6^th April 2018 at BSC premises to discuss the progress of the project and its planned activities for the coming months especially the actions related to the integration of models into the platform.