IoT edge-cloud continuum – concept, demos and standards
The Horizon Europe project CODECO (Cognitive Decentralised Edge‑Cloud Orchestration) invites you to the final event and demonstration. Hosted by fortiss GmbH and INOVA+, the event will showcase the research and development achievements, innovations, and practical results from three years of collaboration on 24 March 2026 at the fortiss Labs in Munich.
CODECO is an intelligent, highly adaptable edge‑cloud framework that efficiently orchestrates services across the edge‑cloud continuum—from decentralized data management and dynamic workload offloading to adaptive network services. At its core are privacy-preserving, decentralized learning mechanisms that optimize latency, energy use, and resource allocation. CODECO enables the next generation of smart services in areas such as Smart Cities, Energy, Manufacturing, and Smart Buildings, providing open toolkits, apps, and developer resources to accelerate real-world innovation.
The project provides an integrated orchestration framework featuring AI-driven decision logic, automated control mechanisms, and an open tool ecosystem. The solutions address key application domains:
The event will provide insights into cutting-edge technologies and open up opportunities for collaboration, integration, and innovation across various application fields.
Free participation with direct access to live demonstrations and CODECO experts.
Register now
IoT solution providers, edge-computing oriented SMEs, cloud service SMEs, smart cities, energy, and manufacturing/robotics SMEs, platform engineering and DevOps SMEs, Kubernetes developers, researchers
fortiss GmbH and INOVA+
| Time | Session | Description / Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:20 | Opening and Welcoming | Welcome by Host, Holger Pfeifer, Managing Director, fortiss GmbH, Germany The IoT-Edge-Cloud continuum perspective, Christian Cuciniello, HADEA, European Commission CODECO Final event, agenda and flow, Rute C. Sofia, fortiss GmbH / CODECO Coordinator |
| 09:20-09:35 | Introducing CODECO | Vision, components, assets and engagement opportunities, Rute C. Sofia, fortiss GmbH |
| 09:30-09:40 | CODECO User Stories | Demonstration of the CODECO federated operation, Giorgios Papathanail & Vasileios Theodorou, Intracom-Telecom / CODECO integration leader |
| 09:40-11:00 | World Café Round 1 | CODECO Components in Action | Demonstrations of OSS components in the CODECO framework: Automated Configuration Manager, Josh Salomon, RedHat, Israel Metadata Manager, Luis Garcés-Erice, IBM, Switzerland Seamless Workload Migration, Jürgen Gesswein, Siemens AG, Germany Privacy preservation, decentralised learning and context-awareness, Efterpi Parakesvoulakou, University Piraeus Research Center, Greece Network Adaptation and Management, Luis Contreras-Murillo, Telefonica, Spain |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee-break & Networking | - |
| 11:30-12:10 | Experimentation Framework & Data Tools | Demonstrations of the CODECO automated experimentation tooling sets: CODEF: CODECO Experimentation Framework, George Koukis & Vassilis Tsaoussidis, ATHENA, Greece CODAG: CODECO Data Generator, Efterpi Parakesvoulakou, University Piraeus Research Center, Greece |
| 13:30-15:00 | World Café Round 2 | CODECO In Practice | Use-cases | Hands-on sessions across six application domains: P1 | Smart Monitoring of the Public Infrastructure | Smart Cities, Yanlong Huang, University of Göttingen, Germany P2 | Vehicular Digital Twin for Safe Urban Mobility | Mobility, Jordi Marias Parella, I2CAT, Spain P3 | Media Delivery Streaming across the Edge-Cloud | Smart Cities, Luis Contreras Murillo, Telefonica, Spain P4 | Collective Demand Side Management in Decentralized Grids | Energy, Javier Serrano & David Bermejo Jimenez, University Politecnica of Madrid, Spain P5 | Decentralized, Wireless AGV Control | Manufacturing, Yujie Ma & Rute C. Sofia, fortiss GmbH, Germany |
| 15:20-16:00 | Beyond the Platform: CODECO Tools & Learning Resources | Learning tools and OSS Toolkits: Eclipse KuDECO Tooling, David Remon, Eclipse Foundation, Germany CODECO Learning Hub, John Soldatos, Netcompany, Luxembourg |
| 16:00-16:15 | Awards & Closing Remarks | Final Reflections and engagement opportunities, Rute C. Sofia, fortiss GmbH, Germany |
