Dolores Melgar Freire

European Programmes Lead

i2CAT

Barcelona, Spain

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My organisation

i2CAT

i2CAT

R&D Institution

Barcelona, Spain

i2CAT is a CERCA research and innovation centre based in Barcelona which specializes in advanced digital technologies. Since 2003, i2CAT has been committed to designing and building the future digital society by leveraging the knowledge gained from cutting-edge European and local R&D projects in the fields of 5G/6G, IoT, immersive and interactive technologies, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, blockchain, space communications and digital society technologies. The centre partners with companies, public administration, academia, and end-users to leverage this knowledge in order to meet real social and business challenges.
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About me

Dolores Melgar Freire is a Computational Physicist specialised in Materials Science simulations, with a vast experience in the management of international relationships in the context of research and innovation.

BSc in Physics, MSc in Colloids and Interfaces and PhD in Chemical Engineering, Dolores is currently working in the RISE team of the i2CAT Foundation. The area is responsible for positioning i2CAT in the European Commission's R&I landscape

After finishing her PhD at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Dolores moved to Dublin, where she led a research project co-funded by the Irish Research Council and Tullow Oil. Then, she decided to redirect her career towards research management and policy. She worked in the International Department of Science Foundation Ireland, which is the largest STEM-research funder in the country, before taking the role of Funding Development Coordinator at Insight, the SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics.

My organisation

i2CAT

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Skills

  • European Framework Programmes
  • Advanced Telecommunications Technologies

Interests

  • internet of things
  • Mobile Wireless Internet
  • Cybersecurity
  • Immersive Technologies
  • Blockchain
  • Digital Social Innovation
  • V2X
  • 5g
  • 6g
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • computer vision

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Please indicate below the Call for Proposals that is most relevant to your organisation/work.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-DATA-01-03 Piloting emerging Smart IoT Platforms and decentralized intelligence (IA)HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-21: Open Source for Cloud/Edge to support European Digital Autonomy (RIA)

Speaker sessions (1)

Monday, 4 December 2023

10:00 - 10:45

Pitches A1

Format:In-person
Location:Room A - The Launchpad
Track:
Category: Edge Tech
  • HORIZON-CL4-2024-DATA-01-03 Piloting emerging Smart IoT Platforms and decentralized intelligence (IA)
  • HORIZON-CL4-2024-DATA-01-05 Platform Building, standardisation and Up-scaling of the ‘Cloud-Edge-IoT’ Solutions (CSA)

Moderated by Silvana Muscella, CEO Trust-IT Services Srl | CLICK TO CHECK AGENDA AND PITCHERS