EURO-3C: Building Europe’s first Federated Telco-Edge-Cloud Infrastructure
Wednesday, 3 June 2026, 8:30-10:00, Sala de Conferencias 1 (1.2)
Session Chair:
- Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho (Head of Unit . European Commission)
Presenters
- Arturo Torrealba (EURO-3C Project Coordinator – Telefónica)
- Manuel Lorenzo (EURO-3C Technical manager – Ericsson)
- Souvik Sengupta (EURO-3C Sovereign Lead – IONOS)
- Silvia Almagia (EURO-3C Standardization Lead -ETSI)
- Igor Lopez Orbe (EURO-3C vertical transport manager – CAF)
- Christos Verikoukis (SOVEREIGN-6G Project Coordinator – Athina)
- David Lund (EURO-3C vertical PPDR manager – PSC Europe)
Europe faces an unprecedented strategic inflection point in the global race for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud computing and next-generation connectivity. The scale of investment required to remain competitive in AI-native infrastructures, distributed computing and advanced connectivity exceeds the capacity of any single European Telco operator, Cloud provider or vendor.
At the same time, Europe’s digital infrastructure landscape remains fragmented – technically, commercially and regulatorily – limiting its ability to compete with vertically integrated global players.
The European policy landscape – including the Draghi Report and the European Commission White Paper “How to Master Europe’s Digital Infrastructure Needs” – calls for a Connected Collaborative Computing Networks (3CN) vision: a secure, federated, multi-provider infrastructure integrating Telco, Cloud, Edge, AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) capabilities. This vision aims to strengthen European digital sovereignty, reduce dependency on non-EU suppliers, and reinforce Europe’s industrial competitiveness.
The EURO-3C project realises the 3CN vision by developing and demonstrating the first large-scale federated, open, and sovereign European infrastructure pilot for supplying market-ready, interoperable and converged Telco-Edge-Cloud services, towards strengthening the European digital market, and addressing societal, techno-economic and vertical-specific demands.
Programme
8h30- 8h35. Introduction and Strategic Context [Speaker: European Commission]
8h35-8h50. The EURO-3C Pilot: Federating Telco-Edge-Cloud Infrastructures [Speaker: Telefónica]
8h50-9h. Addressing Next-Generation Vertical Demands [Speakers: CAF // PSCE Europe] — 5′ each
9h-9h15. Q&A
Possible questions from moderator
– How could EURO-3C become an integration platform for Europe rather than simply another research project?
– How do you expect EURO-3C to integrate into your own business models [smarter mobility services, emergency coordination]?
– How could efficient collaboration be stimulated between EURO-3C and SNS JU, IPCEIs, national programs and industrial initiatives?
– And how can initiatives like this help demand-side stakeholders evolve their own operational and commercial models?
– How can 6G and next-generation telco-cloud infrastructures accelerate real market adoption and new business opportunities?
9h15-9h35. Research and Innovation perspectives in the context of EURO-3C [Speakers: ERI// IONOS// ETSI// ATH] — 5′ each
9h35-9h50. Q&A
Possible questions from moderator
– Where do you see the strongest innovation potential from 6G infrastructures emerging?
– Which layers of the telco-edge-cloud stack are truly strategic for European players to develop?
– How to collaborate with hyperscalers and AI leaders such as NVIDIA without keep transferring value and control abroad? Where does
– How to balance interoperability, innovation, and avoidance of vendor lock-in in the telco-cloud domain?
– What role can European standardization and open-source ecosystems play in strengthening Europe’s strategic autonomy?
– How can EURO-3C concretely contribute?
9h50-10h. Closing
Questions from the audience if time
Final 1m intervention from each speaker
