PETRAS Regional Networking Events
Project Overview
The PETRAS Regional Networking Events series brought together researchers, industry partners, and policymakers to share ongoing Connected Spaces projects and identify future collaboration opportunities. The Cardiff regional showcase, organised as part of the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity, highlighted research addressing privacy, trust, reliability, and security challenges in Internet of Things deployments across built environments, smart cities, and connected infrastructure. The event featured presentations from Cardiff University researchers including work on IoT security, data analytics, privacy engineering, and cyber-physical systems. Interactive mapping sessions enabled participants to visualise the regional IoT research landscape and identify gaps where new projects and partnerships could deliver impact. The showcase strengthened local industry-academia partnerships by connecting academic researchers with commercial organisations, government bodies, and third-sector stakeholders operating in the IoT domain across Wales and the wider UK.
Participants engaged in structured networking activities designed to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and to translate research outputs into practical applications. These activities brought together diverse perspectives from industry, government, and academia, creating opportunities for new partnerships that address real-world IoT deployment challenges in connected spaces.
The event produced visual maps capturing the breadth of Connected Spaces research and its connections to regional economic and societal priorities. These maps serve as a resource for ongoing partnership development within the PETRAS consortium, helping to identify where future projects and collaborations can deliver the greatest impact.
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