In November, the researcher Diego Casado Mansilla from the University of Deusto and the MORELab Research group took part in the 2021 Interoperability and Open Source Solutions Workshop (Inter-OSS 2021) introducing the AURORAL project.

This workshop, event co-located with the 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT 2021), focuses on providing a forum for exchanging experiences, best practices, and ideas to build the know-how around the ongoing unsolved issues and gaps around the topics on interoperability, architectural principles, and standardisation efforts. Professor Casado presented the talk entitled “AURORAL: Boosting the interoperability of isolated data and services in rural areas across Europe'' disseminating the AURORAL proposal to bring the interoperability gap of smart object platforms and to improve the digitalisation within rural areas.

Besides having the opportunity to spread the commitment of AURORAL to overcoming the digital division between rural and urban areas, this workshop also provoked an open discussion for scientific progress, industrial standards evaluation and showcase practical experiences.