NextGEM partners meet in Delft to celebrate the 6th Plenary Meeting

NextGEM partners gathered in Delft, Netherlands, on October 8-10 for the project’s 6th Plenary Meeting. The event was hosted by the consortium’s Dutch partners: the Technical University of Delft (TUD), The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS), the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), and the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure (RDI).

Over 30 participants from 21 different organisations joined a hybrid conference that serves the purpose of putting together the latest results and successes of the consortium, as well as sharing and raising problems that might arise during the implementation of the different lines of research. During the three sessions of the meeting, the day-to-day was monitored, as well as the experiments and case studies to be undertaken on the possible health effects of electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) on humans.

NextGEM partners pose during the 6th Plenary Meeting
NextGEM partners pose during the 6th Plenary Meeting of the project

On the first day, THUAS showcased their installations before starting the plenary. NextGEM partners visited the KET labs during this visit. After this, all partners moved to the Technical University of Delft’s building, where the 6th Plenary Meeting officially started with the project’s overarching goals, accomplishments and discussions, as well as the communication, dissemination, exploitation and stakeholder engagement of NextGEM.

The second day of the meeting focused on the model- and sensor-based technologies for EMF exposure, experimental approaches for assessing biological and health-related effects of the electromagnetic field, and hazard and risk assessment. The upcoming NextGEM’s Innovation and Knowledge Hub (NIKH), a website that will aggregate the project’s research results, was also discussed.

NextGEM will conduct three case studies on the effects of EMF. These will consider vulnerable populations, urban planning, 5G architecture, and both indoor and outdoor scenarios. The partners discussed these case studies on the third day of the meeting. After this successful meeting, the members of the consortium had the opportunity to visit TUD’s Next Generation Sensing and Communication Laboratory (XG-lab), a cluster of micro-wave laboratories where TUD partners perform EMF measurements, and the Green Village, “a living lab for sustainable innovations in home, work and living environments” in the heart of the Technical University of Delft.

The next meeting will be in Nicosia

Sphynx and eBos will host the next plenary meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, an event set for March/April 2025. The consortium organises a new meeting twice a year to monitor the day-to-day of the project, steer its future and discuss any problems that might arise.

About NextGEM

NextGEM is a 4-year-long EU-funded project aiming to generate relevant knowledge that identifies appropriate control measures for EMF exposure. The project aims to provide evidence-based insights to inform regulatory decisions and promote confidence in the safety standards governing EMF exposure, especially during the implementation of the 5G technology.

NextGEM is part of the EMF and Health Cluster (Clue-H), a network studying different approaches to the possible effects of EMF on health. This cluster involves four European Consortia (NextGEM, GOLIAT, SeaWave and ETAIN) with additional contributions from scientists outside the EU.

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