ENACT took the stage at the Digital Transformation Summit in Madeira, Portugal, contributing to the panel “Cognitive Computing Continuum” and presenting its latest progress toward enabling intelligent, adaptive, and sustainable distributed computing systems across Europe.
The session, led by Alexandros Nizamis (CERTH) and Usman Wajid (ICE), offered valuable insights into ENACT’s technical achievements in optimizing edge–cloud resource management through advanced artificial intelligence models. These developments are central to ENACT’s mission to enhance application scalability, performance, and energy efficiency across the Cognitive Computing Continuum (CCC).
During the panel, ENACT’s representatives outlined how the project’s architecture and orchestration framework allow applications to dynamically adapt to varying computational demands, ensuring efficient allocation of resources while maintaining high levels of reliability and responsiveness. This approach supports a new generation of digital services — from immersive virtual environments to connected mobility and smart industry applications — that require seamless collaboration between edge and cloud infrastructures.
The discussion also emphasized ENACT’s contribution to shaping the European research and innovation landscape in cognitive computing. By fostering interoperability, standardization, and real-world validation through its use cases, ENACT aims to position Europe at the forefront of distributed AI-driven computing.
The Madeira Digital Transformation Summit provided an excellent opportunity for ENACT to exchange experiences with other leading initiatives in cloud-edge technologies, explore synergies, and contribute to the collective roadmap of the Cognitive Computing Continuum cluster. These interactions help ensure that ENACT’s outcomes are aligned with broader European strategies for data-driven innovation, sustainability, and technological sovereignty.
As ENACT moves forward, the insights gained from this event will further guide the consortium’s ongoing work in refining its orchestration tools, energy-aware computing solutions, and data management approaches. The project continues to play a key role in demonstrating how AI-powered optimization can make the computing continuum more efficient, resilient, and sustainable — supporting Europe’s transition toward the next generation of intelligent digital infrastructures.