T-NOVA, in liaison with projects NetIDE, UNIFY and SECURED co-organised a session on “Open platforms and SDN-NFV_a paradigm shift to boost innovative Internet services and applications” at Future Internet Assembly, Athens, March 2014 (http://www.fi-athens.eu/program/sessions/open-platforms-and-sdn-nfva-paradigm-shift-boost-innovative-internet-services-and) The session brought together industry experts for a discussion on how open platforms could pave the way toward an innovative way to build Internet applications and services leveraging on the emerging “softwarization” of networks and data-centers.