BDVA welcomes the possibility to provide feedback to the Inception Impact Assessment concerning a Proposal for a legal act of the European Parliament and the Council laying down requirements for Artificial Intelligence. As already highlighted in BDVA response to the AI Whitepaper, BDVA strongly supports the development of a solid AI European approach based on European values. 

BDVA full response to this public consultation can be found here. 

On the 7th of September, BDVA hold an online Activity Group meeting (AG38) which was entirely dedicated to prioritising amongst the topics to be included in the Data Deep Dive of the Strategic Research Innovation and Deployment Agenda. More than 70 participants joined the discussions and contributed to the prioritisation exercise.

On Friday the 4th of September, between 10:45 and 12:15 CEST, CLAIRE hold an on-line session at European Conference on AI 2020 concerning the Future of European Excellence in AI.

You can find the registration of the session here.

BDVA has prepared a response to the Open Consultation for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, which closed on the 31st of August. BDVA response focuses on two key topics mentioned in EOSC SRIA and notably the question of European Data Spaces and the aspect of collaboration with the public and private sector.

The full text of BDVA response can be found here. For more information on the EOSC public consultation please visit EOSC website.

Digital Around the World is a 24 hours non-stop virtual conference bringig together top-level speakers to discuss the latest trends in digital transformation. The event will take place online on the 20th-21st of October 2020. 

This year, BDVA has been asked to contribute to this major event. BDVA's President Thomas Hahn (Siemens) has  been invited to join the opening session taking place on the 20th of October and the association will organise a specific session to enrich the programme of the conference.

More information on the title and contents of BDVA's session will be released soon. 

The European Big Data Value Forum 2020 is approaching fast!

Last week several updates were made available concerning in particular the Programme, the Sponsorship Packages and the Registration. 

Questions or comments on EBDVF? Do not hesitate to contact BDVA secretariat (info@core.bdva.eu). 

The European Big Data Value Forum is the flagship event of the European Big Data and Data-Driven AI Research and Innovation community organised by the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and the European Commission (DG CNECT). The 2020 edition of the EBDVF will take place between the 3rd and the 5th of November 2020 in Berlin and online, and it is organised in collaboration with DFKI, Plattform Industrie 4.0, Plattform Lernende Systeme and Berlin Partner. 

EBDVF2020 offers interesting virtual sponsoring options for companies, research institutions and AI and Data initiatives, with a lot of interaction possibilities. 

For more information on the sponsorship opportunities and on the benefits of becoming an EBDVF sponsor please consult the event website or contact the BDVA Secretariat (info@core.bdva.eu). 

The deadline for submitting applications for the BDVA i-Spaces 2020 labelling process expired last June and BDVA received 15 applications this year. The process to review the applications was launched in July and will be completed during the month of September.