On September 28, 2018, the Council of Ministers officially backed the Commission's plans to invest jointly with the Member States in building a world-class European supercomputing infrastructure. The Competitiveness Council adopted a Regulation to establish the European High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) Joint Undertaking – a new legal and funding structure, which will pool resources from 25 European countries, build supercomputing and data infrastructure, and support research and innovation in the field involving scientists, businesses and industry. 

After 18 months of work, BDVe project, the Coordination and Support Action of the Big Data Value PPP, presented its achievements during the first review of the project, a meeting that took place last 14th of September in Brussels.

On September 18^th 2018, CEN-CENELEC organised a one-day workshop to pinpoint how standardization will support the take-up of AI technologies. The discussion focused on how trustworthiness in AI can be built for both Consumers and Industry and how standards can help.

SAP has announced its guiding principles for artificial intelligence (AI) and its creation of an external AI ethics advisory panel – the first European technology company to do so.

Building on current European, cross-border, national and private initiatives, the Data4AI workshop focuses on identifying the main challenges ahead to develop the so-called European Data Space, essential for the development of AI, and to identify potential paths for the future. The Data4AI workshop is held on September 19 in Brussels and it is jointly organised by the European Commission (DG CNECT), the Big Data Value Association, and the euRobotics Association. 

On September 12^th 2018 BDVA organised its 28^th Activity Group meeting attracting over 70 participants from BDVA members, the European Commission and other stakeholders. 6 different sessions were organised covering topics such as Industrial and Personal Data Platforms, Next Generation Data Platforms, Big Data and Energy, Big Data and Agriculture, Data Skils and  Business models. The sessions were complemented with several pitching sessions, brokering and networking opportunities.

Presentations from the day can be found in the BDVA intranet here (only for BDVA members).

Check the latest version of the agenda of the BDVA workshop on Software Architectures Challenges in Big Data (ECSA conference, 25 September, Madrid) at http://bdva.eu/?q=node/1017

Co-organised by European Commission, AIOTI, OASC and BDVA on September 4^th in Brussels, this joint workshop focuses on the IoT benefits for smart mobility. It emphasises the huge potential IoT has for developing new connected automated mobility (CAM) by focusing on a long-term target outcome and working towards immediate actions needed.