European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2021 had 65 sessions and 334 speakers discussing topics of adoption of industrial and trustworthy AI, data spaces, platforms, societal impacts, manufacturing, smart cities, healthcare and many others. All of the event content is now published. Watch the event recordings here.

On 16th of December, BDVA/DAIRO, FIWARE, Gaia-X and IDSA (Data Spaces Business Alliance) organised an online brokering event with the participation of European Commission. The event gave an overview of the upcoming Data Spaces calls of the Digital Europe Programme and provided an platform for the participants to find partners and pitch in 12 sessions dedicated to different verticals.

On the 9th of December, BDVA/DAIRO held General Assembly online. As a part of the meeting, the members were called to elect a new board of directors and the BDVA/DAIRO president and vice-presidents. 27 directors were appointed for the upcoming 2-year term. 

On December 9th 2021 the BDVA/DAIRO General Assembly has officially accepted 9 new members from 7 different countries joining the association. The new Full members are Ingka Services AB, IKEA, Kadir Has University, Pangeanic BI Europa SL, Porini Srl and University of Amsterdam and the new Associate members are AI Sweden, BEIA Consult International, TİGA BİLGİ TEKNOLOJİLERİ A.Ş., and University of Oulu. BDVA/DAIRO warmly welcomes the organisations!

The Data Spaces Business Alliance (DSBA) invites you – researchers, companies and innovators to our “Brokering Event for European Data Spaces” on December 16^th. The goal is to bring together the leading experts and professionals from domain-specific consortia to respond to the calls.

BDVA/DAIRO healthcare Sub Group (TF7.SG3) organized a brokerage event, bringing together the members to pitch ideas and to prepare collaborations for the upcoming Horizon Europe (HE) calls.

The European Commission announced today an investment of €1.98 billion to advance the digital transition and meet the goals set for the Europe’s Digital Decade. The funding comes in three work programmes through Digital Europe Programme (DEP).

The 46^th Activity Group meeting (AG46) was organized from 27^th to 29^th of October. In addition to the open pitching session for our members, the three-day meeting included road mapping activities, workshops and presentations delivered by the European Commission.