TRUSTS

IDSA Winterdays 2022
2022-02-16 - 2022-02-17 | online
Trust. Trust, along with interoperability and governance, is an indispensable prerequisite for the design of a data space. Anyone who wants to share data must trust the partner in a data space.
The IDS reference architecture puts trust at its core. IDS connectors are designed for trust-based data sharing. IDS certification confirms the trustworthiness of components and operating environments. Use cases and data spaces show how trust is turned into value.
In short: Trust all the way. That is the motto of the IDSA Winterdays 2022.
Details and agenda will follow soon. But you can already save your participation by registering!
Hosted by the Internaitonal Data Spaces Organisation.

Information and Brokerage Session: Horizon Europe Cloud-Edge-IoT Call
2022-02-02 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Vienna) | online
Following the “Digital Autonomy in the Computing Continuum” Workshop in November 2021 (more information here), the European Commission invites stakeholders from industry, academia, and innovators to participate in an Information and Virtual Brokerage Session on 2 February 2022, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm CET.
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The event addresses the following two Horizon Europe 2022 Calls:

“World leading data and computing technologies” and
“Digital and emerging technologies for competitiveness and fit for the green deal”.

The open and free half-day virtual event will introduce the three Horizon Europe calls “Cognitive Cloud: AI-enabled computing continuum from Cloud to Edge (RIA)”, “Open source for cloud-based services (RIA)“, and “Programming tools for decentralised intelligence and swarms (RIA)”.

The event offers a unique international networking experience to forge the winning partnerships with academics, researchers, industrial stakeholders, and SMEs. Event participants will have the unique opportunity to pitch new concepts and applications, proposal ideas, and expertise in front of leading research organisations and cutting-edge innovators from across industry.

Pitch registration is open now! The deadline to register for a pitch is on 31 January 2022 12:00 CET latest. The event organisers will validate and confirm your pitch slot by 1 February 2022 12:00 CET.

The event is organised by the European Commission in collaboration with H-CLOUD (Grant Agreement no 871920), HUB4CLOUD (Grant Agreement no 101016673), and EU-IoT (Grant Agreement no 956671).

FIWARE Global Summit
2022-01-19 - 2022-01-20 | Gran Canaria, Spain, Av. de la Feria, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35012, Spain
Leading the Digital Transformation
Open Source – Open Standards – Open Community
The two-days physical Summit is back! #FIWARESummit22
FIWARE connects all who want to change the world, foretell the future and transform markets for the better – based on recognized Open Source technology.
Technology is changing the way we live, work, engage with one another. FIWARE provides a helping hand to those who want to change the world, foretell the future, transform markets for the better, based on recognized Open Source technology. From startups and SMEs to global enterprises, FIWARE helps today’s disruptors fully grasp what tomorrow has in store and how they can be part of this transformation journey.
You can also play a key role in this journey. Looking into joining the FIWARE community, our global ecosystem or just interested in the impact and opportunities with Open Source technology? Then this Summit is made for you!
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Data Spaces Dialogue
2021-12-16 10:00 - 11:30 | online
Unboxing the Automotive Supply Chain Data Space Catena-X
In this live session IDSA will “unbox” a data space that is already out there and has a clear growth plan in place. They want to celebrate the era of the lone wolf coming to an end as numerous endeavors in many different domains have evolved from a vision to a real asset in the economy. Within the dialogue, IDSA will showcase a remarkable “Gaia-X lighthouse”, that is already set in motion: ‘Catena-X’. Catena-X is establishing sovereign data sharing to unlock the true value of data for supply chains in the automotive sector.
In the Data space Dialogue, the experts who have built the Catena-X data space will discuss about where they are currently in their evolution paths and what can be expected in the years to come.
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Brokering Event for European Data Spaces
2021-12-16 09:00 - 13:30 | online
Pitch and unite your expertise for Digital Europe Programme calls!
The European Commission has a number of open calls as part of the Digital Europe Programme that are designed to support the building of data spaces in 12 domains.
The Data Spaces Business Alliance, as the drivers of sovereign data sharing initiatives, invites you – researchers, companies and innovators on these domains and data spaces – to the “Brokering Event for European Data Spaces” on December 16. The goal is that the leading experts unite and form domain specific consortia for the calls. The event is organized with the participation of the European Commission.
The virtual platform allows you to make pitches and find matching partners for a consortium. So join in this important effort and next step to build data spaces for Europe!
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Horizon Cloud Summit 2021
2021-12-08 - 2021-12-09 | online
Europe is looking towards a green digital transformation to shape its future. Cloud technologies will be key enablers towards this transition that will unleash the potential of the European data economy and ensure its industrial competitiveness while making them sustainable. To grow its impact and effectively shape Europe’s digital future, the European Cloud Computing community needs to overcome fragmentation of efforts, ensure proper know-how and tech transfer from research to industry, create the most favourable policy and regulations conditions and raise investments, both on the private and public sides.
The Horizon Cloud Summit 2021 – at its second edition – aims at gathering innovators and researchers, Cloud adopters, policy makers, as well as Cloud initiatives, and open source projects to shape the EU digital transition.
The main objectives are to:

Discuss priorities for Europe at different levels and for different actors, supporting the consolidation of a Strategic Agenda for Research, Innovation and Deployment of Cloud Computing in Europe as a crucial step to guide future public and private investments, by identifying future challenges to be covered in Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, and other EU programmes.
Explore the last evolution of Cloud Computing in Europe, giving spaces to cutting edge research outcomes, innovative open solutions, and emerging use cases.
Discuss latest developments in the EU policy landscape, influencing the Cloud market, and how the Cloud stakeholders plan to support Digital Decade ambition toward green digital transformation, i.e. achieving “10,000 climate neutral highly secure edge nodes”.
Explore the role of open source strategies, standards and business models in shaping EU digital autonomy.
Increase collaboration among Cloud stakeholders and foster the creation of synergies across the European Cloud Computing ecosystem, that will ensure its growth.

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Data Sharing Winter School
2021-12-07 - 2021-12-09 | online
Next Mobility – Smart Data Sharing to Move Goods and People
From December 7 to 9, IDSA will organize the 2nd Data Sharing Winter School in collaboration with Fraunhofer AISEC, Institut Mines-Télécom and University of Oulu as well as the co-hosts Academy for the Industry of the Future and Franco-German University.
Data spaces – the secret sauce of the data economy
When it comes to the digital transformation of the economy, the provision and sharing of data in data spaces are at the center of the discussion. Europe wants to accelerate the digital transformation with the use of data and meaningful approaches to data sharing. Expectations are high: The future viability of our entire EU economy is at stake. This is a perfect time for you to learn more about data sharing and topics like interoperability, data sovereignty and data usage control as success factors for data spaces.
New mobility
One sector will transform like no other: mobility. Autonomous driving, smart cities, intermodal transport – unthinkable without data sharing. In 12 sessions, experts will present new technologies, scientists will talk about the state of research, and practitioners will show innovative mobility solutions to urban problems, such as the Mobility Data Space, one of Europe’s lighthouse projects. You will deepen your knowledge on data sharing, connect with renowned experts and accelerate your career in the data economy of the future.
Together online
The Data Sharing Winter School comes to you. It is completely online. You will have access to a platform with an interactive seminar area, exciting networking opportunities, and clearly presented supplemental content.
Requirements, certificate, price
This event is designed for students and researchers from RTOs and R&D departments of companies with a scientific background. The Winter School includes a technical workshop in which you must successfully participate for the certificate of completion. The Winter School is free of charge.
Register here: hopin.com/events/2nd-data-sharing-winter-school
Questions: winterschool@internationaldataspaces.org

CITIP’S SAFE-DEED CLOSING EVENT
2021-12-02 08:30 - 17:30 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven & Online, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, B-3010, Belgium
“Addressing legal, technical and ethical challenges in the data market context”
Safe-DEED is delighted to invite you to the final event of the Safe-DEED project, on Thursday 2 December, from 8h30-17h30, in Leuven and online.
The event will highlight the latest legal, technical and ethical challenges in the data market context. In the morning, attention will be drawn to the regulatory framework of the data economy ecosystem, the Data Governance Act, the data ownership debate and ELI/ALI principles. An afternoon session will explore the insights from Safe-DEED’s extensive research on improving security technologies, trust and the diffusion of privacy enhancing technologies on data marketplaces.
Registration is mandatory as there is a max. capacity of 80 people on-site. Please register via this link before 29/11.
Find more information about the event, the agenda and the speakers here.

European Big Data Value Forum 2021
2021-11-29 - 2021-12-03
European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2021 will take place from the 29th of November to the 3rd of December. This year as a “hybrid” event. EBDVF 2021 is an associated event of Slovenian EU Presidency.
EBDVF 2021 theme is “Digital Transformation powered by Data and AI”. The programme is structured into five tracks discussing the topics of adoption of industrial and trustworthy AI, Data Spaces, Data-Driven business models, standardization, societal impacts and many others. Join the event to get the best insight to European Big Data and AI!
The physical part of the EBDVF 2021 will be hosted in Ljubljana. The local collaborators of EBDVF 2021 are DIH Slovenia, ICT Association of Slovenia (Chamber of Commerce and Industry Slovenia), Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) and the University of Ljubljana. The central day in the Slovenian capital will kick-start the event by inviting high-level political and industry keynotes to share their views on data and data-driven AI-related policy developments.
All the EBDVF 2021 sessions will be streamed online. The event will merge the online portions to the sessions held in Ljubljana, bringing both, live and physical venues, to the disposal of the event attendees, speakers and sponsors.
The registration to the EBDVF 2021 will be open soon. If you are interested in collaborating with or hosting a session in EBDVF 2021, please send a message at info@core.bdva.eu. For more information and updates, visit the official website of the European Big Data Value Forum.

IDSA's Assets and Achievements: Reliable Base for Trust in Data Spaces
2021-11-24 13:00 - 14:30 | online
On November 24, IDSA would like to present to you their biggest achievements in 2021 and the potential that lies within:

The International Data Spaces reference testbed to ensure interoperability.
Open-source community: How reliable components for data spaces are created together to ensure market acceptance and sustainability.
Certification of data space components, how it works and how it generates trust.
Trust is the key to turning data sharing into business value. That’s what drives the new Data Spaces Business Alliance.
Detected by our data spaces radar: First data spaces are already in place, running successfully and amazing the world.

Let’s talk about these and other achievements – and what is to come in 2022:
>> November 24, 2021 | 13:00 to 14:30 CET
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EU Open Data Days 2021
2021-11-23 - 2021-11-25 | online
Take part in EU Open Data Days, an event focused on the benefits of open data and its reuse in the EU!
The Publications Office of the European Union is organising the first EU Open Data Days. This unique online event will serve as a knowledge hub, bringing the benefits of open data and its reuse to the EU public sector, and through it to people and businesses. Get inspired and discover the latest trends and most innovative solutions!

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Data is a key asset for digital transformation. It is a building material for research and innovation, personalised products and services, powerful new technologies and better decision-making. These translate into solutions to societal challenges that can improve and even save people’s lives, as the current pandemic demonstrates. Open data is also freely available to generate value through reuse.
Speak at EU DataViz 2021
The EU Open Data Days organising team are looking for speakers to help shape a highly relevant conference programme. Are you an expert on open data and/or data visualisation? We encourage you to share your ideas, successful projects and best practices, which can be actionable in the setting of the EU public sector.
We welcome proposals from all over the world, and from all sectors: academia, private entities, journalists, data visualisation freelancers, EU institutions, national public administrations and more. For more information, visit the EU DataViz website.
Submit your proposal for a conference contribution by 21 May 2021 here.
Compete in EU Datathon 2021
Propose your idea for an application built on open data and compete for your share of the prize fund of EUR 99 000. Demonstrate the value of open data and address a challenge related to the European Commission’ priorities.
We welcome ideas from data enthusiasts from all around the world. Check the rules of the competition and to participate, submit your proposal for an application by 21 May 2021 here.
The EU Open Data Days have a particular focus on the EU’s public sector and data enthusiasts. They are also relevant for policymakers, researchers, academia, private entities, students and citizens interested in the power of open data as a factor determining our future.

2nd Gaia-X Summit 2021
2021-11-18 - 2021-11-19 | online
Gaia-X is delivering: The second summit will show how data and services are actually being shared in a trusting environment of the Gaia-X ecosystem. Save the date!
The second Summit will showcase how data and services are shared in the trusting environment of the Gaia-X ecosystem, bringing in consistent business value in the digital sector. Join this year’s virtual event, featuring Gaia-X activities across Europe. The hybrid event holds an extensive audience participation – all at the right place and time.

Agenda (preliminary)
Day 1 (18 Nov): Vision and Internationalisation 13:00-18:00 CET
Part 1: Gaia-X is Up and Running

Opening of the Summit by the Gaia-X Institute
Opening Keynote by Chairman
Gaia-X Vision: Where do we stand today?

Part 2: MVP, Data Spaces & Business Cases – Gaia-X creates Business Value Minimal Viable Gaia-X

Providers and Users Speak Up: How to Unlock the Business Value
Business Case I
Business Case II
Business Case III
Award Ceremony for interesting Business Cases

Day 2 (19 Nov): Delivery and Realization 9:00-12:30 CET
Part 3: Technology Focus

Welcome Day 2
First Show on Federated Services (Live Demo) and Q&A
Presentation of Committees & Working Groups with Q&A
Open-Source Strategy of Gaia-X

Part 4: All set to carry on – Collaboration and Policy Makers Focus

Gaia-X Roadmap
Teaming Up: BDVA, Gaia-X and IDSA
Panel Discussion Governmental Advisory Board: How will Policy Makers further support Gaia-X?
Keynote EC Representative
Wrap-Up, Outlook & Good-Bye

11th International Conference on the Internet of Things
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-12 | hybrid / Switzerland, Dufourstrasse 50, St.Gallen, 9000, Switzerland
The 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT 2021), which will take place in an online setting from Nov. 8 – Nov. 12 2021, is the premier forum to share and discuss cutting edge research in all areas of development for the Internet of Things.
IoT 2021 is seeking original, high-impact research papers on all topics related to the Internet of Things. Papers will be reviewed and selected based on technical novelty, integrity of the analysis, and practical relevance. The IoT 2021 Call for Papers has been published.
The Institute of Computer Science at the University of St.Gallen and the city of St.Gallen are looking forward to returning to in-person engagements with the IoT academic and industrial community in a new-normal style (thanks to the gradually reducing COVID-19 restrictions).
Call for Papers
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a central and exciting research area that organically brings together academia, industry, society, and even governmental agencies due to the innovative advancements that connected devices and connected systems can bring to society. As the IoT evolves and gets ever more established, its focus widens, from bringing devices to the Internet, to achieving seamless and autonomous interaction among heterogeneous devices, connecting and taking advantages of intelligent and interoperable things and services from both the physical and virtual world, to the unrefusable need for distributed ecosystems that, while keeping the human in the loop, are capable of providing secure interactions among cross-domain heterogeneous IoT services.
The International Conference on the Internet of Things is the premier gathering for visionary, groundbreaking research in the IoT field. It connects world-class researchers with leading industry experts to steer innovation in multiple IoT verticals (e.g., smart city, smart health, smart buildings, rural areas). Since its beginnings in the year 2008, the conference has been backed by strong support from leading academic institutions as well as industry. We are happy to announce its 11th iteration and associated workshops, which will take place from November 8-12 in St Gallen, Switzerland (and virtually).
Topics of interest, important dates and submission information
Registration
Register for the conference:
Register for IoT 2021 using the IoT website. Authors should note that each accepted paper that is published in the IoT 2021 Proceedings requires one full-paying non-student registration (either onsite or online). The further registration information will be published soon.
Important dates:
Early Bird Registration deadline: October 11, 2021
Late Registration deadline: November 7, 2021
On-site Registration: November 8-12, 2021

DATA MARKET DIALOGUE: "TRUSTS Datamarket: Use Cases in Secure Data Collaboration and Sharing"
2021-11-03 11:30 - 13:30 | online
DATA MARKET DIALOGUE:
TRUSTS Datamarket – Use Cases in Trustless Collaboration and Data Sharing
Are you a member of a data-driven company? Join our data market dialogue and use the opportunity to explore and discuss state-of-the-art use cases and their requirements towards data collaboration and trading.

When? Wednesday, 03.11.21, 11:30am-1:30pm
Where? Online via Hopin

The European TRUSTS Datamarket project creates a federated platform that enables secure data exchange between multiple open and proprietary data sources, access to capabilities for trustless data processing and collaboration, and trading of personal data or otherwise highly sensitive data.
The TRUSTS data market dialogue is co-organized by the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) and the Data Intelligence Offensive (DIO).
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Agenda
11:30 Welcome & Keynote
European data strategy, emerging data spaces and data markets
Dr. Mark de Reuver, Section Head ICT, TU Delft
What are the latest developments related to the European data strategy? Should companies care, and how can they take advantage? This keynote sets the scene for our space dialogue: what is happening in Europe, what concerns do you as a business have, and do we know enough about those concerns?
12:05 TRUSTS Datamarket for Trusted Secure Data Sharing
Bert Utermark, Partner, Governance One Consulting
Brief introduction to the TRUSTS data market project and solutions for secure, distributed data collaboration
12:10 Interactive Use Case Breakout Sessions
Gianna Avgousti, R&D Project Manager, eBOS Technologie I Dr. Stefan Gindl, Research Studies Austria FG I Ioannis Markopoulos, Director Innovation & Project Management, Nova I Manos Paschalakis, Consultant, Relations Technologies I Christos Skoufis, Senior Project Manager, eBOS Technologies
All workshop breakout sessions will run twice, allowing participants to choose 2 topics
Smart big-data sharing and analytics for Anti-Money Laundering
Financial institutions, corporate audit departments, tax advisors and many more need to perform AML checks as a primary source of risk prevention. Within this session we discuss a use case which aims at improving the detection of financial crimes by leveraging the capabilities of the TRUSTS Platform as a ‘Trusted Secure Data Sharing Space’ by combining existing AML solutions enhanced with AI and ML algorithms and data sharing.
Agile marketing through correlation of anonymized data
Through correlating anonymized banking and telecommunications data and applying big data analytics techniques, within this session we discuss a use case which aims at supporting validation of how data for targeting profitable customers at a local level can be provided.
Customer Service Support through anonymized processing and visualisation
Automated chatbots enable cost-efficient customer self-service. This session will discuss an out-of-the-box analytics solution for the anonymisation and visualisation of Big Financial Data to enable customers to converse about the management of their debt at their own pace and with a personalized experience.
Federated Open Data Access with the European Open Science Cloud
The TRUSTS project researches and develops interoperability solutions for federation between industrial and open data spaces. This session will describe TRUSTS’s approach to facilitating access to open data in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and discuss user requirements.
13:10 Discussion and Q&A
Collaborative data spaces vs data trading platforms
Rosa Araujo Rivero, Senior Project Manager, LSTech I Dr. Hosea Ofe, Researcher, Technical University Delft

Trustworthy AI Meetup
2021-10-01 09:00 - 12:00 | Vienna Business Agency, Mariahilfer Straße 20, Vienna, 1070, Austria
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already used in various fields of applications. AI is a promising technology to increase social well-being, enhance the common good and foster innovation. In order to achieve those goals, AI has to be trustworthy. According to the European Commission, AI should be lawful, ethical and robust. But what does this mean in practice and what are challenges to implement trustworthy solutions?
On October 1st, the Vienna Business Agency together with Keep-Current Meetup and TRUSTS invite you to join this meetup on trustworthy AI and voice your opinion about machine learning topics in general and in Austria in particular. We will discuss in groups topics such as ML trends & bias concerns, the AI’s true potential, and the role it plays in Austria. By brainstorming these topics with you, we hope to generate achievable action items which have a contribution potential for the Austrian industry.
Carina Zehetmaier (taxtastic), David Reichl (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights), Stefan Gindl (Research Studios Austria, TRUSTS) will present different facets of trustworthiness in three keynotes. Afterwards, participants and speakers will discuss challenges and various aspects of trustworthy followed by networking and finger food.
Registration & Agenda

From the current perspective, the event is planned as a physical event with a maximum of 25 people. If it is not possible to host an event on site due to the measures related to Covid-19, it will be switched to a virtual event.
Compliance with the 3-G-rule (tested, recovered, vaccinated) is required. Please have the proof ready and show it upon entry. Wearing a mouth-nose protection when entering the venue is requested . Please do not attend the event if you have
– any respiratory ailments or symptoms of illness
– had any contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 or been in close proximity to a suspected case.

Conference on Data Sharing & Governance for Energy Applications
2021-09-23 | Bilbao, Spain
Co-organized by the H2020 projects PLATOON and OPEN DEI, the conference on “Data sharing and governance for Energy applications” will be held in Bilbao, Spain on September 23, 2021.
The intensive current activity at the European level around digital sovereignty and data governance as a requirement for a secure exchange of industrial data among multiple players, with ongoing initiatives such as GAIA-X and IDSA, sets a suitable context to learn from the experts on how to apply these frameworks and architectures to different energy use cases.
The conference has been conceived as an opportunity to facilitate interaction, mutual knowledge, and exchange of best practices and lessons learned among a number of H2020 projects specifically focused in providing added value to energy stakeholders through efficient data sharing, processing, and analysis.
Find presentations on data sharing and data spaces in the energy domain in the agenda.
Register here for the conference: www.clusterenergia.com

SEMANTiCS Conference 2021
2021-09-06 - 2021-09-09 | Amsterdam / hybrid
SEMANTiCS is an established knowledge hub where technology professionals, industry experts, researchers and decision makers can learn about new technologies, innovations and enterprise implementations in the fields of Linked Data and Semantic AI. Since 2005, the conference series has focused on semantic technologies, which are today together with other methodologies such as NLP and machine learning the core of intelligent systems. The conference highlights the benefits of standards-based approaches.
SEMANTiCS is the only European conference at the intersection of research and industry. Dive deeper into the world of semantic technologies, machine learning and data science. Explore more advanced topics in various talks and workshop sessions. The conference agenda pays tribute to a highly diverse, but complementary audience. Discover newest research insights, explore enterprise solutions and learn implementation stories of leading companies.
Registration & Speakers

IDSA Live Session: How to Run Your IDS Data Space
2021-09-02 10:00 - 11:00 | online
Q&A Session | How to Run Your IDS Data Space
IDSA has developed the key fundamentals for successfully running a data space, and IDSA members have created amazing use case scenarios of what a data space can look like. In the Q&A Session, IDSA likes to discuss with you how to put the fundamentals together, how you can turn your use case scenario into real business models. And what steps to take to turn your scenario into a secure and sovereign data space.
With Darja Kramer, Christoph Mertens, Natalia Simon and Markos Matsas, IDSA.
Register here: gotowebinar.com/register/7474681672398909967

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The Culture of Trustworthy AI. Public debate, education, practical learning
2021-09-02 - 2021-09-03 | hybrid: Island of San Servolo, Venice & Online, Italy
In the last few years, the European Union has made important steps towards a responsible and sustainable Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation. In 2019, the High-Level Expert Group delivered the Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI and, even more recently, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation to address different AI risk levels. However, these initiatives do not, alone, ensure Trustworthy AI. Besides rules and principles, “Trustworthy AI requires us to build and maintain an ethical culture and mindset through public debate, education and practical learning.” (HLEG, 2019).
The development of a Trustworthy AI culture poses several challenges to the whole AI ecosystem. The first issue regards how to create meaningful discussions involving different experts but also citizens and people with limited knowledge about AI and its wider implications (public debate). A second problem connects to the equipment needed to help future generations cope with the social and economic changes generated by AI and data-intensive applications (education). Finally, a third important issue relates to the capacity of AI actors to become familiar with principles, rules and the plethora of methodologies supporting ethical, legal and robust AI (practical learning).
This workshop will try to explore how we can get closer to a Trustworthy AI culture sharing investigations and good practices moving along the trajectories suggested by Trustworthy AI guidelines: public debate, education and practical learning. The event is part of the AI4EU project and will give the opportunity to share the results achieved by the AI4EU working groups on Ethical, Legal, Social, Economic and Cultural issues of AI (ELSEC AI). Launched at the end of 2020, working groups are semi-organised groups bringing together people from different backgrounds and sectors to collaborate on ELSEC AI with a genuine multidisciplinary spirit.
The workshop will host a mix of invited and contributed presentations, as well as panel discussions, and is open to scholars and practitioners working on Trustworthy and Responsible AI. The event will take place in Venice (Italy) and streamed online to allow remote participation. Registration is free of charge. More details about the workshop location and the program will be announced soon. If you would like to receive further information about the event, please email osai@unive.it
Registration: Send an email with your name, surname and affiliation to osai@unive.it
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IoT Week 2021
2021-08-30 - 2021-09-03 | online
Next-Generation IoT for a sustainable future
The rising awareness of climate change has caused the popularization of sustainability and the realization that we need to do things not only differently, but better. As focus shifts to finding solutions to climate issues, technological advancements and innovation present a promising way forward. The Internet of Things, for example, which Boston Consulting Group estimates will boom into an $267 billion dollar industry by 2021, promises to facilitate great leaps in our efforts to transform our places and spaces, from homes and offices to entire cities, into sustainable environments. If IoT technologies build on not only established technology, but also new capabilities in the backend, such as artificial intelligence, deep semantic interoperability and novel contractual arrangements like Blockchains, they will undoubtedly bring fundamental change to all sectors of activity, improving the way we live and work.
In other words, IoT is likely to be an essential element of the Next Generation Internet, setting the groundwork for systems and devices of the future.
Each year, numerous thought leaders from the worlds of research, industry, business, tech and science shed light on the future of technology and its impact on business and life.
More information, program, speaker & registration

Horizon Europe Info Day: Cluster 4 AI, Data and Robotics
2021-07-21 09:30 - 13:00 | online
Infoday and brokerage event organised by the AI, Data and Robotics Association (Adra) in collaboration with the European Commission and the Ideal-ist network.
Programme (all times CEST)
09:30 – 09:45h – Welcome and Presentation AI, Data and Robotics Association (Adra)

Morten Irgens – Vice President Adra

09:45 – 11:15h – Presentation of topics (see below) by the European Commission and Q&A

Cécile Huet – Deputy Head of Unit. Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Stefano Bertolo – Scientific Programme Manager Data Policy and Innovation, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Kimmo Rossi – Head of Sector Research and Innovation Execution in the Data Value Chain, DG CONNECT, European Commission

11:15 – 11:30h – Presentation Ideal-ist and Brokerage tool

Edina Nemeth – Ideal-ist, the network of National Contact Points for Digital

11:30 – 13:00h – Pitches
For those interested to to participate to the pitch session, please indicate it when you register (you’ll be contacted separately for arranging the logistics) . Places are limited and will be assigned on a first come first served basis.
UPDATE: Pitching session is closed
For additional question, please contact info(at)ai-data-robotics-partnership.eu
List of topics that will be presented:

HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-01
HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-03
HORIZON-CL4-DIGITAL-EMERGING-2021-01-09
HORIZON-CL4-DIGITAL-EMERGING-2021-01-10
HORIZON-CL4-DIGITAL-EMERGING-2021-01-11
HORIZON-CL4-DIGITAL-EMERGING-2021-01-12
HORIZON-CL4-HUMAN-2021-01-01
HORIZON-CL4-HUMAN-2021-01-02
HORIZON-CL4-HUMAN-2021-01-03
HORIZON-CL4-HUMAN-2021-01-24 (to be confirmed)
HORIZON-CL4-HUMAN-2021-01-27 (to be confirmed)

Info Day on Horizon Europe Cluster 4
2021-07-08 10:00 - 12:00 | online
All data and data-driven AI researchers, innovators, industry representatives and other stakeholders are invited to join Info Day about Horizon Europe 2021-2022 calls on the 8th of July, 10:00 – 12:00 CEST. The information and brokerage session focuses on calls under “World Leading Data and Computing Technologies” (Cluster 4, Destination 3). The event is organised by the European Commission in collaboration with BDVA/DAIRO.
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During the event, representatives of the European Commission will introduce 5 topics for 2021-2022, providing detailed information on the call topics under the headings:

Data sharing in the common European data spaces
Strengthening Europe’s data analytics capacity

Please find the agenda and more information on the BDVA/DAIRO Website
The presentation of the calls for proposal will be followed by a pitching session, coordinated by BDVA/DAIRO. Participants will have the opportunity to present a short pitch (2 minutes) addressing one or more of the topics presented by the European Commission.
If you are interested in pitching, please indicate it in the registration (link below) and send your presentation of 2-3 slides to operations@core.bdva.eu by 6th July EOB in ppt format.
Register to the Info Day here!
For any questions, please contact info@core.bdva.eu

12. International Symposium on Digital Earth
2021-07-06 - 2021-07-08 | hybrid: Salzburg & online
The Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS is honoured to host the 12th International Symposium on Digital Earth – ISDE12 – July, 6-8 2021. Scheduled within the annual ‚GI-Week‘, this special event will bring together policy makers and scientists and will explore pathways towards the vision of a ‘Digital Earth’.
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Digital Earth is destined as a defining scientific and technological achievement of the 21st century. This will demand extreme computing for the most demanding Big Data challenges, the smartest applications of artificial intelligence, webs of sensors and actuators, and compelling gamification and visualisation methods. Most importantly, it will require agile minds collaborating in cross-discipline innovation and pursuit of scientific excellence. Young people in particular, as ‘digital natives’, are adept in connecting local action and global changes through mixed-reality media linked to open online services.
ISDE12 aims to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by harnessing the world’s data and information resources to digitally represent our planet, and to monitor, measure and forecast natural and human activities on Earth.
Registration is now open!
The registration to ISDE12 is now open. Please use the Conference software for the registration: https://www.conftool.com/giweek2021/
ISDE12 is organized as a hybrid event
ISDE wants to enable an international audience to participate in ISDE12 in July 2021. That’s why the symposium is organized as a hybrid conference.
They are working on a hygiene concept, that makes it possible to visit part of the program in Salzburg on-site. ISDE takes COVID-19 measures seriously and adapts the concept on the actual situation.
For all not travelling to Austria, sessions will be streamed online – so you won’t miss anything. A discounted ticket is offered for the online conference.

European AI Forum
2021-06-30 | online
European AI Forum – 3rd Edition
30 June, 10 am
The third edition of the European AI Forum will have a look into the new AI regulation draft. We will have a focus on European AI and how European AI can sell products in the world and also, look at sandboxes and how to make them efficient.

On the last days of the Portuguese Presidency and as a new Trio takes the Council of the EU helm, European AI Associations invite you to join us in finding the right answers on:

The AI Act – the future foundation of the EU’s AI ecosystem?

Let’s really get under the hood and understand what is behind the proposed regulation. The draft EU AI Regulation – the future foundation of EU’s AI ecosystem, a discussion about the approach and the challenges to regulate AI in EU.

AI “made in EU” – how to scale and export AI from Europe?

AI made in EU – how to scale and export AI from Europe is the new proposed regulation turn into a bug or into a feature for European AI makers with export on their mind.

AI regulatory sandboxes – from theory to reality

How will Europe foster innovation and develop trustworthy AI in a highly regulated environment?

Program & Registration
Watch the Livestream on the 30th June at 10am here

TRUSTS @IDC Summit Austria
2021-06-29 14:00 - 17:00 | online
We in TRUSTS are researching technologies and methods for secure, trustworthy data exchange in a decentralised, federated platform in the TRUSTS project. The development of suitable technological methods is complemented by an appropriate legal and regulatory framework as well as suitable business models.
To share information about the project Stefan Gindl from the TRUSTS Consortiumpartner Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft will present the project, it’s goals and the process to reach them at the IDC Summit Austria on 29 June, 14:40 CEST.
IDC Summit Austria 2021 promises breakthrough insights from industry pioneers, combining informative presentations, interactive roundtable debates and extensive peer-to-peer networking. In doing so, the event is a unique blend of expert opinions, practical solutions and networking opportunities for your business.
Key topics:

Future of Trust – Security
Future of Work – Work Model

Agenda & Registration: https://www.idc.com/cee/events/68804-idc-summit-osterreich/agenda#section_10

34th Bled eConference
2021-06-27 - 2021-06-30 | online
Two papers from TU Delft – “Business Data Sharing through Data Marketplaces: A Systematic Literature Review” and “Creating a Taxonomy of Business Models for Data Marketplaces,” – have been accepted for publication in the proceedings of the 34th Bled eConference. In addition, TU Delft will also give two presentations at this conference.
About Bled eConference

Bled eConference has been shaping electronic interactions since 1988. Small supportive community offers the opportunity to benefit from expertise of esteemed researchers. It attracts speakers and delegates from business, government, information technology providers and universities and is the major venue for researchers working in all aspects of digital transformation.
The conference has a wide appeal, offering:

a fully-refereed Research Track, devoted to researchers in all aspects of digital transformation;
Doctoral Consortium, offering students to present their ongoing master’s and PhD study results;
ePrototype Students Bazaar, offering students opportunities to present innovative e- or m-Business or IoT ideas, models, prototypes and apps;
a Business and Government Panel Track which attracts eminent business and government leaders from Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific;
Business, Government and Academic Workshops and Meetings offering unparalleled opportunities to discuss, share and learn with colleagues from around the world;
EU projects dissemination meetings; enabling project partners to connect with other similar projects and to disseminate results to a wider community.

Register here

IDSA Summit 2021
2021-06-22 - 2021-06-23 | online
IDSA looks back on five years of paving the way for secure and sovereign data spaces.
IDSA has defined a reference architecture and a formal standard for creating cross-border and cross-domain data spaces. The recently published IDSA Rule Book outlines a governance framework with functional, technical, operational and legal agreements to run data spaces. IDS Connectors for connecting participants and enabling business transactions in data spaces are available. For components and participants certification is possible, an essential key to trust in a data ecosystem.
Pillars for data spaces to become reality. Let’s build them together!
Soon, IDSA will publish the preliminary agenda for the IDSA Summit.
Save the date: hopin.com/events/idsa-summit-2021

Austrian Data Day 2021
2021-06-17 | online
We need to talk more about data-driven technologies and the use of data.
Therefore, the Austrian Data Day will take place for the first time this year. It will be organized by the Data Intelligence Offensive as part of Imagine 2021 on June 17, to focus on societal challenges of our time in the field of digital technologies.
Data is the key resource for business success. The volume of generated data is growing year by year, but is often not used for relevant decisions. The strong distribution and fragmentation of data, a lack of resources or simply a great respect for this important topic are just some of the reasons why data is not yet given the importance it deserves and also needs.
The Austrian Data Day – accompanying Imagine 2021 – aims to provide information as well as to show current developments and possibilities of cooperation. In a mix of workshops, inputs and working groups, challenges and possible solutions will be discussed.
What to expect
Workshops will be held on topics such as “Data Changes Education or Education Changes Data”, “Impact Innovation on Data”, “Data Sharing is Caring” and many more.
Viennese start-ups from the data economy sector will present themselves – initiated by the Vienna Business Agency – as part of the Austrian Data Day and act as testimonials for Vienna as a location for innovation.
The event will take place hybrid, i.e. all workshops, presentations, etc. will be broadcasted online.
Presentation language: German
More information

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Program and additional information

BDVA Data Week 2021
2021-05-25 - 2021-05-27 | online
From May 25 to May 27 the Data Week 2021 will take place online. The Data Week event continues the tradition of the Big Data Value Summit which took place in 2018 (Sophia), 2019 (Riga) and 2020 (online). The 2021 Data Week aims at bringing together the research and innovation community working on Big Data and Data Driven AI, promoting opportunities for this community to grow and strengthening the ties with the Portuguese ecosystem.
The event is co-organised by DAIRO/BDVA, and the EUHubs4Data project, in collaboration with the BDVA/DAIRO members of the Portuguese R&I ecosystem (DECSIS, valuedate.io and Ubiwhere).
Registration to the event will open in March.
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DATAcated Conference: Industry Focus
2021-05-18 - 2021-05-19 | online
Data has become a big game-changer in most, if not all, types of industries over the last few years. Join the DATAcated Conference: Industry to explore trends, case studies, tools, and challenges across six different industries.
DATAcated covers the areas banking, healthcare, energy, retail, sports, and transportation. Expert speakers will provide 10-min lightning talks and take questions from the live audience.
