ABOUT DATA WEEK
Data Week is the spring gathering of the European Big Data and Data-Driven AI research and innovation community. During the event, the participants share knowledge and results, discuss topics of common interest, find synergies, build new collaborations and identify new challenges and recommendations.
Organised by BDVA, Data Week 2024 will center its focus on the fundamental elements of Data Value creation. Artificial intelligence (AI) serves as a pivotal tool in unlocking data value through various means. Creating value from data also requires viewing it from an ecosystem perspective and fostering collaboration among multiple stakeholders, which lays the groundwork needed for research excellence, that is required to be rapidly put into action for competitiveness and societal benefit.
Data Week always transcended the confines of a mere week-long discussion, as it embodied a fusion of several local and international events aimed at nurturing the field’s growth. Each event delved into various topics that adhere to a core theme. Data Week 2024 will extend its activities and events over the year to accommodate the dynamic changes that data and AI bring to our businesses and society, connecting our meeting days with other relevant events, emphasising the need for collaboration.
On 12 March 2024, Data Week took place under the umbrella of the Data Spaces Symposium 2024, in Darmstadtium, Darmstadt (Germany). DSS is organised by DSBA (BDVA, FIWARE, Gaia-X, IDSA) and the Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC).
Through DSS, Data Week opens up to a crucial gathering for pioneers in data space innovation, a platform to showcase cutting-edge, market-ready use cases, advanced technology solutions for both established and emerging data spaces and the outstanding work of the Data Spaces Support Centre in crafting a foundational blueprint for common European data spaces. Generative AI and Foundation models, Implementation of AI Act, involvement of SMEs and Startups in Data Spaces, Data monetisation, applications in data spaces and digital twins are some of the topics to be addressed on the 1st day of Data Week 2024.
Data Week 2024 continued on 5 June 2024, in conjunction with the LAILEC conference organised by KU Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium. Our meeting’s main topics gravitated around the legal and ethical aspects of data and AI: the AI Act implementation, Generative AI / Foundation models, Data quality, Data life-cycle projects, Synthetic Data and AI Regulatory sandboxes.
This year’s DW trilogy concluded on 10 December 2024, in Luxembourg, through an event organised in collaboration with LIST, Netcompany-Intrasoft SA and Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS). Data Week – Luxembourg took place at Novotel Luxembourg Kirchberg one day prior to the Data Summit Luxembourg organised by LNDS, which allowed attendees to join both events. Data Week – Luxembourg gathered 115 participants from the Data & AI ecosystem, BDVA family and friends, while also reaching out to the main representatives of the local scene.
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Attending Data Week 2024 – Luxembourg was FREE for BDVA members. BDVA members had to register at this link.
Non-BDVA members had to register at this link and pay a fee of 130 euro.
Data Week 2024 – Luxembourg Takeaways
ORGANISED BY
The Big Data Value Association-BDVA is an industry-driven organisation with a mission to develop an innovation ecosystem that enables the data-driven digital transformation of the economy and society in Europe. BDVA has over 240 members all over Europe and a well-balanced composition of large, small, and medium-sized industries, as well as research and user organisations. We focus on advancing areas such as big data technologies and services, data platforms and data spaces industrial AI, data-driven value creation, standardisation and skills. In the BDVA Task Forces, our members contribute to the European data and AI R&I agenda and develop guidelines and strategic roadmaps for industry and policymakers. Our events give opportunities to build collaborations and co-create projects. Through the BDVA community, the members gain higher visibility on the European level. Our services are designed to give timely updates on the latest developments in the fields of data and AI.
IN COLLABORATION WITH
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is a mission-driven Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) that develops competitive and market-oriented product/service prototypes for public and private stakeholders.
With its 600 employees, 75% of whom are researchers or innovation experts from all around the world, LIST is active in the fields of informatics, materials and environment and works across the entire innovation chain: fundamental/applied research, incubation and transfer of technologies.
By transforming scientific knowledge into technologies, smart data and tools, LIST is about empowerment:
- We empower European citizens in their choices
- We empower public authorities in their decisions
- We empower businesses in their strategies
LIST is organised in three research departments which represent the backbone of our activity as an RTO: Environment, Informatics and Materials.
Netcompany-Intrasoft SA is a leading European IT Solutions and Services Group with strong international presence, offering innovative and added-value solutions of the highest quality to a wide range of international and national public and private organisations. Netcompany-Intrasoft’s expertise and strength lie in its proven capacity and successful track record in undertaking and delivering, complex and critical projects. Netcompany-Intrasoft’s professionals have developed the ability to combine their technical expertise with thorough understanding of each customer’s individual business needs. The company employs more than 3,500 highly skilled professionals, representing over 50 different nationalities. Netcompany-Intrasoft SA has proven expertise in conceptual system architecture and system design, advanced application development and integration services, information portal management and communication services as well as project management. With headquarters in Luxembourg, the company operates through its operational branches, subsidiaries and offices in 10 countries: Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Jordan, Luxembourg, Romania, RSA, Scandinavia, UAE and USA.
Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS) is an organisation created by the Luxembourg Government, to implement Luxembourg’s strategies in research, innovation, and digitalisation. LNDS enables value creation from secondary use of data, for public and private partners and supports the sharing and re-use of public sector data, in a trustable manner.
The volume of data worldwide is increasing and a notable amount of the existing data is in silos – not interoperable, not findable, and therefore, not usable. LNDS is on a mission to change this. To make data FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, antd Reusable – and improve the secondary use of existing data.
The LNDS service portfolio includes know-how, capabilities, tools, infrastructure, and data services. The services are co-created with data partners, through concrete data projects. Through efficient & responsible use of data and improving the secondary use of data, LNDS will support the acceleration of economic, ecological, and societal transitions.
LNDS works amongst others with research institutions, ministries and other national organisations, collaborating for improved use of existing data. In addition, LNDS participates actively in the development of data spaces, standards, and best practices at European level.
