Looking back at the European Big Data Value Forum 2019
Publication Date/Time
2019-10-30T09:00:00+00:00
Country
Europe
Exploring the value of data in AI, research and innovation for society
and businesses in Europe
EUROPEAN BIG DATA VALUE FORUM

The European Big Data Value Forum
[https://www.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/] (EBDVF) 2019 was held
on 14 to 16 October in Helsinki, Finland and was organised by Big Data
Value Association [http://www.bdva.eu] (BDVA) in collaboration with
the European Commission and VTT [https://www.vttresearch.com/]
Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. The EBDVF is an annual
European event that gathers industry professionals, business
developers, researchers and policy makers from across Europe to
discuss the different challenges and opportunities the European data
economy is facing. This year, the theme was "Artificial Intelligence
and Big Data Transforming Business and Society".
Over 90 speakers and panellists in 23 sessions shared and discussed
insights from leading companies, research bodies and start-ups. There
were several sessions throughout the three days, such as:

 	* Does Europe have a future in AI?
[https://www.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/does-europe-have-a-future-in-ai/]
 	* Data-driven Bioeconomy with Big Data and AI
[https://www.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/driving-bioeconomy-with-big-data-and-ai/]
 	* Towards a European Data Sharing Space: enabling Data Exchange to
unleash full AI potential
[https://www.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/data-sharing-space-session/]
 	* AI in Public Sector and Smart Cities
[https://www.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/program-2019/ai-in-public-sector-and-smart-cities/]
 	* Artificial Intelligence and Data Interoperability
[https://www.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/ai-and-interoperability-session/]
 	* Smart Manufacturing Industry
[https://www.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/smart-manufacturing-industry/]

 

THE EUROPEAN DATA PORTAL AT THE FORUM 

This year, the European Data Portal
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/en] (EDP) was again present at the
EBDVF to highlight the value of open data. The team shared the EDP's
aim to promote the use and re-use of open data across Europe by
supporting data providers in publishing their data as open and users
in (re-)using open data for their research, products and services. In
addition, we discussed how to share data that cannot be made open.

 

DATA SHARING BEYOND OPEN DATA

Yvo Vollman, head of DG connect
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en]
stated in his speech that we should think about data in a more
holistic way when looking at its value for Europe. He announced two
main strategies for the future. One focus will be to bring open data
to the next level by identifying high-value datasets. The other focus
will be to provide guidance on sharing data that cannot be made open.
The latter is realised by another EU initiative - the Support Centre
for Data Sharing [https://www.eudatasharing.eu/] (SCDS).

SCDS
[/en/news/european-commission-launched-support-centre-data-sharing]
aims to further support the development of the Digital Single Market
[https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/digital-single-market_en]
and to enable data sharing in the private and public sector. The
project focuses on researching, documenting and reporting about
data-sharing practices to link researchers and practitioners and
establish a common terminology and knowledge base. The initiative
provides legal advice, for example by collecting applicable EU law and
legal contract terms to support the creation of EU data sharing model
contract terms, that can be re-used by legal practitioners. Further
guidance is provided on technical aspects of data sharing like APIs,
traceability and identification of data sources and safety of data
sharing. The SCDS website launched 14 October 2019 and also offers
additional features, like the forum
[https://www.eudatasharing.eu/forum] where users are encouraged to
provide feedback and to exchange knowledge and experiences around data
sharing.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/2019-10-30-big_data_value_forum_2019_01.png]
FIGURE 1: ESTHER HUYER PRESENTING THE SUPPORT CENTRE FOR DATA SHARING 

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