Gaia-X Summit 2021

Deep dive from a vision to a tangible data infrastructure reality

Photo Album Day 1

Photo Album Day 2

Written testimonials from our sponsors and audience.

Agenda Day 1 (18 Nov): Vision and Internationalisation

PPT Presentations Day 1

Part 1: Keynotes – Gaia-X is Up and Running

Session Moderator: Dr. Vassilia Orfanou (CMO, Gaia-X)

• 13:00 – 13:10 – Food for thoughts: Data Ethics (Impulse) – Britanny Kaiser (Session Coordinator) – Video Recording
• 13:10 – 13:15 – Welcome and Open keynote – Dr. Maximilian Ahrens (Chairman BoD Gaia-X, CTO, T-Systems) – Video Recording
• 13:15 – 13:30 – Gaia-X Status, Vision and Roadmap – Francesco Bonfiglio (CEO, Gaia-X) – Video Recording
• 13:30 – 13:35 – Summit Content and Structure – Prof. Dr. Boris Otto (Fraunhofer and VC Innovation) – Video Recording

15 min Break  (Video Testimonials and Hubs Statements)

• Gauthier Crommelinck (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Luxembourg)
• Marine De Sury (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub France)
• Peter Kraemer (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Germany)
• Stefanie Lindstaedt (Director, Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science)
• Martina Maláková (Executive Director, ELECTRIK s.r.o. & Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Slovakia)
• Denisa Maki (Project Coordinator, Sitra)
• Antonietta Mastroianni (Chief Digital & IT Officer, Proximus)
• Gabriella Mastroianni (Chief Digital Office, SkyIT)
• Alina Rubina (Researcher, DE-CIX)
• Jasmin Schulz (Strategic Program Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Health)
• Jacqueline Van de Werken (General Counsel, Leaseweb Global B.V.)
• Stéphanie Verilhac (Executive Director EU Affairs, Siinda)
• Peter Verkoulen (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Netherlands)

Part 2: Gaia-X Creates Business Values – Insights from our International Hubs and Data Spaces

Session Moderator: Dr. Vassilia Orfanou

• 13:50 – 14:20 – Gaia-X Up and Running – Pitching Gaia-X Minimum Viable Gaia-X (MVG) – Pierre Gronlier (CTO, Gaia-X) – Video Recording
• 14:20 – 14:50 – First Show on Federated Services and Q&A – Project leads: Dr. Anne-Sophie Taillandier (FR), Andreas Weiss (DE) – Video Recording
• 14:50 – 15:20 – Business Case I: (Catena-X) and Q&A – Oliver Ganser (CEO Catena-X and BMW) – Video Recording

20 min Break (Video Testimonials and Hubs Statements)

• Gauthier Crommelinck (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Luxembourg)
• Marine De Sury (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub France)
• Peter Kraemer (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Germany)
• Stefanie Lindstaedt (Director, Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science)
• Martina Maláková (Executive Director, ELECTRIK s.r.o. & Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Slovakia)
• Denisa Maki (Project Coordinator, Sitra)
• Antonietta Mastroianni (Chief Digital & IT Officer, Proximus)
• Gabriella Mastroianni (Chief Digital Office, SkyIT)
• Alina Rubina (Researcher, DE-CIX)
• Jasmin Schulz (Strategic Program Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Health)
• Jacqueline Van de Werken (General Counsel, Leaseweb Global B.V.)
• Stéphanie Verilhac (Executive Director EU Affairs, Siinda)
• Peter Verkoulen (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Netherlands)

• 15:40 – 16:20 – The Gaia-X Value for us – Providers and Users Speak Up – Business Representatives: Jeroen Tas (Philips), Carlo d’Asaro Biondo (CEO Noovle, Cloud Company of TIM Group), Raghu Raghuram (VMware) and Stefano Onofri (Cubbit) – Video Recording
• 16:20 – 16:50 – Business Case II: (International Smart Connected Supplier Network – SCSN) and Q&A – Matthijs Punter (TNO NL) – Video Recording
• 16:50 – 17:20 – Business Cases III: Overview of mature dataspaces in Europe and Q&A (e.g. AT-GE use case European Production Giganet “EuProGigant”) – Dominique Epardeau (DSBC) – Video Recording

Agenda Day 2 (19 Nov): Delivery and realisation

PPT Presentations Day 2

Part 3: Gaia-X is delivering: Technology Speeding Up

• 08:00 – 09:00 – Press Conference

Session Moderators: Dr. Vassilia Orfanou & Hubert Tardieu (9:10-9:45) & Peter Krämer (9:45-10:00)

• 09:00 – 09:10 – Welcome Day 2 . Overview of the day – Dr. Maximilian Ahrens & Francesco Bonfiglio – Video Recording
• 09:10 – 09:45 – Panel Discussion Governmental Advisory Board: How will Policy Makers further support Gaia-X? – Ministerial reps: Carme Artigas (ES), Matthieu Weill (FR) , Stefan Schnorr (DE), Jos De Groot (NL), André de Aragão Azevedo (PT). Moderator: Hubert Tardieu (Independent Board Member of Gaia-X) – Video Recording
• 09:45 – 10:15 – Gaia-X Hubs Roundtable – Jaana Sinipuro (FI), Martina Maláková (SK), Marine De Sury (FR), Sasha Baillie (LU), Dolores Ordoñez (ES), Jelle Hoedemaekers (BE), Paolo Traverso (IT). Moderator: Peter Krämer (DE) – Video Recording
• 10:15 – 10:40 – Data Spaces Business Alliance: Gaia-X, IDSA, BDVA, FIWARE – Dr. Maximilian Ahrens (Chairman Gaia-X, CTO, T-Systems), Thomas Hahn (President BDVA), Dr. Reinhold Achatz (Chairman IDSA), Dario Avallone (Chairman FIWARE), Moderator: Dr. Vassilia Orfanou (CMO, Gaia-X) – Video Recording
• 10:40 – 10:50 – Gaia-X Funding opportunities – Dr. Jeanette Fava (CFO, Gaia-X) – Video Recording
• 10:50 – 11:00 – Gaia-X Roadmap (Milestones and Deliverables plan) – Dr. Dominik Rohrmus (COO, Gaia-X) – Video Recording
• 11:00 – 11:15 – Roberto Viola (Director-General DG CNECT, EC) – Video Recording
• 11:15 – 11:30 – Keynote recorded presentations – Peter Altmaier (Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany) – Video Recording and Bruno Le Maire (Minister of Economy, Finance and Recovery in Government France) – Video Recording

20 min Break (Video Testimonials and Hubs Statements)

• Gauthier Crommelinck (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Luxembourg)
• Marine De Sury (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub France)
• Peter Kraemer (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Germany)
• Stefanie Lindstaedt (Director, Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science)
• Martina Maláková (Executive Director, ELECTRIK s.r.o. & Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Slovakia)
• Denisa Maki (Project Coordinator, Sitra)
• Antonietta Mastroianni (Chief Digital & IT Officer, Proximus)
• Gabriella Mastroianni (Chief Digital Office, SkyIT)
• Alina Rubina (Researcher, DE-CIX)
• Jasmin Schulz (Strategic Program Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Health)
• Jacqueline Van de Werken (General Counsel, Leaseweb Global B.V.)
• Stéphanie Verilhac (Executive Director EU Affairs, Siinda)
• Peter Verkoulen (Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Netherlands)

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

Session Moderator: Dr. Vassilia Orfanou

• 11:50 – 12:10 – Closing Comments and Goodbye – Dr. Maximilian Ahrens, Francesco Bonfiglio, Dr. Jeanette Fava (CFO, Gaia-X) and Dr. Dominik Rohrmus (COO, Gaia-X)Moderator: Dr. Vassilia Orfanou (CMO, Gaia-X) – Video Recording

Hub Coordinators Session (for internal members only)

Session Moderator: Dominik Rohrmus

• 14:30 – 14:40 – Welcome and introduction
• 14:40 – 15:00 – Report Italian Hub (status)
• 15:00 – 15:10 – Report Gaia-X Association on Hubs
• 15:10 – 15:25 – Report of existing Hubs on best practices on foundation and management of use cases and cross-country projects, (GE, FR, BE)
• 15:25 – 15:50 – Discussion
• 15:50 – 16:00 – Wrap-up and next steps

We are thankful to Roberto Bedani, Confidustra for their support with the Hub Coordinators’ Session.