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Market-X Agenda

Day 1 – 14 March 

09:30 – 09:40

Opening Day 1

Moderator:

  • Tobias Höllwarth, Management Board Gaia-X Hub Austria

09:40 – 10:00

Welcome Day 1

  • Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO Gaia-X
  • Maria Ulmer, Head of Section, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, Section V – Digitization and E-Government
  • Brigitte Lutz, Data Governance Coordinator of the City of Vienna, Management Board Gaia-X Hub Austria

10:00 – 10:15

Inspirational Speech

  • Florian Tursky, Austrian State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance

10:15 – 10:25

Digital Transformation  (Download PPT)

  • Marius-Viorel Poșa, Undersecretary of State, Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, Coordinator of Digitalization Projects

10:25 – 10:45

Gaia-X State of the Union  (Download PPT)

  • Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO Gaia-X

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee Break 

11:15 – 11:35

Data Spaces Business Alliance (DSBA)  (Download PPT)

  • Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO Gaia-X
  • Lars Nagel, CEO IDSA
  • Ulrich Ahle, CEO FIWARE
  • Ana García, Secretary General BDVA

11:35 – 11:45

From Analog to Digital Value Chains – The Need to Transform the Industrial Ecosystem

  • Agostino Santoni, Vice President Confindustria

11:45 – 12:05

Operationalisation and Market Adoption of Gaia-X  (Download PPT)

  • Roland Fadrany, COO Gaia-X

12:05 – 12:30

Gaia-X Framework Architecture Update  (Download PPT)

  • Pierre Gronlier, CTO Gaia-X

12:30 – 12:45

European Initiative for Manufacturing  (Download PPT)

  • Ernst Stoeckl-Pukall, Head of Division Digitisation, Industrie 4.0, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

12:45 – 13:00

Platinum Partner: Mobility Data Space  (Download PPT)

  • Michael Schäfer, Managing Director

13:00 – 13:15

Platinum Partner: DAWEX  (Download PPT)

Succeed in building sectoral common European data spaces, a matter of compliance with the DGA & the Gaia-X principles

  • Frédéric Bellaiche, PhD and Vice President Technology & Research

13:15 – 13:25

Wrap Up First Day

  • Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO Gaia-X

13:25 – 13:30

How to Make the Most of Your Afternoon

Moderator:

  • Tobias Höllwarth, Management Board Gaia-X Hub Austria

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch Break 

14:30 – 17:00

Interactive Expo / Guided Tours / Break-out Sessions

Guided Tours by Gaia-X Hub Austria

  • 14:30 – Technology Tour
    • Your tour guide – an expert of the Austrian Institute of Technology – will show you how to build dataspaces from a software point of view. You will visit booths like Dawex, deltaDAO, IONOS, HPE or Google.
  • 15:30 – Manufacturing Tour
    • Your tour guide – a representative of “Platform Industrie 4.0” – will show examples of implementations in the manufacturing industry and guide you through the ever-growing ecosystem of EuProGigant. You will visit booths like Exoscale, EIT Manufacturing or TU Vienna.
  • 16:30 – Lighthouses Tour
    • Your tour guide – a representative of “Structura-X” – will offer insights into the world of lighthouse projects, which are the main source of requirements to the Gaia-X framework. You will visit booths like Mobility Data Space, EuProGigant or Prometheus-X.

Breakout Rooms

  • 14:30 – Gaia-X Basics & How to Get Started as an Ecosystem
  • 15:00 – Gaia-X, Sneak Preview to the Tech-X Conference & Hackathon, 3&4 May, Bilbao, Spain
  • 15:30 – Gaia-X Basics & How to Get Started as a Participant or SME

Gaia-X Booth Program

  • 14:30 – Contributing to Gaia-X
  • 15:00 – Learn about HUBs & Verticals
  • 15:30 – Meet the CxO
  • 16:00 – CTO Team Q&A Session
  • 16:30 – Membership at Gaia-X

17:00

Networking Party

You’re invited to our Networking Party, where you’ll have the opportunity to experience an authentic Austrian Dinner, sample the flavours of various wines during our Wine Tasting session, and enjoy great music.

Whether you’re looking to expand your professional network or simply unwind after a long day, this event is the perfect opportunity to do so. Come and join us for an evening of good food, great wine, and good company.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Day 2 – 15 March

09:00 – 09:45

Press & Audience Q&A

Moderator:

  • Gerald Steiner, Director Managed Services, APA-Tech and Management Board Gaia-X Hub Austria

Panel:

  • Maximilian Ahrens, Chairman BoD Gaia-X
  • Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO Gaia-X
  • Roland Fadrany, COO Gaia-X
  • Pierre Gronlier, CTO Gaia-X
  • Brigitte Lutz, Data Governance Coordinator of the City of Vienna, Management Board Gaia-X Hub Austria

09:45 – 09:50

Opening Day 2

Moderator:

  • Tobias Höllwarth, Management Board Gaia-X Hub Austria

09:50 – 10:00

Welcome Day 2

  • Maximilian Ahrens, Chairman BoD Gaia-X

10:00 – 10:20

Data Service Ecosystems for Green Transition

  • Henriette Spyra, Director General Innovation & Technology, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation & Technology

10:20 – 11:00

Political Panel

  • Alberto Palomo, Governmental Advisory Board of Gaia-X, State Secretariat for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence/CDO Spanish Government  (Download PPT)
  • Manuel Gutiérrez, Strategy Consultant at the Spanish National Data Office, State Secretariat for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence  (Download PPT)
  • Adrien Laroche, Data Economy Project Director, D

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break 

11:30 – 11:45

Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC)  (Download PPT)

  • Matthijs Punter, Researcher Data Ecosystems at TNO

11:45 – 12:25

Gaia-X Digital Clearing House Panel

Moderator:

  • Roland Fadrany, COO Gaia-X

Panel:

  • Annette Trawnicek, Managing Director Hewlett Packard Enterprise Austria, Management Board Gaia X Hub Austria
  • Christian Tauber, Head of Product Management K-Businesscom, Management Board Gaia-X Hub Austria
  • Enrico La Vela, Cloud Product Manager, Aruba
  • Sven Löffler, Tribe & Chapter Lead Data Intelligence Hub​
  • Frank Köster, Founding Director, AI Institute of the German Aerospace Center
  • Javier Valino, Omega-X

12:25 – 12:45

Gaia-X Priorities & Enablers  (Download PPT)

  • Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO Gaia-X

12:45 – 13:00

Wrap Up

  • Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO Gaia-X

13:00 – 13:30

How to Make the Most of Your Afternoon & Stage Pictures

Moderator:

  • Tobias Höllwarth, Management Board Gaia-X Hub Austria

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch Break 

14:30 – 17:00

Interactive Expo / Guided Tours / Break-out Sessions

Guided Tours by Gaia-X Hub Austria

  • 14:30 – Platforms Tour
    • Your tour guide – a representative of “Data Space Business Alliance” – will show examples of platform solution providers and their interoperability with and relation to the Gaia-X ecosystem. You will visit booths like i4Trust, iShare or DSBA.
  • 15:30 – Dataspaces Tour
    • Your tour guides – data experts of the Data Intelligence Initiative (DIO) – will give a crossover to several data spaces and concrete use cases from different industries like tourism, mobility, energy and education. You will start at the booth of the Data Intelligence Initiative (DIO) and the Green Data Hub, and visit booths from Data Spaces for Tourism, the Mobility Data Space, and Prometheus-X.

Breakout Rooms

  • 14:30 – Gaia-X Basics & How to Get Started as an Ecosystem
  • 15:00 – Gaia-X, Sneak Preview to the Tech-X Conference & Hackathon, 3&4 May, Bilbao, Spain
  • 15:30 – Gaia-X Basics & How to Get Started as a Participant or SME

Gaia-X Booth Program

  • 14:30 – Contributing to Gaia-X
  • 15:00 – Learn about HUBs & Verticals
  • 15:30 – Meet the CxO
  • 16:00 – CTO Team Q&A Session
  • 16:30 – Membership at Gaia-X