Agenda
Empowering Global Data Spaces, Shaping Tomorrow’s Cloud Infrastructure
Please take into account that the Summit Agenda will be updated regularly. Stay tuned for the latest updates!
Gaia-X Summit Moderator – Lotta Backlund
Day 1 – 14 November
08:00 – 09:30
Registration & Coffee
08:30 – 09:30
Press Conference (Invitation Only)
09:30 – 09:50
Welcome & Opening
- Catherine Jestin, BoD Chairwoman, Gaia-X; Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management, Airbus & Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X
- Ville Sirviö, BoD Member, Gaia-X; Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Finland; CEO, Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS)
- Lulu Ranne, Minister of Transport and Communications, Finland
09:50 – 10:20
Keynote: Fostering global collaboration – a new paradigm for data and digital ecosystems
- Dr Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany (Video Message)
- Marc Ferracci, Minister Delegate for Industry, France (Video Message)
- Pearse O’Donohue, Director, Future Networks Directorate, DG CNECT, European Commission
- Benjamin Brake, Director General, Digital and Data Policy, German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport
10:20 – 10:30
A vision for the digital infrastructure of the future
- Ernst Stöckl-Pukall, Head of Unit “Digitisation and “Industrie 4.0”, Department for Industrial Policy, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
10:30 – 11:15
Networking Coffee & Expo Area
11:15 – 11:35
The Gaia-X Journey 2024 & Roadmap 2025
- Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X
- Klaus Ottradovetz, Chair, Gaia-X Technical Committee
11:35 – 12:00
Gaia-X Compliance & Label
- Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X
- Roland Fadrany, COO, Gaia-X
12:00 – 12:30
Gaia-X Trust Framework: How to build interoperable data-infrastructure ecosystems
- Pierre Gronlier, CInO, Gaia-X
- Catherine Simonnin, Tech lead Trust, Design Architecture & Innovation Governance, ORANGE/OBS/CTIO/DA/Emerging Technology & Incubation
- Sven Loeffler, Head of Dataspaces and Data Products, T-Systems International
- Frédéric Bellaiche, VP Technology & Research, Dawex
12:30 – 14:00
Networking Lunch & Expo Area
14:00 – 15:00
Gaia-X Voices: Use Case Testimonials from Data Space Projects
Moderator: Alberto Palomo, CSO, Gaia-X
- Merlot – Julien Adelberger, Project Coordinator, International Data Spaces Association
- Aerospace – Frederic Sutter, HO Skywise Product & Service Line, Airbus
- Prometheus-X – Harri Ketamo, Founder & Chairman, Headai
- Energy – Martine Gouriet, Director of Digital Uses, EDF
- Eona-X – Dominique Epardeau, Project Director Program Management Office, Eona-X
- Media Data Space – Lucille Verbaere, Senior Project Manager, European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
15:00 – 16:00
Networking Coffee & Expo Area
16:00 – 16:45
Driving Business Impact through Collaboration: Cloud Service Providers & Clearing Houses
Moderator: Leonardo Camiciotti, Executive Director, TOP-IX Consortium
- T-Systems – Sven Loeffler, Head of Dataspaces and Data Products, T-Systems
- OVHcloud – Dominique Michiels, Chief Service Delivery Officer, OVHcloud
- Fulcrum Project – Leonardo Camiciotti, Executive Director, TOP-IX Consortium
- Arsys – Mario Petruzzella Malagón, Senior Developer, Arsys
- TIM – Head of Architecture and Portfolio, TIM Enterprise
- NTT Data – Masaru Dobashi, Executive IT Specialist, NTT Data
16:45 – 17:30
Data Space Orchestrator
Moderator: Hubert Tardieu, Independent Board Member, Gaia-X
- Agdatahub – Sébastien Picardat, CEO
- deltaDAO – Frederic Schwill, Co-Founder
- Hub One – Guillaume De Lavallade, General Director
17:30
Networking Reception
Tech Theater
Parallel Sessions
09:50 – 10:20 | Gaia-X 101: Technical Fundamentals about Gaia-X
– Ewann Gavard, Technical Lead, Gaia-X
14:00 – 15:00 | Navigating the Loire release
– Ewann Gavard, Technical Lead, Gaia-X
– Christoph Strnadl, Chief Technology Officer, Gaia-X
– Pierre Gronlier, Chief Innovation Officer, Gaia-X
16:00 – 16:45 | Securely sharing credentials with OpenID for Verifiable Credentials (OID4VC)
– Vincent Kelleher, Software Engineer, Gaia-X
– Pierre Gronlier, Chief Innovation Officer, Gaia-X
Economic Theater (Invitation Only)
Parallel Sessions
• 09:30 – 10:30 Digital Ter-X presented by Isabel Borges and Christophe Castaing
• 10:30 – 11:30 EuProGigant/Pontus-X presented by Wolfgang Kniejski and Thomas Komenda
• 11:30 – 12:15 Dynamo presented by Enrico Fossati
• 12:15 – 13:00 Futurecraft presented by Davor Meersman
Evaluation Panel:
- Joelle Toledano, Professor Emeritus associated with the Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris Dauphine-PSL University, Member of the French National Digital Council
- Lucas Eustache, PhD student, the Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris Dauphine-PSL
Expo Area
- The Expo Area is open during all Networking Breaks.
Gaia-X Booth Programme
- 12:30 – 12:40 Benefits of Gaia-X Membership (Daniela Mockler, Gaia-X, Senior Members’ Manager)
- 12:40 – 12:50 Communications Benefits for Gaia-X Members, Hubs, Lighthouse Projects and Ecosystems (Jodie Emery, Gaia-X, Internal Communications Officer)
- 12:50 – 13:00 Membership and Matchmaking Platform: an update for members (Daniela Mockler, Gaia-X, Senior Members’ Manager)
- 13:00 – 13:10 Gaia-X Digital Clearing House – how to (Frederik Tengg, Gaia-X, Release Manager)
- 13:10 – 13:20 Sprints the agile member contribution (Przemek Halub, Gaia-X, Program Manager)
- 15:00 – 15:30 DSBC Ecosystems: Sectoral Communities for Digital Ecosystem Projects (Victor de Vries, Gaia-X, Junior Community Manager)
- 15:30 – 16:00 Discover Gaia-X Academy (Julien Vanwambeke, Gaia-X, Functional Architect)
Day 2 – 15 November
09:00 – 09:30
Registration & Coffee
09:30- 10:30
Gaia-X Institute: Investigation of the Economics of Data-sharing & Automated compliance by design
Moderator: Hubert Tardieu, Independent Board Member, Gaia-X
- Joelle Toledano, Professor Emeritus associated with the Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris Dauphine-PSL University, Member of the French National Digital Council
- Lucas Eustache, PhD student, the Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris Dauphine-PSL
- Jakob Rehof, Professor of Computer Science, TU Dortmund University
- Pierre Gronlier, CInO, Gaia-X
10:30- 11:30
Nordic-Baltic Perspectives
- ‘X-Road 8 “Spaceship” – converting public sector data ecosystem into a data space in a backwards-compatible manner
- – Petteri Kivimäki, CTO, Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions
- The Estonian Public Administration Approach to Data Spaces
- – Kuldar Aas, Data Governance Programme Lead, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for Estonia
- Q&A
- Maritime Data Space as an enabler for Virtual Port Arrivals
- – Eliisa Sarkkinen, Lead Service Designer & Delivery Lead, Siili Solutions
- BESPORT ecosystem – Dataspace for decarbonised global ports
- – Henna Suomi, COO, IOXIO
- Q&A
- From Space to Fields – Agri-food data crosses borders
- – Jaana Sinipuro, CEO, DataSpace Europe Ltd
- Q&A
11:30 – 12:00
Networking Coffee & Expo Area
12:00 – 12:45
Gaia-X Hubs Focus: National Data Strategy, Market Impact, and Sustainable Growth
Moderator: Alessandra Perna, Gaia-X Senior Market Adoption Manager
12:00 – 12:30: Panel Discussion
- Gaia-X Hub Spain: Francisca Rubio, Gaia-X Hub Spain General Manager
- Gaia-X Hub France: Anne-Sophie Taillandier, Director of TeraLab, Institut Mines Telecom
- Gaia-X Hub Austria: Helmut Leopold, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
- Gaia-X Hub Poland: Jarosław Kowalski, Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunication
- Gaia-X Hub Norway: Hermund Arntzen Dale, General Manager at Gaia-X Hub Norway, Smart Innovation Norway
12.30 – 12:45: Hub sounding board Leads Insights
- Peter Verkoulen, Dutch Gaia-X Hub Programme Director – TNO, Lead of Gaia-X Hubs sounding board
- Jan Fischer, Gaia-X Hub Germany coordinator – acatech, co-lead of Gaia-X Hubs sounding board
12:45 – 13:00
Globalisation
- Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X
- Noboru Koshizuka, Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
13:00 – 14:00
Networking Lunch & Expo Area
14:00 – 15:00
Maximising Synergies: DSBA, DSSC and Simpl Joined Framework for Data Spaces
Moderator: Sille Sepp, Head of Urban Data Ecosystems, FinEst Centre for Smart Cities
- Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X
- Ana García Robles, Secretary General, BDVA
- Chandra Challagonda, CEO, FIWARE Foundation
- Lars Nagel, CEO, IDSA,
- Manuel Mateo Goyet, Acting Head of Unit – Cloud and Software, European Commission
15:00 – 15:15
Driving Transformation: The European Data Strategy and Gaia-X
- Tanja Alemany Sánchez de León, Deputy Director-General for Innovation Policy and Digital Economy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany
15:15 – 15:35
Closing Remarks
- Pearse O’Donohue, Director, Future Networks Directorate, DG CNECT, European Commission
15:35 – 16:00
Final Remarks & Stage Pictures
- Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X
Tech Theater
Parallel Sessions
9:30 – 10:15 | GXDCH Q&A session & discussion
– Ewann Gavard, Technical Lead, Gaia-X
10:30 – 11:30 | Gaia-X Ontology the service offering encyclopedia
– Vincent Kelleher, Software Engineer, Gaia-X
12:00 – 12:30 | Cloud Interoperability, the Data Act, and a new Eclipse Foundation Open Source Working Group For Cloud
– Christoph Strnadl, Chief Technology Officer, Gaia-X
– Marco D’Angelo, Director, Cloud Ecosystem Lead Open Source, Huawei
14:00 – 14:30 | ODRL: Our Data Rules, Literally!
– Yassir Sellami, Software Engineer, Gaia-X
14:30 – 15:00 | Open discussion/Q&A with the Gaia-X Tech Team
– CTO Team
Partners Theater
Parallel Sessions
10:30 – 11:30 | Update from the Data Spaces Support Centre & Simpl
Recently, the Data Spaces Support Centre launched the latest version of the blueprint for Data Spaces. In parallel, Simpl has initiated work on an open-source software stack designed to support data spaces and cloud-to-edge federations. This session will highlight Gaia-X’s pivotal role within the DSSC.
– Moderator: Ana Garcia Robles – Secretary General at Big Data Value Association
– Matthijs Punter, Senior Researcher, TNO
– Ilya Koshkin , Head of Technology Innovation and Digital Architecture, Capgemini Netherlands
Expo Area
- The Expo Area is open during all Networking Breaks.
Gaia-X Booth Programme
- 11:30 – 11:40 Benefits of Gaia-X Membership (Daniela Mockler, Gaia-X, Senior Members’ Manager)
- 11:40 – 11:50 Membership and Matchmaking Platform: an update for members (Daniela Mockler, Gaia-X, Senior Members’ Manager)
- 11:50 – 12:00 Gaia-X Digital Clearing House – how to (Frederik Tengg, Gaia-X, Release Manager)
- 13:00 – 13:10 Sprints the agile member contribution (Przemek Halub, Gaia-X, Program Manager)
- 13:10 – 13:20 How to become a Gaia-X Evangelist (Julien Vanwambeke, Gaia-X, Functional Architect)