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Gaia-X Summit 2025

Agenda

Digital Ecosystems in Action

Summit Moderator: Isabel Borges, Senior Consultant, TICE.PT

Day 1 – 20 November

08:00 – 09:30

Registration & Coffee

08:30 – 09:30

Press Conference (Invitation Only)

09:30 – 09:55

Welcome Address

  • Catherine Jestin, BoD Chairwoman, Gaia-X; Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management, Airbus
  • Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X
  • Vasco Lagarto, Gaia-X Hub Portugal; Operational Director, TICE.PT
  • Rodrigo Passos, Councilman for Sports, Youth, and Digital Transition, City of Porto

09:55 – 10:15

Summit Opening

  • Bernardo Correia, Secretary of State for Digitalisation, Portugal
  • Anne Le Hénanff, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, France (Video message)
  • Thomas Jarzombek, Parliamentary Secretary of State, Federal Minister for Digitalisation and Government Modernisation, Germany (online participation)

10:15 – 10:25

Keynote: AI and Academy: How to Make a Successful Vertical AI in Europe

  • Stefan Wrobel, Professor of Computer Science, University of Bonn & Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS (online participation)

10:25 – 11:20

Roundtable: Season Two of Data Spaces

Moderator: Catherine Jestin, BoD Chairwoman, Gaia-X; Executive Vice President Digital, Airbus

  • Thibaut Kleiner, Director for Future Networks, DG Connect, European Commission
  • Ernst Stöckl-Pukall, Head of Unit Digitisation and Industrie 4.0, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
  • Amandine Reix, Deputy Director for Space, Electronics and Software, Direction Générale des Entreprises (online participation)

11:20 – 11:50

Networking Coffee & Expo Area

11:50 – 12:05

Gaia-X Milestones 2025 & Road Ahead 2026

  • Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X

12:05 – 12:50

Pioneering Data Space Projects

Moderator: Hubert Tardieu, Independent Board Member, Gaia-X

  • Decade-X: Philippe Grosbois, Digital Programme Manager, Airbus
  • Data4Nuclear-X: Martine Gouriet, Director of Digital Uses, EDF

12:50 – 13:20

Gaia-X Trust Framework: Danube – first set of extensibility mechanisms of the Domain and Geographical Extensions

  • Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X
  • Roland Fadrany, COO, Gaia-X

13:20 – 15:10

Networking Lunch & Expo Area

15:10 – 15:30

Catalogue of Gaia-X Compliant Services on the Market

Moderator: Pierre Gronlier, CINO, Gaia-X

  • Francisco Mingorance, Secretary General, CISPE
  • Sebastien Lescop, CEO, Cloud Temple

15:30 – 15:45

Use of Generative AI for Data Interoperability Challenges

  • Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X

15:45 – 16:30

Available Tools for building Data Spaces and Digital Ecosystems

Moderator: Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X

  • Cloud Data Engine: Alban Schmutz, CEO, Cloud Data Engine
  • Pontus-X: Kai Meinke, Co-Founder and Business Lead, deltaDAO AG
  • Prometheus-X: Matthias De Bièvre, Founder / CEO, Visions & Co-Founder / President, Prometheus-X
  • Fulcrum Project: Leonardo Camiciotti, Executive Director, TOP-IX Consortium
  • Dynamo: Mauro Brambilla, COO, Dynamo
  • Wisephere: Clara Pezuela, Strategic Alliances and Positioning Director, ITI

16:30 – 17:15

Networking Coffee & Expo Area

17:15 – 18:00

Data Spaces Ready in Action

Moderator: Alberto Curatolo, CFO, Gaia-X

  • EuProGigant: Wolfgang Kniejski, Senior Project Manager, EIT Manufacturing
  • Dataspace4Health: Ralf Hustadt, NTT Data
  • Cooperants: Arno Scheidereiter, Co-Lead of the Ecosystem for Aviation, Space and Defence / CEO of neusta aerospace GmbH

18:00 – 19:00

Networking Reception

Continue the day with a glass of wine and light refreshments.

19:00 – 22:00

Dinner on the Boat

Enjoy a relaxing evening cruise along the Douro River, featuring stunning views of Porto, local cuisine, and great company.

Please note that places are limited and reservations must be made during summit registration.

Tech Theatre

Parallel Sessions

12:00 – 12:30 | Loire – How to use Label Level 2/Level 3

  • Giuditta Del Buono, Technical Product Manager, Gaia-X
  • Ryan Reychico, Software Engineer, Gaia-X

12:30 – 13:00 | Loire Notaries: Theory & Practice

  • Yassir Sellami, Software Engineer, Gaia-X
  • Pierre Gronlier, CINO, Gaia-X

15:00 – 15:20 | From Data Meshes to Data Spaces

  • Stefan Dumss, Senior Researcher, Posedio GmbH

15:20 – 15:35 | Eclipse Cloud Interest Group

  • Marco D’Angelo, Founder, Cloud Ecosystem Open Source, Director, CLoud Ecosystem Lead Open Source, Huawei
  • Manuel Gutiérrez, Senior Digital Ecosystems Manager, Gaia-X
  • Klaus Ottradovetz, VP Global Service Delivery, Atos 

15:35 – 16:00 | Simpl – Current State

  • Valentina Staveris, IT Project Officer, European Commission DG CNECT Cloud & Software

16:00 – 16:15 | Orchestrating Sovereign Data Exchange

  • Yannick Meinberg, Research Engineer, Contact Software

16:15 – 16:30 | Myrtus: A Computing Continuum Platform

  • Giulia Biagoni, Scientist, TNO

17:00 – 17:15 | Data Exchange Services WG – Update & Roadmap

  • Frédéric Bellaiche, VP Technology & Research, Dawex

17:15 – 18:00 | Geography & Domain Extensions

  • Catherine Simonnin, Tech lead Trust & Governance, Orange
  • Bert Verdonck, CEO, LNDS

Economic Theatre

Parallel Sessions

Evaluation Panel:

  • Joelle Toledano, Professor Emeritus associated with the Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris Dauphine-PSL University
  • Lucas Eustache, PhD student, the Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris Dauphine-PSL University

Your project presentation and evaluation are intended exclusively for the expert panel of Paris Dauphine University, with no external audience.

Schedule: Thursday, 20November

09:15 – 10:00 | Health Data Trust

11:30 – 12:15 | Aeroseed

12:30 – 13:15 | European Data IA Expertise

14:30 – 15:15 | Smart Living Next

15:15 – 16:00 | EHDA

16:00 – 16:45 | Cofinity-X

17:00 – 17:45 | UPCxel

Schedule: Friday, 21 November

9:45 – 10:30 | Micelio

10:30 – 11:15 | Digital Ter-X

Expo Area

  • The Expo Area is open during all Networking Breaks.
  • 11:10 – 11:40 | Membership
  • 13:40 – 14:00 | Gaia-X Trust Framework: Danube
  • 14:00 – 14:30 | Data Spaces Ready in Action
  • 16:30 – 16:55 | Ecosystems
  • 16:55 – 17:15| Collaboration and Sprints
  • 11:20 – 11:35 | Empower-X
  • 11:35 – 11:50 | RegenAg-X
  • 13:25 – 13:40 | Prometheus-X
  • 13:40 – 13:55 | Dataspace4Health
  • 13:55 – 14:10 | Dynamo
  • 14:10 – 14:25 | InfraDS
  • 14:25 – 14:40 | COOPERANTS
  • 14:40 – 14:55 | ACCURATE
  • 14:55 – 15:10 | Digital TER-X
  • 16:35 – 16:50 | Data4Nuclear-X
  • 16:50 – 17:05 | Flex4Res
  • 11:20 – 11:50 | CISPE
  • 13:30 – 14:00 | Neusta Aerospace
  • 14:00 – 14:30 | Airenetworks
  • 14:30 – 15:10 | Orange
  • 11:20 – 11:50 | France
  • 14:00 – 14:30 | Austria
  • 16:40 – 17:10 | Spain

Day 2 – 21 November

08:00 – 09:00

Registration & Coffee

09:00- 09:30

Gaia-X Institute – Addressing the Remaining Challenges for Data Spaces: Choosing the appropriate trajectory & Sorting Data Interoperability with AI

Moderator: Hubert Tardieu, Independent Board Member, Gaia-X

  • Jakob Rehof, Professor of Computer Science, TU Dortmund University
  • Joelle Toledano, Professor Emeritus associated with the Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris Dauphine-PSL University

09:30- 10:15

Portuguese Projects

Moderator: António Salvado – TICE.PT, Gaia-X Hub Portugal, BoD Gaia-X

  • Testbed Espaços de Dados-X – Isabel Borges TICE.PT
  • Agenda ATE – Aliança para a Transformação Energética – Fábio Coelho– INESCTEC
  • Agenda TEXP@CT – Pacto de Inovação para a Digitalização do Têxtil e Vestuário – César Toscano – INESCTEC

10:15 – 11:00

Gaia-X Hubs Focus

Moderator: Alberto Palomo, CSO, Gaia-X

  • Gaia-X Hub Portugal: António Salvado – TICE.PT, Gaia-X Hub Portugal, BoD Gaia-X
  • Gaia-X Hub Spain: Francisca Rubio, General Manager, Gaia-X Hub Spain
  • Gaia-X Hub Austria: Helmut Leopold, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

11:00 – 11:45

Networking Coffee & Expo Area

11:45 – 12:15

Internationalisation by identifying region-specific regulatory challenges, opportunities, and best practices

  • Hiroshi Mano, Secretary General, Data Society Alliance
  • Michelle Robitaille, CEO, Digital Trust Canada (DTC)

12:15 – 12:45

Data Sharing and Industrial Transformation

Moderator: Hubert Tardieu, Independent Board Member, Gaia-X

  • Catherine Jestin, BoD Chairwoman, Gaia-X; Executive Vice President Digital, Airbus
  • Susanne Dehmel, Managing Director Law and Security and AI, Bitkom
  • Thomas Hahn, Chief Expert Software, Siemens AG
  • Boris Otto, Professor for Industrial Information Management, TU Dortmund University: Director, Fraunhofer ISST

12:45 – 13:15

Eyes on Tomorrow: A Visionary Closing Address

  • Catherine Jestin, BoD Chairwoman, Gaia-X; Executive Vice President Digital, Airbus
  • Mario Campolargo, Independent Board Member, Gaia-X

13:15 – 13:30

Closing Remarks

  • Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X

13:30 – 14:30

Networking Lunch & Expo Area

Tech Theatre

Parallel Sessions

9:00 – 09:30 | Danube 101

  • Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X
  • Yassir Sellami, Tech Team Lead, Gaia-X

9:30 – 09:45 | Ontologies – Gaia-X, DSSC, and Danube

  •  Vincent Henry, Ontology Engineer, Gaia-X

09:45 – 10:30 | Danube – Implementation Examples

  • Delphine Claerhout, Software Engineer, Gaia-X
  • Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X

10:30 – 10:45 | Danube Q&A

  • CTO Team

11:30 – 11:45 | EDC with Gaia-X Trust Framework

  • Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X
  • Julien Foliot, Software Engineer, Gaia-X

11:45 – 12:00 | OSAwards (“Open Source Awards”)

  • Francisca Rubio, General Manager, Gaia-X Hub Spain

12:00 – 12:30 | OSS Community

  • Kai Meinke, Co-Founder and Business Lead, deltaDAO AG: Onboarding Wizard and more – Demonstration
  • Javier Valiño, Program Manager, Eclipse Foundation: EF and data spaces (and other digital ecosystems) – Update

12:30 – 12:45 | Gaia-X Version X

  • Pierre Gronlier, CINO, Gaia-X

12:45 – 13:10 | CTO Team Q&A

Partners Theatre

Parallel Sessions

09:30 – 10:00 | Pontus-X and Ocean Enterprise leveraging Gaia-X to scale Pan-European Industrial Data Spaces

  • Kai Meinke, Co-Founder, deltaDAO AG

10:00 – 10:30 | Way to success – how to scale a data space and onboard a heterogenous ecosystem in the aerospace sector

  • Arno Scheidereiter, Co-Lead of the Ecosystem for Aviation, Space and Defence / CEO of neusta aerospace GmbH

10:30 – 11:30 | JTC25 – Maturity Model |Creating awareness and sharing insights about the ongoing standard on Maturity Assessment of data spaces

  • Clara Pezuela, Strategic Alliances and Positioning Director, ITI
  • Jarek Kowalski, Expert, PKN, Vice-Chair of the Gaia-X Hub Poland at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications

11:45 – 12:15 | Traffic Flow Data Space – Revolutionising Mobility Through Collaboration

  • João Bastos, Head of Systems Architecture & Data, Porto Digital

12:15 – 12:45 | From Gaia-X blueprint to Europe’s digital backbone: building real-world digital continuity

  • Nicolas Duffour, VP Strategy, Cloud Temple
  • Michael Ziegelmeir, Open Source Advisor, STACKIT
  • Ahmed Jarraya, VP Strategy, CEA-List
  • Laurent Lafaye, co-CEO, Dawex
  • Mathieu Mollin, Aeroline CTO Deputy, Sopra Steria

12:45 – 13:15 | Partner 6

Expo Area

  • The Expo Area is open during all Networking Breaks.
  • 11:00 – 11:15 | Academy
  • 11:15 – 11:30 | Domain & Geographical Extensions
  • 11:30 – 11:45 | Membership
  • 11:05 – 11:13 | RegenAg-X
  • 11:13 – 11:21 | Empower-X
  • 11:21 – 11:29 | Flex4Res
  • 11:29 – 11:37 | ACCURATE
  • 11:37 – 11:45 | COOPERANTS
  • 13:32 – 13:40 | InfraDS
  • 13:40 – 13:48 | Dynamo
  • 13:48 – 13:56 | Dataspace4Health
  • 13:56 – 14:04 | Prometheus-X
  • 14:04 – 14:12 | Digital TER-X
  • 14:12 – 14:20 | Data4Nuclear-X
  • 11:00 – 11:20 | Neusta Aerospace
  • 11:20 – 11:40 | Airenetworks
  • 14:00 – 14:20 | CISPE
  • 11:00 – 11:30 | Spain
  • 13:30 – 14:00 | Austria
  • 14:00 – 14:30 | France