Draft Agenda
Day 1 – 19 November
08:00 – 09:30
Registration & Coffee
08:30 – 09:30
Press Conference (Invitation Only)
09:30 – 09:40
Welcome Address
- Catherine Jestin, BoD Chairwoman, Gaia-X; Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management, Airbus
- Ulrich Ahle, CEO, Gaia-X
- Hub Austria: Helmut Leopold, Chair Gaia-X Hub Austria; Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security, AI
09:40 – 10:00
Summit Opening
- Peter Hanke, Austrian Minister for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure
- Alexander Pröll, Austrian State Secretary for Digitalisation in the Federal Chancellery
10:00 – 10:30
Keynote: Season 2.0 of Sovereign, Trusted AI & Data Ecosystems
10:30 – 11:00
Gaia-X Milestones 2026 & Road Ahead 2027
- Ulrich Ahle, Gaia-X, CEO
- Catherine Jestin, BoD Chairwoman, Gaia-X; Executive Vice President Digital, Airbus
11:00 – 11:45
Networking Coffee & Expo Area
11:45 – 12:05
Converging Data Spaces
Health
Moderator: Bert Verdonck, CEO, Luxembourg National Data Service
- European Health Data Alliance (EHDA) – Sukumar Munshi, Senior Advisor Business & Strategy, MicelioData;
- Fedata2 – Dominique Pon, DG La Poste Santé & Autonomie, La Poste Groupe
- Dataspace4Health – Michael Mossal, Senior Digital Transformation Director Luxembourg, NTT Luxembourg
- Infobanco Spain – Alberto Borrego Díez, Head of Healthcare, Partner at NTT DATA
12:05 – 12:30
Data Spaces Preparing for Convergence
12:30 – 13:15
Gaia-X Trust Framework
- Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X
- Roland Fadrany, COO, Gaia-X
13:15 – 15:15
Networking Lunch & Expo Area
15:15 – 16:00
Countries Implementing Season 2.0 of Sovereign, Trusted AI & Data Ecosystems
16:00 – 16:45
Networking Coffee & Expo Area
16:45 – 17:30
Sovereign, Trusted AI
17:30 – 18:00
IPCEI-AI
Moderator: Mark Kuehner, SAP
18:00 – 19:00
Networking Reception & Dinner
Unwind with a glass of wine and a selection of finger food.
Day 2 – 20 November
08:00 – 09:00
Registration & Coffee
09:00- 09:30
Gaia-X Institute
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
Austrian Projects
10:15 – 11:00
Gaia-X Hubs Focus
11:00 – 11:45
Networking Coffee & Expo Area
11:45 – 12:30
Internationalisation
12:30 – 13:00
Eyes on Tomorrow: A Visionary Closing Address
13:00 – 13:00
Closing Remarks
- Ulrich Ahle, Gaia-X, CEO
- Summit 2027 Location Announcement
13:30 – 14:30
Networking Lunch & Expo Area