European data strategy is being implemented | Gaia-X Hub Austria, November 16, 2023

2023-11-16 08:07:55

Gaia-X presents a clear implementation strategy by building a European ecosystem

Vienna (OTS) – The 4th Gaia-X Summit took place on November 9th and 10th, organized by the European Gaia-X Initiative European Association for Data and Cloud (AISBL) in collaboration with the Gaia-X Hub Spain this year in Alicante. In order to position the European data and society as a leader in the global race of digitalization, an ambitious European data strategy was defined. The important milestones and EU goals contained therein were presented by Gaia-X at the summit.

377 international members from industry and business elected Catherine Jestin (Airbus) as the new board member of the Gaia-X ASIBL. Ulrich Ahle was also appointed as the new Gaia-X AISBL CEO in November, who will now focus on implementing the data strategy in the market launch phase.

At the summit, Gaia-X presented concrete technology components for the first time with the new open source software Tagus-X, which will now be made available to the European IT market. Corresponding specifications and guidelines (frameworks) have also been published for use for sovereign data management. Building on this, the Gaia-X community agreed on a clear release roadmap for the next development steps.

Another fundamental milestone is the harmonization and thus achieved common strategic direction of current major European initiatives such as Gaia-X, International Data Space Association (IDSA), Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and Fiware, which work together on several levels in order to to implement a basis for the European data economy through a common strategy.

Through the collaboration of the major European initiatives and the many country-specific hubs in the member states, such as the successful Gaia-X Hub Austria, and the new Data Space Support Center (DSSC) set up by the European Commission, a broad range of support has been created for European companies created.

In order to ensure mutual trust, so-called Gaia-X Clearing Houses were set up, which serve to ensure trustworthy compliance with the jointly defined rules in a data space (compliance) and are now available in an initial version as a service for European companies to implement the first economic use cases To be available.

Finally, several concrete implementation examples of sovereign data spaces were impressively presented during the conference: Agdatahub (agriculture), EONA-X Dataspace (mobility, transport and tourism), EuProGigant (production), Gaia-X 4 Future Mobility (mobility), Mobility Data Space (Mobility), Omega X (Energy), Catena-X (Automotive), Structura-X (Cloud Infrastructure), Prometheus-X (Training and Education).

The Gaia-X Hub Austria Initiative was launched and is supported by the BMK and the State Secretariat for Digitalization in the BMF.

Henriette Spyra, Head of Innovation & Technology Section at the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation & Technology: “Data ecosystems play a crucial role in artificial intelligence because they enable access to diverse and high-quality data. The Gaia-X Hub Austria brings Austrian and European activities together to make data exchangeable in a trustworthy manner. Making data accessible and usable for green and sustainable applications is in the particular interest of the BMK.”

Maria Ulmer, Section Head for Digitalization and E-Government in the Federal Ministry of Finance: “With the Gaia-X-Hub Austria, we have together sent a strong signal for our business location. We accompany and support our companies in recognizing the advantages of data spaces and integrating them into their digitalization strategies and projects. For the future-oriented development of our economy and the benefit for your customers.”

Helmut Leopold, Chairman Gaia-X Hub Austria: „Through the joint effort and close cooperation between research, business and industry as well as the public sector, we were able to initiate an Austrian ecosystem in a short time and successfully position ourselves in the EU.”

Additional Information: 4. Gaia-X Summit, Alicante, 2023