Data Spaces Discovery Day Sofia
Business value of sovereign data sharing
Sofia | November 9, 2022
Great event ahead this autumn in Sofia: The Data Spaces Discovery Day, hosted by GATE and IDSA together with partnering organizations and companies from the Bulgarian and European data sharing ecosystem.
The event will bring together data space enthusiasts into an interactive discussion on building blocks and enablers for data spaces, demonstrating the benefits of sovereign data sharing. 
All of these with a particular focus on data spaces for urban environments and their specific challenges, the complex data sharing ecosystems for smart urban mobility, energy use, utility management and public health. 

VIVACOM Art Hall
5, ul. Oborushte
Sofia
Agenda:
Welcome address
 
			 
			 
			Alexander Poulev
 
			 
			Tania Hristov
 
			Opening
Data spaces from a strategic perspective
 
			Lars Nagel
 
			Introduction to data spaces
 
			Christoph Mertens
 
			Challenges of urban data handling
Keynote
 
			Jan Fritz Rettberg
 
			GATE’s Urban Data Space | Statements | Call to action
Launch event
Coffee break & networking
Social and business benefits of the Urban Data Space
Panel discussion
 
			Antoaneta Ilkova
 
			 
			Nikola Tulechki
 
			 
			Evgenia Doikova
 
			 
			Georgetta Rafailova
 
			 
			Dessislava Petrova-Antonova
 
			 
			Tania Hristova
 
			Data space examples | Part I
Smart City Espoo – development of Otaniemi area
Integrating smart cities into data spaces
City lighting Barcelona
 
			Tuomo Tuikka
 
			 
			Ulrich Ahle
 
			 
			Dandan Wang
 
			Lunch & networking
Data space examples | Part II
Mobility Data Space: Multi-modal mobilty & smart charging station infrastructure
Data sovereignty for healthcare – sharing data and keeping control
 
			 
			 
			 
			The business value of data spaces
Panel discussion
 
			Maria Barros
 
			 
			 
			 
			Joro Penchev
 
			Hristo Chernev
 
			 
			Radoslav Rizov
Coffee break & networking
Sovereign data sharing – the way forward in Europe
Keynote
 
			Edward Curry
 
			 
			Thorsten Huelsmann
 
			Next steps, events, skills development, projects, special focus on Data Spaces Support Centre
 
			Sylvia Ilieva
 
			 
			Lars Nagel
 
			












