Data Spaces Symposium 2026 | Accelerating adoption. Increasing impact.

The world’s leading event on data spaces enters its fourth edition – and is coming to Madrid. The Data Spaces Symposium brings together pioneering thinkers, innovators, and organizations shaping a connected, data-driven future.

Under the motto “Accelerating adoption. Increasing impact.”, the 2026 edition will highlight how data spaces enable collaboration and competitiveness — how they unfold impact on a global scale.

Following the success of previous editions, the 2026 edition takes place on 10–11 February in Madrid. Spain has emerged as a frontrunners, investing heavily in data spaces as a driver of innovation and competitiveness. Key themes in 2026 will include:

Data Spaces as strategic driver for innovation and competitiveness
Showcases of best practices & real-world impact: highlighting successful data space adoptions
Data Spaces as enablers of AI: providing the trustworthy data for future AI
Relevance of standards & interoperability: advancing global harmonization of data space technologies
Market-ready tools & solutions that enable data space implementatio.
The first European Data Spaces Awards ceremony

The DSSC will also highlight its achievements in its first three years, presenting the foundations it has laid for building and operating trusted data spaces.

IDSA at the Data Spaces Symposium 2026

The Data Spaces Symposium marks the start of IDSA’s 10th anniversary year. In Madrid, IDSA will be present with an interactive booth and several sessions across the official and side programme.

Check the offiicial programme to see where IDSA, its members, and partners are contributing across tracks and sessions: www.data-spaces-symposium.eu/program

Here is out our side programme – we warmly welcome you, our valued members, to join:

IDSA WG Architecture Community Meetup: IDS-RAM — What’s stable, what comes next
Day 2 – February 11 | 09:00 | Room London 1
Interactive community meet-up on the status of IDS-RAM 5, the stabilization of RAM 4, and emerging innovation patterns for data spaces.

Member Workshop on Training and Qualification: From Insights to Action: Co-Creating the Future of Data Space Education
Day 1 – February 10 | 14:00 | Room London 1
Hands-on workshop gathering participant feedback to shape the next phase of the Data Space Professional Qualification Programme.

Breakout session | Building an agricultural data space that endures
Day 2 – February 11 | 09:00 | Room Caracas
Experiences & challenges from data sharing initiatives focused on agrifood with a discussion on how to make data spaces financially viable.

Who onboards the millions? Solving data spaces at scale
Day 2 – February 11 | 11:00 | Room Caracas
Session by the Data Space Adoption Forum on scaling trusted data sharing through cloud-based solutions, shared services, and collaborative models.

IDSA Network Meeting: Signals from the regions
Day 2 – February 11 | 11:00 | Room London 1
Meeting of IDSA Hubs and Competence Centers to share regional developments, align priorities, and coordinate activities for the year ahead.

DataPACT, ACCOMPLISH & SAGE: Using data spaces to anchor responsible AI
Day 2 – February 11 | 16:00 | Room Paris 2
Workshop exploring how data spaces support responsible AI, regulatory alignment, and advanced data-driven services.

See the map below for the location of our side activities and the tracks of the official programme: