Data spaces: an established reality or an unreachable desire?
27 September 2023 | 12.45h to 14.00h
The concept of data space is coming to light. Conceived as a key element of an architecture supported by initiatives such as Gaia-X to implement the data-based economy in a context of European sovereignty, the first examples and cases of use are beginning to emerge.
In this session, we will analyse the viability of Data Spaces and look at sectoral examples and barriers that can hinder their viability.
Presents:
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Laia Garriga, Technology Transfer Manager; Applied Atrificial Inteligence Unit, Eurecat
Participates:
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Roi Rodríguez de Bernardo, Director AI & Cloud Ecosystem Development at Huawei
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Fernando Vilariño, Associate Director del CVC and professor at the UAB
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Iker González, Senior Innovation Manager at Fundació i2CAT
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Màrius Boada i Pla, CDO. Municipal Data Office (OMD) Barcelona City Council
Speakers:
ROI RODRÍGUEZ DE BERNARDO
Director AI & Cloud Ecosystem Development a Huawei
Roi Rodríguez is part of the AI team in the Standardization and Industry Development department in Huawei supporting the 27 Research Centers of the company in Europe to develop AI R&D projects both own funded and publicly funded and involving different business units such as CLOUD, Computing Product Line or Consumer Business.
Boot-X: Advance Smart Service for trust in automotive supply chains
The Boot-X project was inspired by a list of use cases from the Catena-X project as well as the new supply chain act and formulated requirements for a sensible and feasible use case.
The use case the team developed for Boot-X, is to build a Gaia-X compliant system for exchanging data in (automotive and other) supply chains for fulfilling the legal requirements arising from the new supply chain law.
To make this possible, a dataspace is to be set up and an “Advanced Smart Service” is to be implemented on this dataspace, which builds trust in supply chains without betraying interests worthy of protection, such as trade secrets or the structure of the supply chain itself.
FERNANDO VILARIÑO
Associate Director del CVC and professor at the UAB
I am Associate Director at the Computer Vision Center and Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science UAB in Barcelona, Spain, where I give lectures about Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Multimedia Systems. My research has been linked to different areas Artificial Intelligence, particularly in Computer Vision, with a special attention to Medical Imaging, fieldwork in which I have developed different projects together with paramount hospitals and companies. My work has been published in the main Journals and Conferences of the area and I have also contributed to a number of patents in the field.
Developing a dataspace for the Agrofood sector in Catalonia through a 4-helix AI LAB
One of the High Impact Projects developed by CIDAI was centered in the agrifood sector. The objective was to use a AI-based prototype in order to help conceptualise the future dataspece for the sector. The methodology used was based on AI LABS, a specific implementation of the 4-helix collaboration described in the Catalan Strategy of AI. In this work, we will explain the methodological aspects, together with the technical results in the specific context of well-being for pig farms, including a bussines and sustainability model associated to it.
IKER GONZÁLEZ
Senior Innovation Manager at Fundació i2CAT
Senior Innovation Manager at i2CAT Foundation focused on data services and infrastructure. Leading i2CAT’s data space testbed infrastructure for co-designing and implementing proof of concepts and demonstrators. Over a decade experience in developing and implementing data-driven solutions, with a specialization in the areas of Distributed Architectures, Big Data, and Virtual Reality.
Preparing the private and public sector for future data spaces: separating hype from reality to achieve your vision through incremental steps
The vision of data spaces in Europe has great potential, both for the private and public sectors. However, the ambition and complexity of this vision also creates uncertainty regarding the incremental steps needed to achieve this transformation.
We will start this presentation with a brief summary of the different factors to consider, such as technology and its maturity, its drivers and barriers to market entry (with examples in their respective verticals) and the current regulation that will impact the demand for these new governance models and data sharing.
With this base, we will present a map of the feasible steps that organisations can follow to take advantage of the new opportunities that will reach their respective value chains, minimising the risks associated with this transformation.
MÀRIUS BOADA I PLA
CDO, Municipal Data Office (OMD) Barcelona City Council
Degree in Geography from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), postgraduate in Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and master’s in Regional, Urban and Metropolitan Studies and as an Intelligence Analyst. Since 2018 he has been the CDO of Barcelona City Council, directing the Municipal Data Office which brings together the areas of statistics and data dissemination, opinion studies, analysis and data management and integration, he is the most responsible for the government, analysis and dissemination of data at the Barcelona City Council and the city.
Data Spaces for City Management
Barcelona City Council has a data repository (CityOS) based on OpenSource technology that offers transversal services to the entire organization (analytical capacity) and dissemination services to citizens, organizations and companies in the city (from data raw to reports); to maximize the performance of this technology, sharing data with other actors, public and private, is key. It is necessary to see and assess the opportunity that data spaces will offer to the public sector to achieve this purpose or, if finally, they will be exclusively a valuable tool of exchange between private individuals. As with any new proposal, data spaces present opportunities linked to their value proposition (standardization, enrichment, uniqueness of the data…), but at the same time they will have to live with legal restrictions (privacy, security,…) and yet, they will need to adopt solutions to key aspects such as trust between the parties.
Presents
LAIA GARRIGA
Technology Transfer Manager; Applied Atrificial Inteligence Unit, Eurecat
Dynamicizer of new business projects and development of collaborative projects. Industrial Engineer from the Barcelona Technical School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB). He has developed his professional career, always related to value-added technologies and business development in different sectors, railway and logistics, industrial, health and insurance. At Eurecat, she has been head of railway and logistics business development for more than 5 years, and is currently Technology Transfer Manager in the field of Applied Artificial Intelligence. She currently also holds the position of vice-president of innovation for the IN-Move by Railgrup cluster. With more than 10 years of experience in the railway, transport and industrial sector, from which he has promoted collaboration projects with different companies in the sector, among the most prominent; Assets4Rail, Ride2 Rail, MaaS project with SPTrans (Brazil).
