Workshop 2.2: How data-based business models can be part of Gaia-X

Participants will obtain an overview about the EU strategy on data sovereignty and the Gaia-X initiative, the status of development of Gaia-X services, and best practice project examples for future federated data economies.

How you benefit:

With the ever-growing importance of digitalization and data in all areas of society, digital sovereignty becomes a necessity to ensure economic growth and social equity in Europe. To keep up with the dynamics of digitalization, data must be shared, but users, whether citizens or companies, often lose control of their data when they have it processed by another organization. The dominant providers come from the USA and China; European alternatives do not exist or are not sufficiently attractive. Current monopoly structures impair participation in new business models and hinder innovation. Europe has traditionally a very cooperative industry, with many small and medium sized enterprises. Europe must develop its own strategies and capabilities based on European values and principles. By enabling open, fair and trustworthy data-ecosystems, the goal is to preventing vendor-lock-ins and support interoperability and flexibility to eventually enable a global competitive data economy based on European principles. Gaia-X is a European initiative supporting this strategy to enable digital sovereignty of the end-users by decreasing dependency for business stakeholders and enabling new global competitive business models. This session will outline the strategic dimension of the new evolving data-driven economy for Austria and the EU and present building blocks of the Gaia-X ecosystem, as well as best practise activities and projects.

What can you expect:

In this session we will elaborate:

• the strategic dimension and objectives of the Gaia-X initiative, addressing the develop-ment of competitive digital data spaces as enablers for a sound development of digital markets.
• the Gaia-X ecosystem, services and the Gaia-X development roadmap
• Gaia-X Digital Clearing Houses for establishing a trust framework for the users of digital markets
• provide an overview on specifications and available (open-Source) software compo-nents
• best practice examples of data driven business models
• how SMEs can participate and position itself in the Gaia-X ecosystem (initiatives, pro-jects, funding programs)
• the support provided by the Austrian Gaia-X Hub

Who will inspire you:

Moderator:

• Helmut Leopold  - Chair of the Gaia-X Hub Austria Management Board

Speaker:

• Christian Tauber  - K-Businesscom AG, Head of Product Management / Gaia-X Hub Austria Management Board
• Veronika Siska - AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Digital Safety & Security
• Mario Drobics - AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Digital Safety & Security / Gaia-X Hub Austria Management Board
• Thomas Trautner - TU Wien, IFT, EuProGigant