The Big Data Value Education Hub is now accessible on line as part of the BDV PPP portal. The hub is a searchable online repository for knowing about European educational programmes targeted at and relevant to data scientists and data engineers. The Education Hub features key information about European Master programmes on Big Data and currently lists 165 courses across Europe.
“Masters of Digital 2018” took place in Brussels on the 20th of February 2018. It is the annual flagship event of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading trade association which represents the digital technology industry in Brussels and across Europe since 1999.
The 1st ITU Workshop on Data processing and Management for IoT and Smart Cities and Communities took place on the 19th of February 2018, in Brussels.
A new Working Group on Future Partnerships has been launched under the Digitising European Industry (DEI) initiative with the aim of reinforcing the role for the Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) as coordinators of EU-wide Research and Innovation efforts, national initiatives and industrial strategies. The goal is to explore how improving the synchronisation between public-private partnerships and national programmes to increase the impact of European Research and Innovation (R&I).
The Steering Committee of the BDV PPP met last 8th February, hosted by ATOS Brussels, and with the presence of the European Commission, the PPP projects and the BDVA.
The Blockchain Observatory and Forum, launched by the European Commission with the support of the European Parliament, will have the role of highlighting key developments of the blockchain technology, promoting European actors and reinforcing European engagement with multiple stakeholders involved in blockchain activities.
Thomas Hahn, Vice President of BDVA, has participated last January 31st 2018 in a round table organized in Brussels by ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), about the impact of Big Data in the China economy, the challenges in realising value from Big Data, and opportunities around that, and during which the ICAEW report Big Data in Chinese Businesses was presented (https://www.icaew.com/-/media/corporate/files/technical/information-tech...).
Representatives from the BDVA and AEGIS, BigDataOcean, DataBio, MyHealthMyData and Special PPP Projects participated in the Research Data Alliance (RDA) EU Data Innovation Forum, held in Brussels on the 30th of January 2018 and shared their results and examples of challenges to be met, in the overall context of the European Data Economy and data-driven innovation in Europe, and mapped to ongoing activities or future challenges to be addressed by the RDA.
