EBDVF 2026 theme announced!

Get ready for the main event of our community, the European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF), taking place from 30 September – 1 October in Galway, Ireland! Under the main theme “Building Europe’s AI and Data backbone: Strategy, Investment and Impact”, EBDVF will bring together industry professionals, business developers, researchers and policy-makers from all over Europe and other regions of the world to advance policy actions and industrial and research activities in the areas of Data and AI.

The programme will include the most important topics of the community, presented by our members, collaboration partners and representatives from European research and innovation projects. We are looking at the core elements of our ecosystem’s development, essential to reaching Europe’s ambition of becoming an AI continent: strategy, investment and impact. Together, we are delivering sessions and workshops shaping the way forward for big data and data spaces, illuminating how businesses can harness the power of Trustworthy AI and discuss the role of high-performance computing as an enabler for digital transformation. We take a comprehensive view of these topics from the perspective of many European economic sectors, without forgetting the societal implications of the rapidly advancing technologies. 

EBDVF 2026 will be organised by the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), in collaboration with CeADAR – Ireland’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Dell Technologies, F6S Network, Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, Innovation Value Institute – Maynooth University and RFSAT Limited – Research for Science Art and Technology.

As we are also slowly approaching the EBDVF, we want to let you know that our event offers companies, research institutions, associations and other organisations opportunities to support the event through sponsorship and partnership options. The EBDVF 2026 sponsorship and partnership packages of the event will be similar to previous years and it will offer multiple engaging ways to introduce the partners and their brands to the event attendees. Through our sponsorship and partnership options, your organisation will have the opportunity to use a variety of channels to reach new audiences, gain visibility and network with the most important European Big Data and AI players. Please note that we are also open to adapting and modifying the offerings according to the potential needs of sponsors/partners/projects. We will soon launch the sponsorship prospectus / the sponsorship booklet, so please let us know if you are interested in becoming a sponsor/partner and share your ideas and suggestions regarding the sponsorship packages!