Submit a session/workshop proposal for DW 2025!

Data Week 2025 will be a 2-day physical event taking place in Athens, Greece between 27-28 May. The event is organised by the Big Data Value Association, hosted by Cosmote – OTE and in collaboration with the following BDVA members: Athens Technology Center S.A. (ATC), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), CORE Innovation Center, FORTH and Neuropublic.

Part of the programme is being constructed based on an open call for sessions/workshops, targeting the BDVA community, but open to everyone. BDVA members, BDVA Task Forces, Data and AI Projects and other collaboration partners are invited to submit proposals.

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Topics of Data Week 2025 

We accept workshops in the overall scope of BDVA activities with special emphasis on topics that help us evolve on the Strategic Agenda, strategic priorities or/and collaborations. Topics include, but are not limited to: 

• Value creation in data spaces 
• Synergies data spaces/ecosystems and AI programs (including AI factories) 
• Data products 
• AI workflows and data pipelines over HPC and computing continuum 
• New trends in data and AI technologies 
• Sector-specific sessions (AI adoption including GenAI, data spaces, digital twins, etc) 
• Data and AI (for) compliance and reporting 
• Virtual Worlds, GenAI and data ecosystems convergence 
• AI ethics and AI act implementation (including regulatory sandboxes) 
• Data protection  
• Synthetic data 
• Data, AI Standards and platformisation 
• Industrial Foundation models 
• New AI models and the link to data 
• Big Data ecosystems for the digital transformation of key industrial sectors in Europe

Call for workshops 

BDVA members, BDVA Task Forces, Data and AI Projects, and other collaboration partners are invited to submit proposals for workshops/sessions for the Data Week 2025. Data Week 2025 is an excellent opportunity for actors on regional, European and international levels to present their achievements, exchange knowledge and network with the community. 

Sessions/workshops are expected to be 60 min or 90 min, but longer workshops are also feasible. The final number of selected workshops will depend on the demand and quality of the proposals. In case there are multiple similar proposals for addressing the same topic, the Data Week programme committee may suggest merging of the sessions/workshops to the proposers. 

How to apply 

Fill out this online form!

Timeline  

• Call for workshops: 25 February to 21 March (12 PM CET – midday; EXTENDED DEADLINE)
• Communication of results (tentative): End of March (31st expected) 
• All workshops are expected to be confirmed, fully described and online by 11 April 

Criteria for selection 

Data Week 2025 Programme Committee will select the sessions to be added as a part of the event programme. For optimising the chances of getting selected, make sure your application ticks these boxes: 

• Synergies and collaboration (sessions building synergies with other communities, bringing together several projects and/or BDVA Task Forces, etc.) 
• Relevance/added value of the session/workshop (why is your session relevant for the topic) 
• Audience engagement during the workshop  
• Contribution to BDVA Strategic objectives 2025 and BDVA Task Forces

Evaluation team 

Antonis Ramfos, ATC (Athens Technology Center) 

Gregoris Mentzas, ICCS (Institute of Communication and Computer Systems) 

Christos Kozanitis, FORTH (Institute of Computer Science) 

Foivos Galatoulas, NEUROPUBLIC  

Pavlos Stavrou, CORE INNOVATION CENTER  

Valerio Frascolla, Intel 

Nuria De Lama, IDC 

Ana Garcia Robles, BDVA 

Savvas Rogotis, BDVA 

Daniel Alonso, BDVA 

Gabriel Castañé, BDVA 

More information

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at dataweek@bdva.eu 

We are looking forward to your proposals.