In General Assembly (GA24), BDVA/DAIRO confirmed 6 full members and 5 associate members, from 6 countries, joining the association. The new members are IFE, LIST, MU, NTNU, CSIC, UNIPD, CETaqua, IBV, Kuveyt Turk, TeamDev and WNRI. BDVA/DAIRO warmly welcomes the organisations!

All data and data-driven AI researchers, innovators, industry representatives and other stakeholders are invited to join Info Day about Horizon Europe 2021-2022 calls on the 8^th of July, 10:00 – 12:00 CEST. The information and brokerage session focuses on calls under “World Leading Data and Computing Technologies” (Cluster 4, Destination 3).

European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2021 will take place from the 29th of November to the 3rd of December. This year, we are building a “hybrid” event – this means that we will meet both, live and online! EBDVF 2021 theme is “Digital Transformation powered by Data and AI” and it is an associated event of Slovenian EU Presidency.

The Data Week materials are now uploaded for you to watch to BDVA/DAIRO YouTube channel and the event website. Three days worth of inspiring webinars, presentations and panels, delivered by over 250 speakers, all in one package! The materials are linked to the event agenda, available on the Data Week website.

The European Commission and the AI, Data and Robotics Association (Adra) have signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the AI, Data and Robotics partnership. The partnership leverages 1.3B Eur of public investments through the Horizon Europe programme and 1.3B Eur of private investments in the period 2021-2030 to address the key challenges in European AI, Data and Robotics.

BDVA/DAIRO announces joining forces with Gaia-X, IDSA and 10 other leading European organisations with experience in standardising, creating, and operationalising data sharing. “Team Data Spaces” facilitates the development of European data spaces, which are at the heart of the EU’s data strategy.

The programme aims to accelerate the green transition and climate neutrality, support digital leadership and help the recovery from corona pandemic. The €4 billion boost for digitalisation aims to maximise the potential of digital tools and data-enabled research and innovation in a variety of fields.