On 13 July, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council adopted the Council Regulation on establishing the new European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). Combining investments of the participating states and the EuroHPC Private Members to funding from the Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and Connecting Europe Facility programmes, the total investment will be around €7 billion.
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 8th 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 Commission and OECD host an online webinar titled "National AI strategies in Europe: Where are we now and what's next?" on the 22nd of June, 14:00 - 17:30(CET). BDVA/DAIRO Secretary-General Ana García Robles joins the discussion about the role of national AI policies in the development of the European AI ecosystem.
