Exceptional Conference - Tuesday, October 7, 2025

The Business Imperative —Driving value from trusted data transactions and AI in Europe

From 08:30 to 14:00, with Networking lunch
In the EU Berlaymont District — Brussels Belgium

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Half-Day Exceptional Conference

Are you prepared for exchanging data at scale? In a world driven by data and AI, exchanging data while ensuring trust, traceability, interoperability, and sound business models is no longer optional—it's essential for survival and growth.

This exclusive half-day, high-impact event will connect you with leading voices from industry, research and European institutions. Speakers will explore real business cases. They will also discuss how regulations such as the Data Act and the AI Act, as well as the upcoming harmonised European Standard on "Trusted Data Transactions," a cornerstone of the European Trusted Data Framework, will impact organizations, not only by reducing risks but also by unlocking significant new business opportunities. 

 

Image Bjoern Juretzki

 

 

Keynote introduction by Mr. Bjoern Juretzki, Head of Unit Data Policy & Innovation at the European Commission

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday, October 07, 2025
8h30-14h00
Hotel NH Brussels EU Berlaymont
Brussels, Belgium

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Detailed Program

 

  • 08h30 - 09h00 - Welcome Coffee & Registration

  • 09h00 - 09h05 - Opening remarks

  • 09h05 - 09h25 - Keynote by Mr. Bjoern Juretzki, Head of Unit Data Policy & Innovation, European Commission


  • 09h30 - 10h15 - Dialogue -  "Institutional perspectives: The role of governance, regulation and standards in Europe's data and AI ambitions"

    Key institutional stakeholders from the European Commission and regulatory bodies will focus on the overarching governance, regulatory and standardization landscape shaping Europe's digital future.

    Among Speakers
    - Guillaume Roty, Head of Unit Standards Policy - DG GROW. H.3, European Commission
    - Leo Quentin, Head of Data Services and Cloud Unit, ARCEP
    - Moderator: Ana Garcia Robles, General Secretary, Big Data Value Association

 

  • 10h15 - 11h15 - Roundtable - "Operationalizing Europe's data strategy: From principles to practice"

    Towards an interconnected digital world —Enabling trusted, secure and interoperable data spaces. Leading  research organizations, technology associations, and data exchange experts will delve into the practical aspects of operationalizing the European Trusted Data Framework, and the critical work in developing the harmonized European Standard "Trusted Data Transactions". 

    Speakers
    - Coen Janssen, Policy Officer, European Commission
    - Christoph Strnadl, CTO, Gaia-X
    - Frédéric Bellaiche, Vice President Technology & Research, Dawex
    - Tobias Guggenberger    , Group Lead Data Space Concepts, Fraunhofer-ISST
    - Moderator: Matthijs Punter, Researcher Data Ecosystems, TNO

 

  • 11h15 - 11h30 - Coffee break & Networking

  • 11h30 - 12h30 - Roundtable - "Driving business value with Data Exchange and AI: A cross-industry perspective"

    The future of data-driven business hinges on a set of critical pillars, with traceability, trust, interoperability, and financial sustainability at the forefront. Executives representing the media, airport infrastructure, healthcare, construction, and transportation sectors will share insights on the importance of data exchange and AI within their ecosystems, and how regulations and standards contribute to unlocking business opportunities and reducing risks.

    Speakers 
    - Media - Christine Buhagiar, Development & Diversifications Director, AFP
    - Airport Infrastructure - Romain Rollet, Head of Data Solutions Hub One DataTrust - Group ADP subsidiary
    - Automotive - Jean-Baptiste Burtscher, Group External Affairs, Sustainable Development & R&D Partnerships Director, Valeo
    - Logistics - Pierre Lenclud, Chief Data Officer, Heppner
    - Moderator: Sébastien Picardat, Data Spaces Expert & CEO, Synevop

  • 12h30 - 12h35 - Closing Remarks
  • 12h35 - 14h00 - Cocktail networking lunch

 

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Event Location
- Hotel NH Brussels EU Berlaymont

Boulevard Charlemagne 11/19
1000 Brussels, Belgium

Dive into Trusted Data Transaction, the future harmonised European standard

On July 1st 2025, the European Commission has published a Standardization Request for harmonised European Standards (hEN) on Trusted Data Transaction, as regards the European Trusted Data Framework, which also includes requests for other European standards and European standardisation deliverables.

The Trusted Data Transaction pre-standardization initiative, was launched in 2023 by Dawex, Fraunhofer ISST, and TNO, and thrived the collaborative efforts of key stakeholders, including the European Commission, Gaia-X, IDSA, BDVA, Fiware Foundation, iSHARE, Microsoft, Airbus, EDF, Hub One, Prometheus-X, Data Spaces Support Center (DSSC), SQS and Connekt.

Trusted Data Transaction is an important pre-standardization initiative. Its deliverables - CWA Part 1 and CWA Part 2 - serve as direct inputs to CEN JTC25, Working Group 2, for the drafting of harmonised European Standards (hEN) on Trusted Data Transactions, requested by the European Commission and linked to the Article 33 of the Data Act.

The CEN Workshop on Trusted Data Transaction therefore contributes to the building of the EU Trusted Data Framework, one of the top three policy priorities in the 2024 annual Union work programme for European standardization.

 

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