What is the BAIDATA Forum?

It is a free event in Bilbao on the data economy and data spaces in Europe.

The BAIDATA Forum will be held at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao, on June 26, 2025.

Who is the target audience?

Business professionals interested in the data economy, data spaces and business-to-business data sharing.

What topics will be covered?

During the BAIDATA 2025 Forum, key topics such as the data economy, interoperability between data spaces, data governance, European data frameworks (such as Gaia-X and DSBA), as well as real use cases applied to sectors such as industry, health, mobility or agriculture will be addressed.

How to attend the BAIDATA Forum?

Registration is free and is open to professionals in Spain interested in data sharing between companies and its strategic use.

Foro Baidata | Programme

09:00

Registration

09:30

Opening

Welcome

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Josu Llano Director General of Good Governance, Citizen Services, and Digital Services, Provincial Council of Bizkaia

Scaling regional data ecosystems: BAIDATA's impact

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Jose Echezarra Head of Operations for Iberia & LATAM @INETUM (BAIDATA President)

09:50

Data spaces as driver of competitiveness

Europe and the new AI era: European Data Union strategy and the AI Continent action plan

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Federico Milani Deputy Head of the Data Policy and Innovation Unit, European Commission

Global collaboration through data spaces: IDSA's governance and interoperability approach

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Lars Nagel CEO, International Data Spaces Association

Panel discussion | Regional growth driven by AI and data: smart territory strategies

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Antonio Alcolea SEDIA-General Directorate Data

Josu Llano Director General of Good Governance, Citizen Services, and Digital Services, Provincial Council of Bizkaia

Christian Cobas Data Office Director, Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha

Moderator:

Urko Goitia Subdirector, Lantik

11:10

Coffee Break

11:40

Scaling up the use of data spaces

Boosting data spaces through standardization and interoperability

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Javier Valiño Program Manager, Eclipse Foundation

Geoff Clarke Chairman, ISO 20151

Scaling talent through professional qualification programmes for data spaces

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Jesus Alonso Director, BAIDATA Association

Paving the way for AI with data spaces

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Marta Rodríguez Big Data & Technical Account Manager, Telefónica

Digital twins meet data spaces for competitiveness and green transformation

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Matthias Bölke Chairman, Industrial Digital Twin Association

Panel discussion | Enabling global manufacturing data spaces

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Dominik Rohrmus CTO, Labs Network Industrie 4.0 e.V. - International Manufacturing-X

Laurent Lafaye Co-CEO, Dawex

Matthias Bölke Chairman, Industrial Digital Twin Association

Moderator:

Lars Nagel CEO, International Data Spaces Association

13:15

BAIDATA Awards Ceremony

Presentation of the BAIDATA Awards to the most outstanding initiatives in the ecosystem, recognizing their commitment to the development of the data economy through innovative and collaborative projects.

14:00

Lunch Break

15:00

Creating value with data spaces

Room 0E

15:00

Data sharing in manufacturing

Participants: Innovalia Association, Arena2036, Automotive Intelligence Centre (AIC), Catena-X, LKS Next, Mondragón Corporation, GHI Smart Furnaces, Innovalia Metrology, LIS Data Solutions, Dawex, Valeo Spain.

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16:20

Data sharing for innovative socio-health service models

Participants: GAIA, Accuratio, LKS Next GobTech, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, IGARLE

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