EGI 2023: Empowering Data Spaces – GREAT’s key contributions and collaborations
GREAT actively participated in the EGI 2023 conference held in Poznań, Poland, from June 19th to June 23rd. This annual event gathered international scientific communities, computing and service providers, European projects, security experts, and policymakers to advance research and innovation in data-intensive processing and analytics. The presence of the GREAT project at EGI 2023 marked a continuation of our collaboration with EGI, a partnership that began last year with the project's Kick-off Meeting at the EGI 2022 conference. EGI plays a crucial role as the Technical Coordinator in the [...]
Empowering Europe’s Green Transition: Insights from GREAT’s EGU 2023 activities
The General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2023, held in Vienna, Austria, from April 23-28, marked a significant moment for the GREAT project. EGU, a non-profit organization with over 20,000 scientists from across the globe, provided a vibrant platform for knowledge exchange in Earth, planetary, and space sciences. Being a part of EGU 2023 was crucial for GREAT, as it allowed the project to not only showcase its expertise and contributions but also foster international collaborations, extending its impact and reach in the field of Earth and [...]
The GREAT | Green Deal Data Space Project Announces Selection of 5 Reference Use Cases and Ending Phase 1 of the Project.
Milan, 24.07.2023 - The GREAT | Green Deal Data Space project, funded by the Digital Europe Programme, has made significant progress in its mission to promote sustainable and data-driven solutions for the European Green Deal. As part of its first phase, the project has selected five reference use cases that demonstrate the potential of data integration and collaboration in addressing environmental challenges. These use cases are: GOS4M, EMODnet, EPOS, BIOGIS360, Hydrology Use Case (composed of “large scale hydrology” and “seasonal forecasting of water resources”). Read the full press release [...]
Green Deal Data Space at BDVA Data Week 2023
Last week, the Green Deal Data Space project participated in Data Week 2023, a significant event organized by BDVA in Luleå, Sweden. This conference served as an ideal platform for experts, innovators, and stakeholders to explore the transformative potential of data-driven solutions in tackling pressing environmental challenges. Our project actively contributed to various sessions, focusing on sustainable smart cities, energy efficiency, climate change, and the implementation of high-value datasets. In this article, we highlight the key sessions in which the Green Deal Data Space project was involved, showcasing [...]
Green Deal Data Space Press Release
GREAT project building the foundation and community of practice of the EU Green Deal Data Space. Addressing climate change and its impacts is only possible with a multidisciplinary approach. Data providers from several disciplines must be empowered to easily and openly share their data in an interoperable and sovereign way. To address this, a newly EU Funded project has officially kicked off in the past months with the aim to deliver a roadmap for implementing and deploying the Green Deal Data Space, an infrastructure that will allow data providers [...]
Green Deal Data Space Earth Day 2023 Message
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GREAT | Green Deal Data Space Project Meeting in Utrecht
Today our project GREAT had a meeting in Utrecht (NL) at the premises of our partner SURF. The aim of the discussion was to go through the current state of the project and update each other about upcoming plans and activities. The meeting started with an overview of the upcoming deliverables, milestones, planning and events. In the first part of the meeting, we also discussed in more detail the work done in WP2 Community Building, WP3 Technical Blueprint, WP4 Business and Governance Schemes, WP5 Priority Datasets, WP6 Roadmap and [...]
GREAT Project at the Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) Connected Smart & Sustainable Cities Conference
GREAT Project at the Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) Connected Smart & Sustainable Cities Conference Our colleague Nuria De Lama represented GREAT at a panel on "How not to reinvent the wheel-Linking data spaces initiatives" at the Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) Connected Smart and #SustainableCities and Communities Conference in Brussels. 🎯 The discussions' main goal was identifying synergies between data spaces and, in particular, their relationships with smart cities and communities. ❔ Main questions shared with the panellists included the definition of assets that [...]
Green Deal Data Space meets AgriData Space & Smart Communities and Cities
GREAT Project meets AgriDataSpace and Data Space for Smart Cities and Communities As part of our first workshop in February 2023 organised with the support of Data Spaces Support Centre we met the consortium of the AgriDataSpace and the Data Space for Smart Cities and Communities among others to align the outcomes of our project, expand our GDDS community and discover relevant gaps and overlaps of activities. This time we've focused on 3 key areas: 1️⃣ Technical & Semantics 2️⃣ Governance and Business Models 3️⃣ Community Building [...]
GREAT | Green Deal Data Space at COP27
GREAT made it to COP27 in November 2022 Climate change means a lot of things to a lot of people. That was evident during GREAT’s presence at the UNFCC Conference of the Parties (COP). For some, it means floods, for others draughts, or job creations and reskilling. For GREAT, it means data. GREAT had the honour to be invited by the University of Helsinki to a side event organised by the Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) at the Cryosphere Pavilion. Marta Gutiérrez from EGI Foundation presented [...]