The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) is the flagship event of the European research and innovation community, on Big Data and Data-Driven AI, organized by the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and the European Commission (DG CNECT).
The 2020 edition will take place entirely online from 3 to 5 November 2020 and is organized in collaboration with DFKI, Plattform Industrie 4.0, Plattform Lernende Systeme and Berlin Partner.
The program will be structured around 9 guiding themes each consisting of different main events and collateral activities; there will be four horizontal and five vertical sessions on specific sectors, each led by renowned experts from the European Community.
- Dario Avallone, R&D director of Engineering, will be speaker of the European Data Spaces session (November 3rd 13:30-15:00) during which we will talk about the initiatives that are paving the way for what could become functional implementations of European data sharing spaces
- Davide Dalle Carbonare will be co-chair of the vertical session dedicated to Manufacturing (November 4th 12:00-13:30), which will discuss the value of a business based on data and the opportunities offered by Industry 4.0
- Roberto Di Bernardo will be co-chair of the Smart Society session (November 3rd 15:30-17:00 and November 5th 14:00-15:30), which includes smart cities, smart governance, smart mobility and smart environment, or perspectives of sustainable and intelligent development in the business world and beyond
- Angelo Marguglio will be one of the speakers in the "Manufacturing" track session named "DIH4INDUSTRY: the DIH Network for the Manufacturing Industry" (November 5th 10:00-11:00), providing insights on MIDIH project and its innovation and collaboration platform, DIHIWARE.
Engineering is a full member of BDVA and a member of the Board of Directors and the Partnership Board. Furthermore, it coordinates the Smart Manufacturing Industry group and the Smart Cities group.
Engineering is also involved in the following H2020 projects funded under the umbrella of the Public Private Partnership on Big Data Value:
- CYBELE, which aspires to demonstrate how the use of HPC, Big Data, Cloud Computing and IoT can revolutionize agriculture, reduce food scarcity and increase supply, bringing social, economic and environmental benefits
- EUROPEAN DATA INCUBATOR, which aims to exploit Big Data technology and knowledge in different countries and sectors thanks to the incubation of SMEs and start-ups using open source Big Data tools to address the main challenges in different business domains
- EW-SHOPP, which aims to produce a solution that integrates data from different sources through a new generation of business analysis (read the case)
- FANDANGO, which uses AI, Big Data and Intelligent Analytics to fight and contrast the spread of disinformation and fake news (read the case)
- ICARUS, which aims to exploit the value of Big Data and offer new services for the entire aeronautical ecosystem (read the case)
- MUSKETEER, which aims to develop a platform for federated machine learning combined with private data protection techniques.