Data Week 2026 is the spring gathering of Europe’s Big Data and Data-Driven AI research and innovation community. The event focuses on the theme: “Data Fjords: Unlocking AI for Industry and Society”, exploring how AI can create value from data while fostering collaboration across ecosystems, sectors, and stakeholders.
RI-SCALE is planning to contribute to this event through a proposed interactive workshop exploring how Data Exploitation Platforms (DEPs) and DataLabs provide the backbone for secure, scalable, and AI-ready data pipelines in Europe. The workshop proposal is currently under review as part of the Data Week 2026 call for workshops and contributions.
The two-day event will include keynote talks, interactive sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities, bringing together research infrastructures, AI projects, industry actors, and policymakers.
Proposed RI-SCALE Workshop
Title: The DEP and DataLabs: Existing Tools and Upcoming Opportunities
Speaker (proposed): Ville Tenhunen, EGI Foundation
Duration (proposed): 90 min
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Workshop Concept:
This session is designed as an interactive discussion on the European Data-AI continuum:
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DEPs as the backend for large-scale data orchestration, lifecycle management, and policy enforcement.
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DataLabs as collaborative workbenches for data preparation, labeling, and AI prototyping.
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Zero-Friction exercise: mapping the journey of sectoral Data Spaces through DEPs and DataLabs into EuroHPC AI Factories, identifying challenges and opportunities.
Audience Engagement:
The session is intended to be interactive, combining short presentations, use cases, and panel discussion to gather feedback and encourage dialogue.
Note: This workshop is a proposed contribution to Data Week 2026 and is subject to approval by the event organisers.