DATAMITE's presence at Data Week 2025
Data Week 2025, the spring gathering of Europe's Big Data and Data-Driven AI research and innovation community, took place in Athens, Greece, from 27 to 28 May. With the theme 'Odyssey of AI: Navigating the Data Seas', this year's edition focused on the fundamental elements of data value creation. As usual, DATAMITE was well represented at the event, with a presence in one workshop and as part of the EUDATA+ cluster.
On Tuesday 27, Christos Gizelis from OTE represented DATAMITE at the 'Monetisation & Governance Across Mobility, Media and Trustworthy Data Sharing' session. This session explored methodologies from the DATAMITE project for unlocking the value of data, alongside OTE’s Pluto framework for ensuring robust data governance. Collaboration across trustworthy data sharing (PISTIS), media (FAME), and mobility (MobiSpaces) was highlighted, demonstrating how different sectors are tackling data monetisation and governance while ensuring security, interoperability, and compliance.
On 28 May, the last day of the conference, the EUDATA+ cluster held a session in the plenary room titled 'EUDATA+: Solutions for Data Trading and Marketplaces (Insight for the Future of AI and Data Spaces)'. The session explored ways to advance the state of AI and data spaces in relation to data trading and pricing solutions. It began with an introduction to the cluster's evolution and activities, with a focus on the roles of AI and data spaces in the economics of data.
Two keynote presentations examined technological challenges. Professor George Konstantinidis (University of Southampton) and Dr Martin Serrano (University of Galway, DSI-Insight Centre) discussed the challenges involved in developing AI systems that comply with regulations and respect privacy in federated data environments. This was followed by an overview of EUDATA+'s contributions to the Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda. This showcased real-world tools for data valuation and highlighted technological gaps and challenges.
Finally, the session featured a panel of experts who provided specialised insights into relevant topics associated with developments and demonstrations. The panel offered the audience valuable insights into the progress of cutting-edge developments and their involvement in EU Horizon Data Projects. This interactive format enabled a rich exchange of perspectives across scientific, technical, and data-business-oriented domains. Speakers included Daniel Saez representing DATAMITE, who discussed 'Tools for data interoperability in heterogeneous environments'; Fernando Perales representing enRichMyData, who presented 'Automation and data enrichment workflows for developing data businesses'; Yiannis Verginadis representing ExtremeXP, who presented 'NFT-based data provenance for large-scale data experiments'; Nikolas Zafeiropoulos representing FAME, who explained 'Federating assets and commercialising them through data marketplaces'; Radu Prodan, representing Graph-Massivizer, discussed 'Tools for large-scale data processing and analytics prior to market entry'; Sotiris Koussouris, representing PISTIS, discussed 'Enabling data monetisation and trading out of the box'; and George Konstantinidis, representing UPCAST, discussed 'Automating data marketplace operations with user-friendly marketplace plug-ins'.
Data Week 2025 was organised by the Big Data Value Association, hosted by Cosmote – OTE, in collaboration with the following BDVA members: Athens Technology Center S.A. (ATC), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), CORE Innovation Center, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications – National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, FORTH and Neuropublic.
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DATAMITE from a business point of view
Designed with real market needs in mind, DATAMITE enables companies to unlock the value of their data. It provides tailored monetisation strategies, open-source tools and actionable business models to achieve this. In the 'DATAMITE from a business point of view' video series, we explore how DATAMITE facilitates fair data valuation, generates new business opportunities and establishes a foundation for the sustainable exploitation of data across European industries. To this end, we interviewed four partners responsible for some of DATAMITE's use cases.
Konstantinos Kontodimas and Iason Panagos from HEDNO, a key partner in the development of DATAMITE pilots. From a business perspective, HEDNO demonstrates how the DATAMITE Framework empowers organisations to accelerate their digital transformation and enhances the efficiency and sustainability of electricity distribution networks.
Ricardo Henriques and Pedro Boto from E-REDES, DATAMITE’s partner leading the 'Leveraging Electricity Distribution Open Data' Pilot. From a business perspective, a refined version of the DATAMITE framework could be deployed and managed by E-REDES's DATAHUB to share data with external stakeholders. In addition, data stewards could then be given permissions to create artefacts and data products, define relevant data quality KPIs, and define the entities with which the data should be shared, giving them more autonomy in the process.
Achilleas Marinakis and Christos-Antonios Gizelis from OTE, DATAMITE’s partner leading the 'Corporate Multi-Site Data Exchange' pilot. From a business perspective, OTE shows how the DATAMITE Framework can create new opportunities for data-driven innovation and improve operational efficiency in the energy sector.
Federico Piñuela García from Grupo Gimeno, DATAMITE’s partner leading the 'Corporate Multi-Domain Data Exchange with DIH Support' pilot. From a business perspective, Grupo Gimeno uses the advanced data-sharing and analytics capabilities of the DATAMITE framework to optimise processes and unlock new business.
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Why is it important to have a legal partner in a data project?
At DATAMITE, our goal is to encompass every facet of data exchange and monetisation. To this end, our consortium includes partners that extend beyond the technological and monetary fields, such as the Law and Internet Foundation (LIF). LIF is responsible for providing thorough insights into the EU legal framework for data transfers, with a particular focus on the Regulation on the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data in the European Union and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
To illustrate the importance of having a legal partner on a project like DATAMITE, we interviewed Polina Petrova and Daniela Ilieva from LIF. They explained how their work enables the formulation of tailored legal and ethical requirements specific to the technical components of DATAMITE, ensuring their compliance with relevant legal and ethical requirements.
Watch the video here and below.